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A heads-up that a new Scene Challenge will be coming early next week. In anticipation of Comic-Con, this one will be focused on superheroic action.
If you’re going to partake, you may want to read up a bit on action sequences and watch the scriptcast on scene description to get up to speed.
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July 10th, 2009 at 4:02 pm
Yippe! I think I’ll participate in this one.
July 10th, 2009 at 4:33 pm
Ooh. This one might be right up my alley.
July 11th, 2009 at 12:11 am
Anyone have any all-time fave action sequences??
Examples?
Get um up!
(I still write action like I just got off the bus.) <— Maybe I’ll absorb something useful just before I get my ass handed to me by Dorkman. :P
July 11th, 2009 at 1:25 am
If I may make a suggestion — How about you keep all entries in moderation until the contest is over this time? Just to make sure nobody’s at disadvantage for entering early?
July 11th, 2009 at 2:38 pm
My favorite action sequence is the foot chase in James Cameron’s Point Break script. It reads like a damn amusement park ride! And to John’s point, Kathryn Bigelow shot it perfectly, beat-for-beat as written.
July 11th, 2009 at 4:57 pm
As featured on IMDB’s hitlist: http://www.slate.com/id/2221388/ which featured a very interesting short film, C’était un rendez-vous (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J3uT_dh2tB8&feature=fvst)
July 11th, 2009 at 7:29 pm
@ Jason — Right on. :) Reading now.
Oh My entry’s totally gonna be this guy called Devano Reeves… chasing this guy named Kody-Lee while wearing a Samuel Adams mask, and he breaks his elbow and shoots his pistol into the air and yells… DAMN YOU SALAZAAAAAAR!!! <— Huh? Huh? Good huh?
July 12th, 2009 at 12:45 pm
Finally. Something I’m good at.
July 12th, 2009 at 7:49 pm
There is one superheroic action scene that is hard to forget & is written perfectly. The bus/highway scene in the book Hero by Perry Moore. Several characters, each with their own agenda, yet nothing feels rushed & is shockingly easy to follow what everyone is doing. I re-read that chapter immediately.
July 14th, 2009 at 4:07 pm
Too cute not to share
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July 14th, 2009 at 5:26 pm
So what defines “early next week”?
July 16th, 2009 at 9:49 am
Can’t wait, I have missed the others, this sounds like fun.
July 19th, 2009 at 9:03 am
I’m excited. Have I missed anything?
July 20th, 2009 at 10:41 am
When!!!
July 20th, 2009 at 3:43 pm
2 questions - is there a length limit (other than “reasonable”)? - can we establish with an EXT shot b4 the main scene or are we limited to a single slug?
Lookin forward to it!