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Hey folks, welcome to Spitball!, the world's first screenplay written by blog.You may want to read the posts in our about section, particularly our Statement of Purpose

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After fighting through 50 different story ideas, the boys have picked Time to Die as the script to write. They are now starting the writing process.

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Re:[9] Sequence Method Question

March 22, 2006 · by The Urban Shockah · Permalink · comment on this post in the forum · Category: Original Version, technique
That's a little more detailed than I was planning, but it certainly couldn't hurt. I'll see how big my workload is, and start doing this.

Well, the time stamps are completely optional -- I like them for the info they provide, but also because I'm anal-retentive that way :-)

But I can't imagine doing a breakdown without a scene list. I mean, if you can do it, more power to ya, but that's out of my range.

Which reminds me, maybe we should start defining a format for breaking a film down. A form, if you will, that we could follow to aid in our dissections, analyzation and discussions.

Good idea. I'll be looking at your Blue Velvet post carefully.

Also, when I have a few of these under my belt, it might be interesting to pick a film--a non-obvious one, if possible--and each do a breakdown on it. Then, we can compare notes and see if we were both on the same page.

I had the same idea. I was going to save The Matrix for myself, but since I know we both own it, should we go with that? (Also, it's an "easy" one to start with.)