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 revmacd |
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 Posts: 1347 03/20/08 9:48 PM
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So it might wind up at over a hundred or so pages. Very cool.
I did all the blocking last nightSee, I have no idea what that means. Some sort of process while writing I presume. Maybe I could take a class or something. 
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Acky12 |
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Posts: 11862 03/20/08 10:19 PM
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Oh it'll be over 100 pages... my "minimum" is 120 - using the mostly accurate 1 page = 1 minute, that becomes a 2 hour film. As I progress more
and more it's looking like it'll be closer to the 3 hour/ 180 page mark.
By blocking I merely meant that I went through and figured out (- "blocked" out), from my page long summary of act 2, how to break it down scene by scene to develop the story, etc. Basically, I've gone from about a paragraph that described the TV Movie to a 4 page outline and then now I'm taking small pieces of that outline and breaking it down into more specific ness. Think of it as my original paragraph was the back cover of a book; then my outline looked at it in terms of chapters, and now I'm breaking into down into the paragraphs that make up each chapter. |
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revmacd |
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Posts: 1354 03/21/08 8:25 PM
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There's a system to everything I guess. I always thought when someone wrote a book or a screenplay or something the thought of a way to start it, kept
writing into the middle and then figured out how to end it.
As I progress more and more it's looking like it'll be closer to the 3 hour/ 180 page mark.So it's at least a two part episode right? Part one is due Monday. 
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Acky12 |
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Posts: 11865 03/21/08 9:00 PM
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There's a system, yeah, but it varies. Sometimes I know the ending and have to build a story, sometimes I just have a single scene in mind that everything
gets built around. In terms of the TV Movie, it's a case of having an end point... a few goals that had to get covered (establishment of characters and the
universe, etc) and I had my two action pieces... and one day I looked at that and said... how the hell am I going to build a story around that?
I think I've outdone myself & am very pleased with what it's become. "At least a two part episode" - in terms of length, it's about a 4 part episode... but it's not written like an episode, it's not designed to be released in four parts. It's one cohesive story. You'll be in for a mammoth of a ride once it's done. |
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Acky12 |
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Posts: 11867 03/22/08 1:55 PM
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I don't want to give away snippets because I like surprises, but allow me to officially announce the title of the TV Movie:
Star Trek: Voyager/The Crossing - Valkyrie
Last Edited By: Acky12 03/22/08 5:46 PM.
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revmacd |
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Posts: 1367 03/23/08 8:03 PM
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Alright gimme this much.....Valkyrie as in the Norse/Scandanavian God of those slain in battle or as in the name of a ship? Like the USS
Valkyrie? It's a Vong thing right?
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Acky12 |
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Posts: 11879 03/23/08 8:07 PM
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The Vong don't show up until 1.01 - the actual Crossing premiere.
If you didn't have the 1.01/1.02 Strange New Worlds combination already released, you would come into this script and know that it's completely Star Trek based. But knowing who turns out to be what... you can read into a little bit of subtext in scenes. |
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revmacd |
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Posts: 1370 03/23/08 8:36 PM
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Yes, of course, this all takes place before the previously released story with the kids on Earth and such. Only stands to reason. Ok. That whole story is being
redone as well correct? Not to give it away but the whole Miral squadron, Klingon/Vong battle and all that? (I'm sorry if you don't want those kinds of
spoilers. I'm trying to be vague and I'll edit it if you want but it was released more than a month ago.)
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Acky12 |
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Posts: 11880 03/23/08 8:54 PM
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I think you need to refresh your memory on what was CG and what was Crossing.
1.01/1.02 Strange New Worlds (where Ry reveals the Vong, his Jedi self, the Jedi kids, etc) will remain 90% the same. Now knowing the lead-up, there are a few things within those scripts that need tweaked or adjusted to make them flow better or make better stories. But when I started writing last January, I didn't want to do the Voyager finale or TV movie, I wanted to start at the reveal of the Jedi stuff, so I did. |
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revmacd |
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Posts: 1372 03/23/08 9:02 PM
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I have all of them in one folder and go back and read bits and pieces of both all the time. Your right I do jumble it all together in my head. I really like
Crossed Galaxies. I actually found that first and then this site from there. Anyway, I'll get it all straight when it's all released. Carry on with the
writing.
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Acky12 |
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Posts: 11881 03/23/08 9:12 PM
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just remember that if you're thinking of a story with a huge federation fleet in the 24th century, it's CG. And if it's Voyager alone in the 21st
century, that's Crossing.
I don't help by having uncreative/too similar titles, but I hate come up with titles. |
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revmacd |
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Posts: 1376 03/24/08 8:19 PM
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Re-reading our prior posts from last night ack. You must think me quite simple that I always confuse the two stories. When I get bored I open the folder in my
documents and just scroll to a part I haven't read in a while. I guess I should seperate The Crossing from Crossed Galaxies into different folders.
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Acky12 |
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Posts: 11930 04/11/08 10:02 PM
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I haven't updated or teased Valkyrie for a while...
I'm now writing Act 4. Currently sitting at 93 pages and 41 scenes. I've mapped out Act 4 and it'll end up being around 50 scenes, the structure may tweak a little bit as I've got a couple scenes that may get cut, either way we're ending up with more scenes than most episodes have pages. I'm still looking at the script to wrap up being about 140-150 pages... The number of scenes may nearly double when I get to act 5 because it's going to be a lot of cutting back and forth in the biggest action scene Crossing has ever seen (through the 2 part Voyager finale and the first four episodes of the series proper).... so appropriately: Perspective's a funny thing like that. We can look back and judge them for what they did to each other by standing on our pedestal of time and enlightened progress, but it's easy to forget how easy prejudices can come about. It doesn't take very long for hatred of something because it's new or different to become so ingrained in a mindset that change seems near impossible, and a better life so unattainable. |
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Acky12 |
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Posts: 11947 04/16/08 9:21 PM
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Update:
57 scenes. 117 pages. Act 4 done. Getting ready to start Act 5. We are now in a situation where preventative action is required. |
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revmacd |
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Posts: 1470 04/19/08 8:29 PM
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I've been out of touch a little the past few weeks working on a project of my own. A fine diversion to kill time while you finish. An audio drama? That
phrase still just pops into my head from time to time.
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Acky12 |
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Posts: 11962 04/20/08 11:48 AM
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A fine diversion to kill time while you finish. An audio drama? That phrase still just pops into my head from time to time. Either you're working on an audio drama or I totally didn't understand your post. |
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Iurus |
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Posts: 2422 04/20/08 2:31 PM
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Acky12 wrote: Wait a second... I thought Voyager was around the time of TNG, and that TOS was in the 23rd? |
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Acky12 |
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Posts: 11963 04/20/08 3:41 PM
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Try reading the scripts and you'll answer your own question.
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revmacd |
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Posts: 1481 04/22/08 8:34 PM
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A fine diversion to kill time while you finish.Yeah there should have been a new paragraph there. Kinda changes the meaning when you run it together. I want to hear your audio drama. I am not working on one. |
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Acky12 |
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Posts: 11975 04/22/08 10:15 PM
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The audio drama is one of many post-Valkyrie projects.
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