Hi. I posted on another thread a few days ago that I often write Sketch show scripts and I have written a couple of pilots for sitcoms which do exactly that.. they just sit on my com-puter. I have never shown anything I write to anyone before for fear its just the rubbish wafflings of a middle aged man. However I appreciate that the best way to improve is to share my work and get constructive feedback which I can use to get better at writing.
Here is an opening scene from a sitcom idea I have been working on and I'm after some honest feedback in relation to dialog, jokes, character interaction etc etc.
Instead of it sitting on my hard drive.. here it is (I cant post it in its formatted form so forgive the lay out.)
EXT. BACK GARDEN. NIGHT
In a littered back garden a white sheet blows steadily in the wind. Suspended between two small trees. ANDY is framing the scene with his camera. SCOTT is out of view.
SCOTT (OOV)
Are we going to get this done then or not, I'm freezing my tits off here.
ANDY
Yeah hang on a minute. I keep pressing the wrong button and it just ends up showing my face. Anyway It's not that cold, you should be warmer than most.
SCOTT
Oh nice, anyway women love a larger man now, it's called the dad bod. Fat is now more sexier than muscle. And weighs less, ironically.
ANDY
Yeah but you need to have kids first pal.
SCOTT
I probably have!
Any idiot can make a baby, but only a real man can carry off the Dad Bod. It's the new Beard.
ANDY
How did that work out for you?
SCOTT
Come on. Its freezing, look, your piss is still steaming. It looks eerie. Like the worms are about to come up singing thriller any minute.
ANDY
Yeah well I can't go inside for a wee can I. I'll wake the kids.
Just look at that moon.
The best sort of night for moth spotting this is.
Right get the camera rolling I'm ready.
Does the bed sheet look alright? It's not Daz white but it'll do wont it.
SCOTT
Well you can't make out any stains so I guess it will do wont it. Come on then rimjaw let's get this over with.
ANDY
(TO CAMERA) Hi Youtubers, you have joined me tonight for 'Moth Watch'. This will be the first in an exciting week long show looking at the fascinating world of UK moths.
As you can see I have set up a basic moth trap behind me and on a night like tonight with a full moon high in the sky we will surely be kept busy with moth action. The science behind a trap like this is simple. Moths come out at night and are instinctively drawn to the light of the moon. This sheet replicates the moons surface.
What we have engineered here is a device which convinces the moths they have made it to the moon, and whilst they rest after the long journey we can get a good look at the patterns and variety we have on offer in your own back yard.,
Look we have a teal lace wing here and just below this one we have another common member of this genus the lesser brown spot.
(Something large hits the sheet pulling it to the ground and dragging it across the damp grass.)
SCOTT
Jesus Christ what was that!
ANDY
I don't know, it's still in my sheet, get it out. If it's a fox or something our lass will kill me.
SCOTT
A Fox? You idiot, it flew into it. Whatever it is. It's still flapping. Go get it out.
ANDY
Alright, but if it bites me I haven't had a tetanus.
(Peering into the sheet)
F**k me it's a big bird, it's like a vulture or something with really big eyes.
SCOTT
Let's have look, get it out.
ANDY
It's an owl, It must have been drawn to my sheet by its echo location. It must have pinpointed my moths.
SCOTT
I'm sure that's dolphins, is it alive? It's not moving anymore.
ANDY
(Snatching camera)
Oh shit I've killed an owl in my own back garden. It's illegal to kill owls isn't it. And you have the evidence on here.
SCOTT
Ey, Ey Calm your passions. Its not ILL Eagle.. It's a dead owl, get it?
ANDY
Oh f**king funny. Get rid of it.
SCOTT
I'm having nothing to do with it, you killed it. Stuff it.
ANDY
Stuff it, Oh yeah. I'll make some nice Yorkshire puds too whilst im at it. Shall I save you a leg?
SCOTT
I mean taxidermy you idiot.
Give us it here ill dump it somewhere on the way home.
ANDY
Thanks mate. I'm off in. this has been an epic waste of time tonight, we need to think of some new ideas.