#Scriptchat TOPIC:
EURO: Horror writing with guest Frazer Lee @frazer_lee
USA: Exposition: Too Much vs Too Little
EURO moderator: Teenie Russell @teenierussell
EURO CHAT:
@teenierussell: It's #scriptchat O'Clock! Mwahahahaha Join
us at your own peril as we talk about #horror writing with @frazer_lee
#scriptchat
November 25, 2012, 7:59 pm
@TaroJ: Hi #scriptchat
November 25, 2012, 8:01 pm
@Bang2write: #scriptchat #screenwriting #TVwriterschat
#movies Got 1 of these? Check out my list & pitch me -- LAST WEEK!
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November 25, 2012, 8:01 pm
@teenierussell: If you haven't already, you can read
@frazer_lee 's bio here - http://t.co/w5xvL4Ec #scriptchat
November 25, 2012, 8:02 pm
@YVONNEGRACE1: RT @teenierussell: It's #scriptchat O'Clock!
Mwahahahaha Join us at your own peril as we talk about #horror writing with
@frazer_lee #scriptchat
November 25, 2012, 8:02 pm
@frazer_lee: Hello boils and ghouls, lock your windows &
bolt your doors... it's time for the #horror! #scriptchat
November 25, 2012, 8:02 pm
@teenierussell: RT @frazer_lee: Hello boils and ghouls, lock
your windows & bolt your doors... its time for the #horror! #scriptchat
November 25, 2012, 8:03 pm
@teenierussell: @frazer_lee Hi Frazer, thank you for joining
us tonight. #scriptchat
November 25, 2012, 8:04 pm
@teenierussell: Got any questions for @frazer_lee on writing
#horror ? #scriptchat
November 25, 2012, 8:04 pm
@Merlange: RT @Bang2write: #scriptchat #screenwriting
#TVwriterschat #movies Got 1 of these? Check out my list & pitch me -- LAST
WEEK! http://t.co/qwjG6LLF
November 25, 2012, 8:04 pm
@RelishContent: RT @teenierussell: It's #scriptchat O'Clock!
Mwahahahaha Join us at your own peril as we talk about #horror writing with
@frazer_lee #scriptchat
November 25, 2012, 8:05 pm
@frazer_lee: @teenierussell Hi Teenie, it's my pleasure,
thanks for having me! #scriptchat
November 25, 2012, 8:05 pm
@teenierussell: @frazer_lee I have a question: how is
writing horror different to another genre in terms of vocab? Do you change it?
#scriptchat
November 25, 2012, 8:06 pm
@WriteCoachKiki: RT @teenierussell: Got any questions for
@frazer_lee on writing #horror ? #scriptchat
November 25, 2012, 8:07 pm
@DanDoolan: Just me or do modern horror films substitute
genuinely earned scares/suspense for sudden loud noises? @teenierussell
@frazer_lee #scriptchat
November 25, 2012, 8:07 pm
@TaroJ: Hi @frazer_lee, what inspired you to write horror,
have you always been a fan & what film set you on that path #scriptchat
November 25, 2012, 8:07 pm
@loifeisgreat: RT @scriptcat: You a tortoise or hare? Learn
patience on your #screenwriting journey. Scriptcat's tips: http://t.co/aQ4IG1Md
#scriptchat #onwriting
November 25, 2012, 8:08 pm
@frazer_lee: @teenierussell It's all about pace,
action-slasher-horror needs punch & brooding, creeping atmos needs a more
subtle build. #scriptchat
November 25, 2012, 8:09 pm
@USDannyDyerFan: RT @Bang2write: #scriptchat #screenwriting
#TVwriterschat #movies Got 1 of these? Check out my list & pitch me -- LAST
WEEK! http://t.co/qwjG6LLF
November 25, 2012, 8:09 pm
@WriteCoachKiki: @jeannevb What's the US #scriptchat topic
tonight? Also, your Thanksgiving food looked amazing.
November 25, 2012, 8:10 pm
@frazer_lee: @DanDoolan lol, yeah a lot of horror movies are
guilty of the soundtrack sting to get a cheap scare! :) #scriptchat
November 25, 2012, 8:10 pm
@frazer_lee: @TaroJ Hi there. I've been a fan for as long as
i can remember. The Hammer and Universal double bills on UK telly started me
off #scriptchat
November 25, 2012, 8:11 pm
@velk: @WriteCoachKiki US topic tonight is 'Exposition: Too
Much vs Too Little' #scriptchat
November 25, 2012, 8:11 pm
@teenierussell: @frazer_lee @DanDoolan why do they feel the
need? Is the fault in the script not scary enough? #scriptchat
November 25, 2012, 8:11 pm
@frazer_lee: @teenierussell to that end i find writing to
music helps enormously, to help get mood onto the page and scares into
punctuation! #scriptchat
November 25, 2012, 8:13 pm
@WriteCoachKiki: RT @velk: @WriteCoachKiki US topic tonight
is 'Exposition: Too Much vs Too Little' #scriptchat
November 25, 2012, 8:13 pm
@TaroJ: How did the feature Panic Button come about, sounds
like a fantastic premise was it a spec that got picked up? Or a commission?
#scriptchat
November 25, 2012, 8:13 pm
@theblcklst: We're now on Instagram. Tweet us your writing
related photos, we'll share them with the world. #scriptchat
http://t.co/VeIsqVls
November 25, 2012, 8:14 pm
@teenierussell: @frazer_lee do you have a favourite track or
does your soundtrack change depending on what you're writing? #scriptchat
November 25, 2012, 8:14 pm
@frazer_lee: @teenierussell @DanDoolan It smacks of someone
forgot to insert a scary gag per 10mins & they're picking... up the
slack... BAM! #scriptchat
November 25, 2012, 8:15 pm
@teenierussell: MT @frazer_lee It smacks of someone forgot
to insert a scary gag per 10mins & theyre picking... up the slack... BAM!
#scriptchat
November 25, 2012, 8:16 pm
@DanDoolan: I suspect it's often a lack of
creativity/genuinely creepy ideas. "Loud noises are scary
right?"@teenierussell @frazer_lee #scriptchat
November 25, 2012, 8:16 pm
@frazer_lee: @TaroJ Producers had seen a spec of mine &
commissioned me. I drafted from their initial treatment, then more drafts
ongoing. #scriptchat
November 25, 2012, 8:17 pm
@DanDoolan: What do you think it takes to earn those genuine
scares? @frazer_lee @teenierussell #scriptchat
November 25, 2012, 8:18 pm
@frazer_lee: @teenierussell Changes depending on
project/sequence/scene & make playlists for certain moods/projects.
#scriptchat
November 25, 2012, 8:19 pm
@teenierussell: There seems to be a lot of crossover between
Horror and Thriller, where is the line? @frazer_lee #scriptchat
November 25, 2012, 8:19 pm
@frazer_lee: @DanDoolan A character the audience is
emotionally invested in approaching their doom unknowingly like a lamb to the
slaughter:) #scriptchat
November 25, 2012, 8:21 pm
@TaroJ: @frazer_lee Wow, was it a long process? And are you
still pushing that original spec script #scriptchat
November 25, 2012, 8:22 pm
@Gimme_Credit: The Feature Winners for our 11th and Final
Cycle are now listed on our website. Congratulations!! #scriptchat
November 25, 2012, 8:22 pm
@DanDoolan: RT @frazer_lee: @DanDoolan A character the
audience is emotionally invested in approaching their doom unknowingly like a
lamb to the slaughter:) #scriptchat
November 25, 2012, 8:23 pm
@teenierussell: MT @frazer_lee character the audience is
emotionally invested in approaching their doom unknowingly like a lamb to the
slaughter #scriptchat
November 25, 2012, 8:23 pm
@frazer_lee: @DanDoolan ...or a lengthy walk through a dark
space :) Also, keys never go into doors/cars when there's a killer nearby!
#scriptchat
November 25, 2012, 8:23 pm
@100_Day_SP: What are your favourite horror scripts?
@frazer_lee #scriptchat
November 25, 2012, 8:23 pm
@TaroJ: @frazer_lee @dandoolan are there any horror cliches
you see that annoy the hell out of you? #scriptchat
November 25, 2012, 8:24 pm
@DanDoolan: For me it's cats jumping out of cupboards or
mobile phones suddenly and mysteriously having no signal. @TaroJ @frazer_lee
#scriptchat
November 25, 2012, 8:25 pm
@frazer_lee: @teenierussell Thriller usually has very human
threat & not overt blood/violence VS Slasher: human but kinda 'super'human
& gory #scriptchat
November 25, 2012, 8:26 pm
@teenierussell: RT: @NamingJasonC I think the dialogue in
many horrors tend to scream its message rather than just speak it(think 1950s B
Movie #scriptchat
November 25, 2012, 8:27 pm
@TaroJ: @frazer_lee @teenierussell so in a slasher would you
say the actual death is more important than the suspense leading up to it?
#scriptchat
November 25, 2012, 8:28 pm
@robinbellwriter: hello #scriptchat and hello @frazer_lee I
created a horror anthology web series @TwistedShowcase so very interested in
this chat
November 25, 2012, 8:28 pm
@teenierussell: RT @frazer_lee: @teenierussell Thriller
usually has very human threat & not overt blood/violence VS Slasher: human
but kinda 'super'human & gory #scriptchat
November 25, 2012, 8:28 pm
@frazer_lee: @teenierussell Supernatural horror the easiest
to divide out from thriller because of human vs paranormal antagonistic source.
#scriptchat
November 25, 2012, 8:28 pm
@frazer_lee: @TaroJ The spec was optioned but not produced
as yet. i did 9months & 4 drafts on Panic Button, then the movie
novelization. #scriptchat
November 25, 2012, 8:29 pm
@ijoda07: Hello #scriptchat - better late than never.
November 25, 2012, 8:30 pm
@teenierussell: @frazer_lee yes, there is no doubt that The
Exorcist and The Omen are horrors #scriptchat
November 25, 2012, 8:30 pm
@teenierussell: @robinbellwriter Hi Robin #scriptchat
November 25, 2012, 8:30 pm
@teenierussell: @ijoda07 Hi Jo! #scriptchat
November 25, 2012, 8:30 pm
@DanDoolan: How do you ensure characters are emotionally
engaging? @teenierussell @frazer_lee #scriptchat
November 25, 2012, 8:31 pm
@frazer_lee: @100_Day_SP Hi! Love CatPeople & if i'm
ever in need of inspiration i go back to Shelley's Frankenstein novel it has
everything! #scriptchat
November 25, 2012, 8:31 pm
@teenierussell: We're half-way through Euro #scriptchat with
#horror writer guest @frazer_lee Come join us with your questions! #scriptchat
November 25, 2012, 8:32 pm
@grahaminman: Go Into The Story | History of Misheard Lyrics
| Opus No. 13 [video] http://t.co/XDIjsz0I #Scriptchat
November 25, 2012, 8:32 pm
@frazer_lee: @TaroJ Yes the mobile signal is a killer &
so hard to avoid these days! We had to get creative with the phones in Panic
Button:) #scriptchat
November 25, 2012, 8:33 pm
@LibertineFilms: RT @grahaminman: Go Into The Story |
History of Misheard Lyrics | Opus No. 13 [video] http://t.co/XDIjsz0I
#Scriptchat
November 25, 2012, 8:33 pm
@frazer_lee: @teenierussell @NamingJasonC A lot of 50s
movies screamed it out loud. This was the birth of rock & roll after all :)
#scriptchat
November 25, 2012, 8:34 pm
@robinbellwriter: @frazer_lee is there a market for extreme
horror in the uk? Or are we too British for it? #scriptchat
November 25, 2012, 8:35 pm
@frazer_lee: @robinbellwriter Hi Robin, i'll check it out
sometime, cheers! #scriptchat
November 25, 2012, 8:35 pm
@ijoda07: @frazer_lee @TaroJ Do u think huge challenge of
horror is making it believe able? ‘Specially as audiences hve “seen it all b4”.
#scriptchat
November 25, 2012, 8:37 pm
@frazer_lee: @TaroJ In a slasher you must have the
innovative payoff. Without that tension? it's just a noise. The 2 need each
other to work. #scriptchat
November 25, 2012, 8:37 pm
@frazer_lee: @teenierussell They sure are, a couple of gems
too. #scriptchat
November 25, 2012, 8:37 pm
@NamingJasonC: @TaroJ @frazer_lee #scriptchat For me, not
turning on the light & going into the cellar with a torch carrying
batteries that WILL fail.
November 25, 2012, 8:38 pm
@TaroJ: @frazer_lee I guess that was the major criticism of
Human Centipede 2, have you seen it do you think it works as a horror
#scriptchat
November 25, 2012, 8:38 pm
@ijoda07: @NamingJasonC @TaroJ @frazer_lee Yeah. Why do they
ALWAYS do that? Haven’t they seen a horror movie before? #scriptchat
November 25, 2012, 8:39 pm
@frazer_lee: @DanDoolan Character biogs essential. Ordinary
people in extraordinary circumstances need building from the ground up.
