My Script for the O&M Fan Cartoon

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Postby Ranma-chan » Wed Jul 19, 2006 2:47 pm

ok after rereading it a few times i have a peer review to give you

main thing is that at times you seem wordy in the dialogue, thus the iffy parts. i would suggest maybe going over it and finding ways to cut certain things down for example the last thing ozy says could, like another said, could be just "you shave?"

another spot is when stephan mentions vampire but its just kinda hanging there. is there really a point to that. or when stephen dares avery to go in that once again feels like it can be written a little better.

same thing with avery's reply to that.

i liked timulty's rant about the bugger but i dont have a comment on it.

finally millie says um a few times to ozy. i think one of those ums is not needed

some overall things that i saw was the use of camera angle which in a screenplay you are suppose to leave out. thats the directors job to put camera angles. what you do is show more with short, declarative, and visual sentences for scene discription. try to show us more whats going on. i went to the comic to gain a sense of what was around.

for example you could say "cut to millie walking down stone path"

still not the best thing but it gives a better idea of the entire place. the less you say the more the readers mind has to make up, and no two minds perceive the same thing the same way. so with even a little detail you can more control the picture your drawing in their heads, becuase its YOUR script.

something else i noticed is the lack of feeling put in the words. you dont know how the character is going to say that particular thing. i recomend a little use of parentheticals. you know before the actuall dialogue you put something like " (looking about the room)" or "(enthusiastically)." that way we understand how the dialogue is being presented. there are times in the script where the character could say something a few ways but obviously there is only one way you had in mind. so show us.

overall very good, but can always be improved :wink:
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Postby Gizensha » Wed Jul 19, 2006 4:41 pm

Hate to suggest it, but, maybe the actual format of the script?
You mean like write it out frame by frame? Like a storyboard?
I more meant that it might work better as a connected series of related shorter segments, a little like the old Charlie Brown and Snoopy Show was done (though, it should also be noted that the old Charlie Brown and Snoopy Show cartoons were more or less direct conversions of some of the Peanuts strips)
something else i noticed is the lack of feeling put in the words. you dont know how the character is going to say that particular thing. i recomend a little use of parentheticals. you know before the actuall dialogue you put something like " (looking about the room)" or "(enthusiastically)." that way we understand how the dialogue is being presented. there are times in the script where the character could say something a few ways but obviously there is only one way you had in mind. so show us.
...That level of stage direction is kinda rare. I don't mean detailed descriptions of what's going on, but instructions to actors on how to read lines are rare within scripts. At least, based on the scripts of tv shows I've read...
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Postby ImAWaffle » Wed Jul 19, 2006 8:02 pm

Well, I'll see what I can do.

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Postby ImAWaffle » Wed Jul 19, 2006 8:51 pm

I've got to admit, this is difficult. One of you says I need to change one thing but keep the other, another one of you says to keep the other but change one thing.

I'm not sure who I should be trying to please, here.

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Postby DesertFoxCat » Wed Jul 19, 2006 10:17 pm

Just change the way that makes more sense to you. Or if that doesn't work, try both ways and see which sounds better. And if that doesn't work, just wait for MandoAndy.

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Postby Ranma-chan » Wed Jul 19, 2006 10:59 pm

ok a good thing to know when taking peoples reviews is


to think about the comments people give. you may not agree with them and some may attack another comment to a degree but with everything you hear keep and open mind and revise it to a way that sounds good to you
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Postby Gizensha » Thu Jul 20, 2006 4:48 am

ok a good thing to know when taking peoples reviews is


to think about the comments people give. you may not agree with them and some may attack another comment to a degree but with everything you hear keep and open mind and revise it to a way that sounds good to you
Mmm. And above all, maintain your artistic integrity. If you try and please everyone rather than aiming to please yourself, the donkey will end up falling into the river and drowning when you try and cross the bridge.
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