Afro Punk Screenwriters

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Comment by Golem_3 on May 24, 2009 at 5:41pm

hi y'all.
I hope everyone here chimes in the new discussion I posted.
Real serious important stuff.
;-)

Comment by blaqvenus on April 13, 2009 at 4:12pm

I PARTICIPATED IN THE SOUNDTRACK OF THIS FILM. I AM CURRENTLY WORKING ON ANOTHER SHORT FILM. PLEASE SUPPORT!

Queerer Than Thou Screens next at:
-One in Ten Film Festival (University of Pennsylvania, PA) - April 16, 2009 (shorts program)
- Translations Film Festival (Seattle, WA May 7-10 2009 at the Northwest Film Forum)
-The Netherlands Transgender Film Fest (May 20-24, 2009 in Amsterdam)
-QWOCMAP's 5th Annual Queer Women of Color Film Festival (Brava Theater in San Francisco, June 12 - 14 , 2009)

Comment by kifaru on March 14, 2009 at 5:14pm

So how does everyone start out? I basically have a story in my head and I think about what i want to happen. Really I see the movie in my head first or scenes. I know how the story is going to end. I then do my character skectches and write an outline then I go from there imagining the scenes and the dialogue.
Anybody here make story boards?
What about financing? I really don't have any ideas about short format stuff. all my ideas are full feature length films.

Comment by Celia C. Peters on February 26, 2009 at 2:45am

To answer Kifaru, dialogue is one of my stronger suits as a screenwriter, so I tend to know what I want from it. There was an occasion when I planned for the actors to improv --- but that's been when I was shooting a scene where the dialogue wouldn't be heard but I wanted them to be authentic in their body language and demeanor. Dialogue is such a key part of how you're telling the story; that whole process is a delicate balance between what is said and what is not said, so I can only imagine recording improved dialogue w. actors that I really trust. Either because I've worked w. them and I know their abilities, or I have a gut sense of what they can do. It may not seem like such a big deal when you're on set, things are hectic and buzzing, but really, trust is absolutely key to making a scene work, I think. And it goes both ways, director to actor and actor to director. That's my 5 cents, LOL.

Comment by Junie on February 25, 2009 at 11:30pm

"writing...in my opinion is like sex...(mental)...reaching that utmost orgasm...that has been penetrated by many words..."

Comment by WTFHMS.blogspot.com on February 5, 2009 at 8:13pm

Salutations!..I've been writing for a while now, but fairly new to the screen writing scene. It would be great to get some dialogue on everyone's different type of methods and writing styles and how they use it to produce their plays/scripts/etc..??? Does anyone blog?

Comment by kifaru on February 5, 2009 at 4:50pm

I'm in. So what's everybody's method for fleshing out dialogue? When you are writing scenes do expect the actor to adlib a lot?

Comment by Daoud on February 4, 2009 at 4:16pm

Peace fam! Keep the stories written & rolling.

Comment by Celia C. Peters on February 3, 2009 at 11:34pm

Hello everyone.....