#scriptchat
November 25, 2012, 8:39 pm
@writingnewman: Happy sunday friends. If you get a sec,
check out JACK BOND in BOND ME TWO TIMES, a ridiculous parody. #scriptchat
nhttp://t.co/EihF5Bm7
November 25, 2012, 8:41 pm
@frazer_lee: @robinbellwriter Hell yeah, just ask the
FrightFest, Mayhem or Dead By Dawn audiences what they're digging on. It's a
wide genre #scriptchat
November 25, 2012, 8:41 pm
@TaroJ: @ijoda07 @namingjasonc @frazer_lee That's one of the
reasons Scream worked so well, it was the 1st to question the clichés
#scriptchat
November 25, 2012, 8:42 pm
@jeannevb: "Exposition: Too Much vs Too Little: RT
@WriteCoachKiki: @jeannevb What's US #scriptchat topic tonight?
November 25, 2012, 8:42 pm
@teenierussell: @frazer_lee yet I see a lot of horrors where
I don't care about anyone. Is it easier to overlook that in horror? #scriptchat
November 25, 2012, 8:43 pm
@DanDoolan: RT @frazer_lee: @DanDoolan Character biogs
essential. Ordinary people in extraordinary circumstances need building from
the ground up. #scriptchat
November 25, 2012, 8:43 pm
@frazer_lee: @ijoda07 Suspension of disbelief is required
from the audience for paranormal stuff sure. But Bourne is kinda unbelievable
too:) #scriptchat
November 25, 2012, 8:43 pm
@robinbellwriter: @frazer_lee shit forgot to #scriptchat my
last tweet
November 25, 2012, 8:44 pm
@RWWFilm: @jeannevb @WriteCoachKiki Great topic. Looking
forward to it! #scriptchat
November 25, 2012, 8:44 pm
@frazer_lee: @ijoda07 @NamingJasonC @TaroJ Ha ha, very true!
#scriptchat
November 25, 2012, 8:44 pm
@jeannevb: @RWWFilm psst #writingsprint? #scriptchat
November 25, 2012, 8:45 pm
@davidskaufjord: RT @theblcklst: We're now on Instagram.
Tweet us your writing related photos, we'll share them with the world.
#scriptchat http://t.co/VeIsqVls
November 25, 2012, 8:46 pm
@frazer_lee: @TaroJ @ijoda07 @namingjasonc Agree Scream was timely
& fresh, a winning blend of humour & horror while still keeping it
scary #scriptchat
November 25, 2012, 8:46 pm
@ijoda07: @frazer_lee yeah seems like horror sets up big
chain of coincidences - dead mobiles, no power, etc - #scriptchat
November 25, 2012, 8:46 pm
@ijoda07: @frazer_lee if 2 convenient, I lose interest.
#scriptchat
November 25, 2012, 8:47 pm
@SarahAlexis4: RT @GoIntoTheStory Screenwriting News
(November 19-25, 2012) http://t.co/RHRsflWh #screenwriting #scriptchat
#scriptnews #movies
November 25, 2012, 8:47 pm
@teenierussell: RT: @matttreacy there are very clear rules
that define the horror genre. Hasn't anybody watched the 'Scream'
movie?#spellsitout #scriptchat
November 25, 2012, 8:47 pm
@DanDoolan: With so many films being made do you think it's
harder to do completely original horror these days? @frazer_lee @teenierussell
#scriptchat
November 25, 2012, 8:47 pm
@frazer_lee: @teenierussell If the intent is grand guignol
gory spectacle then it's cool, that kind of audience wants an easy horror fix.
#scriptchat
November 25, 2012, 8:48 pm
@velk: @ijoda07 @frazer_lee That's true for all genres—too
neat a package always feels a bit tetchy. #scriptchat
November 25, 2012, 8:49 pm
@TaroJ: Asian horror seems to have been a big influence on
the last few years, it really has its own style and pace #scriptchat
November 25, 2012, 8:49 pm
@frazer_lee: @ijoda07 Important to make protagonist work
hard, crawl over huge obstacles to reach finish line (where maybe they die
anyway) #scriptchat
November 25, 2012, 8:50 pm
@frazer_lee: @DanDoolan You're only as original as what
scares YOU i think. Fear can be universal my short On Edge is about a dentist
visit:) #scriptchat
November 25, 2012, 8:51 pm
@frazer_lee: @velk Good point. #scriptchat
November 25, 2012, 8:51 pm
@DanDoolan: RT @frazer_lee: @DanDoolan You're only as
original as what scares YOU i think. Fear can be universal my short On Edge is
about a dentist visit:) #scriptchat
November 25, 2012, 8:52 pm
@frazer_lee: @TaroJ Yes, a lot of brooding menace and true
chills coming from Japan & Korea. Spain's modern Gothics are interesting
too. #scriptchat
November 25, 2012, 8:52 pm
@HoodedMan: #amreading again "DV Filmmaking from start
to Finish" by Ian David Aronson. Though slightly outdated it's still a
useful book #scriptchat
November 25, 2012, 8:53 pm
@TaroJ: So with just a few minutes to go, what horror
scripts should we be reading #scriptchat
November 25, 2012, 8:54 pm
@robinbellwriter: @frazer_lee @taroj did you see sleep tight
at this years frightfest? Anyone wants good horror seek that out #scriptchat
November 25, 2012, 8:54 pm
@NamingJasonC: #scriptchat What is your favorite horror? Me
it, The Exorcist (will never date) and Deathwatch (disturbing as hell).
November 25, 2012, 8:55 pm
@teenierussell: RT @frazer_lee You're only as original as
what scares YOU... Fear can be universal my short On Edge is about a dentist
visit:) #scriptchat
November 25, 2012, 8:55 pm
@teenierussell: I'm currently watching XMen 3, that's
#horrific #scriptchat
November 25, 2012, 8:55 pm
@HoodedMan: "Your life as a filmmaker awaits. Let
nothing stop you" - Ian David Aronson #scriptchat
November 25, 2012, 8:55 pm
@rfamovie: RT @elizabethkarr: NYC #scriptchat:
Writer/Director Simon + I will be in #Brooklyn Dec7 @RFAmovie @PhilipKDickfest
Opening Nite. Plz come! http://t.co/2aEhRPQJ
November 25, 2012, 8:56 pm
@frazer_lee: @TaroJ Old classic: Cat People, definitely.
Postmodern horror: Mulholland Drive #scriptchat
November 25, 2012, 8:56 pm
@frazer_lee: @robinbellwriter i missed it, but will see it,
i heard good things #scriptchat
November 25, 2012, 8:57 pm
@DanDoolan: RT @teenierussell: I'm currently watching XMen
3, that's #horrific #scriptchat
November 25, 2012, 8:57 pm
@HoodedMan: His point, like mine is that anyone can be a
filmmaker today, if they have the will and the ability #scriptchat
November 25, 2012, 8:57 pm
@teenierussell: @frazer_lee interesting, I've never seen
Mulholand Drive as horror #scriptchat
November 25, 2012, 8:58 pm
@frazer_lee: @NamingJasonC If i had to choose, i'd go for
The Haunting (Robert Wise) because it does so much with so little #scriptchat
November 25, 2012, 8:58 pm
@frazer_lee: @NamingJasonC 2 great choices by the way!
#scriptchat
November 25, 2012, 8:58 pm
@TaroJ: @NamingJasonC Exorcist for me too, and The Ring. I
love Halloween but it doesn't actually scare me, I prefer spooky than gory.
#scriptchat
November 25, 2012, 8:58 pm
@frazer_lee: @teenierussell Horrific indeed! X-certificate
:) #scriptchat
November 25, 2012, 8:58 pm
@teenierussell: I'm really enjoying American Horror Story,
little doses of horror at a time. #scriptchat
November 25, 2012, 8:59 pm
@TrendingUpdate: RT @TaroJ: @NamingJasonC Exorcist for me
too, and The Ring. I love Halloween but it doesn't actually scare me, I prefer
spooky than gory. #scriptchat
November 25, 2012, 8:59 pm
@Osumpinkgirl: RT @HoodedMan: "Your life as a filmmaker
awaits. Let nothing stop you" - Ian David Aronson #scriptchat
November 25, 2012, 9:00 pm
@DanDoolan: RT @teenierussell: I'm really enjoying American
Horror Story, little doses of horror at a time. #scriptchat
November 25, 2012, 9:00 pm
@frazer_lee: @teenierussell The diner sequence is F***%^g
terrifying. #scriptchat
November 25, 2012, 9:00 pm
@TaroJ: @teenierussell even the title sequence is scarier
than anything else on TV #scriptchat #AmericanHorrorStory
November 25, 2012, 9:01 pm
@teenierussell: Thank you so much to our guest @frazer_lee
Lots of great tips! #scriptchat
November 25, 2012, 9:01 pm
@robinbellwriter: #scriptchat fave horrors - the descent,
martyrs, inside, eraser head, mulholland drive, the fly, brain dead, eyes
without a face, suspiria
November 25, 2012, 9:01 pm
@robinbellwriter: #scriptchat probably forgetting loads
there
November 25, 2012, 9:02 pm
@EvaKnoet: Damn, missed another #scriptchat :(
November 25, 2012, 9:02 pm
@NamingJasonC: Ooo. BBC's creepy Crickley Hall's just
started. Thank you @frazer_lee for yor time & @teenierussell for hosting.
G'night. #scriptchat
November 25, 2012, 9:02 pm
@frazer_lee: @teenierussell Thanks everyone. Stay scared
& screenwrite scary x #scriptchat
November 25, 2012, 9:02 pm
@teenierussell: @frazer_lee I need to watch it again now
just for the diner sequence #mulhollanddrive #scriptchat
November 25, 2012, 9:03 pm
@teenierussell: Thank you everyone for joining us tonight.
Next week we'll be talking about Dialogue! #scriptchat
November 25, 2012, 9:04 pm
@teenierussell: Later tonight USA #scriptchat will be
talking about Exposition: too much vs Too little #scriptchat
November 25, 2012, 9:04 pm
@teenierussell: Make sure to catch the transcript in the
morning for both sessions. Goodnight :-) #scriptchat
November 25, 2012, 9:05 pm
@teenierussell: @EvaKnoet the transcript will be up in the
morning :-) #scriptchat
November 25, 2012, 9:05 pm
USA CHAT:
@jeannevb: It's #SCRIPTCHAT O'CLOCK talking Exposition: Too
Much vs Too Little
November 26, 2012, 1:00 am
@jeannevb: It's ON... talking exposition RT @IngridElkner: I
take it theres no scriptchat today then? #scriptchat
November 26, 2012, 1:00 am
@jeannevb: Apologies to my followers who aren't
writers...but if you ARE, join us for the next hour of #scriptchat talking
EXPOSITION
November 26, 2012, 1:00 am
@JoelMarkHarris: RT @jeannevb: Apologies to my followers who
aren't writers...but if you ARE, join us for the next hour of #scriptchat
talking EXPOSITION
November 26, 2012, 1:01 am
@ThousandBayonet: RT @jeannevb: Apologies to my followers
who aren't writers...but if you ARE, join us for the next hour of #scriptchat
talking EXPOSITION
November 26, 2012, 1:01 am
@zacsanford2: I'm a little late, but I'm here! Can't wait to
talk about exposition and how horrible it is. :) #scriptchat
November 26, 2012, 1:01 am
@Ludovicaa: @jeannevb tuning in to you now #scriptchat
November 26, 2012, 1:01 am
@FilmIndustryPro: RT @Screen3Twit: Keep #writing, #acting,
#directing, #producing, #filmmaking & watching!Prioritize whatever makes
you unique. #Screenwriting #Scriptchat #Art
November 26, 2012, 1:01 am
@elizabethkarr: For the #screenwriters out there, happening
now! rt @jeannevb It's #SCRIPTCHAT O'CLOCK talking Exposition: Too Much vs Too
Little
November 26, 2012, 1:02 am
@Jamie_LD: Haha RT @zacsanford2: Im a little late, but Im
here! Cant wait to talk about exposition and how horrible it is. :) #Scriptchat
November 26, 2012, 1:02 am
@chasffisher: Hey guys, have a great #scriptchat. Got to sit
this one out as I have a fast approaching deadline and 50 pages to get through.
November 26, 2012, 1:02 am
@Whyvoni: RT @jeannevb: Apologies to my followers who aren't
writers...but if you ARE, join us for the next hour of #scriptchat talking
EXPOSITION
November 26, 2012, 1:02 am
@SarahAlexis4: Exposition usually gets a negative wrap, but
I think it depends on how it's executed/delivered. Sometimes it's necessary.
#scriptchat
November 26, 2012, 1:02 am
@COrangeo: RT @Screen3Twit: Keep #writing, #acting,
#directing, #producing, #filmmaking & watching!Prioritize whatever makes
you unique. #Screenwriting #Scriptchat #Art
November 26, 2012, 1:02 am
@RWWFilm: Evening everyone. #scriptchat
November 26, 2012, 1:02 am
@jeannevb: Let's talk exposition re: descriptors,
character's intro, dialogue, etc .... starting with the descriptor of ea scene
- GO! #scriptchat
November 26, 2012, 1:02 am
@zacsanford2: I watched an episode of CSI for the first time
ever the other night... Exposition City... #scriptchat
November 26, 2012, 1:02 am
@jeannevb: @chasffisher happy writing! #scriptchat
November 26, 2012, 1:03 am
@SarahAlexis4: Sometimes you have to get across certain
info/rules of the world, especially when you're building a world in your
script. #scriptchat
November 26, 2012, 1:03 am
@scriptdreric: RT @jeannevb: Apologies to my followers who
aren't writers...but if you ARE, join us for the next hour of #scriptchat
talking EXPOSITION
November 26, 2012, 1:03 am
@RWWFilm: @SarahAlexis4 Exactly. It's not the amount of
exposition, it's the necessity of the exposition. #scriptchat
November 26, 2012, 1:03 am
@rebelshea: First draft, zero exposition. Second draft, lots
of exposition because none of my readers knew what the hell I was on about.
