Writing a screenplay is easily the hardest thing I've ever done as far as literary endeavours go. Formatting it is a pain, and trying to transcribe my mind's eye into something a camera can see is a constant effort for me. But I guess that's not too much of a problem considering I'm really excited as to what the outcome will be. Yes, ladies and gentlemen: I have yet another project in the works! This time it's a comedic short film - around 30 minutes in runtime - titled "Flatlands: The Story of Rico Winters". It will follow the fall and rise (which is totally better than a rise and fall) of beatboxing legend Rico Winters, from his brief stint touring the world with multi-platinum rapper G-Wizzly (jointly voted d-bag of the century by Rolling Stone and the BBC) in the '90s to his washing-up in Edmonton 14 years later.
I really don't want to give out too many details, as the script is still under construction and could change (more importantly, I don't want to ruin it for you). But I'm hoping to have it finished by the middle of this week and to start filming a week from now. This is a huge rush project as I'm trying to finish for the Scholastic Art and Writing Awards, the deadline of which is January 4th.
While that may seem like a tight deadline, I'm confident I can get a quality film out by that time. By the end of this week, I should be finishing the casting. In other words, I'm hitting this thing head-on. It'll be great, I promise.
If you want a taste of what the script will be like, check out my other comedic writing: Love Hurts and Some People Can't See The Future.
I'll keep you all updated as this baby moves forward. For it will, oh yes it will. Because that's what babies do. They move. Forward.
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