(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); Hello boys (and girls? do any still come around), I'm currently writing a movie (script, screenplay), and I have a few general questions that I would like to get some input so I can correctly write an accurate movie!
It's about addiction and revenge, don't wanna get too detailed about it cause you never know who could steal my idea!

Okay so question time,
(kinda hard wording this)
How much money (cash) would be a lot for you to get within 24 hours? That it would be a major problem and it would be on your mind a lot.
5k? 10k? 15k? 20k?
I asked my mom (yes my mom) she said 20k. What do you guys think? (The guy needing the movie is a police detective and his wife's job in the movie is unknown, she's actually a bank teller :p, but anyways, he's kinda in the upper middle class kinda I guess but not too extreme.

Next question,
How much do amphetamine pills cost (on the street)? Help me out drugies! Like for a bottle, I can figure out the math for large amounts later.
You can probably add the two up and say the detective needs money to pay off his dealer?
YES!
Now that you know that, what's a good amount for the two?
THANKS IN ADVANCE!!!

Well idk about money and meth prices change depending on where you are and how much is around

Everyone seemed to answer your question so i got my own question. I'm writing movie script too and I'm wondering, what do you do with it? Do you send it down to someone who takes it from there?

Nice! Depends what you want to see done with it and what ya got...
If you have a full length movie and would love to see it on the big screen some day, you'd have to get an agent (some are called literature agents) but don't worry they don't cost anything until you sell the script. They don't get paid unless you get paid. It's a touchy subject because I guess you could do it without an agent and get lucky. Some hire lawyers to make sure everything goes okay and such.
If it's full length but you don't feel the big screen is for this movie, you could look for producers or directors wanting a script... I have a lot of websites on this.
If it's a short film, it won't ever see big screen (unless you have a screening at a theater). You could do the same thing and sell it to small time people. Or make it yourself!!!
I've made a short film (for a contest) it was super fun and didn't cost that much, I had a partner and we probably spent $500 each. But you have to have a lot of friends willing to help and be able to edit the movie too!

My advice is to read up a lot on it! Read some books on "how to write a screenplay". There's tons if you need suggestions or help let me know.
Also I have a lot of websites book marked if you need anything!


This movie takes place in Pittsburgh!

A lot of money in one day I would do like $20k or so. Should be good without lavish spending.

Don't know where you want to set the location but I'm in a college town and I can get 30mg Adderall or 50mg Vyvanse which are both anaphetamines for $4-$6 a pill depending on the person. A script would be cheaper. Could probably get 30 for $100 or so. But anybody talking about $10-$15 a pill is either stupid or is getting ripped off. I could make the pills for a dollar or two a piece. If could sell for $10 each I would be rich.

those prices all depend where you live thats the biggest kicker. and if your not doing pills how many people in that area also can cook decent meth? buying drugs is like buying a car or house it changes so quick and depends on location

Thats true. But paying that much for any pill that isn't like a serious pain medication is borderline insane. An Adderall script isn't very difficult to fake.

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)