#scriptchat
November 26, 2012, 1:04 am
@SarahAlexis4: Part of exposition is knowing when to give
your audience some credit to make connections/figure things out on their own.
#scriptchat
November 26, 2012, 1:04 am
@zacsanford2: You know that character that does nothing but
ask questions? Don't do that. It makes exposition too easy & on the nose.
#scriptchat
November 26, 2012, 1:04 am
@scriptdreric: Do you think when a movie/show is so
plot-heavy that such on-the-nose exposition is almost unavoidable? @zacsanford2
#scriptchat
November 26, 2012, 1:04 am
@Ludovicaa: @zacsanford2 I have been pulled up by readers
before for too little when I thought it was way too much already
#neednewreaders #scriptchat
November 26, 2012, 1:05 am
@elizabethkarr: RT @SarahAlexis4: Part of exposition is
knowing when to give your audience some credit to make connections/figure
things out on their own. #scriptchat
November 26, 2012, 1:05 am
@RWWFilm: @zacsanford2 Like Ariadne #Inception #scriptchat
November 26, 2012, 1:06 am
@zacsanford2: @scriptdreric You can do exposition even in
plot heavy scenarios where it isn't on the nose. Inception has a lot of expo...
#scriptchat
November 26, 2012, 1:06 am
@elizabethkarr: RT @zacsanford2: You know that character
that does nothing but ask questions? Don't do that. It makes exposition too
easy & on the nose. #scriptchat
November 26, 2012, 1:06 am
@zacsanford2: @scriptdreric But I didn't feel like
"Okay, here they go to explain everything..." #scriptchat
November 26, 2012, 1:06 am
@PatrickS: @zacsanford2 Although the newbie who needs things
explained to him can be a very useful tool if not overused. #scriptchat
November 26, 2012, 1:06 am
@IngridElkner: @zacsanford2 Or having a character say
"You're my brother/sister, I love you & I want you to be happy".
No-one talks like that!! #scriptchat
November 26, 2012, 1:06 am
@SarahAlexis4: Info being delivered by some talking heads
isn't a good way to deliver exposition. I try to pepper it in in interesting
ways. #scriptchat
November 26, 2012, 1:06 am
@WriteCoachKiki: Personally, I can't stand it when it's
exposition heavy. Often it takes me out of the story. #scriptchat
November 26, 2012, 1:07 am
@zacsanford2: Exactly. RT @SarahAlexis4: Info being
delivered by some talking heads isnt good. I try to pepper it in in interesting
ways. #scriptchat
November 26, 2012, 1:07 am
@IngridElkner: @SarahAlexis4 And trying to find a way to do
it without dialogue can be even better. Really make it part of that character.
#scriptchat
November 26, 2012, 1:07 am
@jeannevb: @zacsanford2 hold down the fort...#teenissuesn
#scriptchat
November 26, 2012, 1:07 am
@dwacon: I was late because Google Chrome went catatonic
over TweetChat. Oh, wait... was that too much exposition? #scriptchat
November 26, 2012, 1:08 am
@zacsanford2: Problem is, too many amateur scripts get to a
scene or a story beat where it just becomes an exposition dump. Spread the
info. #scriptchat
November 26, 2012, 1:08 am
@SarahAlexis4: I don't want exposition to kill my story’s
momentum and the urgency of reading/watching to see what happens. #scriptchat
November 26, 2012, 1:08 am
@PatrickS: I tend to go too lean on exposition, then get
notes back saying 'why did this happen' and 'what does that mean.' #scriptchat
November 26, 2012, 1:08 am
@zacsanford2: @jeannevb No problemo... smack 'em around a
little if needed. :) #scriptchat
November 26, 2012, 1:08 am
@WriteCoachKiki: RT @SarahAlexis4: I dont want exposition to
kill my story’s momentum and the urgency of reading/watching to see what
happens. #scriptchat
November 26, 2012, 1:08 am
@SarahAlexis4: @IngridElkner Absolutely, if it can be done
through dialogue, especially subtext, and character's actions, that would be
great. #scriptchat
November 26, 2012, 1:08 am
@scriptdreric: @zacsanford2 I think heavy exposition can
work if the character explaining does it with lot of attitude, a la Raiders
#scriptchat
November 26, 2012, 1:09 am
@WriteCoachKiki: Not a movie but Boardwalk Empire did an
unbelievable job with story this season - the Easter episode. Highly recommend.
#scriptchat
November 26, 2012, 1:10 am
@Ludovicaa: @zacsanford2 Slow release actually makes the
story more interesting, but making the reader work harder is a gamble
#scriptchat
November 26, 2012, 1:10 am
@RWWFilm: RT @zacsanford2: Problem is, too many amateur
scripts get to a scene or a story beat where it just becomes an exposition
dump. Spread the info. #scriptchat
November 26, 2012, 1:10 am
@Jamie_LD: Nice. lol RT @zacsanford2: @jeannevb No problemo...
smack em around a little if needed. :) #Scriptchat
November 26, 2012, 1:10 am
@mr_kiyongkim: i was watching episodes of fringe recently,
and they do a good job with all their exposition. #scriptchat
November 26, 2012, 1:10 am
@Ludovicaa: RT @PatrickS: I tend to go too lean on
exposition, then get notes back saying 'why did this happen' and 'what does
that mean.' #scriptchat
November 26, 2012, 1:10 am
@SarahAlexis4: @zacsanford2 Do you think in certain genres
there's a bit more leeway for the amount of exposition? Like sci-fi and
fantasy? #scriptchat
November 26, 2012, 1:10 am
@PatrickS: @zacsanford2 I think a lot of times people do
that to try to figure things out on the page. I call it 'writing to yourself.'
#scriptchat
November 26, 2012, 1:10 am
@zacsanford2: The easiest way to spot bad expo. Look at
scenes and see if there is more than two lines where a Q&A happen.s :)
#scriptchat
November 26, 2012, 1:10 am
@dwacon: Too much: Character explains she eats too much fast
food. Just right: Fat Burger cashier holds out large bag, “Saw you coming…”
#scriptchat
November 26, 2012, 1:11 am
@IngridElkner: @WriteCoachKiki Do you understand all of what
they say in Boardwalk? I need a translator half the time :) #scriptchat
November 26, 2012, 1:11 am
@zacsanford2: @SarahAlexis4 Sometimes you have to setup the
rules of the world, but like you said, sprinkle it in and don't just dump it.
#scriptchat
November 26, 2012, 1:11 am
@zacsanford2: @PatrickS If it is your own draft and you're
trying to figure things out, fine. But in the rewrite that should be done away.
#scriptchat
November 26, 2012, 1:11 am
@Jamie_LD: RT @zacsanford2: The easiest way to spot bad
expo. Look at scenes and see if there is more than two lines where a Q&A
happen #Scriptchat
November 26, 2012, 1:11 am
@ActorSelenaB: :) @WriteCoachKiki I'm a newbie to
#scriptchat, but I have to agree. I often find myself bothered by it in films.
I like to figure it out.
November 26, 2012, 1:11 am
@IngridElkner: @SarahAlexis4 What, like scrolling text at
the start? hahaha #scriptchat
November 26, 2012, 1:11 am
@SarahAlexis4: @zacsanford2 Yeah, I once read somewhere to
try to avoid questions as much as possible. Find another way. #scriptchat
November 26, 2012, 1:12 am
@scriptdreric: @zacsanford2 That's RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK
of course... he pulls down the chalkboard and is like, "You really don't
this sh#t?" #scriptchat
November 26, 2012, 1:12 am
@WriteCoachKiki: @IngridElkner Agree with you. This season
they're doing lots of history lessons. I zone out. Think it's a mistake.
#scriptchat
November 26, 2012, 1:12 am
@Jamie_LD: @dwacon very nice explanation. #Scriptchat
November 26, 2012, 1:12 am
@Whyvoni: @SarahAlexis4 Yes for sci-fi/fantasy. I need it in
#DoctorWho! I don't get what's going on half the time! #scriptchat
November 26, 2012, 1:12 am
@dwacon: Too little: You get notes asking questions that you
thought should be obvious. #scriptchat
November 26, 2012, 1:12 am
@zacsanford2: @Jamie_LD there's a reason I'm not a father.
And after hearing birthing stories this weekend, I may be impotent. #scriptchat
November 26, 2012, 1:12 am
@Jamie_LD: @ActorSelenaB welcome. Join right in. #Scriptchat
November 26, 2012, 1:12 am
@RWWFilm: @zacsanford2 @SarahAlexis4 Fair point about
Raiders.The scene where Indy explains the Ark to the govt agents is a total exp
dump #scriptchat
November 26, 2012, 1:12 am
@WriteCoachKiki: @ActorSelenaB Hi - nice to meet you! I know
- I LOVE when they let a piece of info drop that I wasn't expecting. Love it.
#scriptchat
November 26, 2012, 1:13 am
@SarahAlexis4: @IngridElkner haha #scriptchat
November 26, 2012, 1:13 am
@zacsanford2: Signs of an amateur screenplay: Too many
exclamation marks or question marks. :) #scriptchat
November 26, 2012, 1:13 am
@jeannevb: @zacsanford2 back... thanks! #scriptchat
November 26, 2012, 1:13 am
@Jamie_LD: @zacsanford2 lmao. #Scriptchat
November 26, 2012, 1:13 am
@johnarusso: Hi #scriptchat folks! Awesome chat to follow.
November 26, 2012, 1:14 am
@jeannevb: And too many passive verbs & -ings RT
@zacsanford2: Signs of amateur screenplay: Too many exclamation marks or
question marks. #scriptchat
November 26, 2012, 1:14 am
@IngridElkner: @zacsanford2 It can be one of the most
exhilarating parts of rewriting vomit draft. Exposition moments become solid
writing ops. #scriptchat
November 26, 2012, 1:14 am
@WriteCoachKiki: @RWWFilm @zacsanford2 @SarahAlexis4 There
are people who don't want to work for the info. Are happy with info dump in a
film. #scriptchat
November 26, 2012, 1:14 am
@ericnjones: One of my pet peeves is when I see REPORTERS
spout exposition in a script cause the writer found no other way to relay the
info #scriptchat
November 26, 2012, 1:14 am
@WriteCoachKiki: @jeannevb Whew! #scriptchat
November 26, 2012, 1:14 am
@Ludovicaa: RT @ericnjones: One of my pet peeves is when I
see REPORTERS spout exposition in a script cause the writer found no other way
to relay the info #scriptchat
November 26, 2012, 1:14 am
@Jamie_LD: Show, don't tell. That is how you put in
exposition and hide it at the same time. #Scriptchat
November 26, 2012, 1:14 am
@zacsanford2: @jeannevb No problemo. Hopefully you got them
under control. #scriptchat
November 26, 2012, 1:14 am
@WriteCoachKiki: @zacsanford2 Ya think????? Really? Oh
no!!!!! #scriptchat
November 26, 2012, 1:14 am
@ericnjones: Is exposition EVER any good? #scriptchat
November 26, 2012, 1:14 am
@SarahAlexis4: @zacsanford2 I guess if you're going to have
an exposition dump you need to make it go down smoother by masking it in some
way #scriptchat
November 26, 2012, 1:15 am
@zacsanford2: I tend to vomit a first draft and put too much
expo, even in my comedies. Best thing is to find how to go about another way.
#scriptchat
November 26, 2012, 1:15 am
@rdlln: WRECK IT RALPH explained a story world rule subtly
via a PA announcement in Game Central Station #itworked #scriptchat
November 26, 2012, 1:15 am
@WriteCoachKiki: RT @Jamie_LD: Show, dont tell. That is how
you put in exposition and hide it at the same time. #scriptchat
November 26, 2012, 1:15 am
@Jamie_LD: Thanks. RT @johnarusso: Hi #scriptchat folks!
Awesome chat to follow. #Scriptchat
November 26, 2012, 1:15 am
@IngridElkner: @WriteCoachKiki Me too! I zone out, only come
back to at the end of scene. But I often can't tell you what the scene purpose
was #scriptchat
November 26, 2012, 1:15 am
@SarahAlexis4: @johnarusso Hello & welcome! #scriptchat
November 26, 2012, 1:16 am
@zacsanford2: So how can one go about and make sure they're
not taking a big ol' dump of exposition on the page/scene. #scriptchat
November 26, 2012, 1:16 am
@WriteCoachKiki: @IngridElkner Someone wants to be smart. I
leave the room or FF. #scriptchat
November 26, 2012, 1:16 am
@johnarusso: #scriptchat This is tv but Sopranos and
Entourage always have exposition going on w naked people onscreen. Distraction:
smart or lazy?
