Other screenplays
The Plums
Before the Conquist screenplay the closest I've come to having a screenplay in production was for my short art-house (non-SF) film, The Plums. The process of screenplay writing is quite different to novel and short story writing, and the path to production is a whole other world. I know The Plums was at least partially filmed, but I've never seen it. There's a long story behind why that's the case... some of which I don't even know.
Before the Conquist screenplay the closest I've come to having a screenplay in production was for my short art-house (non-SF) film, The Plums. The process of screenplay writing is quite different to novel and short story writing, and the path to production is a whole other world. I know The Plums was at least partially filmed, but I've never seen it. There's a long story behind why that's the case... some of which I don't even know.
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Graffiti
I wrote a treatment for a feature film adaptation of my children's fantasy novel, Graffiti, which was short-listed for a script development grant by Film Victoria. I made it to the interview stage but missed out on the grant. SYNOPSIS Steven is a twelve year old boy travelling by train from Horsham to Melbourne on his own. He becomes lost in the city and is confronted by the members of a graffiti gang who say they need his help. They explain that several of their members have been disappearing while doing graffiti "tricks". Jake, the leader, says that they've been sucked through into another world where there is no colour. So far they've only been able to get back one person, Midge - and that was by accident. The only way to find them is to locate their "tags", which the gang members are drawing on the other side, and to reach in and pull them back through. These tags can only be seen by someone who is lost, hence Steven is vitally important to them. On the other side, Cel and Pike spend much of their time avoiding capture by hooded monk-like figures. They discover that the monks become mad when they see colour, so they use their spray cans to rescue the other gang members that have been captured and imprisoned in cells. |
Steven and Jake find out after they pull through Cel that they have only until sunrise to get everyone out before the tags fade and the others run out of paint and will be trapped there forever. In a mad rush they get everyone except Pike, who has created a diversion on the other side to help the others through.
Finally Steven manages to find Pike's tag. He is almost pulled through himself in deadly tug of war with a monk. They save Pike just as the sun comes up and the first trams rattle past. |