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  1. Paul Holloway

    Posting Screenplays Online

    How do I register it to the WGA?
  2. Paul Holloway

    Looking for someone to read my 1st draft of my 1st screenplay?

    I am about almost done with the first draft of my screenplay. I like the story I created but have kept this screenplay to myself with no one having access to read it yet. I need to know what some people think of the story and their opinion on what they think should happen? Let me know if anyone...
  3. Paul Holloway

    Posting Screenplays Online

    Hello I am almost done with the first draft of my screenplay. I am also building a online multimedia portfolio and was think of putting a portion of my script online or maybe the first draft. Is there a way to do this without worrying that someone could still the script and credit it to themself?
  4. Paul Holloway

    Writing A Good Motive and Scene for The Bad Guy?

    We find out the bad guys motive at the end of act 2. There is a huge wedding scene where a lot of the questions get answers but then it brings a new storyline in place as we learn about what the bad guy actions. In the final act, in act 3 the good guy "wakes up" to what he thinks is a weird...
  5. Paul Holloway

    writing about my life

    My first screenplay I am writing is strongly based on some events that happened in my life. I changed the story a little bit. Changed the characters name. Added some new ones I made up to mix up the story. It is about 50% related to things I have been through and 50% made up in order to give the...
  6. Paul Holloway

    Writing A Good Motive and Scene for The Bad Guy?

    All along my screenplay in Act 1 and 2 we get small little parts with the bad guy. By the end of Act II we learn the what the bad guy is really capable of doing. He rapes and murders the main characters love interest. But I guess you say the reset button is hit and the main character has a...
  7. Paul Holloway

    Filming A Oil Painting Scenes?

    I am not begin to film any of these scenes. I am just getting notes for the future production. In my opening scene and a couple other scenes there is a montage of music as the actor is painting a oil painting on a 8x10 canvas. The actor won't know the first thing about painting but somehow I...
  8. Paul Holloway

    Filiming A Open Mic Cafe Scene

    I am not actually filming this right now but in my head I am going over the best ways to make this scene. Later on I am planning on creating my first independent film. Since I don't have right to popular music I was thinking of bringing on the voice of lesser musicians. They are all over my...
  9. Paul Holloway

    Cannon XA10 or Sony HVR-HD1000U MiniDV ?

    I am debating on both of these. I can only get one. Can someone give me the pros and cons of both I like the Sony because of it has access to Mini DV and I can prob play my old MiniDV Tapes and convert it to DVD with my DVD Recorder. Other than that it looks very professional but big like the...
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    My first screenplay,I Need Help Figuring Out How To Kill Off A Character

    Sounds a lot like my story lol. I am sure it's a little different. Mine is a ghost story too
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    My first screenplay,I Need Help Figuring Out How To Kill Off A Character

    Through my entire story the main lead is trying to figure out what happen to this love interest. He finds out because her ghost appears to him because he is in a coma and in "dream world" but finds out that this girl died as it flashes back to what really happened to her. I am trying for a...
  12. Paul Holloway

    CanonXA10 High Definition 10X Optical Zoom Professional Camcorder?

    I might buy this camera in a couple months. If you own it what is your general view on it. I might use it to film weddings, make some films, family events. Is this a good buy?
  13. Paul Holloway

    Loglines for Screenplays?

    After I get my screenplay finalize. What is the next step I should do?
  14. Paul Holloway

    How to Write Screenplays?(help)

    My first one I am making comes from experience. There are dreams in the screenplay as well as events that I actually went through. I was able to tie everything I went through and create a script I am slowly working on the last part of it. An Idea I have when I want to make more. I would watch a...
  15. Paul Holloway

    Loglines for Screenplays?

    Post your logline for your screenplay and maybe the summary of it and maybe others can come up with a catchy logline. The screenplay I am writing is a hard one. The antagonist doesn't show up till the last 30 minutes. Anyway here is my screenplay logline. I want to create a great logline that...
  16. Paul Holloway

    Powerful ways to start a story

    My first screenplay I wrote. Even if I don't know if this is a good starting point starts off with a conversation in a car between 3 people. That is about 3 lines the it goes into a close up shot of the main character then we enter into a flashback to establish a little more about one of the...
  17. Paul Holloway

    Powerful ways to start a story

    I haven't wrote a horror story script yet. I love the horror movies more that get you attached to certain characters then you kill them off. I go for more character development then story. I want to create characters the viewer will get attached to. Then add your story to it but make sure your...
  18. Paul Holloway

    Kindred Spirits, The Rough Draft Version - Ideas Welcome

    I am writing my first screenplay. I might be taking a screenwriting class later on but this is my first one so there might be formatting issues with. It. I know the 3 basic things you need in it: Scene Heading, Action and Dialog. I haven't added character descriptions yet. That might be the last...
  19. Paul Holloway

    What editing software to use?

    I go back and forth between AVID Media Composer and Final Cut Pro. The sound for me is alot of easier to work with on Final Cut Pro but I like that AVID is also available for Windows as well.
  20. Paul Holloway

    My First Animation (Reflections)

    I made this animation for my Animation class: Reflection - Animation Final Project This was a final project I submitted after taking a Animation class. In that class we learned basic animation with drawing and then went into computer animation with Flash,Adobe After Effects and Photoshop. I...
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