November 26, 2012, 1:16 am
@Ludovicaa: RT @dwacon: Too much: Character explains she
eats too much fast food. Just right: Fat Burger cashier holds out large bag,
“Saw you coming…” #scriptchat
November 26, 2012, 1:16 am
@WriteCoachKiki: Great question. RT @ericnjones: Is
exposition EVER any good? #scriptchat
November 26, 2012, 1:16 am
@RexSikesMovieBT: Screenwriting tips & suggestions w
Darren Foster http://t.co/HKJhXHFx @RexSikesMovieBT #scriptchat #script
#screenwriter PLzRT
November 26, 2012, 1:16 am
@WriteCoachKiki: RT @zacsanford2: So how can one go about
and make sure theyre not taking a big ol dump of exposition on the page/scene.
#scriptchat
November 26, 2012, 1:16 am
@Ludovicaa: @dwacon Or a bartender just fixing "the
usual" with out even saying a thing = heavy drinker #scriptchat
November 26, 2012, 1:17 am
@zacsanford2: @johnarusso distractions are a great tool in
hiding exposition. I believe @savethecat refers to it as a "pope in the
pool". #scriptchat
November 26, 2012, 1:17 am
@ericnjones: In what genres would exposition be acceptable?
Sci-Fi? Historical? #scriptchat
November 26, 2012, 1:17 am
@WriteOnOnline: Writers, please post your goals for the
week! http://t.co/RzK4cCcn #writeon #scriptchat #140conf
November 26, 2012, 1:17 am
@zacsanford2: Make the scene interesting. As your MC is
hacking apart limbs, have him explain why he does what he does to his protege.
#scriptchat
November 26, 2012, 1:17 am
@jeannevb: I take EVERY line & ask "Can I show this
in ACTION instead of description or dialogue?" #scriptchat
November 26, 2012, 1:18 am
@zacsanford2: @ericnjones All genres have exposition... But
it is best to bury it as a deep as possible. :) #scriptchat
November 26, 2012, 1:18 am
@ericnjones: Great writers should be able to do without
exposition even in genres that would normally require a lot of it. #scriptchat
November 26, 2012, 1:18 am
@ActorSelenaB: RT @WriteCoachKiki: RT @Jamie_LD: Show, dont
tell. That is how you put in exposition and hide it at the same time.
#scriptchat
November 26, 2012, 1:18 am
@zacsanford2: I guess my biggest complaint with exposition
is that it is ON THE NOSE. Give it subtext and it doesn't jump out as much.
#scriptchat
November 26, 2012, 1:18 am
@RWWFilm: @zacsanford2 Make a list of everything you need to
explain to set up your world. Then look at where they are in ur script
#scriptchat
November 26, 2012, 1:18 am
@laurjeff: RT @jeannevb: I take EVERY line & ask
"Can I show this in ACTION instead of description or dialogue?"
#scriptchat
November 26, 2012, 1:19 am
@jillremensnyder: “@jeannevb: I take EVERY line & ask
"Can I show this in ACTION instead of description or dialogue?"
#scriptchat” amen!
November 26, 2012, 1:19 am
@ericnjones: Alex Garland managed to spread out and
dramatize the exposition in SUNSHINE #scriptchat
November 26, 2012, 1:19 am
@johnarusso: #scriptchat the 'walk and talk' is good
exposition.
November 26, 2012, 1:19 am
@zacsanford2: BRB y'all. Talk amongst yourselves. :)
#scriptchat
November 26, 2012, 1:19 am
@Whyvoni: RT @jeannevb: I take EVERY line & ask
"Can I show this in ACTION instead of description or dialogue?"
#scriptchat
November 26, 2012, 1:19 am
@rdlln: Sometimes helps to have a foil character who is
brought up to speed along with audience, if done in a clever/interesting way.
#scriptchat
November 26, 2012, 1:19 am
@Ludovicaa: @zacsanford2 No matter the genre, you have to
believe it is real for it to work #scriptchat
November 26, 2012, 1:19 am
@scriptdreric: To me, the best exposition comes when a
character seeks to know something, and only finds out when they've earned it:
#scriptchat
November 26, 2012, 1:19 am
@jeannevb: RT @zacsanford2: my biggest complaint w
exposition is that it is ON THE NOSE. Give it subtext and it doesnt jump out as
much. #scriptchat
November 26, 2012, 1:20 am
@adambarken: @IngridElkner Nolan said the reason he made
INCEPTION a heist film is because it’s a genre where expo dumps are part of the
fun. #scriptchat
November 26, 2012, 1:20 am
@princess_scribe: Hey guys/gals! #scriptchat
November 26, 2012, 1:20 am
@scriptdreric: @zacsanford2 I feel like that's what we've been
doin', lol... #scriptchat
November 26, 2012, 1:20 am
@Ludovicaa: @princess_scribe Hiya:) #scriptchat
November 26, 2012, 1:20 am
@jeannevb: @scriptdreric good one #scriptchat
November 26, 2012, 1:20 am
@PLightMedia: RT @princess_scribe: Hey guys/gals!
#scriptchat
November 26, 2012, 1:20 am
@RWWFilm: If you HAVE to use exposition, make sure it moves
the story forward as well - make it more than just exposition. #scriptchat
November 26, 2012, 1:20 am
@RWWFilm: @princess_scribe Hey there, HRH #scriptchat
November 26, 2012, 1:21 am
@tape6matt: RT @jeannevb: I take EVERY line & ask
"Can I show this in ACTION instead of description or dialogue?"
#scriptchat
November 26, 2012, 1:21 am
@princess_scribe: @Ludovicaa Hey you! #scriptchat. What have
I missed?
November 26, 2012, 1:21 am
@dwacon: “So Jen… why are we taking this road trip again?”
“You remember, we discovered my grandma is wanted for murder.” “Oh, right…”
#scriptchat
November 26, 2012, 1:21 am
@scriptdreric: @rdlln That's a great move as well.
#scriptchat
November 26, 2012, 1:21 am
@scriptcat: The late Blake Synder said EXPOSITION is the
"Pope in the pool scene" You save the Pope from drowning and you can
work it in #scriptchat
November 26, 2012, 1:21 am
@ericnjones: @zacsanford2 By having more action and less
dialogue? Isn't the old 60/40 action/dialogue ratio a good rule to follow?
#scriptchat
November 26, 2012, 1:21 am
@DevinLMichaels: RT @RWWFilm: If you HAVE to use exposition,
make sure it moves the story forward as well - make it more than just
exposition. #scriptchat
November 26, 2012, 1:21 am
@zacsanford2: @scriptdreric ha ha. #scriptchat
November 26, 2012, 1:21 am
@Ludovicaa: @princess_scribe just bitching about
spoonfeeding #scriptchat
November 26, 2012, 1:21 am
@SarahAlexis4: @zacsanford2 I think using action, humor, or
conflict in delivery of exposition makes it feel less on the nose and in your
face. #scriptchat
November 26, 2012, 1:21 am
@scriptdreric: @jeannevb @zacsanford2 Agreed. OTN exposition
that comes out of nowhere is one of the most painful things to read in a
script. #scriptchat
November 26, 2012, 1:22 am
@PatrickS: @dwacon Hah, yeah, that's the worst. #scriptchat
November 26, 2012, 1:22 am
@princess_scribe: @scriptcat IT's one of his fun techniques,
but not the only way he suggested to lay down exposition. #scriptchat
November 26, 2012, 1:22 am
@zacsanford2: @ericnjones I've never heard any percentages
of action/dialogue before... #shrug #scriptchat
November 26, 2012, 1:22 am
@princess_scribe: @Ludovicaa Oh, my. #scriptchat
November 26, 2012, 1:22 am
@Jamie_LD: @dwacon lol yep, not exposition at all there.
#Scriptchat
November 26, 2012, 1:22 am
@SarahAlexis4: @RWWFilm Right, it should reveal something
that moves the story forward or tells us something important about character.
#scriptchat
November 26, 2012, 1:22 am
@IngridElkner: @adambarken Don't tell anyone, but I haven't
seen Inception yet :| Waiting to see it on a big enough screen. #scriptchat
November 26, 2012, 1:22 am
@zacsanford2: To all those who watch CSI... Listen to the
dialogue and do the opposite in your writing. #scriptchat
November 26, 2012, 1:22 am
@wcmartell: I like to disguise exposition with conflict -
make the scene *seem* to be about conflict, but there's info lurking
underneath. #scriptchat
November 26, 2012, 1:23 am
@SarahAlexis4: @princess_scribe Hello! #scriptchat
November 26, 2012, 1:23 am
@scriptdreric: RT @SarahAlexis4: @zacsanford2 I think using
action, humor, or conflict in delivery of exposition makes it feel less on the
nose and in your face. #scriptchat
November 26, 2012, 1:23 am
@ActorSelenaB: :) @ericnjones I would say yes, when you're
trying to feel your way through your script and need to still flush it out.
#scriptchat
November 26, 2012, 1:23 am
@princess_scribe: @SarahAlexis4 Hey pretty lady! #scriptchat
November 26, 2012, 1:23 am
@Ludovicaa: Thats how I feel about iPhones ;) RT
@IngridElkner: but I haven't seen Inception yet Waiting to see it on a big
enough screen. #scriptchat
November 26, 2012, 1:23 am
@jeannevb: For me, THE DESCENDANTS was ridiculous w the
voiceover exposition. I wanted to barf. #scriptchat
November 26, 2012, 1:24 am
@IngridElkner: @zacsanford2 And the last several seasons of
Dexter ;) #scriptchat
November 26, 2012, 1:24 am
@wcmartell: TV comes from radio - so if you watch a lot of
TV you have the wrong idea of what writing a movie is all about. #scriptchat
November 26, 2012, 1:24 am
@RWWFilm: @SarahAlexis4 The Raiders dump gives us Ark info,
but it also sets up the Indy/Ravenwood backstory & incompetence of the
govt. #scriptchat
November 26, 2012, 1:24 am
@princess_scribe: RT @wcmartell: TV comes from radio - so if
you watch a lot of TV you have the wrong idea of what writing a movie is all
about. #scriptchat
November 26, 2012, 1:24 am
@Jamie_LD: @zacsanford2 a lot of the cop shows are thick
with exposition. I listen and cringe. #Scriptchat
November 26, 2012, 1:24 am
@dwacon: @Jamie_LD “I’m Freddy. I’m gonna get you!” “What
happens after you’ve got me?” “The movie ends.” “I guess I’ll start running!”
#scriptchat
November 26, 2012, 1:24 am
@ericnjones: @zacsanford2 There was an argument abt that on
the DDP forums. Googled it. Turns out 60/40 is the consensus!!! #scriptchat
November 26, 2012, 1:24 am
@zacsanford2: "but it was a book." :) RT
@jeannevb: For me, THE DESCENDANTS was ridiculous w the voiceover exposition. I
wanted to barf. #scriptchat
November 26, 2012, 1:24 am
@BaloneyBooks: RT @jeannevb: Apologies to my followers who
aren't writers...but if you ARE, join us for the next hour of #scriptchat
talking EXPOSITION
November 26, 2012, 1:25 am
@jeannevb: @tape6matt oh yes, dialogue is a big issue
#scriptchat
November 26, 2012, 1:25 am
@zacsanford2: @jeannevb I don't mind V.O. as long as it adds
to the scene and isn't used as a crutch. Had no probs w/Descendents.
#scriptchat
November 26, 2012, 1:25 am
@princess_scribe: @ericnjones Thankfully Terence Malik pays
no attention to DDP ;) #scriptchat
November 26, 2012, 1:25 am
@SarahAlexis4: I can't stand when characters say something
like, "remember when..." for the sole purpose of exposition.
#scriptchat
November 26, 2012, 1:25 am
@IngridElkner: @Jamie_LD And tacky distasteful one-liners at
the end of scenes. #scriptchat
November 26, 2012, 1:25 am
@WriteCoachKiki: @dwacon @Jamie_LD Hilarious! #scriptchat
November 26, 2012, 1:25 am
@Ludovicaa: @zacsanford2 Ahhh adaptations... how not to be
able to please anybody!! ;) #scriptchat ;)
November 26, 2012, 1:25 am
@zacsanford2: @ericnjones Hmmm, interesting. I'll have to
check it out, but take anything on the DDP boards with a grain of salt.
#scriptchat
November 26, 2012, 1:25 am
@Jamie_LD: RT @wcmartell: I like to disguise exposition
w/conflict mke scene *seem* to be abt conflict, but theres info lurking
underneath #Scriptchat
November 26, 2012, 1:25 am
@ericnjones: @zacsanford2 ... but it's no hard rule &
fluctuates with genre, with drama being dialogue-heavy and thrillers, etc...
not. #scriptchat
November 26, 2012, 1:25 am
@jeannevb: LAZY writing :) RT @zacsanford2: "but it was
a book." :) RT @jeannevb: THE DESCENDANTS was ridiculous w VO exposition.
#scriptchat
November 26, 2012, 1:26 am
@dwacon: RT @wcmartell: “disguise exposition with conflict”
YES !!!! #scriptchat
November 26, 2012, 1:26 am
@Jamie_LD: @dwacon lol #Scriptchat
November 26, 2012, 1:26 am
@zacsanford2: @ericnjones Plus, the only real rules in
screenwriting is the formatting. Everything else is meant to be broken
#scriptchat
November 26, 2012, 1:26 am
@ChipNotDonald: @jeannevb Couldn't agree more. It was much
better without it- after first 5 mins, I wasn't sure I could watch, but then it
quit. #scriptchat
November 26, 2012, 1:26 am
@SarahAlexis4: Or unrealistic dialogue where a character
says something the other person obviously already should know for expo sake.
