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  1. Submission and franchise rights threads are updated
  2. @cookie @El Squibbonator @Ethan Hunt @Hiccup23 @lamamama @MCKillswitch123 @4815162342 @Reddroast @Rorschach @tyson67roberts @YM! With a 7-0 majority, the deadline extension to Oct. 30th is granted effective immediately
  3. @cookie @El Squibbonator @Ethan Hunt @Rorschach @YM! @MCKillswitch123 @tyson67roberts @Hiccup23 @lamamama @Reddroast @4815162342 Hello; Some players have suggested adding the two-week extension for the Y10 deadline, which would end Part One on October 30th, which gives everyone the day before Halloween to get more stories posted. The poll is simple: are you in favor of this two-week delay or no? Majority rules.
  4. Jill Chamberlain on Tragedy… You’re gonna love this one: Jill Chamberlain wrote a book on screenwriting called The Nutshell Technique where she talks about the simple secret to success in screenwriting, which is really the “telling of a story.” She states that many beginners don’t find success out of the gate because they aren’t telling a story with a narrative (go figure). Not every movie that gets made “tells a story,” but many of the ones we love tells stories that stick with us for life. I recommend this book for anyone who wants to write screenplays. So her model for comedies is “protagonist’s journey from flaw to strength.” She fits Frozen into her model for comedy because Anna starts out as a selfish character and learns to become selfless over the course of the film, even sacrificing herself to save Elsa at the end. Then she references Silver Linings Playbook as well because the guy Bradley Cooper plays can’t control his emotions, and he learns to control his emotions over the course of the story. So by her model, in a tragedy (and I will use her The Social Network example), the character has a flaw (Mark’s hubris), and there’s a proposed strength that they *should be moving toward* (humility), and the character just doesn’t move toward that and worsens the flaw. So Mark gains the world when Facebook grows, but he fails to be humble and betrays Eduardo, so at the end, he’s a billionaire, but he’s trying to friend request the girl Rooney Mara played at the beginning, clicking refresh, and refresh, and refresh. Becoming a billionaire *should* be a happy ending, but what did Mark really gain? So I would also call The Favourite a tragedy for similar reasons. Abigail becomes the queen’s right hand woman, but was getting what she wanted really worth it? When the answer’s “it wasn’t worth it in the end,” that’s how you know the story’s tragic. Now everyone’s voting for The Social Network, sorry not sorry 😅 Also, Don’t Forget Film Noir. In the 40s and 50s, it was popular for the movies to say that a protagonist will not win if they’re caught up in a life of crime and of sin because crime doesn’t pay. And they made many movies where the characters fail to learn their lesson and they have a tragic downfall. I saw many of these in film school and they’re all great examples of tragedy. I will post posters of film noirs that I’ll vote for if I send a list:
  5. @CayomMagazine Studio Groundswell is ready to release the main cast list for the animated film Pinched. Xolo Maridueña as Hector Aimee Carrero as Cordelia Marcello Hernandez as Primo Yoshi Sudarso as Joyo Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa as King Kani Robert Amaya as Reinaldo Ingrid Oliu as Valencia with Josh Andrés Rivera as Xoviar and Brandon Potter as King Tartarus
  6. A GHOST TAIL Best Picture Best Director (Marielle Heller) Best Ensemble Best Actress (Beanie Feldstein) Best Supporting Actor (Skyler Gisondo) Best Supporting Actress (Erika Alexander) Best Original Screenplay Best Original Score (Nate Heller) Best Visual Effects KLONOA: DOOR TO PHANTOMILE Best Animated Feature Best Voice Actor/Actress in a Leading Role (Gregory Mann) Best Voice Actor/Actress in a Supporting Role (Keegan Hedley) Best Original Score (Austin Wintory) PROVIDENCE Best Picture Best Director (James Wan) Best Ensemble Best Actor (Paul Mescal) Best Supporting Actor (Charles Melton) Best Supporting Actress (Vera Farmiga) Best Supporting Actress (Taylor Russell) Best Adapted Screenplay Best Original Score (Geoff Barrow and Ben Salisbury) Best Cinematography Best Film Editing Best Production Design Best Costume Design Best Sound Mixing Best Sound Editing Best Visual Effects Best Use of Action SSX TRICKY Best Visual Effects Best Use of Action THE UNSEEN Best Picture Best Director (Jayro Busyamante) Best Actress (Adriana Barraza) Best Supporting Actor (Arturo Castro) Best Original Screenplay
  7. Studio Groundswell Director: Sebastian Schipper based on the Cruis'n video game franchise Genre: Sports Release Date: April 3rd Theater Count: 3,500 MPAA Rating: PG-13 for Language and Violence Runtime: 1 hr 58 min Budget: $60 Million Kristen Stewart as Jessie O'Shea Jackson Jr. as Craig Adrien Brody as Phillip Laia Costa as Samantha Frank Grillo as Gus Ki Hong Lee as Kim and Patrick Wilson as The Announcer Franchise Grosses Cruis'n U.S.A. - $100,302,114 DOM/$255,051,167 WW Plot Summary The six racers from the last movie (Stewart, Jackson Jr., Brody, Costa, Grillo, and Hong Lee) all race around the world, with their colorful cars, in beautiful locations like Hawaii, China, Kenya, Germany, and, finally, the Moon—and they all get to know each other along the way!
  8. @lamamama Actually, I want to recommend you a way to get your films on the forum: 1) Go to where you wrote your films (whether Google Docs or Microsoft Word or wherever) 2) Use the keyboard shortcut (crtl+A or command+A) to highlight the entire contents of the document 3) Copy (right click, or crtl+C or command+C) 4) click edit on your submission posts 5) put in a spoiler box (the 👁️ next to the 🙂) under the film's information 6) paste (right click, or crtl+V or command+V) the film into the spoiler box (I just learned about the crtl+A shortcut recently and my life is pretty much changed, oh my goodness)
  9. @lamamama Also while you're at it with the links, would you like Operation Finality to have IMAX screenings too?
  10. Hello. I’m going to remove It’s In The Corn and step away from Y10. I’m not in a good headspace and need a very long break from the internet. Thank you.
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