Hey everyone! Thanks for reading the blog, I hope you continue to do so. The Amulet, a short film directed by Andrew Dean and written by Alexandra Napolitano, can now be found at The Amulet Film as well as on Facebook at The Amulet stop on by and give us a Like!
I submitted the fifth draft to the director (and my directed study group) last night and I'm pretty sure I've got it. Just the polish, a table reading or two, and my part is (mostly) done!
Next on the agenda is working on the pilot based off of The Amulet. I'm so excited to move forward within this world and to be able to create something really cool.
Synopsis and logline of The Amulet will be posted as soon as I can get the approval of the director to submit the script to the WGA for registration.
Oh! We also posted the concept art over on Facebook! You can check it out here.
Friday, September 30, 2011
Thursday, September 29, 2011
The Amulet!
The short that I've been blogging about has been officially titled! Woo! We're calling it The Amulet. The website will be up soon, we're still tweaking the set up and finagling content and whatever else the template allows. For now, you can follow the film at @theamuletfilm, the writer (me!) at @aknapoli and the director at @_andrewdean all on Twitter.
I saw some more concept sketches today for possible posters and promotional material and it looks amazing. I can't wait to show everyone. This weekend I should be able to post a quick little synopsis of the short and if you keep your eye on the twitter, there might be a sneak peek into things as production gets closer.
Is it February yet?
I saw some more concept sketches today for possible posters and promotional material and it looks amazing. I can't wait to show everyone. This weekend I should be able to post a quick little synopsis of the short and if you keep your eye on the twitter, there might be a sneak peek into things as production gets closer.
Is it February yet?
Thursday, September 15, 2011
Concept Art!
Just dropping in quickly to say that we got some concept art today! It's looking amazing. As soon as the art is finished, I'll post a couple of images so everyone can see it. I'm super excited to see how everything turns out.
Off to work on draft #4!
Off to work on draft #4!
Monday, September 12, 2011
Writing is hard, yo
Quite a few people I've talked to over the past couple of weeks have exclaimed how if I make it into the industry I'm going to have the best job. They ramble about how I'll get to stay home, wearing pajamas and writing all day.
These people, they don't know what they're talking about :)
First off, writing is HARD. It's difficult to make everything sound genuine. It's complicated to give your characters a voice and an outlook on life and have them stick to it when it would be so much easier for your story if they were just a little more easy going/confrontational/purple.
Beyond that, though it's rather difficult for me to get into the right frame of mind to write. I'll spend two hours looking over my notes, rereading my script versions, and trying to figure out where and with what to begin. Then, finally, it'll hit me and BAM I've written six or seven pages in an hour... and they're good.
I've been trying to write a little every day, to get into the frame of mind that writing is just something I do - like checking my email. But even so, I still have to be in the right place to write well. I can produce endless pages of crap (which nothing ever comes of) if I really wanted to, but I'd rather use my time wisely and try to wait for the lightning to strike as it were.
Deadlines help. If I know I have to get something done, my brain just kind of shuts up and allows me to work. Sadly, artificial deadlines don't produce the same sort of urgency - which is really too bad.
I got notes on the third version of the short I've been working on yesterday, I think I'll end up writing the fourth draft this Wednesday or Thursday (depending on how depressing Tuesday is).
I've also got my first day of class for The Writer's Room tonight. Yay? I'm looking forward to it, but I'm hesitant to say whether or not I'll enjoy it. Then again, I'd better because this is what I've been hoping will be my career for the next forever. It's an undergrad class taken as a directed study, so hopefully it won't be filled with Freshman.
Alright, it's time to prep for class. Next time I update I will have a fourth draft and a TITLE. Wooo!
These people, they don't know what they're talking about :)
First off, writing is HARD. It's difficult to make everything sound genuine. It's complicated to give your characters a voice and an outlook on life and have them stick to it when it would be so much easier for your story if they were just a little more easy going/confrontational/purple.
Beyond that, though it's rather difficult for me to get into the right frame of mind to write. I'll spend two hours looking over my notes, rereading my script versions, and trying to figure out where and with what to begin. Then, finally, it'll hit me and BAM I've written six or seven pages in an hour... and they're good.
I've been trying to write a little every day, to get into the frame of mind that writing is just something I do - like checking my email. But even so, I still have to be in the right place to write well. I can produce endless pages of crap (which nothing ever comes of) if I really wanted to, but I'd rather use my time wisely and try to wait for the lightning to strike as it were.
