HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!

I'm only about 23 days late with this.


I don't really have anything new to report, just wanted to write a new post, basically. I touched up Gatekeeper's blog page a teeny bit, uploaded a script for a 1 minute film I wrote last year which you can check out now! The film is currently being edited but is nearing completion. I'm trying not to rush the editors because, uh, no one's getting paid for this. lol I'm beyond glad I managed to find a really dedicated team who stayed with this to the end.

Some other Gary news. A while ago, I contemplated posting The Unseen's manuscript here, but I don't think I'm going to do that. Reason being, I'm still working on it. I use the feedback provided by my critique group to make adjustments. Right now, I submitted chapter 7 to be critiqued, so basically what you have is the first, like, 3rd of the manuscript polished/as polished as it can be for now while the rest of it, err, isn't. I'm also handwriting, what I hope to be, my second manuscript, Yours, a horror/fantasy/romance novel. I never wrote romance before, but it was in my spirit to write one, so I'm currently reading a ton of romance novels to figure out the common plot points that make a romance story ~work. I've learned quite a lot so far.

I MAY decide to rewrite Barbarians soon, really take my time with it, figure out what didn't work (a lot lol) and try my best to fix my mistakes. People seem to really enjoy the dialogue and the premise itself, and so I don't want to abandon it, even if I wrote it during a hard period in my life.

LAST THING. I have two flash fiction pieces that I may revise and post here, so be on the look out!

GOBLIN...

The most recent revision has been completed and uploaded. Don't know if it's any good, mind you, but I feel like I'm improving on the more technical aspects...

Anyways, I feel happy about it. But I suppose time will tell........


You can browse through it in the SCREENPLAYs section, as well as the original ("prototype") version.

- Adrian

So, I have decided to enter a SCREENWRITING CONTEST...

And the script I'm going to use is "Goblin." I'm going to spend every second of the free time I have to make it as perfect and "tight" and cohesive as I possibly can. So far, I think it's going along nicely...but I am so paranoid about my writings, it will probably never be good enough for me, and thus I'll keep revising, and revising, and revising, and...............

But I really am going to do this, this time. If it still exists, I want to enter the same writing contest that the script, "The Strangers" (remember that movie? Well you should, since it's fairly recent, especially if you're a horror fan =P) did so well in. Just because. But my primary goal is to receive professional feedback. I want to know EVERY detail I need to work on and improve upon. Honest, straight to the point feedback...but hopefully nothing brutal. Not that it'd stop me. But it would hurt my self esteem, and force me to pay attention in class, for I may need to find other career alternatives. *laugh out loud*

I will post the revised version of GOBLIN whenever it's done. Of all my scripts, it is one of my favorite ones, if only because it's exactly the kind of horror movie I like to see....lots of characters, beautiful women, cheesy/humorous dialogue...and death. Lots, and lots of death. It's not particularly scary, but my main focus was just making it entertaining. I want this to be the kind of movie someone could watch over and over and over, and not get sick or bored of it.

If I'm going to be perfectly honest, I think GOBLIN does have a good story buried underneath all the shit, so I'm going to do everything in my power to bring it out. Furthermore, I believe it is totally unique and "my style," but still accessible enough for a general audience to "get" and enjoy. And hopefully some parts will be memorable, but not for anything bad, though. With GOBLIN, I wasn't really focused on creating OUTSTANDING CINEMA. I just wanted to write something campy and fun. Hopefully it worked? We'll see.

You can see GOBLIN in its current not-so-great form on the screenplays' page. View at your own risk.

- Adrian Clyde

NEW SCREENPLAY!

It's (GASP) my "own version" of an entirely separate story, Battle Royale, which is about a whole bunch of stuff, but to sum it up, 42 ninth gradeRs are sent on an island to kill each other in three days until only one is left standing. It was a cult hit in Japan (where it was made) and has a bit of a following in the United States (although the movie wasn't actually released here). It's a really great movie, despite being painfully predictable, so track it down (amazon.com) and buy it! The subtitles were a bit choppy at times, but it didn't keep me from enjoying the story. The original had a sequel, and although I didn't see it (and don't plan to), I heard absolutely nothing good about it.

Anyway, my version is similar to the original, but different. I didn't want to just copy the same events of the first film...but use American names instead. That would be boring and a waste. The characters in my version are totally my own, and the plotlines/developmental/character arcs are mine as well, although VERY FEW were inspired by the original.

Find out more information on the SCREENPLAY page!


By Yeaster


One dead...41 TO GO!

SCREENPLAYS, SCREENPLAYS, SCREENPLAYS!

The screenplay section has been COMPLETELY re-done, and now everything I've ever written has been uploaded...for better or worse. Hopefully, you'll find the section interesting.

- Adrian Clyde -

CLOSED SHUT...

...Has finally been completed! It's uploaded in the Screenplays section, and now that all of the scripts have been revised, I'm going to re-do the section a little bit, adding a brief summary of each script...which is what I should've done in the first place. - Adrian Clyde -