Nice, Ginger.
Death is your art. You make it with your hands day after day. That final gasp, that look of peace. And part of you is desperate to know: What's it like? Where does it lead you? And now you see, that's the secret. Not the punch you didn't throw or the kicks you didn't land. She really wanted it. Every Slayer has a death wish. Even you.
Spike ,'Conversations with Dead People'
The Great Write Way, Act Three: Where's the gun?
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hippocampus - Sep 14, 2011 3:52:51 pm PDT #4660 of 6690
not your mom's socks.
Barb - Sep 14, 2011 3:58:45 pm PDT #4661 of 6690
“Not dead yet!”
Ginger, I like a lot of the elements of that pitch. My critique partner came up with a nice one, too:
Emily has loved Matthew all her life -- despite the fact that he died the night she was born. Is she crazy, or is their bond stronger than the boundaries between time and space...life and death?
I'm wondering, since this is for a producer, if I don't need to include the BLANK meets BLANK comparison and *gulp* invoke the T-word?*
- Twilight
::spits three times and throws holy water::
Ginger - Sep 14, 2011 4:04:48 pm PDT #4662 of 6690
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
I thought about the T-word. There's always "A supernatural romance in the tradition of Twilight...."
shudder
hippocampus - Sep 14, 2011 4:07:30 pm PDT #4663 of 6690
not your mom's socks.
Well, you are subverting Twighlight to suit your own purposes. Still. ptui.
Amy - Sep 14, 2011 4:12:21 pm PDT #4664 of 6690
Because books.
It's not really like Twilight, though. And maybe film is different, but I think editors are tired of comparisons to it.
I think you want it to be as short and punchy as possible.
I think your CP came closest.
Barb - Sep 14, 2011 4:28:44 pm PDT #4665 of 6690
“Not dead yet!”
Well, I'd love to stay away from that comparison, because I'm tired of it, too, but in talking to a friend of mine who's actively been stumping in Hollywood, they definitely want something with which they can make an easy connection. (Which brings me right to the Mitchell & Webb skit: "Like Jaws... but not.")
I'm trying to think of recent films or tv shows that might work, but I can't think of a one that's not vampire and what I'm afraid of is that if you use a vampire story to try to make the eternal love comparison, then you risk the other side seeing "VAMPIRE" first and not making the connection I want them to make.
Gah-- this is so hard. Why can't they just take my word for it that it's good, dammit?
hippocampus - Sep 14, 2011 4:56:19 pm PDT #4666 of 6690
not your mom's socks.
The following are just gunning for laughs. They have no bearing on your concept, and are only coming into my brain because of "like Jaws .... but not" Don't hurt me if they're not funny.
"like True Blood meets Lost, with a hint of The Bachelor..." "like Pushing Daisies, but more popularly successful, paired with Gossip Girl and Dr. Oz..." "like the Ghost Whisperer mixed with Angel, but with more Spike, plus a little Supernatural."
Barb - Sep 14, 2011 4:58:33 pm PDT #4667 of 6690
“Not dead yet!”
"like the Ghost Whisperer mixed with Angel, but with more Spike, plus a little Supernatural."
My brain just seized. In a good way.
Ginger - Sep 14, 2011 5:08:22 pm PDT #4668 of 6690
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
Ghost meets Romeo and Juliet. Twilight meets Beetlejuice. Ghost Whisperer meets Dawson's Creek.
Barb - Sep 14, 2011 5:13:49 pm PDT #4669 of 6690
“Not dead yet!”
Ghost Whisperer meets Dawson's Creek.
And again, my brain seized. It would seem that any mention of J-Love's oh-so-earnest show has that effect on me.