OK, so I came to the realization that I have been nothing but talk and had no follow through on the last ten years of my life. My one dream in life is to be a screenwriter/director. I have talked about this for years and done NOTHING about it. Well, I'm saying bollocks to that and doing something about it.
It is almost May. I am setting a goal to have six feature film screenplays (first drafts only for now) and the pilot scripts for two really rather crap sitcom ideas finished by the end of the year. That's seven months for eight scripts. This is totally doable, though knowing me, I am building in a contingency plan in case I don't make it. That plan is to have no less than 2 scripts written and the rest can stay as outlines and treatments until I actually finish them.
And since about ten people actually read my blog, I am going to post the premises for all of the ideas. And before you point out that some of them are kinda crap or redundant or both, let me remind you that I am writing these to give to an agent and sell to studios to get my name out there and get the ball rolling. Once I get myself established, then I will go into my rebellious stage as a filmmaker.
Film #1: MR. BLACK
Premise: A romantic(ish) comedy about a hitman who suffers a mental breakdown after his girlfriend dumps him and is sent on a forced vacation by his boss who wants him to kill someone or become the target himself. Hilarity ensues.
Film #2: ...AND I FEEL FINE
Premise: A romantic comedy about the end of the world. A man wakes up after a ten year coma and sets out on an odyssey to find his high school sweetheart before the world ends in the Y2K crisis. (And yes I am aware of the blatantly overused musical reference.)
Film #3: CRAWL
Premise: A travel writer and his friends venture into a small town to cover it's annual street festival and end up being the targets of a group of demented killers.
Film #4: AMERICAN ZOMBIES
Premise: The employees and customers of a supermarket are trapped inside the store during a zombie attack brought on by a chemical spill. Shenanigans and hilarity ensue.
Film #5: CHAT ROOM
Premise: A giallo style horror film about the users of a campus dating site being stalked by a mysterious killer.
Film #6: STARTING OVER
Premise: Romantic dramedy about a woman who has been dumped by her husband and her newfound friendship with the woman who was his mistress. Again, hilarity ensues. (My attempt to write an American Almodovar type film.)
Sitcom #1: UNTITLED 25-YEAR-OLD MALE NANNY IDEA
Premise: If the title didn't tip you off, here's what it's about. A 25-year old man loses his job and ends up taking a job as a live-in nanny for the children of two doctors who are rarely home. (If this one never gets picked up or is quickly cancelled, no amount of sleep will be lost.)
Sitcom #2: UNTITLED SITCOM ABOUT A GUY WITH SCHIZOPHRENIA
Premise: It's a comedy about a guy with schizophrenia. His halluciantions are not harmful, but more wacky and annoying sitcom characters. Yeah, it's a bit crap, and if it never is picked up or is cancelled, again, no sleep will be lost. At all. At all.
So, that's pretty much my ideas. I'd appreciate any feedback. I know some of these ideas are, well, bad. But, if they get sold and get me into the public eye, then it's not so bad after all.
It is almost May. I am setting a goal to have six feature film screenplays (first drafts only for now) and the pilot scripts for two really rather crap sitcom ideas finished by the end of the year. That's seven months for eight scripts. This is totally doable, though knowing me, I am building in a contingency plan in case I don't make it. That plan is to have no less than 2 scripts written and the rest can stay as outlines and treatments until I actually finish them.
And since about ten people actually read my blog, I am going to post the premises for all of the ideas. And before you point out that some of them are kinda crap or redundant or both, let me remind you that I am writing these to give to an agent and sell to studios to get my name out there and get the ball rolling. Once I get myself established, then I will go into my rebellious stage as a filmmaker.
Film #1: MR. BLACK
Premise: A romantic(ish) comedy about a hitman who suffers a mental breakdown after his girlfriend dumps him and is sent on a forced vacation by his boss who wants him to kill someone or become the target himself. Hilarity ensues.
Film #2: ...AND I FEEL FINE
Premise: A romantic comedy about the end of the world. A man wakes up after a ten year coma and sets out on an odyssey to find his high school sweetheart before the world ends in the Y2K crisis. (And yes I am aware of the blatantly overused musical reference.)
Film #3: CRAWL
Premise: A travel writer and his friends venture into a small town to cover it's annual street festival and end up being the targets of a group of demented killers.
Film #4: AMERICAN ZOMBIES
Premise: The employees and customers of a supermarket are trapped inside the store during a zombie attack brought on by a chemical spill. Shenanigans and hilarity ensue.
Film #5: CHAT ROOM
Premise: A giallo style horror film about the users of a campus dating site being stalked by a mysterious killer.
Film #6: STARTING OVER
Premise: Romantic dramedy about a woman who has been dumped by her husband and her newfound friendship with the woman who was his mistress. Again, hilarity ensues. (My attempt to write an American Almodovar type film.)
Sitcom #1: UNTITLED 25-YEAR-OLD MALE NANNY IDEA
Premise: If the title didn't tip you off, here's what it's about. A 25-year old man loses his job and ends up taking a job as a live-in nanny for the children of two doctors who are rarely home. (If this one never gets picked up or is quickly cancelled, no amount of sleep will be lost.)
Sitcom #2: UNTITLED SITCOM ABOUT A GUY WITH SCHIZOPHRENIA
Premise: It's a comedy about a guy with schizophrenia. His halluciantions are not harmful, but more wacky and annoying sitcom characters. Yeah, it's a bit crap, and if it never is picked up or is cancelled, again, no sleep will be lost. At all. At all.
So, that's pretty much my ideas. I'd appreciate any feedback. I know some of these ideas are, well, bad. But, if they get sold and get me into the public eye, then it's not so bad after all.
1 comment:
Good luck to you in your endeavour, My thoughts are I like the idea of the Zombie story or Crawl and have been told that Horror is a good way to get a story done, also there seems to be a massive amount of cheap budget horrors so easier to get made all in the story. Good luck and hope to hear things going well on their production
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