Stating the Obvious - Write a Script First

Every know and then, I think the advice I give to possible clients is no better than stating the obvious. But then again. Earlier today, two guys, who had trouble finding me even though they used Mapquest, besides the fact that I live on a major artery. I should have known. One of them had called earlier this week to show me something. I thought he had shot some footage that could be part of a longer film, or at least a preview. No, what they brought me were a handwritten series of random thoughts for some sort of horror film. They even brought me some crude ball-point pen sketches of what some of the characters would look like. They wanted to know if I could get them in touch with someone who could make the film. Although one of them seemed authoritative on the films of Wes Craven, their knowledge of classic horror was non-existent, or even of such less than classic films like Herschell Gordon Lewis' BLOOD FEAST 2. That they should write o synopsis or a treatment,, let alone a script, was a revelation to them. They thought they they could bring their ideas to someone and get the film made. Of course, I'm cynical enough to that that this does happen in Hollywood. I think it more often happens in South Florida

But years ago, a middle=aged man paid me to write his handwritten script that he gave to me in notebooks with a text that was out of sequence. n And my friend from Wyoming mentioned in an earlier blog, has written scripts which she refuses to change a word of, and wont think of writing a synopsis, treatment or even a pitch line.