3rd Draft of Heartsgaard

Posted by Tennyson at 3/8/2009 5:17 PM
Categories: Heartsgaard, Films

Writing comedy is so tricky.  In Heartsgaard, I'm seeing a phenomenon similar to what I saw in Digit.  As I work through the script, the need to cover plot points overrides the comedy.

At this point, the structure of Heartsgaard is loose enough to be funny, and Conrad still arrives somewhere in the end.  What I'm finding is that the more I stress about making the arcs deliberate and goal-oriented, the less funny the movie gets.

By the end of this draft, Conrad had learned that life has a funny way of taking us in new directions.  Sometimes, we mistake the steps we want to take to get somewhere for the destination itself.  In the end, walking up the stairs is something we just do.  Having a plan for that isn't necessary.  Or helpful.  Or funny after thirty pages.

If life has a funny way of doing anything, I should probably be taking notes, right?  This is a comedy!

On to Sam Bailey!   After I get my Sam Bailey voodoo on and rework that script, I may dive back into The Judgment of Elizabeth Sawyer.  Thanks to the radical Christie Insley for inspiration.

And of course, a big thank you to my partner Gerard for bringing Heartsgaard into the light of day from the recesses of the "I don't know what to do with this damn script" file.

Love to all,
T

 
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