#scriptchat
November 26, 2012, 1:26 am
@WriteCoachKiki: @SarahAlexis4 Or when they reminisce about
something from an earlier scene. #scriptchat
November 26, 2012, 1:26 am
@Whyvoni: What about movies that do it well? Thinking of
Romcoms - Harry Met Sally. LOTS of exposition bc it's 2 ppl talking entire
movie #scriptchat
November 26, 2012, 1:26 am
@jeannevb: @zacsanford2 omg, I couldn't stand it. I kept
yelling at TV "SHOW, DON"T TELL" haha #scriptchat
November 26, 2012, 1:26 am
@princess_scribe: @zacsanford2 AS long as you learn the
rules first ;) #scriptchat
November 26, 2012, 1:26 am
@LordBronco: #Scriptchat *try* and make your exposition as
visual and audible as possible-And not dialogue VoiceOvers! :-))
November 26, 2012, 1:26 am
@jeannevb: @ChipNotDonald yep. I was so relieved when he
shut up haha #scriptchat
November 26, 2012, 1:27 am
@scriptdreric: Exactly: RT @wcmartell disguise exposition
with conflict - make the scene *seem* to be about conflict w/ info lurking
underneath #scriptchat
November 26, 2012, 1:27 am
@authorViviAnna: RT @jeannevb: I take EVERY line & ask
"Can I show this in ACTION instead of description or dialogue?"
#scriptchat
November 26, 2012, 1:27 am
@willentrekin: RT @jeannevb: LAZY writing :) RT
@zacsanford2: "but it was a book." :) RT @jeannevb: THE DESCENDANTS
was ridiculous w VO exposition. #scriptchat
November 26, 2012, 1:27 am
@IngridElkner: @zacsanford2 And "don't be boring".
#scriptchat
November 26, 2012, 1:27 am
@jeannevb: @SarahAlexis4 yep. The 2 best friends who know
everything about ea other, yet they retell for our sake. #barf #scriptchat
November 26, 2012, 1:27 am
@SarahAlexis4: @WriteCoachKiki Right. That's even worse
because we've already even actually seen/heard it ourselves! #scriptchat
November 26, 2012, 1:27 am
@princess_scribe: Graphic novel adaptations can be a gr8 way
to study expostition techniques. #scriptchat
November 26, 2012, 1:27 am
@zacsanford2: But I was born that way... RT @IngridElkner
@zacsanford2 And "don't be boring". #scriptchat
November 26, 2012, 1:27 am
@wcmartell: V.O. narration needs to be a different layer of
story than what we are seeing or getting through dialogue. Additional info.
#scriptchat
November 26, 2012, 1:27 am
@ericnjones: @ActorSelenaB Yes! Then thin it out in
successive drafts... #scriptchat
November 26, 2012, 1:28 am
@willentrekin: I feel like "But it's true" or
"It was a book" are always #lazywritingexcuses. #scriptchat @jeannevb
@zacsanford2
November 26, 2012, 1:28 am
@jeannevb: And @wcmartell is here to give us exposition
tips. Thanks, Bill! #scriptchat
November 26, 2012, 1:28 am
@WriteCoachKiki: @SarahAlexis4 Totally lose me when they do
that. #scriptchat
November 26, 2012, 1:28 am
@wcmartell: And V.O. is usually *funny* - it has an
entertainment value. "Typical monkey funeral." #scriptchat
November 26, 2012, 1:28 am
@IngridElkner: @zacsanford2 Maybe that's why Christians are
born-again? 'Cos they were boring the 1st time. Keep being reborn until they're
fun #scriptchat
November 26, 2012, 1:28 am
@Christinarose12: RT @wcmartell: V.O. narration needs to be
a different layer of story than what we are seeing or getting through dialogue.
Additional info. #scriptchat
November 26, 2012, 1:28 am
@throwitfar: #scriptchat I "expose" the crap out
of an outline to understand the nuts and bolts of where I am going, and why.
Then remove with voracity!
November 26, 2012, 1:29 am
@jeannevb: FYI, @wcmartell is teaching webinar Wednesday on
First 10 Pages... #hinthint http://t.co/U3y58EZU ON SALE until midnight
#scriptchat
November 26, 2012, 1:29 am
@WriteCoachKiki: I like V.O. when we find out that the
character is dead. It works for me then. #scriptchat
November 26, 2012, 1:29 am
@zacsanford2: The character named Exposition in the Austin
Power movies has only one purpose... to drop knowledge on Austin/Audience.
#scriptchat
November 26, 2012, 1:29 am
@LordBronco: #Scriptchat I'll take a visual audible montage
during opening credits to set up a fantasy world anyday of the week.
November 26, 2012, 1:29 am
@zacsanford2: RT @jeannevb: FYI, @wcmartell is teaching
webinar Wed on First 10 Pages... #hinthint http://t.co/f65nMQbE ON SALE until
midnight #scriptchat
November 26, 2012, 1:30 am
@WriteCoachKiki: RT @jeannevb: FYI, @wcmartell is teaching
webinar Wed on First 10 Pages... #hinthint http://t.co/IHl9IHXQ ON SALE until
midnight #scriptchat
November 26, 2012, 1:30 am
@tape6matt: RT @wcmartell: TV comes from radio - so if you
watch a lot of TV you have the wrong idea of what writing a movie is all about.
#scriptchat
November 26, 2012, 1:30 am
@chasffisher: RT @princess_scribe: Graphic novel adaptations
can be a gr8 way to study expostition techniques. #scriptchat
November 26, 2012, 1:30 am
@SarahAlexis4: I find that exposition in a draft can also be
a matter of how well I understand my story at that point while I'm writing it.
#scriptchat
November 26, 2012, 1:30 am
@wcmartell: Talking about this in Weds class: Play In A Play
- you can show how things are done by giving the audience a dress rehearsal.
#scriptchat
November 26, 2012, 1:30 am
@IngridElkner: @WriteCoachKiki But how do dead people give
voice-overs if they no longer have voice-boxes? *age-old philosophical
question* #scriptchat
November 26, 2012, 1:31 am
@ericnjones: @princess_scribe Yes, thank God for that. Love
his films, but financiers & the general public don't. Glad he sticks to his
guns #scriptchat
November 26, 2012, 1:31 am
@RWWFilm: @zacsanford2 Basil Exposition. His mother is a
man, baby! #scriptchat
November 26, 2012, 1:31 am
@wcmartell: Play In Play: So in MINORITY REPORT we see how
the future police work by having them chase someone else in opening scene.
#scriptchat
November 26, 2012, 1:31 am
@LordBronco: #Scriptchat A great example of a great Visual
Audible exposition opening is Mad Max 2-which oddly enough does use
Voiceovers...
November 26, 2012, 1:31 am
@LaFamiliaFilm: “Most scripts today are garbage.” John
Milius http://t.co/guzLwD7S #screenwriting #scriptchat
November 26, 2012, 1:31 am
@rdlln: Figure out what your reader needs to know + then
find the most interesting, unique, exciting way to tell it #exposition
#scriptchat
November 26, 2012, 1:31 am
@wcmartell: Play In A Play: In LOOPER they show what happens
to someone who refuses to close the loop with another character. #scriptchat
November 26, 2012, 1:32 am
@SarahAlexis4: @zacsanford2 Think there was something in The
Muppets where they poked fun at selves for giving us exposition. Made me laugh.
#scriptchat
November 26, 2012, 1:32 am
@RWWFilm: RT @wcmartell: Play In Play: So in MINORITY REPORT
we see how the future police work by having them chase someone else in opening
scene. #scriptchat
November 26, 2012, 1:32 am
@wcmartell: Play In A Play: This allows you to SHOW the
exposition before it becomes important. #scriptchat
November 26, 2012, 1:32 am
@WriteCoachKiki: @IngridElkner That's why I like it.
Expecting 2c something -- then wham! You want to see the movie again right
away. #scriptchat
November 26, 2012, 1:32 am
@ActorSelenaB: :) @rdlln Nicely said! #scriptchat
November 26, 2012, 1:32 am
@IngridElkner: @wcmartell Great film, handled the exposition
well. The second act... Not so much. #scriptchat
November 26, 2012, 1:33 am
@jeannevb: @willentrekin totally agree. #scriptchat
November 26, 2012, 1:33 am
@WriteCoachKiki: RT @wcmartell: Play In A Play: This allows
you to SHOW the exposition before it becomes important. #scriptchat
November 26, 2012, 1:33 am
@chasffisher: Whenever a scene feels exposition-heavy, I
simply ask myself "How do I do this without dialogue?" #scriptchat
November 26, 2012, 1:33 am
@ericnjones: @zacsanford2 Of course, but a lot of exposition
= big dialogue blocks & visually, doesn't that scream Amateur? #scriptchat
November 26, 2012, 1:33 am
@zacsanford2: @SarahAlexis4 I don't remember what it was in
The Muppets. Hmmm. But musicals hide a lot of expo in song. #scriptchat
November 26, 2012, 1:33 am
@RWWFilm: RT @wcmartell: Play In A Play: This allows you to
SHOW the exposition before it becomes important. #scriptchat
November 26, 2012, 1:33 am
@dwacon: @tape6matt @wcmartell [clump] [clump] [clump]
[clump] “I think I hear footsteps...”n #scriptchat
November 26, 2012, 1:33 am
@ActorSelenaB: RT @chasffisher: Whenever a scene feels
exposition-heavy, I simply ask myself "How do I do this without
dialogue?" #scriptchat
November 26, 2012, 1:33 am
@Secretoriginz: @SarahAlexis4 or when people talk about
subject for 1st time after years of issue existing w/no sensible reason 4
sitting on it #scriptchat
November 26, 2012, 1:34 am
@zacsanford2: @ericnjones Expo can be one line. So it
doesn't equal big dialogue blocks. Just look at police procedurals on TV. Short
dia. #scriptchat
November 26, 2012, 1:34 am
@jeannevb: @chasffisher you're supposed to be working on
that deadline :) #scriptchat
November 26, 2012, 1:34 am
@princess_scribe: Reviews call "Liz & Dick"
"unintentionally hilarious." #setsdvr #scriptchat
November 26, 2012, 1:34 am
@lukeJmadsen: Proofreading for screenwriters! Cover
everything not 'covered' by a coverage report at http://t.co/TKRGC3WW
#scriptchat #screenwriting
November 26, 2012, 1:34 am
@WriteCoachKiki: @dwacon Those are hilarious! #scriptchat
November 26, 2012, 1:34 am
@Ludovicaa: @princess_scribe starting right there with the
name of the movie.. ;) #scriptchat
November 26, 2012, 1:35 am
@RWWFilm: @jeannevb @chasffisher I was just typing the same
thing :) #scriptchat
November 26, 2012, 1:35 am
@princess_scribe: @ericnjones Just my op, but I think
audiences are a gr8 deal more cinema literate 2day, and expect more viz
storytelling #scriptchat
November 26, 2012, 1:35 am
@princess_scribe: @chasffisher Hey you! #scriptchat
November 26, 2012, 1:35 am
@WriteCoachKiki: @princess_scribe Omg - I saw the
commercials and I was laughing hysterically. #scriptchat
November 26, 2012, 1:35 am
@zacsanford2: @princess_scribe And don't forget to add the
movie on after it... I know the writer who took a pen name. :) #scriptchat
November 26, 2012, 1:35 am
@medkno: @ericnjones @zacsanford2 I'm a big fan of scenes
sequenced without the need for elaborate exposition i.e through internal logic
#scriptchat
November 26, 2012, 1:35 am
@princess_scribe: @zacsanford2 If I weren't so bloody tired,
I might have to Tweet it out ala my SyFy movies #scriptchat
November 26, 2012, 1:36 am
@zacsanford2: Remember, readers are dumb, so sometimes you
need to explain things. :) #onceareader #alwaysareader #scriptchat
November 26, 2012, 1:36 am
@IngridElkner: Someone should make a film that's just a
person sitting in a room with exposition-laden voice-over. And.... IT'S A
FLASHBACK. #scriptchat
November 26, 2012, 1:37 am
@wcmartell: That ends up being an issue: the difference
between the intelligence of the audience and, um, the development people.
#scriptchat
November 26, 2012, 1:38 am
@princess_scribe: @jeannevb getting ready for my own
#writingsprint after din-din @chasffisher @RWWFilm #scriptchat
November 26, 2012, 1:38 am
@rdlln: Exposition is also about leaving the reader with
questions #scriptchat
November 26, 2012, 1:38 am
@zacsanford2: RT @wcmartell: That ends up being an issue:
the difference between the intelligence of the audience andbthe development
people. #scriptchat
November 26, 2012, 1:38 am
@ericnjones: @zacsanford2 Is this sarcasm? Can't tell
anymore. #scriptchat
November 26, 2012, 1:38 am
@princess_scribe: RT @zacsanford2: RT @wcmartell: That ends
up being an issue: the difference between the intelligence of the audience
andbthe development people. #scriptchat
November 26, 2012, 1:38 am
@wcmartell: What I find interesting is - when I read a
script on a rewrite assignment I skim the dialogue and focus on the actions...
#scriptchat
November 26, 2012, 1:38 am
@princess_scribe: RT @wcmartell: What I find interesting is
- when I read a script on a rewrite assignment I skim the dialogue and focus on
the actions... #scriptchat
November 26, 2012, 1:39 am
@WriteCoachKiki: @IngridElkner Some movie comes to mind but
I don't remember what it is. Not exactly like that - like that concept though.
