More Pyramid work

I've been working really hard on this draft and applying all that I've learned since the last draft.  I've cut out a lot of the beginning to get the story going faster.  I've also been working on cutting out a lot of the descriptive words that I don't think is really necessary.  I added a couple of scenes to the beginning that will tie into some later parts of the movie.

Pyramid Horror and the Anatomy of Story

To make sure my script is focused on the main character and her weakness and moral need, I worked out the first few points in the Anatomy of Story book.  Then I began the process of reading through it for another draft and making sure I address her needs throughout.

That's really it.  Now that I'm focusing back on a screenplay, there isn't a lot of different projects going on.  I'll keep plugging away at this one and then move on to the next.

End of Commercials and Pyramid Horror Movie work

I wrote up one more beer commercial using Coors.  This one just came to me during a family get together last month.  It would be fun and pretty simple to do.  I may film this one for a demo reel.  All I need it time.

I had come up with an idea for a retirement savings commercial.  I based it off of an idea I had with a shark mascot, but I didn't know what to do with it then.  I'm planning on making some print ads to go along with this theme.  Look for them to show up sometime on my portfolio section in the near future.

And with that commercial written, so ends my work on commercial spec scripts.  I have twenty five now, so I think that's a good indication of what I'm capable of as a writer.  I'll work on getting a couple of them posted on my portfolio page too.  As soon as I get my clone to work on it.

With the commercial work completed, I set out to do a little re-writing on a past horror script about a pyramid.  I keep learning new techniques and screenwriting tips, so I wanted to incorporate them into this one.  This is an idea that my contact Mr. G was interested in, so I wanted to polish it up a little more before sending it to him.

I'm applying the "Anatomy of Story " information to it.  I'm not working on the whole book of ideas since this is already written, but there are a few things I can rewrite to make it better.  It's all about practicing your craft.

Beer Commercial Week

All this week I've been working on all kinds of beer commercials.  I wrote up two more in my "King of Beers" series for Budweiser.  One of which dealt with Shakespeare.  I had my wife (a huge Shakespeare fan) take a look at it and she thought it was funny.  I couldn't ask for higher praise than that.

I decided to keep with the beer theme and went to work on one and decided to use Coors this time.  I got the idea when my wife was taking off for her monthly craft night with the ladies.  I was home alone with the boys, looking forward to a night of "Batman: Arkham City," and came up with a fun little commercial.  This would be a lot of fun to film, I have a strong visual of how it would look in my mind, but I don't have the budget or the certain skill set this one would require.

Efrem Zimbalist, Jr. Dies

Just a quick note of his death.  I mainly knew of him through his voice work of Alfred the butler on Batman:  The Animated Series back in the 90's.  He has a long list of movie and TV credits which I've seen as a kid, but don't remember much about the shows.

I found out his daughter Stephanie Zimbalist was the lead in the Remington Steele TV show with Pierce Brosnan.  Interesting to discover that.

Budweiser Beer Commercial

I had come up with a theme of commercials that deals with their "King of Beers," slogan and their bow tie can.  I'll write up one or two more within the theme and call it good for Bud.

In fact, there are only a few more commercial ideas I'm going to write up for now.  I have twenty commercial scripts written, so I have a little bit more experience with writing commercials, and I need to move on.  I have a nice body of work that can show what I'm capable of, which was the point of writing these.

It's time to focus more on my bigger creative writing projects.  I've been catching up on my e-mails from the writers store, which gives out writing tips and products to buy.  I need to apply everything that I've learned and keep plugging forward on my creative writing career.

With that in mind, I will probably slow down the number of blog entries too.  It's a lot of work and time intensive to keep up with all my social media channels.  I'll try to post something like once a week and see how that goes.

It's time to focus on taking my writing to the next level and start the process of getting my stories out there and see if I can't get paid for all of my hard work.

So long, and keep on writing!

Oh yes, and May the 4th Be With You.

Listerine Commercial - Gum Disease

This is the last I'll do (at least for now) in my mouthwash series.  It's a little different in theme from the last two, but still retains the same branding for the spots.  These were fun ideas I've had for a while and it was great getting them down on paper, or Word.  It's time to move on to another idea, I don't want to spend all my time writing spec mouthwash commercials, I have to keep up my versatility.