It’s halfway through March which means Script Frenzy is almost upon us again. I will once again be doing Script Frenzy this year. And I think that you should do it too. Script Frenzy, NaNoWriMo’s sister competition, is a lot easier but just as fun.
Script Frenzy runs for one month, just like NaNoWriMo. But instead of running in November, Script Frenzy runs in April. And instead of aiming for 50,000 words, you aim for 100 pages of script (any kind, including comic book, screenplay, stageplay and TV show). It comes out to 3 and a bit pages a day, which is pretty manageable if you ask me (if you over use parenthicals as much as I do). There are tricks (like NNWM’s word padding tricks) that make the whole thing a lot easier too.
The thing that makes Script Frenzy easier is the fact that you do not have to write one script, you can write many scripts, as long as their total page account is 100 pages or more. This means if you get sick of your plot halfway through, you don’t have to scrap what you’ve already written. This also means that you can write several short scripts, if you’re worried that your idea will not last for 100 pages. I did this last year, writing three different scripts instead of just one. I’ll probably end up doing that this year too, seeing as I have no solid idea yet, and probably won’t have time to plan and a full script before April 1.
I like doing Script Frenzy more than NaNoWriMo because not only is it easier, you also don’t have to stick with the same story the whole month, letting you do multiple things at once so you never burn out (which happens in NaNo quite often I find). I also prefer writing in the script format than the regular creative writing format, although I do a lot more creative writing than script writing.
And the best thing is, you don’t even need any special program to write your script if you don’t want to. Scripped.com is where I wrote my script last year, and it has the added convenience of being online so you can access your script from anywhere and work on it, as long as the place has internet access. Celtx is a free program you can download, if you prefer to use something that you can write with offline. Celtx also has a lot of features you can use to keep notes separate from your script, but still in the file for easy access.
So join me, some of the other LWP staffers (there’s always a few of us who do NNWM and SF), and 2,500 other people (so far) to write (and hopefully finish) 100 pages of script in the month of April!
The vampire myth really has been killed and thrown down the drain thanks to some shit called Twilight. Boris Karloff and Bram Stoker would be getting their stakes and garlic to head over to the houses of both Stephanie Meyer and the Director of Twilight in anger and outrage if they were still alive today. Finally, we have a film that is modern and portrays vampires the way vampires would be portrayed in today’s society. That fim is known only as Daybreakers.
The film is c entred around a Scientist named Edward Dalton. And no little girls, this guy does not sparkle in sun like that Edward Cullen thing. Edward meets with the board to discuss the problem the town is having with Vampires. The Vampires are farming humans for blood just like toons in WoW farm NPCs for resources and quest items. There are literally millions of them. There are Vampire gangs, Vampire homeless and even Vampire children. They are overrunning the population and the hman race is heading towards extinction. The board talk about how the physical and psychological deformities has caused the change from hman to Vampire. They try to come up with something to stop this serious problem. It seems that it is up to Edward to do that and save te world.
The film really does do justice to the vampire myth. Accurate, even if there is a fair bit of modernism but very very accurate. It shows that Vampies can’t stay out in the sun. If a Vampire is out in the sun then it will die. It will set on fire and burn to ash within seconds. On the other hand, Vampires do not sparkle. I repeat, they do not fucking sparkle. So yeah, this also shows the viscious side of Vampires and that the do not belong in society. Unlike Twilight; which has one of them mixing with a chick from a fucking high school.
The music of this film is very daunting. It adds to the feel and texture of darkness. Aside from a scream, there is no dialogue for the first 5 minutes. This a good way to set things off and remind people that Vampires are scary and should be feared like Zombies. It is also there make the film flow nicely without the dialogue. Without it, the film would be pretty boring. It is also nice to hear classical music unlike that modern day garbage that is thrown into films and needs to be licensed. This film had an original score to it. And that was a nice change.
In terms of video, it very detailed. Blood and fangs are noticeable and the effects help flesh out the plot. The dump of the twon scenery is good and adds that modern trashy lifestyle to it. Alot of people coud relete to that.
Overall, this film really does justice to Vampires, flows well and will keep people interested. Dracula would be very impressed. This makes Twilight look like a dogs vomit.
4 1/2 out of 5 rubber chickens
My apologies for forgetting my article last week. I was completely intent on posting it, but when I went to post it, I couldn’t find it anywhere on my computer or my thumb drive (which is my computer).
But fret not, lads and ladies, I bring you Melon Kinenbi!
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So far in this little Thief miniseries we reviewed a kid who never really stole anything, and another who stole only books. This week we’ll be taking a look at a more traditional thief from a very traditional tale.
Once upon a hundred and fifty-seven years ago, a man named Howard Pyle was born. I don’t expect you to recognise the name. He was an American illustrator, but he wrote a bit too. What he’s most famous for isn’t drawing or original writing though, but an adaptation.
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If you are a fan of popular YouTube videos, you’ve all heard of the big viral video makers (Fred, nigahiga, NeilCicieriga, smosh and the like). But this week I’m bringing you three of my favourite lesser known YouTube YouTubers (YouTube is a noun AND a verb). In no particular order, here they are, accompanied with my favourite video by them. (more…)
