Spencer Barrett's Lounge Discussions

So I made a post a few weeks ago about getting back in to script writing.

Good news is, my ADHD hasn't side-tracked me off on to another project or passion!

I'm nearing completion of my first draft of my feature film. It's scrappy and bolted together as all good first drafts are. A good portion of it consists of getting the scene out of my head and on to the page, with the intention of coming back and making it readable on the second pass.

I'm very pleased with this concept, it's not going to require an extravagant budget to shoot and I haven't gone off track and start writing pure rubbish...Yet.

What is everyone else working on? Let me know I'm not alone in that first draft slog!

Hello, So I've been sitting on this project for a while, it was going to be a short film but to be honest the subject can't fit in to a short. ONLY HUMAN: Only Human follows Katy, a young sixth form student. She's the daughter of an important MP and as a result is kidnapped and used as the ultimate bargaining chip to have prisoners of war released. The problem is that the UK doesn't keep POW's (Not officially at least). So as the negotiations drag out Katy forms Stockholm Syndrome which causes her to become attached to her captors. This is especially bad news as the SAS, lead by Sergeant Henderson (Actor already attached for this part) are brought in to "defuse" the situation in the way they know best. Will Katy be rescued? Does she even want to be rescued? - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - I reckon this can be shot for well under £500,000, maybe closer to £100,000 (We have one car that gets shot to pieces, and that's about the biggest stunt in the script). We already have access to an armoury for free and some very talented actors interested. The actor attached for the role of Henderson is Mel Mills, a very talented and well rounded actor. I'm only a few pages in to the re-write of the film, so it's early days yet, but I would like to get someone onboard early. I have the first 10 pages ready for viewing, so if anyone is interested please email me to see them: s.barrett57@gmail.com Ideally I am looking for someone with a few credits under their belt and that is confident they can secure funding, as well as run the operation. I can't pay upfront, but obviously once we secure fundings there will be good pay. I look forward to talking with you all.