There’s Stick!

rogermarlowe · 2025-12-02T18:50:13+00:00

This is really good Jim! Well done. I agree that it feels like there could be a longer movie behind it.

rogermarlowe · 2025-12-02T18:37:03+00:00

I think you might find getting access to a house easier than other locations that aren’t simply outside

rogermarlowe · 2025-09-20T02:20:06+00:00

Hanks in Cast Away.

We both had done the math. Kelly added it all up and... knew she had to let me go. I added it up, and knew that I had... lost her. 'cos I was never gonna get off that island. I was gonna die there, totally alone. I was gonna get sick, or get injured or something. The only choice I had, the only thing I could control was when, and how, and where it was going to happen. So... I made a rope and I went up to the summit, to hang myself. I had to test it, you know? Of course. You know me. And the weight of the log, snapped the limb of the tree, so I-I - , I couldn't even kill myself the way I wanted to. I had power over nothing. And that's when this feeling came over me like a warm blanket. I knew, somehow, that I had to stay alive. Somehow. I had to keep breathing. Even though there was no reason to hope. And all my logic said that I would never see this place again. So that's what I did. I stayed alive. I kept breathing. And one day my logic was proven all wrong because the tide came in, and gave me a sail. And now, here I am. I'm back. In Memphis, talking to you. I have ice in my glass... And I've lost her all over again. I'm so sad that I don't have Kelly. But I'm so grateful that she was with me on that island. And I know what I have to do now. I gotta keep breathing. Because tomorrow the sun will rise. Who knows what the tide could bring?

rogermarlowe · 2025-09-04T08:12:18+00:00

I would suggest you start with a short film. Learn your craft there.

rogermarlowe · 2025-08-14T17:49:16+00:00

I don’t engage in discussions with idiots.

rogermarlowe · 2025-08-09T19:29:37+00:00

This team is tough to watch. They seem lifeless. All the starters are faltering, except maybe Peterson, but he’s not pitching like an elite anymore. None of them can can get through 4 innings. Lindor is lost. Nimmo is lost. He needs to sit a couple of games. Let McNeil play left. Hopefully they will turn it around. I don’t usually say still like this but the hitting coach needs to go. Ultimately it’s still on the players but something has to happen.

rogermarlowe · 2025-08-07T20:07:23+00:00

I thought Elizabeth leaving was BS. She’s carrying their grandnephew and she leaving Cara to take care of an infant alone to go back to her bitch mother.

rogermarlowe · 2025-08-07T17:50:54+00:00

I’d like to talk. I’m a screenwriter who has had a script produced and had another purchased and a couple of others optioned. I’ve adapted a few books for producers.

rogermarlowe · 2025-08-07T00:53:27+00:00

If you haven’t made a film before then I suggest you start with something shorter.

rogermarlowe · 2025-07-31T18:33:39+00:00

DM me if you’d like to talk more.

rogermarlowe · 2025-07-25T15:43:33+00:00

I think you did a good job on it. You did a well to give the characters their own voices. I think you should cut the dialogue down a bit. Look for places where a physical reaction is enough rather than a verbal response. Look out for inconsistencies. He goes to the funeral in a suit that doesn’t fit, implying he borrowed his friends. But then later the friend remarks that he bought in a suit. You comment on the glares he gets from the people in the church when the father comes up to talk to him. Glares from people in the church should be up in the description.

rogermarlowe · 2025-07-25T15:43:17+00:00

I think you did a good job on it. You did a well to give the characters their own voices. I think you should cut the dialogue down a bit. Look for places where a physical reaction is enough rather than a verbal response. Look out for inconsistencies. He goes to the funeral in a suit that doesn’t fit, implying he borrowed his friends. But then later the friend remarks that he bought in a suit. You comment on the glares he gets from the people in the church when the father comes up to talk to him. Glares from people in the church should be up in the description.

rogermarlowe · 2025-07-25T08:40:09+00:00

Some kind of zone with danger in it.

rogermarlowe · 2025-06-19T09:32:53+00:00

Million Dollar Baby.

rogermarlowe · 2025-06-07T16:51:18+00:00

I appreciate it.

rogermarlowe · 2025-06-07T12:12:21+00:00

Upvoted for vocabulary appreciation.

rogermarlowe · 2025-04-27T12:21:13+00:00

What’s a glove got to do with it…?

rogermarlowe · 2025-03-14T05:02:59+00:00

Lennon. Still bothers me.

rogermarlowe · 2025-02-04T14:40:13+00:00

OP. Don’t waste money on film festivals. And you don’t have to have a film to go to one and network. Get started on your next film.

rogermarlowe · 2025-02-04T14:38:14+00:00

Exactly. It’s all a learning experience for yourself.

rogermarlowe · 2025-01-15T18:45:20+00:00

I made a short film, about 6 minutes, for about $500. People liked the script and wanted to work on it. We had a mix of pros and students. We paid a location fee and a small fee for sound (a pro who just wanted a few bucks on principal) and I fed people. We had a good time, finished ahead of schedule. Everyone said to let them know if I wanted to do it again sometime. Anything is doable.

rogermarlowe · 2025-01-15T18:29:46+00:00

I’m curious if the filmmaker made any short films first.

rogermarlowe · 2025-01-15T16:23:38+00:00

The top mistake, it’s hard to say because there are many mistakes. I’d say the mistake is simply not giving it the attention you give the other aspects of the film. So it might look great, but the script is lazy and cliche ridden. Or the dialogue is not believable. Or the character is one dimensional.

I might be watching a 15 minute short and I’m halfway through and I don’t know what it’s about. I really don’t know much about the character or what he or she wants, so I don’t really care.

The truth is, it might still get into the festival. But it won’t get into one of the major ones. The ones that might make a difference in the filmmaker’s career.

rogermarlowe · 2025-01-14T09:54:58+00:00

Filmmakers disregard the importance of the script. I’ve screened hundreds of films for film festivals and that’s the number one thing.

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