#Tale Spin (short film)- 17 pages

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Title: Tale Spin
Format: Short Film
Genre: Comedy, coming-of-age
Logline: When Jessie is narrating a day in the life of her younger self, she’s blindsided by the appearance of additional narrators… and they don’t have the same vision for this story.
Pages: 17

Absolutely down to swap reads if someone wants to! This was a rough draft for class that I kicked up in one day. Mostly looking for feedback on the general concept/idea rather than the specifics of dialogue and formatting, but open to any and all feedback.

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Tale Spin (short film)- 17 pages

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Okay! The first thing I want to discuss here is that the meat of this concept is super cool. I love the idea of the different narrators and different set/lighting techniques showing who's narrating. It reminds me a little bit of the movie Hoodwinked! (which was a childhood/family favorite where four people get interviewed by the cops about a crime and each has different things to say).

A couple constructive notes: Is this supposed to be like a 'Twilight Zone' or 'Mr. Rogers' Neighborhood for adults'-ish setup? It feels very much like Jessie knows she's talking to an audience, which, if there isn't the expectation that the characters can and do talk directly to the viewer, can throw people--it threw me a little. Admittedly I'm not sure how to orient the audience appropriately in this case, but if this piece is something you want to continue working with I would experiment with different framing devices and different opening/closing scenes. Also, the way in which the older Jessie turns a corner regarding relating to the other narrators feels a bit rushed given how adamant she is about not sharing right up until that turning point.

All in all, this was kind of adorable and I think the concept is worth working with further.

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Thanks a ton! I appreciate the feedback a lot. I want to work with the opening a bit to orient the audience a bit more- important for the audience to buy the idea of narration since it’s the whole crux of the premise

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and yeah, i think i could extend Jessie’s choice a bit. I think I was pushing myself to keep it as short as possible to challenge myself, but this concept might need a bit more time

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this was originally a concept i had for a pilot (altered quite a bit from the original premise but core was always narrators), and i have trouble thinking of ideas that fit a short term premise

stark yacht
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It definitely feels like a pilot.

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it was also supposed to kinda be about the messiness of adolescence and how you can’t really fit that whole experience into one ‘type’ of story but that might have been too vague

stark yacht
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That makes sense now that you say it.

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but i don’t want to really hammer in any specific message. it’s a concept i found evocative even without a specific allegory to pin to it, and i hope others do as well

stark yacht
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-nods-

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You used the swap tag. Obviously if you're not up for it that's cool, but if you are I have something of similar length to trade.

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stark yacht
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Yay! Take your time.

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