#scriptchat
November 26, 2012, 1:39 am
@zacsanford2: @wcmartell I admit it, I wrote a note: "I
don't know if this is buried in subtext, but I didn't get what you're going
for" #scriptchat
November 26, 2012, 1:39 am
@jeannevb: @IngridElkner hahaha I dare you :) #scriptchat
November 26, 2012, 1:39 am
@wcmartell: Readers often skim the actions and focus on the
dialogue - which should *not* be telling the story. #scriptchat
November 26, 2012, 1:39 am
@zacsanford2: @ericnjones No, readers are dumb sometimes
(not all the time), but it is because of the workload and turnaround time to
cover. #scriptchat
November 26, 2012, 1:39 am
@ericnjones: I committed the biggest Exposition crime in my
latest script. Just invented a character out of nowhere to explain things.
Sigh. #scriptchat
November 26, 2012, 1:39 am
@zacsanford2: VERY TRUE. RT @wcmartell: Readers often skim
the actions and focus on the dialogue - which should *not* be telling the
story. #scriptchat
November 26, 2012, 1:39 am
@Whyvoni: THIS. RT @rdlln Exposition is also about leaving
the reader with questions #scriptchat
November 26, 2012, 1:39 am
@kimberlyviv: RT @rdlln: Exposition is also about leaving
the reader with questions #scriptchat
November 26, 2012, 1:40 am
@IngridElkner: @WriteCoachKiki Either a European film or a
European remake probably. haha #scriptchat
November 26, 2012, 1:40 am
@GeoffBreedwell: RT @scriptdreric: Exactly: RT @wcmartell
disguise exposition with conflict - make the scene *seem* to be about conflict
w/ info lurking underneath #scriptchat
November 26, 2012, 1:40 am
@jeannevb: @ericnjones admitting it is the first step to
recovery :) #scriptchat
November 26, 2012, 1:40 am
@zacsanford2: I guess I like comedy as there really isn't as
much expo needed as in sci-fi, thrillers, etc. #scriptchat
November 26, 2012, 1:40 am
@zacsanford2: Plus in comedy, you can make people laugh with
the exposition or with smash cuts to explain things. #scriptchat
November 26, 2012, 1:40 am
@dwacon: @WriteCoachKiki Merci mon chern #scriptchat
November 26, 2012, 1:40 am
@wcmartell: What Zac said - when you have a stack of scripts
to read, it's easy to miss things. Better to be a little obvious sometimes.
#scriptchat
November 26, 2012, 1:40 am
@IngridElkner: @jeannevb AND it will be in French. So you
have to READ the subtitles of the flashbacked voice-over. #scriptchat
November 26, 2012, 1:40 am
@ActorSelenaB: @ericnjones are you still able to expand on
the events surrounding this character? :)n #scriptchat
November 26, 2012, 1:40 am
@ericnjones: @ericnjones Killing her off after tonight's
chat. #scriptchat
November 26, 2012, 1:40 am
@WriteCoachKiki: @IngridElkner I'm seeing it in my mind -
they were figuring out a crime....maybe Tim Roth....? Will think about it.
#scriptchat
November 26, 2012, 1:41 am
@zacsanford2: @wcmartell And that's why I say there should
be a readers draft and that stuff can be written out in the rewrites, but isn't
:) #scriptchat
November 26, 2012, 1:41 am
@Ludovicaa: @ericnjones as long as he hadnt spent the
previous 23 years in the shower....#scriptchat
November 26, 2012, 1:41 am
@elizabethkarr: Best exposition is just as am wondring abt
something it's revealed by dialogue or action.Screenplay needs 2 stay ahead of
reader #scriptchat
November 26, 2012, 1:41 am
@RWWFilm: RT @zacsanford2: VERY TRUE. RT @wcmartell: Readers
often skim the actions and focus on the dialogue - which should *not* be
telling the story. #scriptchat
November 26, 2012, 1:41 am
@WriteCoachKiki: @dwacon I was trying to RT them but they
were too long. Hilarious. Love the Jen and Grandma one. #scriptchat
November 26, 2012, 1:41 am
@zacsanford2: But by having a "reader's draft"
where sometimes you're a little more on the nose, don't go OVERBOARD with it.
#scriptchat
November 26, 2012, 1:41 am
@kimberlyviv: RT @rdlln: Figure out what your reader needs
to know + then find the most interesting, unique, exciting way to tell it
#exposition #scriptchat
November 26, 2012, 1:42 am
@WriteCoachKiki: @IngridElkner @jeannevb And it's time
travel so there are four stories going. #scriptchat
November 26, 2012, 1:42 am
@IngridElkner: @WriteCoachKiki Ooh, he's the murderer w/
temporal lobe epilepsy. There's also a Vincent D'Onofrio film where he's in bed
naked. #scriptchat
November 26, 2012, 1:42 am
@zacsanford2: In thrillers I don't mind a bit of expo if the
viewer/reader isn't ahead of the story. Then it just bogs things down.
#scriptchat
November 26, 2012, 1:42 am
@elizabethkarr: RT @wcmartell: What Zac said - when you have
a stack of scripts to read, it's easy to miss things. Better to be a little
obvious sometimes. #scriptchat
November 26, 2012, 1:42 am
@IngridElkner: There we go! That's a great way to conceal
dialogue. Disguise it with nudity. The characters' - not yours. #scriptchat
November 26, 2012, 1:42 am
@SarahAlexis4: You often find backstory being exposed in
exposition as a way out of actually working to show it or say it in subtext
somehow. #scriptchat
November 26, 2012, 1:43 am
@goodfilm: RT @SarahAlexis4: Part of exposition is knowing
when to give your audience some credit to make connections/figure things out on
their own. #scriptchat
November 26, 2012, 1:43 am
@zacsanford2: @IngridElkner Uh oh, watch out on tweeting
Vincent's name, I received a windfall of followers when I last uttered his
name. #scriptchat
November 26, 2012, 1:43 am
@wcmartell: That's one good way to do expo: break it up into
pieces and let the audience assemble them. #scriptchat
November 26, 2012, 1:43 am
@Ludovicaa: @IngridElkner #scriptchat.. lol..
November 26, 2012, 1:44 am
@zacsanford2: Sprinkle through out. RT @wcmartell: Thats one
good way to do expo: break it up into pieces and let the audience assemble
them. #scriptchat
November 26, 2012, 1:44 am
@WriteCoachKiki: @IngridElkner Really? Don't know the movie.
Where's he been? #scriptchat
November 26, 2012, 1:44 am
@RWWFilm: RT @wcmartell: That's one good way to do expo:
break it up into pieces and let the audience assemble them. #scriptchat
November 26, 2012, 1:44 am
@WriteCoachKiki: @IngridElkner Because who's listening
anyway? #scriptchat
November 26, 2012, 1:44 am
@zacsanford2: Uh oh, could twitter be crashing on us... I've
received a couple "twitter is down" notices on Tweetchat. #yikes
#scriptchat
November 26, 2012, 1:44 am
@IngridElkner: @zacsanford2 haha, you serious? So all those
people Googling "Vincent D'Onofrio + naked" will follow me? Weeee!
#scriptchat
November 26, 2012, 1:44 am
@ActorSelenaB: @ericnjones oh, no! lol... #scriptchat
November 26, 2012, 1:44 am
@Ludovicaa: RT @IngridElkner: @zacsanford2 haha, you
serious? So all those people Googling "Vincent D'Onofrio + naked"
will follow me? Weeee! #scriptchat
November 26, 2012, 1:44 am
@BrittainyCherry: RT @wcmartell: What Zac said - when you
have a stack of scripts to read, it's easy to miss things. Better to be a
little obvious sometimes. #scriptchat
November 26, 2012, 1:45 am
@willentrekin: RT @IngridElkner: Someone should make a film
that's just a person sitting in a room with exposition-laden voice-over.
And.... IT'S A FLASHBACK. #scriptchat
November 26, 2012, 1:45 am
@willentrekin: RT @IngridElkner: @jeannevb AND it will be in
French. So you have to READ the subtitles of the flashbacked voice-over.
#scriptchat
November 26, 2012, 1:45 am
@ericnjones: @zacsanford2 The feedback I've received made me
wonder, but as has been said here, I think it's cause there's a lot of skimming
#scriptchat
November 26, 2012, 1:45 am
@willentrekin: RT @IngridElkner: There we go! That's a great
way to conceal dialogue. Disguise it with nudity. The characters' - not yours.
#scriptchat
November 26, 2012, 1:45 am
@IngridElkner: @WriteCoachKiki From what I saw, he's lying
in a bed in a hotel, and there's a woman in a wedding dress. The whole film.
#scriptchat
November 26, 2012, 1:45 am
@RWWFilm: @zacsanford2 bum, bum BUMMMMM #scriptchat
November 26, 2012, 1:45 am
@zacsanford2: @IngridElkner I tweeted about this movie called
"The First Turn-On". So maybe that was the reasoning.. :) #scriptchat
November 26, 2012, 1:45 am
@ericnjones: @wcmartell Very true!!! #scriptchat
November 26, 2012, 1:45 am
@ActorSelenaB: Nice! RT @wcmartell: Thats one good way to do
expo: break it up into pieces and let the audience assemble them. #scriptchat
November 26, 2012, 1:45 am
@Ludovicaa: RT @RWWFilm: @zacsanford2 bum, bum BUMMMMM
#scriptchat
November 26, 2012, 1:45 am
@SarahAlexis4: I like this quote from @GoIntoTheStory
"Exposition = Death only if a writer shows no imagination in making it
interesting" #scriptchat
November 26, 2012, 1:45 am
@wcmartell: That doesn't work with "Ernest Borgnine"
and "naked" by the way. #scriptchat
November 26, 2012, 1:45 am
@zacsanford2: Only 15 minutes left... get in your questions
to the #scriptchat community about exposition or tweet out your tips n ticks.
#scriptchat
November 26, 2012, 1:45 am
@zacsanford2: @ericnjones Readers typically need to read and
write coverage for two scripts a day. #scriptchat
November 26, 2012, 1:46 am
@lukeJmadsen: RT @rdlln: Exposition is also about leaving
the reader with questions #scriptchat
November 26, 2012, 1:46 am
@wcmartell: I'm sure I have had a naked exposition scene in
a script... #scriptchat
November 26, 2012, 1:46 am
@WriteCoachKiki: @IngridElkner Oy. #scriptchat
November 26, 2012, 1:46 am
@ericnjones: @medkno @zacsanford2 Agreed! #scriptchat
November 26, 2012, 1:46 am
@Ludovicaa: Sagittarius.? lol.. who will get that i
wonder?RT @wcmartell: That doesn't work with "Ernest Borgnine" and
"naked" by the way. #scriptchat
November 26, 2012, 1:46 am
@zacsanford2: @ericnjones The way to keep readers from
skimming your script... hook them from page one and every page/scene after
that. #scriptchat
November 26, 2012, 1:46 am
@zacsanford2: @dutchdoescher is the king of naked exposition...
:) #scriptchat
November 26, 2012, 1:47 am
@jeannevb: @zacsanford2 I love you, Zac #justsayin
#comoderatorswoon #alwayshasmyback #scriptchat
November 26, 2012, 1:47 am
@WriteCoachKiki: Doesn't everyone? (I don't think I do) :)
RT @wcmartell: Im sure I have had a naked exposition scene in a script...
#scriptchat
November 26, 2012, 1:47 am
@elizabethkarr: @WriteCoachKiki @IngridElkner Are you
thinking of Usual Suspects? #scriptchat
November 26, 2012, 1:47 am
@zacsanford2: Someone like ScarJo could repeat everything we
already know if she was naked and I wouldn't care one bit... #scriptchat
November 26, 2012, 1:47 am
@IngridElkner: @wcmartell It's like naked news. You don't
hear the news. You see the spontaneous presence of reproductive organs.
#scriptchat
November 26, 2012, 1:48 am
@Indust_Scripts: "I only sound intelligent when there's
a good scriptwriter around" - Christian Bale #scriptchat
November 26, 2012, 1:48 am
@ericnjones: @ActorSelenaB Yes. It's the worst. Really. Will
find other ways to dramatize. #scriptchat
November 26, 2012, 1:48 am
@Ludovicaa: @zacsanford2 youre such a boy Zac :D #scriptchat
November 26, 2012, 1:48 am
@IngridElkner: @elizabethkarr No, that's very action-based.
The Tim Roth one is he is a cunning killer being interrogated in a room.
#scriptchat
November 26, 2012, 1:48 am
@WriteCoachKiki: @elizabethkarr @IngridElkner No, although
that's one that I sat through twice in two days. Love those endings.
#scriptchat
November 26, 2012, 1:48 am
@rdlln: STARS WARS has a huge exposition dump ... "Long
ago in a galaxy far far away" #yadayadayada #scriptchat
November 26, 2012, 1:48 am
@jeannevb: @WriteCoachKiki @IngridElkner @RWWFilm ...and
some blue people & in 3D #scriptchat
November 26, 2012, 1:48 am
@wcmartell: Commercial Break/Spam: I'm doing a class on
first ten pages on Wednesday: http://t.co/kpY1gleq #scriptchat
November 26, 2012, 1:48 am
@ericnjones: A good movie with LOTS of exposition?
