MRO wrote to Arelor <=-
read some screenplays. they are total garbage. they are poorly written and just a framework for them to build on.
I had a friend who made decent money writing screenplays as a side
hustle. I swear that her strategy was to check as many boxes as
possible to convince a studio to option it just to prevent any legal
action when another script is made into a movie with some of the
elements that my friend put in hers.
It must have worked, she made mid-5 figures writing after dinner.
... "Well, you were right about this being a bad idea."
It was either Dave Gerrold or DC Fontana on the commentary track for the Start Trek Animated Series box set who mentioned something about turning away viewer authored scripts because of the mess the studio had with people trying to get credit for writing less than original ideas for stories the in house writers already discussed, or have written well before the fan submitted his script.
Moondog wrote to poindexter FORTRAN <=-
It was either Dave Gerrold or DC Fontana on the commentary track for
the Start Trek Animated Series box set who mentioned something about turning away viewer authored scripts because of the mess the studio had with people trying to get credit for writing less than original ideas
for stories the in house writers already discussed, or have written
well before the fan submitted his script.
Re: Re: James Bond update
By: Moondog to poindexter FORTRAN on Mon Sep 21 2020 03:23 pm
It was either Dave Gerrold or DC Fontana on the commentary track for th Start Trek Animated Series box set who mentioned something about turnin away viewer authored scripts because of the mess the studio had with people trying to get credit for writing less than original ideas for stories the in house writers already discussed, or have written well before the fan submitted his script.
dave chapelle mentioned something like this. a guy sent in an idea about so
...because of the mess the studio had with people
trying to get credit for writing less than original
ideas for stories the in house writers already
discussed, or have written well before the fan
submitted his script.
Even though they intentionally avoided fan letters and
submissions, there are so many cliches in science fiction
and mainstream story telling that someone could easily
come up with the same plot independently. That would sure
be hard to fight in court unless the writers had good
documentation to mark when and how stories were fleshed
out.
Nightfox wrote to Dr. What <=-
You make it sound like Disney is old news.. Disney is still around and producing movies.
Hello Moondog!
** On Tuesday 22.09.20 - 20:39, moondog wrote to MRO:
...because of the mess the studio had with people
trying to get credit for writing less than original
ideas for stories the in house writers already
discussed, or have written well before the fan
submitted his script.
Even though they intentionally avoided fan letters and
submissions, there are so many cliches in science fiction
and mainstream story telling that someone could easily
come up with the same plot independently. That would sure
be hard to fight in court unless the writers had good
documentation to mark when and how stories were fleshed
out.
Even records like that can be faked or back-dated.
Some time ago I read that one way to prove such submissions is
to send a copy of a script to yourself via register mail - and
NOT open it. Should the claim for original authorship arise
in court, the registered letter if opened by the judge would
help settle the matter.
Re: Re: James Bond update
By: Nightfox to MRO on Sun Sep 20 2020 12:15 pm
yeah, i liked predestination. i caught onto what they were doing pretty quick though. i think mindfuck movies usually.
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