Screenplays By 3rd Dog Scripts

The Indiana Jones of Bosnia…

Yes, this adventure is real! You’ll find amazing new discoveries, drama, and the excitement of an epic adventure that will change the world as we know it.

Remember when writing an action adventure story it must loom larger than life and at the same time contain those small secrets hidden from the world.

How did I discover this “Rock Star” and gem of a story? Well… on my own adventure… that started out as an Italy Tour with…
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…and wound up being an adventure of a lifetime.

Climbing the Pyramid of the Moon and visiting the tunnels allowed me to view the most exciting discoveries of our time.

This is where we meet our guide…

We made it to the top of the Pyramid of the Moon…

The journey up the pyramid was very difficult and going down posed a serious problem for me as a gentle rain made the path slick. However, our guide…a 64 year-old man…had no problem climbing and as you can see smoking a cigarette the whole time. He told us many secrets of the Pyramid of the Moon and how the energy made him like a young man again. I must share the secrets of the Pyramid Moon in the future.

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MOTHER’S RED DRESS

Writer and director, Edgar Michael Bravo, and Producer, John Paul Rice, present a social issue film with a unique perspective. The main character’s psychological struggle on an individual conscious level also reflects the larger struggle occurring on the collective conscious. This film demonstrates how the social issue of abuse has a profound effect on all of us.

The system (culture) presents a mental trap (red dress) for the individual or the collective to overcome. The goal is to find a way out of the illusionary world that seems so real. Red representing the lower aspects of personalities…such as anger, fear, lust, greed, or gluttony. These traits are the enemy to our true happiness or harmony individually and collectively.

As the title suggests this will be intense and may take you down a rabbit whole. Like the character in The Matrix facing reality proves to be an adventure for Paul, the main character, and will require not being distracted by MOTHER’S RED DRESS…which becomes his trigger. Dissociating from abuse…tragedy…and violence is our first line of defense both individually and collectively. You may find travelling with Paul on his inner journey toward awareness and healing will bring you to a deeper awareness in your life.

Paul, attempts to piece together the past after seeing his mother kill her abusive boyfriend. He leaves home for a small town in Southern California where he meets a young woman, Ashley, who inspires him to rebuild his life. Paul is hopeful for his future with Ashley until he receives an urgent call from his mother. She is dying of cancer and wants to reunite her son with his father who abandoned them years ago. Paul returns home, ready to help his mother and forgive his father, but finds a terrible truth waiting for him.

You’ll be pleased with the superb performance by the actors Timothy Driscoll (Paul), Alexandra Swarens (Ashley), Alisha Seaton (Mother), Amanda Reed (Brenda)…great cinematography…and the original scores by composers Christine Wu and Kevin Doucette in this independent film. I had the pleasure of attending the PREMIERE at the Derby City Film Festival this year and truly enjoyed viewing MOTHER’S RED DRESS.

Producer, John Paul Rice and screenwriter, Betsy Banfield-Malone aka 3rd Dog

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Shake It Out demonstrates the emotional intensity needed to wrap up the characters journey.
How your plot develops and the nature of your story determines what the ending will be. Your ending should make emotional and logical sense.
Four possible endings: Comedy (happy endings) the protagonist achieves the goal or solves the problem, and his victory turns out to be a good thing, Tragedy the protagonist fails to achieve the goal, and his failure is a bad thing, Tragic-Comedy (personal triumph) the protagonist fails to achieve the goal, but his failure turns out to be a good thing, and Comedy-Tragedy (personal tragedy) the protagonist achieves his goal, but his victory turns out to be a bad thing

3rd Dog aka Betsy Banfield-Malone

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THE SYMPHONY: Check out the trailer above by clicking on the blue SYMP-TRAILER 1.

Do you like disturbing characters with dark fantasies that heighten your senses? Do surrealist films like Donnie Darko or Mulholland Dr. excite your intellectual curiosity?

If so, you will definitely enjoy this dark cerebral drama that uses the surrealist storytelling technique known as the exquisite corpse. The main character, Robin Zamora, literally becomes the instrument which produces the foreboding sounds of his unconscious in a quest to create a masterpiece that will be his legacy.

I was absolutely pleased with the marvelous performances by Robin Zamora, Bill Oberst Jr. and Marissa Merrill, who intricately bring these disturbing characters to life in the independent film The Symphony.

The creative process for writer/director, Michael LaPointe, is innovative as well as provocative. Michael LaPointe expands Andre Breton’s definition of surrealism by exposing the heart of the surrealistic movement. From my perspective, at the heart of surrealism lies the obvious question, why would man want to unify the external reality of the senses to the inner world of the mind’s perceptions? What makes this revolutionary concept attractive?

Exquisite corpse is the technique used in Michael LaPointe’s creative process for The Symphony. If you view this technique as a metaphor, you will find an answer to the above question. Literally, a corpse or by definition, a fictitious thing…or some no longer useful aspect of our mind…is brought to the forefront. As one externalizes the inner world of the illusive mind, something magical happens. There are consequences (con-sequences) that follow these actions. Reminiscent of the old parlor game called consequences this technique in the end exposes the discordant tone or the poorly tuned instrument. Another familiar game “show” called Truth or Consequences reminds us of the full implications of the “game.” Man’s search for meaning includes identifying the false dissonance that produces those sensational consequences versus the truth of the matter.

It is a revolutionary idea to evolve beyond the primitive thoughts and desires lurking around the dark recesses of our mind and to move forward. We must unmask the illusion.

Our unconscious mind brings expressions of life, art, death and the whimsical nature of the mind. Each of us must examine our truth and consequences to determine that delicate balance between the creative imagination and destructive elements of our dream world – a matter intimately connected to our soul. Michael LaPointe’s creative innovation, in my opinion, will prove to be a classic.

Add to watch list – This film will be on the festival circuit soon. You may find updates at Pointe Media: http:// www.pointemediaentertainment.com/

3rd Dog Script aka Betsy Banfield-Malone
© 2011

Have you written several fabulous endings to your script and still can’t decide on the one you’ll use?

So are you feeling a bit neurotic? Are you having separation anxiety thinking about choosing one ending and typing those final words – The End?

I fully understand this…and unfortunately… it is part of the script writing process.

After developing such an intense relationship to your characters don’t be surprised when finishing the script and letting it go will be the hardest part of this process to face.

I suggest you follow the words of wisdom…

Choose the perfect ending, finish your script, and let it be!