Step 1: Selecting Your Text
I chose Francis Turner from Edgar Lee Masters' Spoon River Anthology. I chose this piece because it was the first one to resonate visually with me. I could easily visualize the main scene and characters of the piece.
Secondly, I realized this is a piece that could be filmed in one or two locations with two actors.
Here's the text:
Francis Turner
I COULD not run or play
In boyhood.
In manhood I could only sip the cup,
Not drink-- For scarlet-fever left my heart diseased.
Yet I lie here Soothed by a secret none but Mary knows:
There is a garden of acacia, Catalpa trees, and arbors sweet with vines--
There on that afternoon in June By Mary's side--
Kissing her with my soul upon my lips
It suddenly took flight.
Step 2: Drafting your script
MOST RECENT DRAFT:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B7AUVz6pqtPpRW9ac3E2QXJldGc/edit?usp=sharing
DRAFT FOR CONTEST:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B7AUVz6pqtPpRmRLdXVPV0ZhQ2s/edit?usp=sharing
SECOND DRAFT:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B7AUVz6pqtPpWmZ1emIyUkF2SHc/edit?usp=sharing
FIRST DRAFT:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B7AUVz6pqtPpSi14M2ZwaWJyUEU/edit?usp=sharing
Step 3: Writing your logline
Logline:
A loner's life reaches new heights during an unforgettable afternoon. He may never come down from cloud nine.
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