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?

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Yup!

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

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.