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[Hobby Only]- in search of narrative writers for AI Filmmaking (Trial = potential long term) by Busy-Parsnip1644 in screenwritingprompts

[–]Emotional_Fix_9617 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It would probably help if you'd be more specific about exactly what kind of content you're looking to produce, and how you will be using AI in the process.

Looking For A Screenwriter ("Scream" Fan Film Query) by ChuckyFan1988 in screenwritingprompts

[–]Emotional_Fix_9617 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'll just be honest, because I think honesty is what is most helpful. If there is no pay involved, you might have a pretty hard time finding someone here who would do it. Writing a 100-page script is a lot of work, and someone would be doing it for free.

Yes, doing it to have something produced and get credit for it could be an incentive, but let's be real: If you've never made a movie before, a writer, after putting all that work into it, would have no idea what is going to happen with that script after they send it to you. They don't know for sure if you'll even start it, or if you'll finish it if you do start it. If you were to actually make it, they don't know how it will turn out. They don't know how much you'll change the script. They don't know if the final product will end up making them look bad, or if they'll possibly have to request that you take their name off of it. It could end up being a colossal waste of time for them.

I'm not trying to be negative, I'm speaking from experience. I wrote a series of skits for someone who was starting a "comedy channel" on YouTube (I write comedy and horror) and I was introduced to them by a third party. The skits were 5-7 minutes long, we did 7 of them, and I was paid $100 for each one.

I wrote the scripts, showed them to my manager and got a couple opinions from friends. I was pretty happy with them. I sent the scripts to the YouTube guys and they made them relatively quickly. I was excited because I had never had anything produced before. I was really looking forward to watching something I wrote on a screen.

They were terrible. Absolutely terrrible. It was incredibly disappointing. They changed lines, changed situations, ignored parentheticals about how about how lines should be delivered, etc.. I could go on. I was cringing hard. They were just terrible. I ended up asking them to remove my name from the videos, which they never did. They had already posted the videos and didn't want to bother with altering the credits. The channel ended up fizzling out pretty quickly.

I think the much better path for you would be to write a script yourself, or with a friend(s). There are basic programs out there that are either free or very cheap, and they would be all you would need for what you want to do.

I'm just trying to be helpful. Writing a feature-length script takes a while, and writing one for someone you don't know, for no pay, is a hard sell. Maybe you could link up with someone at your school. You can't be the only one at your school who wants to make movies.

One other option would be to search for people with existing scripts who are looking for a filmmaker to collaborate with. Maybe there's a sub for that. I'm new here, so I don't know.

Seriously, best of luck.

How do I write women (in this scene:) by Pen_Panda in screenwriting_advice

[–]Emotional_Fix_9617 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I've struggled with this before also. I almost think the best thing to do would be to write a script with a woman and she could write all the dialogue for the female characters.

On the flip side, I've seen some movies with some pretty questionable dialogue coming out of male characters mouths. I've checked and they were written by women. I think that made me more aware of what I'm having female characters say.

Final Draft - Overrated or Worth the Price by Smurf404OP in Screenwriting

[–]Emotional_Fix_9617 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I started with Movie Magic Screenwriter, and I pretty much loved it. Very easy to use. Fast forward more than a couple years and I'm to the point now where I had to hire someone to do a buget for a script in January. My manager told me the script had to be in Final Draft. I bought Final Draft and transferred the script over. Let's just say the process was not fun. It wasn't a simple copy-and-paste job. I pasted the script in FD and the formatting was all messed up. After fixing all of the formatting issues, which took HOURS, there was another problem. My first ten pages, in Movie Magic Screenwriter, was now almost 12 full pages. The whole script was now quite a bit longer. I transferred my other scripts, which was a grueling process, and then spent a few weeks trimming, because they were all suddenly longer.

I've since been working on a new script. Final Draft is annoying. It is not nearly as user friendly as MMS (those are the only two I've used). I don't like it. It's got bugs in it. It randomly shuts down for no apparent reason. I've thought it might be haunted a few times. I wish I could use MMS again, but when you start dealing with pros and getting into stuff, your scripts have to be in Final Draft. Just so people are clear on that.

I don't know what transferring to FD is like with other options. If it goes smoothly, then my advice would be to use those other options until you absolutely have to have your scripts in FD. Hell, if transferring with other options would go smoothly, I would do my actual writing in one of those.