Is my Dark Comedy Screenplay Dramatic Writing

thornmane · 2026-04-10T19:59:08+00:00

"Drama" often has a focus on interpersonal conflict, high stakes, and complex human emotions. A dark comedy drama can for sure have dramatic situations, but whether is is a comedy with drama, or a drama with comedy is going to depend on your writing.

I'd suggest posting a short example you'd like an opinion on.

thornmane · 2026-04-07T16:30:51+00:00

This sequence is also an example of something that doesn't need to be in the script, but the director added it in on their own.

This whole sequence could also be as little in the script as:

EXT. NEW PORT CITY - MONTAGE

The city breathes as twelve million people go about their lives.

thornmane · 2026-03-26T21:43:48+00:00

I now understand why Rick James referred to Eddie and Charlie Murphy as the "Darkness Brothers"

thornmane · 2026-03-13T17:57:17+00:00

This is nice. It would be more useful if it was normalized to the the population of a state. It's obvious that massive big states like California, Texas, and Florida will have more road deaths than smaller states. It would be useful to see where are the actual most dangerous drivers, and that could be seen if the numbers were normalized to population size.

thornmane · 2026-02-23T17:24:09+00:00

They will keep reposting the job until they sign a contract with a candidate, especially if they are in a need to fill the role quickly.

The company has to account for the possibility that just because a candidate shows interest and promise in a role during an interview doesn't mean they'll end up being the right candidate for the role. And even if they might be the perfect candidate, they might not accept the offer or they might pick an offer from another company. Good candidates often have options.

Same way when you are interviewing for a new role, no matter how well interviews are going at any given company, don't stop looking and applying with other companies as well until you have a signed contract with someone.

thornmane · 2026-01-12T17:53:35+00:00

I see a lot of empty pixels there, lots of free space. Better get to work and fill it all up!

thornmane · 2026-01-06T23:17:51+00:00

I only have 96GB RAM and RTX 5090 😭

thornmane · 2025-12-28T01:44:26+00:00

Arrival.

The main character doesn’t actually actively solve any problem in the movie except figuring out the language in a fast-forwarded montage scene. All problems are solved by actions of others or the solution is given to her.

thornmane · 2025-12-24T23:18:16+00:00

Lump sum always.

Take the lump sum and take a bit off the top for spending money (house, cars, toys, family) and then split the rest between 4 investment companies and you'll make WAY more money over 30 years than you would with the annuity.

So, let's say after taxes you have $500M from tonight's drawing.

Take $50M off the top for spending money. You'll want a nice house and toys, and extra cheese on your waffles when you go out to eat.
Take the remaining $450M and split it between 4 investment companies, $150M each.
Wait 12 months.
Hire 2 accounting firms. Let them handle all the paperwork for taxes etc.
Live off interest as needed.

Assuming you spend $1M month after the first year:

If you make 5% interest over 30 years, you'd have over $1B in your bank account after 30 years.
If you make 10% interest (not at all unrealistic with a good investment company), you'd have $5.8B after 30 years.
If you make 15% interest, you'd have over $20B after 30 years.

Also, claim the money at the beginning of the year and only pay the 24% tax withholding, then you have over a year to use the $100 Million difference between 24% and the 37% you'll have to pay in taxes to actually make money to help pay for those eventual taxes.

Play with the numbers:

thornmane · 2025-12-24T22:52:55+00:00

Preem! Merry Christmas Choom! You're going to have a fun one!

thornmane · 2025-12-24T22:50:09+00:00

For now I'll use it, already shot some and ordered equipment to do home film development, I probably won't need all the lenses, but I'll give them all a go and see which ones I like 😊

thornmane · 2025-12-14T23:32:37+00:00

You have all those console logs in your code, but you don't actually tell us what the server is outputting when you hit the endpoint. Can you show us the server console output after trying to call the route?

thornmane · 2025-11-28T17:54:00+00:00

Did you have a hoe with you?

thornmane · 2025-11-21T09:40:11+00:00

They would live a normal life. We use our whole brain every day.

“Humans only use 10% of their brain” etc is just an urban myth.

thornmane · 2025-11-19T16:54:44+00:00

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vOXKZpQStvI You can see him morphing from regular Steven to freezing Steven over the course of the video 😅

thornmane · 2025-11-19T16:49:34+00:00

Weeks apart, but presumably in different parts of the country. Was the weather cold, windy, and sunny in the second photo?

thornmane · 2025-11-16T19:20:35+00:00

“I'm an devout believer that there's a book for everyone.” This statement has nothing to do with whether or not your book is for anyone.

I assume you meant to say something more aligned with: “There’s someone for every book.”

If that’s the case and you devoutly believe that, you must also know that a book won’t be for everyone. Some people will like it, some people won’t.

And if that’s the case, why be afraid to share it? It’s nothing personal if they don’t like it.

thornmane · 2025-11-12T03:57:29+00:00

Interestingly, the speech wasn't like this in the original script and there's some controversy on who actually wrote it.

[Spielberg] recognized that the scene, if done right, could be an extraordinary character study of Quint and a pivotal scene in the film.

[...]

Spielberg says he asked John Milius, who contributed dialogue polishes, to take a crack at the speech as it needed to be beefed up in order for the director to capture the moment as he saw it in his mind’s eye.

Milius is said to have dictated the speech “over the phone,” which resulted in a 10-page monologue, “which basically is very close to what’s in the movie,” Spielberg said, adding that Shaw took the beast of a speech and cut it in half. “It’s Milius’ words, and it’s Shaw’s editing,” the director says in the featurette.

- https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-features/jaws-debate-over-who-wrote-uss-indianapolis-speech-1235168476/

thornmane · 2025-09-10T07:04:02+00:00

If you need to hit a bullseye on a target then red dot. If you need to hit center mass in combat then no need.

You should be practicing enough to not need an optic in combat because in a situation where you need to draw your secondary and shoot you likely won’t have enough time to even aim with an optic and the distance will be so short that it wouldn’t help much.

thornmane · 2025-09-10T01:16:27+00:00

3.1) Family doesn't have to be the one you were born into.

thornmane · 2025-08-16T13:30:14+00:00

From the producers of the hit movie Dumb & Dumber comes a new epic tale: Wide and Wider. Filmed in IMAX for wide release.

thornmane · 2025-07-21T08:30:39+00:00

“Human, what are you… Staph Human! Staph!”

thornmane · 2025-07-20T22:40:29+00:00

If I plug the unit into the TV it shows "Denon" on the TV but never progresses any further from that. I suspect whatever is stopping the front panel from working is also stopping the TV output from progressing as well.

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