I tried my best Marc - 22 & 23/30
- Louis Djalili
- Jun 9, 2020
- 2 min read
I did it. I officially wrote two scripts in one! However, you will see that the second script is actually less than a page and has no dialogue. BUT... It is just a draft and I actually think the two I have written today have a lot of potential for two individual short films that are both connected and not connected to each other.
My friend wanted me to write a short film today about a man and a bridge. So, I obliged and I didn't give a huge amount of thought to it as I started to write. However, the more I got into it the more I tired to think about what a bridge can represent. Crossing a bridge is a journey and many journeys have tests and temptations along the way that different people will respond to in varying ways. That is main idea I've run with in these two scripts and that is why I have named them His Bridge and Her Bridge because we all take our own paths, make our own mistakes and grow in our way from crisis' we face.
I admit, the second one actually doesn't really do much to anything on its own right now. In fact neither do that much on their own! It isn't clear who the man and the woman are in their respective stories and why they are even at the bridge. I think a little bit more fleshing out of the characters needs to happen before they get there so we can understand why they approach their situations in different ways and then also through this I will be able to distinguish the two stories easier. Further, what I will do when I return to these is think a little clearer about what is actually happening to the man in His Bridge and why it is happening to him. What is he experiencing and what am I trying to say?
One can only hope that my next attempt at two scripts in a day will not stop as late as it did for me today. That is one of the reasons why the second is so short... I am tired and want to go to bed. Again, I am returning to this same issue of leaving the writing until too late. Shame on me.
Writing is wonderful though and part of me is getting a little frustrated with the format of a screenplay. It would be fun to write a short story after this or make an attempt at writing a play. Either way, I feel so happy that I am exercising the part of me which loves story. I have always loved creating stories and fantasies in my mind ever since I was young but, until now I have no regularly exercised it so that I can hone the ability to tell these stories coherently and give them more meaning.
But anyway, I am not sure many people will get round to reading any of this and that is okay. I will look back on all of this in time and I guess it will give me a little window into what I was like at twenty four years old during periods of deep sadness, growth, holding onto hope and during a global pandemic....
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