Was asked to come up with a short script for Tropfest: the theme is 'dice'and it needs to be shot soon to fit in with the time-line. So I did and sent it off last night...
It's a deceptively simple idea with a very basic theme of life and death, two characters, one location for interiors and exteriors. Very low - in fact ZERO budget.
Hope David & Matt like it and decide to go with it. They're pretty quick at deciding once they're read the script, so I should know today if it's clicked with them, or not.
A little while ago I was asked to come up with an idea for a US wine competition no more than 7 min (but they wanted 3min), no copyright material and totally original - not just a basic ad, but something a little different. It was for a South Australian Winery.
As is my want, I stewed on the idea for a while then arrived at two scripts for them:
The first idea is a short film (promo) for a reality TV series idea I've come up with. It's doable in the future but whether this company would take it any further is a big question. However, the short 'promo' film for it, is a stand-alone 3 min short film, very low budget and easily shot in-house.
The second script (also low budget) is a dramatised 3 min advert specifically for their wines but done in (I hope) a subtle and sophisticated way, oozing the monied life-style which suits their brand.
So, the ideas are being taken to the board and now I wait for a decision...
Wish me luck!
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Here's the update:
ReplyDeleteTROPFEST: The boys decided there wasn't enough time to do the script justice because they had other projects on the go.
So I've offered it to Annie Murtagh-Monks and her PAC Screen Workshop participants.
Hopefully, someone will choose to do it and even better - enter it in the competition!
Imagine if it actually happened?
WINE: the company decided not to do an ad at all OR enter the contest although they liked my scripts and pronounced them camera-ready.
So once again, the writer writes but the pictures don't eventuate.
That's life!