Hey all, this is my original work which I am very proud of. I worked very hard on this and would appreciate receiving praise and constructive criticism.
screenplay:
Open with a scene of a man alone chopping wood on a snowy day. He is large-bodied and looks visually menacing, it should be clear that he is the villian. He sings an eerie and discomforting tune: "Da Da Da Da Da Da Da"
The next sixty or whatever seconds build up a horror movie featuring the aforementioned villain and a hero named John, a boy around 17 years old, as well as a couple friends around the same age who support him. A couple times cut back to the opening woodchopping "Da Da Da Da Da Da Da" scene.
Nearing the end of the trailer, scene with John and his couple friends walking through the city on a snowy day. The townsfolk jeer and yell obscenities at them. John narrates: "Before the incident, we were treated just like anyone else. But now, whenever we go out, the people always shout."
(words flash on the screen, large font)
JOHN
Very brief scene of a terrified scream
JACOB
chop "Da Da Da Da Da Da Da"
JINGLEHEIMER
Frantic sprinting through a snow-covered forest
SCHMIDT
Scene of John in an attic, which is illuminated only by the candle he holds in one hand. With the other hand, John lifts up and examines a dusty old photo of the villain. "Oh my God. His name is my name too." Candle blows out.
(smaller font)
PREMIERES CHRISTMAS EVE
Hi all,
I want to try to learn Spanish on my own, right now I barely know anything. Asking in the libre culture community because I know a common answer is duolingo but I don't want to install an app store other than f-droid.
Announcer for tonight's caps game said at the start of the game that New Jersey and Washington were the last two teams. Looks like both gave up the first goal tonight (with help from a coach's challenge on the Backstrom goal). Devils play in DC tomorrow at 7:30.
I know it made sense to let him go, but it hurts my heart.
Companies don't pay for four-star reviews, but a person giving a four-star review liked the product overall.
Hi all,
I haven't instant messaged with strangers in a good bit and I kind of want to relive those days, so giving this another shot.
I made a post here a couple years back and made connections with a couple cool people, but eventually those faded. Trying again now that lemmy is more popular, not sure if this time it will just get swallowed up in the massive sea of posts that are here now.
I'd like to use a messenger that is supported by a FOSS linux client. I still have an XMPP (decentralized messenger) account, so that would be my first choice, but I'd be fine to sign up for matrix, or anything else that I can run easily from a desktop client on linux. To be clear, you don't have to be a linux user yourself, I'm pretty sure pidgin works great for XMPP on windows.
To help you decide whether you should talk to me, I made these lists:
Reasons you should talk to me:
You had a good day and want to share that with someone.
You had a bad day and want to share that with someone.
You want to talk about depression and emotional health with another human being.
You want to shoot the shit about listening to music and don't mind when those discussions stray far from the mainstream. (My favorite stuff is neoclassical, metal, and industrial.)
You have some tiny amount of comfort with your arch linux setup and want a chance to show off to an arch user who knows even less than you do.
You have pokemon violet version, but need a pokemon from scarlet version to complete your pokedex. (I've also played a ton of Yo-Kai 3. Monster taming games in general are my niche.)
You're confused as to why every right adjoint preserves all monic arrows, but don't want to sign up for the mathematics stackexchange.
You have an interest in computer programming, and are happy to discuss that stuff with a novice. (I need to pick haskell back up, I think I was approaching being good enough to write Hello World.)
You follow the NHL and want to emphasize that I should feel bad for rooting for a team currently employing Tom Wilson.
You somehow obtained an XMPP messenger account but no one else seems to use it.
You think maybe messaging me would help you justify all the time you just wasted on reading this stupid list.
Reasons you should not talk to me:
You do not feel you would be satisfied with a platonic-only friendship. (I am happily married.)
You are not an adult. (I don't doubt that there are tons of cool teenagers out there, but I would feel like a creep.)
You have high standards.
You would be upset with the fact that I can be flaky and with me sleeping totally ridiculous hours. (Case in point: It's almost 2AM where I live. Going to bed soon.)
Mi Espanol no es bueno, no hablo Espanol. (Want to learn but haven't made progress.)
You went through my post history and found that I said something horribly offensive three years ago.
Honestly, I'm awkward as shit.
Send me a pm and let's talk!
I'm looking for feedback on my original screenplay. It is a sixty-second-ish long trailer for a Christmas-themed horror movie. This is an update on my screenplay idea I posted on lemmy a couple years back. (lemmy.ml link because I still haven't learned how to link to posts cross-instance, doesn't seem to be in the docs.)
Open with a scene of a man alone chopping wood on a snowy day. He is large-bodied and looks visually menacing, it should be clear that he is the villian. He sings an eerie and discomforting tune: "Da Da Da Da Da Da Da"
The next thirty or whatever seconds build up a horror movie featuring the aforementioned villain and a hero named John, a boy around 17 years old, as well as a couple friends around the same age who support him. A couple times cut back to the opening woodchopping "Da Da Da Da Da Da Da" scene.
Nearing the end of the trailer, scene with John and his couple friends walking through the city on a snowy day. The townsfolk jeer and yell obscenities at them. John narrates: "Before the incident, we were treated just like anyone else. But now, whenever we go out, the people always shout."
(words flash on the screen, large font)
JOHN
Very brief scene of a terrified scream
JACOB
chop "Da Da Da Da Da Da Da"
JINGLEHEIMER
Frantic sprinting through a snow-covered forest
SCHMIDT
Scene of John in an attic, which is illuminated only by the candle he holds in one hand. With the other hand, John lifts up and examines a dusty old photo of the villain. "Oh my God. His name is my name too." Candle blows out.
(smaller font)
PREMIERES CHRISTMAS EVE
I came up with a science fiction writing prompt/thought experiment that I'd like to share. I'm aware this is a little silly.
Background:
There exists an aether throughout the universe which I am going to suggestively name "soul". Soul can congeal, and congealed soul can take on a multitude of different states. Consciousness is congealed soul, and the states it takes on are emotions. Organisms have evolved to interact with soul, and over time the emotions they are able to evoke have become less rudimentary and increasingly varied.
The prompt/thought experiment:
A utilitarian mad scientist designs blueprints for a soul virus, which causes the aether permeating everything to congeal and then permanently crystallize in a joyful state. It will spread and eventually unify all consciousness into one. This leads to the question of whether universal bliss is worth the price of a total loss of individuality.
Anyone remember how Trump started Space Force? I was on Space Force, and I got sent to the moon. We were called Moon Force, and there was only one other soldier there on the moon with me.
Back home on Earth, I wanted to mail her a card, so I looked in the card aisle for cards related to Moon Force. They only had one relevant card, it said "Don't Moon Force me to go". I thought it was funny so I got it for her and mailed it.
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