Just for fun, I thought I'd go back over some of my previous attempts at feature film screenplays. I'm currently doing my first internal rewrite of my latest script and thought it would be fun to go back over what has gone past. So here goes:1. Down The Road - My first feature length film script. I wrote this in college. It was a road movie and it is embarrassingly bad. I rewrote it several times but it ultimately went nowhere.
2. Reflectors - Kinda of a quirky indie comedy about a love triangle between a guy, a girl, and a male Japanese exchange student. I wrote this during a class I took at AFI. Finished a couple rewrites but could never get the ending right.
3. We Always Lie To Ourselves - A big sprawling film about a group of college students coming to terms with what happened the night before during a raucous college party. I think I wrote this because I had seen Pulp Fiction and was playing with non-linear storytelling. Wrote several scenes and a sprawling treatment. But never finished a full draft.
4. Evil Is Never Fun - Trippy film about a guy trying to find a girl that goes missing after having a one night stand with her. I wrote several scenes but never got past the first Act. I modified this opening for the novel I started writing.
5. The Hunt - Basically two lost souls in the city find each other. Basically Barfly in the 90s. Wrote about 30 pages then lost interest.
6. The Summer Of Our Discontent - A quirky comedy based on a short script I wrote in one of my screenplay classes in college. That short script wound up becoming my short film Coffee. I've still thought about going back and writing this one. Got as far as a treatment and that's it.
7. Glamour - Stupid idea for a film I had about a female singer leading a double life. Never got past a short synopsis.
8. Art Murder Film - Came up with this idea in high school about a painter who kills women and paints with their blood. Kind of a stupid idea that didn't go anywhere.
9. Carjacking Pirates - I still love this idea we came up with in high school about a bowling team called The Pirates that got hit on the heads while bowling and thought they were real life pirates. It was a slapstick comedy about a bunch of pirates that instead of sailing the seas, they would sail the highways and take over other cars. I still think it has potential. Maybe one day I'll write it.
So there you have it. I'm sure there are dozens of other ideas I've had that I've never developed. Just thought it would be fun to list them all in one place.
Am I worried about people stealing these ideas? Not really. These ideas aren't that original. And it's the execution not the idea that counts in this industry.
PS. This doesn't include any scripts I am currently working on. I have probably a dozen more in the hopper, including the one I am currently working on. And there's that novel I've been working on as well...