#scriptchat
November 26, 2012, 1:49 am
@LordBronco: #Scriptchat Right. Noob question. Coverage in a
script is different from coverage from shooting on set. How? Why?
November 26, 2012, 1:49 am
@RWWFilm: @zacsanford2 Jennifer Lawrence in Silver Linings
Playbook - Could listen to exposition all day long. #scriptchat
November 26, 2012, 1:49 am
@zacsanford2: Yes. RT @shoshido: If the characters operating
on a need-to-know basis, is it okay to also leave the audience in the dark?
#scriptchat
November 26, 2012, 1:49 am
@zacsanford2: Get the discount. RT @wcmartell: Commercial
Break/Spam: Im doing a class on first ten pages on Wednesday:
http://t.co/uOJSlCs3 #scriptchat
November 26, 2012, 1:49 am
@WriteCoachKiki: @IngridElkner @elizabethkarr Right! I see
it so clearly but can't remember the name. Love Tim Roth. Great actor.
#scriptchat
November 26, 2012, 1:49 am
@IngridElkner: @zacsanford2 If 'naked exposition' tuns up in
a screenwriting book, I wanna be quoted & known as that weird chick who
spread it. #scriptchat
November 26, 2012, 1:49 am
@Ludovicaa: @rdlln But in 1978 that was aNEW thing.. now its
done to death #scriptchat
November 26, 2012, 1:49 am
@RWWFilm: @jeannevb @WriteCoachKiki @IngridElkner I try to
have blue ppl in 3-d in EVERY script. Just good busines sense. #scriptchat
November 26, 2012, 1:49 am
@zacsanford2: @LordBronco Coverage is like a book report by
the reader that summarizes the script and gives thoughts/notes to the execs.
#scriptchat
November 26, 2012, 1:49 am
@goodfilm: RT @jeannevb: I take EVERY line & ask
"Can I show this in ACTION instead of description or dialogue?"
#scriptchat
November 26, 2012, 1:49 am
@wcmartell: You don't want the audience to think you are
making up the world as you go along - the world is always that way. #scriptchat
November 26, 2012, 1:49 am
@WriteCoachKiki: @jeannevb @IngridElkner @RWWFilm and a ship
slams into an iceberg and sinks.... #scriptchat
November 26, 2012, 1:50 am
@jeannevb: Sex & The City movie was on TV today. Caught
the beginning. Horrible expo dump. They shld have used the show writers. #fail
#scriptchat
November 26, 2012, 1:50 am
@LordBronco: #Scriptchat Coverage as a director is shooting
scenes just a couple more times to be sure you have good performance and tech.
November 26, 2012, 1:50 am
@Whyvoni: RT @wcmartell: You dont want the audience to think
you are making up the world as you go along - the world is always that way.
#scriptchat
November 26, 2012, 1:50 am
@IngridElkner: @WriteCoachKiki Hard candy is quite similar,
but they peppered in action. #scriptchat
November 26, 2012, 1:50 am
@zacsanford2: @LordBronco A lot of scripts are passed by
execs only looking over the coverage and not reading the script #scriptchat
November 26, 2012, 1:50 am
@WriteCoachKiki: :) RT @RWWFilm: @jeannevb @WriteCoachKiki
@IngridElkner I try to have blue ppl in 3-d in EVERY script. Just good busines
sense. #scriptchat
November 26, 2012, 1:50 am
@DMinformation: What is the percentage/odds of being a
screen writer? #ScriptChat #TVwriterchat
November 26, 2012, 1:50 am
@jeannevb: DISCOUNT until midnight! RT @wcmartell:
Commercial Break/Spam: Im doing a class on first 10 pgs on Wed:
http://t.co/5nNQVNKP #scriptchat
November 26, 2012, 1:50 am
@IngridElkner: @jeannevb I'd call the whole film a dump. A
stinking pile of it. #scriptchat
November 26, 2012, 1:50 am
@ericnjones: @jeannevb LOL yes. Gotta up my game!!!
#scriptchat
November 26, 2012, 1:50 am
@willentrekin: RT @ericnjones: A good movie with LOTS of
exposition? #scriptchat
November 26, 2012, 1:51 am
@zacsanford2: #LifeofPi has some expo moments, but it is
voiceover as they're setting up the journey & the character backstory. Did
it okay. #scriptchat
November 26, 2012, 1:51 am
@willentrekin: Kiss Kiss Bang Bang #scriptchat @ericnjones
November 26, 2012, 1:51 am
@RWWFilm: @jeannevb "So here's what we've been up to
since the TV show ended..." #scriptchat
November 26, 2012, 1:51 am
@WriteCoachKiki: @IngridElkner Don't know if I know it.
#scriptchat
November 26, 2012, 1:51 am
@wcmartell: The odds of making a living as a screenwriter
are about the same as being a pro NBA basketball player. #scriptchat
November 26, 2012, 1:51 am
@GeoffBreedwell: RT @jeannevb: DISCOUNT until midnight! RT
@wcmartell: Commercial Break/Spam: Im doing a class on first 10 pgs on Wed:
http://t.co/5nNQVNKP #scriptchat
November 26, 2012, 1:51 am
@elizabethkarr: RT @zacsanford2: @ericnjones The way to keep
readers from skimming your script... hook them from page one and every
page/scene after that. #scriptchat
November 26, 2012, 1:51 am
@WriteCoachKiki: Loved that movie. Good one! Yes. RT
@willentrekin: Kiss Kiss Bang Bang #scriptchat @ericnjones #scriptchat
November 26, 2012, 1:52 am
@zacsanford2: @LordBronco I think you have my email address.
Send me an email and I'll shoot you an example of what script coverage is.
#scriptchat
November 26, 2012, 1:52 am
@jeannevb: @IngridElkner haha totally! #scriptchat
November 26, 2012, 1:52 am
@willentrekin: And Kiss Kiss Bang Bang isn't only
exposition. Also: flashbacks and voiceover. Still: works. #scriptchat
@ericnjones
November 26, 2012, 1:52 am
@zacsanford2: RT @wcmartell: The odds of making a living as
a screenwriter are about the same as being a pro NBA basketball player.
#scriptchat
November 26, 2012, 1:52 am
@LordBronco: #scriptchat ohhh- so pitching to
studios/directors, you have to establish a couple of bonafides and 3rd party
critiques...
November 26, 2012, 1:52 am
@goodfilm: RT @RWWFilm: If you HAVE to use exposition, make
sure it moves the story forward as well - make it more than just exposition.
#scriptchat
November 26, 2012, 1:52 am
@zacsanford2: The problem with VO as exposition, too many
writers use it as a crutch. Write it without the VO and see if it still makes
sense. #scriptchat
November 26, 2012, 1:53 am
@tape6matt: RT @Indust_Scripts: "I only sound
intelligent when there's a good scriptwriter around" - Christian Bale
#scriptchat
November 26, 2012, 1:53 am
@RWWFilm: @wcmartell That part of the fun. Having the drive.
Making the push. Who wants it enough to not give up. #scriptchat
November 26, 2012, 1:53 am
@LordBronco: #scriptchat ... so as to insure that it's worth
reading it for real-That's SCRIPT Coverage-totally different beast.
November 26, 2012, 1:53 am
@WriteCoachKiki: @zacsanford2 @wcmartell Except you don't
have to be 7' tall. #scriptchat
November 26, 2012, 1:53 am
@ericnjones: @willentrekin Yep - good one! SKYFALL also had
a lot of exposition. I was shocked. #scriptchat
November 26, 2012, 1:53 am
@dwacon: The stick-figure slide show in “Human Centipede”
was the most hilarious exposition ever... #scriptchat
November 26, 2012, 1:53 am
@taratara2: RT @Indust_Scripts: "I only sound
intelligent when there's a good scriptwriter around" - Christian Bale
#scriptchat
November 26, 2012, 1:53 am
@wcmartell: @LordBronco No. The producers have readers who
do coverage on your script... and it goes forward or not. #scriptchat
November 26, 2012, 1:53 am
@goodfilm: RT @Jamie_LD: RT @wcmartell: I like to disguise
exposition w/conflict mke scene *seem* to be abt conflict, but theres info
lurking underneath #Scriptchat
November 26, 2012, 1:53 am
@zacsanford2: "What's that?" "It's the knife
the killer used." "How do you know?" "blah blah blah."
Hate Q&A as exposition dumps! ARGH! #scriptchat
November 26, 2012, 1:54 am
@IngridElkner: @WriteCoachKiki You haven't seen Hard
Candy??!! #scriptchat
November 26, 2012, 1:54 am
@fadeinsoftware: You can still get the best screenwriting
software money can buy for 40 bucks with coupon code BLACKFRIDAY2012.
#scriptchat
November 26, 2012, 1:54 am
@TheMattBishop: RT @jeannevb: I take EVERY line & ask
"Can I show this in ACTION instead of description or dialogue?"
#scriptchat
November 26, 2012, 1:54 am
@zacsanford2: @IngridElkner In comedy I don't always need to
know why a character is the way they are. Sometimes the truth undercuts comedy.
#scriptchat
November 26, 2012, 1:54 am
@RWWFilm: @willentrekin @ericnjones Base ur rules on what
Shane Black does in his scripts & youre in for a world of hurt
#Only1ShaneBlack #scriptchat
November 26, 2012, 1:54 am
@kimberlyviv: RT @Indust_Scripts: "I only sound
intelligent when there's a good scriptwriter around" - Christian Bale
#scriptchat
November 26, 2012, 1:54 am
@jeannevb: OMG!!!!! SEE IT! RT @IngridElkner:
@WriteCoachKiki You havent seen Hard Candy??!! #scriptchat
November 26, 2012, 1:54 am
@rcosgrove: RT @wcmartell: The odds of making a living as a
screenwriter are about the same as being a pro NBA basketball player.
#scriptchat
November 26, 2012, 1:54 am
@ericnjones: Couldn't believe that scene between Ralph
Fiennes & Judy Dench in the beginning. Exposition galore in an office in
SKYFALL #scriptchat
November 26, 2012, 1:55 am
@jvartus: @ericnjones I can't stop thinking about movies
that are ppl "stuck" in a room -- The Man from Earth... 12 Angry
Men... #scriptchat
November 26, 2012, 1:55 am
@ChipNotDonald: @wcmartell But for two very different groups
of people. #scriptchat
November 26, 2012, 1:55 am
@WriteCoachKiki: @IngridElkner No, is it a must see?
#scriptchat
November 26, 2012, 1:55 am
@wcmartell: @IngridElkner Why? may not have been lack of
exposition as much as just not considering the audience when writing.
#scriptchat
November 26, 2012, 1:55 am
@DMinformation: RT @zacsanford2: @IngridElkner In comedy I
don't always need to know why a character is the way they are. Sometimes the
truth undercuts comedy. #scriptchat
November 26, 2012, 1:55 am
@zacsanford2: @IngridElkner In one script we had an opening
on why the character was a chauvinist. Took it out & no reader has
complained. #scriptchat
November 26, 2012, 1:55 am
@IngridElkner: @jeannevb Nothing like a sexy pedophile as an
antagonist... #scriptchat
November 26, 2012, 1:55 am
@tape6matt: RT @wcmartell: The odds of making a living as a
screenwriter are about the same as being a pro NBA basketball player.
#scriptchat
November 26, 2012, 1:56 am
@ActorSelenaB: @wcmartell If that's the case, then how
should one use screenwriting as a financial platform? #scriptchat
November 26, 2012, 1:56 am
@WriteCoachKiki: @jeannevb @IngridElkner Okay - great!
#scriptchat
November 26, 2012, 1:56 am
@zacsanford2: @WriteCoachKiki Yes, a total must see. Hard
Candy is one of the few films I've seen more than once in a theater.
#scriptchat
November 26, 2012, 1:56 am
@ericnjones: @jvartus 12 ANGRY MEN - good one! But there was
no way around that one. The audience needed to know all the facts. #scriptchat
November 26, 2012, 1:56 am
@wcmartell: @ChipNotDonald Yeah - the venn graph of people
good at basketball *and* screenwriting is very narrow... #scriptchat
November 26, 2012, 1:56 am
@WriteCoachKiki: @IngridElkner @jeannevb Uh-oh, I hate
those.... #scriptchat
November 26, 2012, 1:56 am
@zacsanford2: @IngridElkner But in the end, honestly, who is
the antagonist of the film? They're both bad people. :) #antiheroes #scriptchat
November 26, 2012, 1:56 am
@WriteCoachKiki: @zacsanford2 Wow. Now I really have to see
it. #scriptchat
November 26, 2012, 1:57 am
@ChipNotDonald: @wcmartell Lucky for my screenwriting
career, my jump shot sucks. #scriptchat
November 26, 2012, 1:57 am
@elizabethkarr: Some ppl IRL have knack for being good story
tellers w/ just enough exposition to follow their yarns. Others #notsomuch.
#scriptchat
November 26, 2012, 1:57 am
@Ludovicaa: @ericnjones @jvartus 12 angry men never really
escapes its stage origins even though it is a wonderful film #scriptchat
November 26, 2012, 1:57 am
@zacsanford2: And to add to @wcmartell's tweet about good
screenwriters, most who even broke in aren't all that good. :) Very few...
