I’ve seen Thanksgiving movies, but I’ve never read a Thanksgiving script. Has anyone here written a Thanksgiving script? If so, do you have any tips for writing one? Or tips for writing a script about any of the holidays?
I’ve written Christmas scripts. One tip is make the decorations a major part of your Christmas script (or any Holiday script) instead of them just being decorations.
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Not here Maurice, I only know Thanksgiving, horror by Eli roth
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There have been numerous films and Thanksgiving specials produced over the years. Most of the Thanksgiving stories were not an integral part of the story. The one that comes to my mind is the thanksgiving scene in the film CASTAWAY.
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On second thought it may have been a Christmas scene. Not sure.
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I like Thanksgiving, Billy Kwack! I'm looking forward to Thanksgiving 2!
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Oh ok, Lee Shargel. So, more like stories set at Thanksgiving rather than stories about Thanksgiving.
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I love Thanksgiving. It's my favorite holiday. I love to watch the parade.
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I love Thanksgiving too, Lee Shargel! Mainly the time with family and friends and the food. I think I missed the parade last year. I plan on watching it this year.
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When I was a kid growing up in the Bronx, I would always go to Macy's and watch the parade no matter the weather. Then go home for food and family. I think stories during thanksgiving are more entertaining than stories about the holiday. What are your thoughts?
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It must be something to be at the parade in person, Lee Shargel! I think both can be entertaining. I like to write stories about the holidays/really lean into the holidays when I write a Holiday script.
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The parade was really great to be there as a kid, I had so much fun seeing all the celebrities passing by on the floats. The giant balloons, It was a spectacle!
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He's making a part 2, awesome
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Here's the Thanksgiving 2 IMDb page, Billy Kwack (www.imdb.com/title/tt30268701/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1). I didn't find much online about the movie. I want to read the Thanksgiving script. I just have to find it.
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Thanks Maurice, I never read a screenplay before, besides my own
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great question, I don't think I"ve seen one.
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You're welcome, Billy Kwack. Reading scripts is a great way to get better at writing scripts.
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Hey, Mista Martel. Hope you're doing great! What are you working on right now?
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My new screenplay has the climax on Memorial Day. A member who lives in USA told me that it is popular with barbecue on that day. I answered "of course, the villain should be roasted", and then changed a few details to use his comment.
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Thanks for sharing, Göran Johansson. Creative. Using something associated with the holiday to punish the villain.
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Maurice Vaughan - on a sports based script
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Happy New Year, Mista Martel! How's your script coming along?
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@Maurice - I'm mid way through
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Congratulations on getting midway through, Mista Martel! What sport is your script about?