British Comedy Guide

Red Planet

Deadline's looming. Who's entered? Who's still writing it (me...) Just interested to see what people have done for it.

I have - got my automatic acknowledgement back too so I know they've got it.

Mine was in no way intended to be funny though - more of an intriguing (*I hope) drama.

Anyone else only write 10 pages and is shafted if they ask for a whole script?

I sent mine in yesterday or 2 days ago. They said you could do any genre you wanted, by the way. So i choose comedy-drama.

And if anyone wondering what The Red Planet Prize is...

http://www.redplanetpictures.co.uk/prize/prize.html

Quote: Simon Stratton @ August 31, 2007, 10:56 AM

Anyone else only write 10 pages and is shafted if they ask for a whole script?

Yup!
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I just sent them an old sitcom script as I want to get my rejection collection up to five :D

I've got one comedy ready, and I'm writing the first 10 pages of my drama as we speak. Is anyone tempted to lie in their biography - an orphan forced to live in a cage...

I'm going to scribble something up tonight, damn I'm really pushing it.

I wasn't even going to bother entering until I saw the prize was £5k

I wish they had supplied more info. I would like to know when in October they will require full scripts.

Also, I discovered via another site that the first ten pages have to remain the same if you are picked as a finalist.

That's got to be the only competition with a money prize, that you don't have to pay to enter.

I would have done if I'd heard about it in time.
Actually I did hear about it ages ago but then forgot.

Imagine getting to the last few and having Sir Mark Gatiss and Lord Stephen Fry read your script. Yikes.

Well, I did the same, but then rehashed something I had done a while ago and sent the first ten with the intention of writing the rest asap. I work better to deadlines anyway.
I thought it was too good an opportunity to miss. Perhaps you could do the same?

I wanted to give you guys a chance, so I've held back my big guns!

:)

Ooh, thanks Frankie, appreciate that. I'll share my pr.. er, choc...., nope, LOLLIES with you if I get anywhere. Off to catch a banana boat now.

p.s - what about women with beards?

To anyone that complains, the compeitions been running for a couple of months. All I can say is... you had time.

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