I made progress on a few small projects recently. One was one that has been hanging around for nearly two years. The others are a response to a script writing challenge to the CSIF Older Filmmaker’s Club.
“The Dread of the Daring Rocketeer”
I did a little work on my video “The Dread of the Daring Rocketeer.” I’ve been working on it, off and on, for almost two years. I really want to get it out of the way and move on.
Older Filmmaker’s Scripts
I’ve been a member of the CSIF Older Filmmaker’s Club for almost two years now. https://csif.org/clubs/
At the November 2023 meeting, we were challenged to write a short script in time for out next meeting in January. I made a list of issues that older people face. This gave me a couple story ideas. I joined the Shut Up and Write group I’ve been attending and wrote out the two ideas as short stories.
One I call “The Isolation of Arthur,” focusses on the isolation that some older people feel. I didn’t finish it and wasn’t too happy with what I wrote. It is kind of an experimental film idea. I haven’t gone back to it.
The other I call “The Old Lady and the Urgent Phonecall,” is about an older person dealing with a scam caller. This went better and I finished a draft of the story during the session. It was partially inspired by a scam call I got. Note: The scammer didn’t fool me. This time. The next day I revised it into the form of a film script. I made some changes as I revised it. Another “old person” issue kind of developed in the story as I worked on it. I worried that it might make the script problematic. However, I came up with a few changes that I think take care of that.
I want to finish off “The Isolation of Arthur” before I share both scripts with the other Older Filmmakers.
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