Thank you all for the replies and everything!!
Originally posted by kingnoor123
Thanks for the reply! I'd very love the website thank you very much !
No problem, I have a lot just sitting in my bookmarks, I haven't tried any yet but here are a few.
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I also recommend just reading screenplays! It's good to see how they are written and seen on the screen. You can just google whatever you wanna read, most of them are online.
Originally posted by Fwosty
I say your movie should have a sad ending, just to go against the norms. If you want everything accurate, and it's about addiction, then it'd make sense that no positive resolve comes from the whole encounter. (Think like Italian neo-realism.) The detective ends up going to prison in the end, and doesn't escape the legal system, and everybody sees him as a crooked cop. Yadayadayada. That sort of thing, y'know. Happy endings are the norm and so overdone. A sad ending brings emotions about in the audience -- think: American Sniper, Fast & Furious 7, and Marley & Me. The utter sadness of the endings takes precedence over the positive elements. American Sniper, you're thinking, "Oh good, he finally came home and can settle down with his wife and kids...OH FUCK, HE GOT KILLED!!?? *tears*", Fast & Furious, "I mean everybody's so excited in the end, and they're all family, and that just makes Paul's death even more upsetting and replaces the positivity of the ending. *tears*" Marley & Me, "Marley died! *manly tears*" But it's whatever. Since it's your first movie, (I assume...Spielberg, is that you?) why not submit it to film festivals (Tribeca, etc.) to get your foot in the door? And I hope you have avid knowledge of Adobe produces, as they are the standard in the film editing. (Sony Vegas is nice, as well :p)
Haha yeah I did want a 'sad' ending at first, and it kinda still is. But the fact that the norm is always a 'happy, the good guys always win' and I have to sick to that somehow if I wanna see this happen. Two of the movies you listed were based off of true stories so they have to have the ending they had in real life. The other one (I didn't see the movie) was highly influenced by what happened in real life. But whatever :p.
I won't need to edit anything because I won't be filming anything at all, just writing it! But thank you

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