Show HN: I have built a library of screenplays for movies and TV shows
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#2Epic! What led to this?
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#3Really fascinating - thanks for this!
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#4I can't help but think this would be good training data for mapping text to long-form video. Even if it's too hard right now, don't underestimate our collective progress.
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#5How is this legal?
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#6Awhile back, Mark Z. Danielewski did some treatments of screenplays for House Of Leaves. You should look for them. They’re incomplete but man I’d love to see them crack into a full show.
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#7That's interesting. Always wondered how those are sourced.
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#8This is amazing. Anyone that has written a script, what is the significance of words in all caps?
Breaking Bad:
Oh, by the way, he’s wearing a GAS MASK. That, and white jockey UNDERPANTS. Nothing else.
The Dark Knight:
A man in a CLOWN MASK holding a SMOKING SILENCED PISTOL ejects a shell casing. This is DOPEY. He turns to a second man, HAPPY, also in clown mask, who steps forward with a CABLE LAUNCHER, aims at a lower roof across the street and FIRES a cable across. Dopey secures the line to an I-beam line- CLAMP on- sends a KIT BAG out then steps OUT the window...
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#9This is amazing. Anyone that has written a script, what is the significance of words in all caps? Breaking Bad: Oh, by the way, he’s wearing a GAS MASK. That, and white jockey UNDERPANTS. Nothing else. The Dark Knight: A man in a CLOWN MASK holding a SMOKING SILENCED PISTOL ejects a shell casing. This is DOPEY. He turns to a second man, HAPPY, also in clown mask, who steps forward with a CABLE LAUNCHER, aims at a low…
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Re: Show HN: I have built a library of screenplays for movies and TV shows
#10This is amazing. Anyone that has written a script, what is the significance of words in all caps? Breaking Bad: Oh, by the way, he’s wearing a GAS MASK. That, and white jockey UNDERPANTS. Nothing else. The Dark Knight: A man in a CLOWN MASK holding a SMOKING SILENCED PISTOL ejects a shell casing. This is DOPEY. He turns to a second man, HAPPY, also in clown mask, who steps forward with a CABLE LAUNCHER, aims at a low…
These are all key characters or visual elements, often capitalized when introduced for the first time. Ultimately, convention is left up to the individual screenwriter, so you will find inconsistencies in application of capitalization.