#scriptchat
November 26, 2012, 1:57 am
@wcmartell: @ActorSelenaB The same way that very small group
of pro basketball players does. The other basketball players just play for fun.
#scriptchat
November 26, 2012, 1:57 am
@DunnCarey: RT @Gimme_Credit: The Feature Winners for our
11th and Final Cycle are now listed on our website. Congratulations!!
#scriptchat
November 26, 2012, 1:57 am
@Jamie_LD: @WriteCoachKiki it's a great movie. #Scriptchat
November 26, 2012, 1:57 am
@WriteCoachKiki: @wcmartell @ChipNotDonald Akiva Goldsman
and David Mamet are fantastic basketball players...um....whatever. #scriptchat
November 26, 2012, 1:58 am
@zacsanford2: @WriteCoachKiki I've had many discussions
after the film on who is the real bad guy of the film. #scriptchat
November 26, 2012, 1:58 am
@jeannevb: @WriteCoachKiki @IngridElkner yet the
"antagonist" switches back and forth from him to her #brilliant
#scriptchat
November 26, 2012, 1:58 am
@jeannevb: @zacsanford2 except @wcmartell...he's perfect :)
#scriptchat
November 26, 2012, 1:58 am
@elizabethkarr: @zacsanford2 I hear that VO should be used
as last resort. Thoughts? #scriptchat
November 26, 2012, 1:58 am
@dwacon: In Phantasm, Tall Man explained he was making
zombies to work in the mines on Jupiter. Mining a gas giant? Howz that happen?
#scriptchat
November 26, 2012, 1:58 am
@CelluloidBlonde: RT @WriteCoachKiki Akiva Goldsman and
David Mamet are fantastic basketball players...um....whatever. || yes they are
#scriptchat
November 26, 2012, 1:59 am
@WriteCoachKiki: @jeannevb @IngridElkner @Zacsanford2 Ok -
I've got to see this. #scriptchat
November 26, 2012, 1:59 am
@goodfilm: RT @wcmartell: That's one good way to do expo:
break it up into pieces and let the audience assemble them. #scriptchat
November 26, 2012, 1:59 am
@RWWFilm: RT @zacsanford2: And to add to @wcmartell's tweet
about good screenwriters, most who even broke in aren't all that good. :) Very
few... #scriptchat
November 26, 2012, 1:59 am
@zacsanford2: hey @chasffisher - I can't find the link to
your Kickstarter campaign... can you please tweet it to the chat
participants??? #scriptchat
November 26, 2012, 1:59 am
@ericnjones: @RWWFilm @willentrekin Love the way he writes,
but These are big action movies. Doesn't always work in other genres, does it?
#scriptchat
November 26, 2012, 1:59 am
@IngridElkner: @zacsanford2 Too true, but I love to see that
tiny speck of history. Monsters are not born, they're made. #scriptchat
November 26, 2012, 1:59 am
@WriteCoachKiki: @Jamie_LD How did I miss this?? #scriptchat
November 26, 2012, 1:59 am
@rdlln: Anyone have any thoughts on/experience with using
@scripped is it secure? Free? #scriptchat
November 26, 2012, 1:59 am
@zacsanford2: @elizabethkarr Try writing the script without
the VO and see if it still has the same impact. Some it helps if it adds.
#scriptchat
November 26, 2012, 1:59 am
@LordBronco: @wcmartell OK-thank you for clarification.
#Scriptchat
November 26, 2012, 2:00 am
@Jamie_LD: Tonight on #tvwriterchat we have a guest talking
about writing for reality TV. #Scriptchat
November 26, 2012, 2:00 am
@RWWFilm: @dwacon Love a Phantasm reference in any
discussion. You win tonight's #scriptchat
November 26, 2012, 2:00 am
@CelluloidBlonde: Is it bad I have not seen Hard Candy?
#scriptchat
November 26, 2012, 2:00 am
@WriteCoachKiki: @CelluloidBlonde Seriously? (I meant
pro-ball though.) :) #scriptchat
November 26, 2012, 2:00 am
@HBwriterMike: Good advice RT "@jeannevb: I take EVERY
line & ask "Can I show this in ACTION instead of description or
dialogue?" #scriptchat"
November 26, 2012, 2:00 am
@WriteCoachKiki: RT @Jamie_LD: Tonight on #tvwriterchat we
have a guest talking about writing for reality TV. #scriptchat
November 26, 2012, 2:00 am
@jeannevb: @CelluloidBlonde YES!!!!!! #scriptchat
November 26, 2012, 2:00 am
@ericnjones: @Ludovicaa @jvartus Very true #scriptchat
November 26, 2012, 2:00 am
@LordBronco: @zacsanford2 Absolutely, will get on that, and
thank you for taking the time. #Scriptchat
November 26, 2012, 2:01 am
@CelluloidBlonde: RT @WriteCoachKiki: @CelluloidBlonde
Seriously? (I meant pro-ball though.) :) || You're very funny [smile]
#scriptchat
November 26, 2012, 2:01 am
@RWWFilm: @CelluloidBlonde @WriteCoachKiki Akiva Goldsman is
the Bo Jackson of the screenwriting world. #scriptchat
November 26, 2012, 2:01 am
@wcmartell: The script should work perfectly without the
V.O. so that the V.O. is additional info, not required info. #scriptchat
November 26, 2012, 2:01 am
@ChipNotDonald: @WriteCoachKiki @wcmartell S/O Mamet,
exposition...I've tried to figure out why his dialogue works, but I can't. It
just does. #scriptchat
November 26, 2012, 2:01 am
@chasffisher: @zacsanford2 With pleasure sir:
http://t.co/Jpfzq8TL 5 days left to help stop #ChildSexAbuse!!! #scriptchat
November 26, 2012, 2:01 am
@IngridElkner: @jeannevb Yeah, I love that. It's a very
European thing to keep roles shifting. Also films like La Casa Muda play w/
your head #scriptchat
November 26, 2012, 2:01 am
@CelluloidBlonde: RT @jeannevb: @CelluloidBlonde YES!!!!!!
|| Oops, guess I had better get on that. #scriptchat
November 26, 2012, 2:01 am
@Ludovicaa: @ericnjones @jvartus everything needs to be
"bigger" for the stage and smaller for the camera #scriptchat
November 26, 2012, 2:01 am
@elizabethkarr: @zacsanford2 Personally, I like VO when done
well in films. I guess like anything, when it works, it works! #scriptchat
November 26, 2012, 2:01 am
@RWWFilm: @jeannevb @CelluloidBlonde I haven't either.
#shame #scriptchat
November 26, 2012, 2:01 am
@zacsanford: Please help make it happen for @chasffisher.
Only a couple days left and so close to goal. http://t.co/QR0h9Uxf #scriptchat
November 26, 2012, 2:01 am
@ACEntVegas_org: So true! "@LaFamiliaFilm: “Most
scripts today are garbage.” John Milius http://t.co/7tGUAl3l #screenwriting
#scriptchat"
November 26, 2012, 2:01 am
@zacsanford2: RT @chasffisher: @zacsanford2 With pleasure
sir: http://t.co/EGXD5Xee 5 days left to help stop #ChildSexAbuse!!!
#scriptchat
November 26, 2012, 2:02 am
@ericnjones: @CelluloidBlonde You're not alone. Didn't see
it either. #scriptchat
November 26, 2012, 2:02 am
@zacsanford2: @chasffisher Just found it and tweeted it just
after you posted it. #scriptchat
November 26, 2012, 2:02 am
@WriteCoachKiki: @ChipNotDonald @wcmartell Besides
everything else...I think it's his style. #scriptchat
November 26, 2012, 2:02 am
@zacsanford2: @elizabethkarr Little Children is one of my
favorite uses of VO and they use it so sparingly throughout. #scriptchat
November 26, 2012, 2:02 am
@CelluloidBlonde: RT @ericnjones: @CelluloidBlonde Youre not
alone. Didnt see it either. || Whew! I was in the corner for a moment there.
#scriptchat
November 26, 2012, 2:02 am
@HBwriterMike: RT "@Jamie_LD: Tonight on #tvwriterchat
we have a guest talking about writing for #realityTV. #Scriptchat"
November 26, 2012, 2:03 am
@RWWFilm: @ericnjones @willentrekin Successful exposition is
less a result of genre than it is of execution. #scriptchat
November 26, 2012, 2:03 am
@dwacon: @RWWFilm As I celebrate my win…I begin to remember
that horrific date I had in St. Louis with Hephzibah at her dad’s restaurant…
#scriptchat
November 26, 2012, 2:03 am
@IngridElkner: @ericnjones Time to change that fact! Hard
Candy is a great film to watch as a screenwriter. #scriptchat
November 26, 2012, 2:03 am
@ChipNotDonald: @WriteCoachKiki @wcmartell Absolutely. It's
just interesting to hear- ppl don't really talk like that, and yet somehow it
does. #scriptchat
November 26, 2012, 2:03 am
@zacsanford2: So thanks everyone for stopping by for another
fun and exciting chat. Now try to hide your exposition in your rewrites!
#scriptchat
November 26, 2012, 2:03 am
@WriteCoachKiki: Thanks everyone - this was great!
#scriptchat
November 26, 2012, 2:03 am
@elizabethkarr: Yes! rt @zacsanford2 @elizabethkarr Little
Children is one of my favorite uses of VO and they use it so sparingly
throughout. #scriptchat
November 26, 2012, 2:03 am
@dwacon: @ACEntVegas_org John ain’t been read mine.
#scriptchat
November 26, 2012, 2:03 am
@Ludovicaa: I love you Amanda! :D #scriptchat
#ErnestBorgnine #naked RT @Morbid_Undead: @Ludovicaa Just all the cool people
;)
November 26, 2012, 2:03 am
@jvartus: @Ludovicaa @ericnjones I could only imagine what
it would be like to sit in the audience while watching the tension build live.
#scriptchat
November 26, 2012, 2:04 am
@Jamie_LD: RT @zacsanford: Please help make it happen for
@chasffisher. Only a couple days left and so close to goal.
http://t.co/1YJkNKPa #Scriptchat
November 26, 2012, 2:04 am
@zacsanford2: As always, for those new followers, I'm really
@zacsanford -- this is just my alter ego. #scriptchat
November 26, 2012, 2:04 am
@WriteCoachKiki: @ChipNotDonald @wcmartell A number of shows
are trying it on TV - and it can get very annoying. #scriptchat
November 26, 2012, 2:04 am
@elizabethkarr: RT @rfamovie: Invitation for #scriptchat:
Radio Free Albemuth Opening Nite @PhilipKDickFest DEC 7. #Brooklyn #Filmmaker
Q+A http://t.co/VpaGKQDJ
November 26, 2012, 2:04 am
@Whyvoni: G'night all. Was enlightening as usual!
#scriptchat
November 26, 2012, 2:04 am
@IngridElkner: Get your 'Naked Exposition' t-shirts here! http://www.
fakewebsite . com #scriptchat
November 26, 2012, 2:04 am
@ericnjones: @zacsanford2 @elizabethkarr Agree about LITTLE
CHILDREN. If I remember correctly, it's an omniscient VO, like BARRY LYNDON
#scriptchat
November 26, 2012, 2:04 am
@ActorSelenaB: This was very insightful...nice chatting with
everyone! #scriptchat
November 26, 2012, 2:05 am
@jeannevb: Apologies for being quiet tonight...lingering
family from the holiday. Thx all for joining in. Great chat. Transcript up soon!
#scriptchat
November 26, 2012, 2:05 am
@ChipNotDonald: @WriteCoachKiki @wcmartell Yep. If you're
not a master, I wouldn't try it. I've tried to imitate it for giggles, but no
luck. #scriptchat
November 26, 2012, 2:05 am
@CelluloidBlonde: RT @zacsanford2: As always, for those new
followers, I'm really @zacsanford || Twitter jail? #scriptchat
November 26, 2012, 2:05 am
@LordBronco: @zacsanford @zacsandford2 #scriptchat Twitter
occasionally random unfollows people-which apparently happened in your case.
November 26, 2012, 2:05 am
@Jamie_LD: RT @rfamovie: Invitation #scriptchat: Radio Free
Albemuth Opening Nite @PhilipKDickFest DEC 7 http://t.co/V2Ghz1ke #Scriptchat
November 26, 2012, 2:05 am
@princess_scribe: Okie dokie! Time for a #writingsprint
#scriptchat
November 26, 2012, 2:05 am
@jvartus: RT @IngridElkner: Get your 'Naked Exposition'
t-shirts here! http://www. fakewebsite . com #scriptchat
November 26, 2012, 2:05 am
@ericnjones: @zacsanford2 @elizabethkarr It's been a while,
but I remember the narrator being aware of things the characters didn't know.
#scriptchat
November 26, 2012, 2:06 am
@zacsanford2: @CelluloidBlonde Nope, just use this one to
not annoy my non-screenwriting peeps during the chats. :) #scriptchat
November 26, 2012, 2:06 am
@LordBronco: Ni Ni peep!RT @princess_scribe: Okie dokie!
Time for a #writingsprint #scriptchat
November 26, 2012, 2:06 am
@wcmartell: Okay, I'm going to the movies... #scriptchat
November 26, 2012, 2:06 am
@jeannevb: If you want to know upcoming topics, we keep a
schedule here: http://t.co/iFZODCDZ #scriptchat
November 26, 2012, 2:06 am
