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Advertising Edition: R.A.’s entry
INT. OFFICE – DAY TITLE – Mitchell-Bell, Inc. New York 1962 GARETH MACLAREN (early 30s, wan with thinning hair) sits opposite BARRY NEWCOMB (a late 20s go-getter with moviestar looks). Hair and suit styles are appropriate to the mid-1960s. Whenever he’s not speaking, Barry peers intently, like a detective divining motive. BARRY We’re not the…
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FSW: Advertising Edition (Ken’s Entry)
Okay…I’m an idiot. Yes, I did briefly post this Friday, wondering why everyone else didn’t post yet. And then my tiny little brain went “oh yeah, this is the week we’re waiting until Monday” So…ummmm….sorry, and….my bad.Meanwhile, back at the ranch… What Superbowl would be complete without a car commercial, huh? So here’s my little…
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Advertising: David’s Entry – Lie to Me Baby
INT. Conference Room Day Jerry Kline, (Balding, middle aged with thick glasses) stands at the end of a long table. Lined up at the table are a group of advertising gurus with briefcases open, laptops and Blackberries lit up and sharpened pencils at the ready.Kline turns to the white board behind him. KLINE The key,…
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Welcome to Sketch War
About a year ago, Michael posted a sketch on his blog one Friday night. Being hyper-competitive, I banged a sketch out after work and posted it by midnight, throwing down a virtual gauntlet. Every Friday hence, we wrote sketches – first on whatever we wanted, and later on pre-selected topics – and posted them to…
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Strange things are afoot at Sketch War…
We’re going to be making a few changes and tweaks around here over the next few weeks, and because of that we’re holding off on posting our sketches until Monday. I know, it seems to defeat the whole purpose of a “Friday Sketch War” to not post on Friday, but that’s part of the tweaking.…
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Friday Night Sketch War: Borders Edition
Forgive me the lateness of this recap, but I’m still recovering from the bloody melee in the arena yesterday. *Five* warriors did battle yesterday; the floor slick with cream pies and banana peels. Whoa. Passed out from the blood loss. On to the sketches on the theme: borders. Making his debut in the arena of…
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FSW: Borders Edition (Peter’s entry)
Friday Sketch War Borders Edition “52.3°N, 119.9°E” FADE IN: EXT. BORDER CROSSING – DAY A little hut occupies a desolate, rocky landscape. Truly the middle of nowhere. A worn sign reads “Border Crossing” in Russian, Mandarin, and English. LUBOV (Russian, subtitled) I spy with my little eye — INT. BORDER PATROL STATION – CONTINUOUS LUBOV…
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FSW: Borders Edition (Ken’s Entry)
Wow….who knew I’d be the last one posting at 10:00 am Pacific time. This here sketch war is heatin’ up….(and welcome back Michael!)__________________________________________________________________ EXT. SOUTHWESTERN DESERT – NIGHT JUAN, JORGE and ESTEBAN, all three Mexican men in their early 30’s dressed in ragged dirty clothes, crouch-walk through scrub brush under a night sky, talking in…
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FSW: Borders Edition (Michael’s Entry)
EXT. PARKING LOT – DAY A large, olive green tent is set up in a desolated parking lot. The remnants of burned out cars sit around it. The urban landscape is near ruin. There is a Red Cross painted on top of the tent. A long line of disheveled, sickly looking refugee-types are waiting their…
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FSW: Borders Edition (Coyote’s Entry)
INT. BEDROOM – DAY Matching pairs of twin beds, nightstands, and dressers mirror left and right. A line of duct tape neatly divides the room down the center, right up the back wall, splitting a JONAS BROTHERS POSTER right between Nick’s eyes. EMILY, 7 and sassy, enters the left and notices a shirt edging over…