Posted by John Walker at acbf07d0.ipt.aol.com on July 08, 2001 at 19:37:54:
In Reply to: Please read!!! You WILL laugh your ass off posted by Crusty on July 07, 2001 at 10:49:20:
Why would a 'drug dealer' open at a set hour?? Isn't the whole point of such a black market that you can sit in bed all day and make money real quick and then get stoned for the rest of the day?
The WHOLE consversation takes place between a closed door! Not only is that boring to watch but it's highly unlikely (especially for two dealers!) for people to stand and talk like that for a long time!
The first rule of script writing is that EVERY SCENE HAS A PURPOSE. You can't just have rambling nonsense and expect people to like it. You can try of course, Tarantino is a master of this ('badinage' is what it's called) but if you do it slightly wrong it's completely crap - but you still need a REASON FOR THE SCENE.
What do we learn about the characters in your scene?
Try to keep your script LEAN - cut everything out that is unnecessary (that's what they tell you at film school anyway).
Oh, and don't expect to be able to show your script to a bunch of strangers and get coherant responses! They neither care about your work or your feelings!
PS - All that stuff about porn being made available to 15 year olds is something that only a 15 year old would say! (I can remember it! :) It kind of shows the age of the writer.