We have character, lots of character. We even have some scenes- lots of things to "happen" to the characters. We know who the story is about and have ideas about what might happen. What this screenplay needs is one sentence.
Every movie we've ever seen started with one sentence, consisting of the BIG WHO and the BIG WHAT. For example, "Transamerica" can be summed up with: A tranny discovers she has a son. "Lord of the Rings" equals "A Hobbit and his posse have to destroy a powerful ring." "Harold and Maude" is the main idea: A depressed young man meets and falls in love with an amazing old woman. Boom. One sentence.
So, while I have many ideas about what this one sentence might be for this movie, I want to hear what you have to say. If you leave it up to me, I very well might go with: A posse of Geek Girls win the lottery. Is that what you want? Tell me what you want. There are no limits.
So... a posse of Geek Girls...
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She makes friends of lovers and lovers of friends.
*BOOM!*
From Edna Mae:
Girl geek realizes she is not alone.
girl geek has a mashed potato fetish.
well, since i don't pals around with a posse, nor do i play the lottery, i am out. *le sigh* once again, affirmed to have thought i had found those like me only to later realize that i am lonely and alone.
for further reading on this, i find that i am not geek enough to have named my computer. have you?
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Out so quickly, trema dot dot?
I will admit, I do have an ipod named Martin. And I have always treated electronics and machinery as if they were living beings. Not because I'm a geek, which is a self-proclaimed title, but because I find it helps them perform better. I used to rub and kiss my $300 car, and buy her presents when she passed the VET test, and she lasted almost four years on pure love.
In terms of a charcter, I thought the other day about someone who loves electronics SO MUCH- lives by them, makes them her main connection to life, all sorts, and sleeps on a pillow with an ipod speaker. And the electronics are constantly fucking up.
I like that. It's got humourous conflict.
My computer has a name. "Arbiter" and it lives in my network "HaloNet" with the other computer "MasterCheif". From the popular FPS video game Halo.
Previous computers have been "Draegon" "Mage" and "Pumpernickel".
"Mage" was short for "The Majestic Dragon" which sadly wouldn't fit in the space provided. LOL...
erm, well i did name my car "Betty"... at this pace, it is the only thing I will get to name after my Grandmother.
So, what if it is as simple as girl geeks that meet at a coffee house. Not for the stitch-n-bitch. . . but because one has a flat tire, and the other doesn't know how to change the tire, but her iPhone named "petunia" has this nice feature of calling AAA and giving the location. we don't get the girlgeek names, just the nicknames they start calling each other. relate to the characters, the way we do when reading each other's online profiles and blogs.
-"edna mae"
This was a wonderful article. I really enjoyed reading it. Thanks!
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