Deadlines help. If I know I have to get something done, my brain just kind of shuts up and allows me to work. Sadly, artificial deadlines don't produce the same sort of urgency - which is really too bad.
I got notes on the third version of the short I've been working on yesterday, I think I'll end up writing the fourth draft this Wednesday or Thursday (depending on how depressing Tuesday is).
I've also got my first day of class for The Writer's Room tonight. Yay? I'm looking forward to it, but I'm hesitant to say whether or not I'll enjoy it. Then again, I'd better because this is what I've been hoping will be my career for the next forever. It's an undergrad class taken as a directed study, so hopefully it won't be filled with Freshman.
Alright, it's time to prep for class. Next time I update I will have a fourth draft and a TITLE. Wooo!
Monday, September 5, 2011
Draft #3 be damned!
This afternoon I just completed draft #3 of the short that I've been working on. It's occurred to me that since this is the only short that's being produced, it's pretty much also the only one that I'm going to get constant feedback on between drafts.
I am going to be working on another short for someone, but from what I gather, he doesn't seem to be the type who wants constant control over the script because he's not planning on shooting it immediately. He's just hoping to be able to make it some day.
Other than that though, everything will be entirely up to me. Sure, I can have other people look over it and tell me what they think, but in the end the final editing choices will be solely my decision. I'm not sure how I feel about that. I like having someone else to work with and bounce ideas off of when they're invested in how it turns out too. I think it will be much more difficult to write without solid deadlines (other than the end of the year one) as well. I guess I'll have to learn how to make my own and stick to them... or I'll just learn how to write really fast when I realize that things aren't up to snuff and I only have one month left. We'll just have to see.
I did another draft of the pilot I've been working on too. Well, a mini-draft. I took the criticism and comments given to me by a reader and applied most of it. I still have some things that the reader mentioned to cover. Some of it is dialogue based, which I will work on last and some of it is stuff that I don't agree with yet, but probably will by the end of it all. I just have to see where the characters are going and how to take them there.
One more thing that I've been working on (though not in a written down sort of way, just in a tossed around in my head way) is an outline for my second pilot. It's the only other large project I have (two pilots, three shorts) so I want to get it started. And since it's closely tied into the short I'm working on, I'm not sure how they will connect.
I'm debating between having the pilot be a longer version of the short or having the short be the intro to the world and then having the pilot be the second, but larger story in the series. I'm not sure which would better serve an audience.
All in all, things have been busy and school, officially, starts tomorrow. I've got Mastering Dialogue (yay!) and a group directed study for screenwriting (the only class where I'll actually get to work on my thesis projects). On Monday nights (not tonight) I'll have a class too (The Writer's Room), but today is Labor Day, so that class will start next week.
I am going to be working on another short for someone, but from what I gather, he doesn't seem to be the type who wants constant control over the script because he's not planning on shooting it immediately. He's just hoping to be able to make it some day.
Other than that though, everything will be entirely up to me. Sure, I can have other people look over it and tell me what they think, but in the end the final editing choices will be solely my decision. I'm not sure how I feel about that. I like having someone else to work with and bounce ideas off of when they're invested in how it turns out too. I think it will be much more difficult to write without solid deadlines (other than the end of the year one) as well. I guess I'll have to learn how to make my own and stick to them... or I'll just learn how to write really fast when I realize that things aren't up to snuff and I only have one month left. We'll just have to see.
I did another draft of the pilot I've been working on too. Well, a mini-draft. I took the criticism and comments given to me by a reader and applied most of it. I still have some things that the reader mentioned to cover. Some of it is dialogue based, which I will work on last and some of it is stuff that I don't agree with yet, but probably will by the end of it all. I just have to see where the characters are going and how to take them there.
One more thing that I've been working on (though not in a written down sort of way, just in a tossed around in my head way) is an outline for my second pilot. It's the only other large project I have (two pilots, three shorts) so I want to get it started. And since it's closely tied into the short I'm working on, I'm not sure how they will connect.
I'm debating between having the pilot be a longer version of the short or having the short be the intro to the world and then having the pilot be the second, but larger story in the series. I'm not sure which would better serve an audience.
All in all, things have been busy and school, officially, starts tomorrow. I've got Mastering Dialogue (yay!) and a group directed study for screenwriting (the only class where I'll actually get to work on my thesis projects). On Monday nights (not tonight) I'll have a class too (The Writer's Room), but today is Labor Day, so that class will start next week.
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