so how many of you have written your own movie/comic/tv show?

[Calavera]

i know theres tons of you here.


i ask because have this idea stuck in my head since 2007. its been forming into a movie but i still dont know how to write it all down as a script. does anyone have experience with that?

 

[Victarion]

Just make it a prose novel.

 

[StrainedEyes]

Look at a sample script, and do that.

 

[Hotwire]

I came up with about 40 characters, some with complete origins, and my own way of getting them super powers but, that's as far as I got.

 

[roach]

I am currently writing a script...i recommend picking up a book called the Screenwriter's Bible...it will help you immensely.

 

[Calavera]

I came up with about 40 characters, some with complete origins, and my own way of getting them super powers but, that's as far as I got.

i created a galaxy with 6 alien races and multiple planets


yea, i might be ADHD

 

[enterthemadness]

Written 5 crappy scripts. Too much hard work. Blah.

 

[Nell2ThaIzzay]

Do plays count?

I wrote 2 plays that were performed as student productions this semester. They actually ran just a couple weekends ago.

As far as scripts go, may I suggest Celtx?

It's a very good scriptwriting program that helps you with formats and such. I learned about it when I took a scriptwriting class a couple semesters back.

 

[Calavera]

Do plays count?

I wrote 2 plays that were performed as student productions this semester. They actually ran just a couple weekends ago.

As far as scripts go, may I suggest Celtx?

It's a very good scriptwriting program that helps you with formats and such. I learned about it when I took a scriptwriting class a couple semesters back.

wouldnt a play take more trouble to pull off? if so, kudos

 

[Nell2ThaIzzay]

It depends. Considering that my plays were performed as part of a class (the directing class has to select student written original plays to put on, and then they are performed over a weekend mini-festival) it wasn't that hard.

it just depends on the type of production being done tho.

 

[roach]

I use Final Draft and I love it

 

[Spider-Aziz]

I had my ideas back in fourth grade, and stopped doing so later

 

[The Guard]

I've written a number of feature length scripts, scripts a Batman fanfilms for Bat In The Sun, some independent short flms, and am currently wrapping up work on a Batman musical. The best way to get your ideas into script form is to read other people's scripts, and see what style works best for you.

And yeah, Final Draft is amazing.

Do you have any specific questions about it?

 

[Steyin]

I've had two mainly over the last 10 years. The furthest its gotten was character designs, but the story/plot is all in my head and known only to me. But to give a summary for anyone interested:

One was an idea for a double film entitled "Lost" (this was long before the series ever came out), with the second being "Found". It's basically a futuristic story about a boy who witnesses his mother and sister being murdered, becomes very distraught and a troubled youth, ends up in Juvy and spends all his time in the library there reading (he is actually a genius and just expands his knowledge). He escapes at 15 with a scheme to repay mankind for his losses as he no longer cares for humanity after everything he has witnessed. He secretly creates a cyber/nano human "army" that start attacking cities with bombs (I won't go into the full details of funding and whatnot), creating mass destruction and panic. In the end he is caught and killed by the lead detective/police character.

The "sequel" is mainly a reflection on the way the world/mankind had become lost in its ways (hence the title of the first film), closing with the revelation that the teenage boy had planned on being killed by the cop, as he had experimented on himself with a nano failsafe implanted within his body to set off a signal to go off 10 years after his heartbeat ending (Age 25 was the idea of the pinnacle age for a human to him). This signal was relayed to nuclear devices spread throughout the world in major cities which only he knew about.

To sum up, his death brings about the destruction/end of the world (the only way to be found after being lost, by having everything end).

My second idea was just for an animated futuristic series of a hero/ninja using cybernetic/advanced technologies to bring about justice in a totalitarian/one world power future.

 

[DarthDaveBanner]

I wrote a play, it ran for a week a few months back and got excellent reviews. Proudest moment of my life.

 

[Manic]

I wrote and drew a comic strip back when I was a teen. I've written (but never completed) a fan-script for an Excalibur movie. I also wrote a couple of issues of a fan-script for a comic based on Marvel's Jack Holyoak, but I've since integrated those ideas into an original novel I've been outlining.

As for original projects, I'm currently outlining a fantasy novel and a horror novel (basically getting those ideas written down before I forget them). I'm actually writing a novelette that I plan on making into a series.

 

[jaymes_e06]

I wrote a 3 scripts before. I also made two movies that I produced directed and starred in for film class and the other was a pet project about a character I created/developed for a show/movie.

My first peice of advice would be to write it all down as a proposal. Then look at as many scripts as you can and how they are approached. Look at proposal scripts to get your feet wet then regular ones. It is fun but daunting task usually (in the case of movie especially) you'll go through so many rewrites it will look nothing like your original lol but hang in there and keep at it.

I proposed an idea for a comic too to an editor of an indie comic company. He gave me lots of pointers but alas said they do not take unsolicited submissions of ideas but maybe I'll self publish one day when I get more established in my career.

 

[mrvlknight21]

I wrote a sitcom episode, but never did anything with it.

 

[Mike_D202]

It takes time. I did the outline over a few hours with a few cups of coffee before expanding on it over the course of a few months whenever I had some free time. It's normal to get writer's block, just take breaks and come back to it later when your stuck.

Then you'll have a masterpiece like this:

 

[BrollySupersj]

I came up with my own science-fiction story over the past few months. I got factions and locations thought up, but not characters or plot.

 

[CapedCrusader14]

I recently came up with an idea for a Sci-Fi story that I hope to make in a script. See how it goes.

 

[Thebumwhowalks]

I've had two mainly over the last 10 years. The furthest its gotten was character designs, but the story/plot is all in my head and known only to me. But to give a summary for anyone interested:

Dude, it might not be a good idea to post your plot up on the net.
I don't even want to read your idea, in case it is similar to anything I have in mind for my story.

 

[Grillz]

I come up with 9 live action movies, 2 spin offs, 3 animated movies, 2 tv shows, and 2 animated shows... I know, I have too much time on my hands.

 

[roach]

Dude, it might not be a good idea to post your plot up on the net.
I don't even want to read your idea, in case it is similar to anything I have in mind for my story.

I wouldn't worry about it. I am of the school of thought that believes there are no more new story ideas just different takes on old ones.

 

[Soapy]

I've written multiple movie scripts. Not because I thought they ever had a chance of getting made, I just do it for fun.