• The Contained Screenplay 5

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  Posted by cheryl croasmun on August 24, 2021 at 3:41 am

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  Dave Halligan

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  September 20, 2021 at 3:59 am

  I’m still working on my outline for a contained comedy short. It’s coming along quite well. But that isn’t what I’m writing about here. Tonight I watched two cable series episodes. Each featured a wedding scene. They could not be more different.
  The characters of “Chesapeake Shores” gathered for the wedding of two of the main characters. The show did everything we expect from a Hallmark series. A measured amount of drama. No wound too deep or secret too disturbing for these likable folks. An hour’s diversion. Nothing wrong there.
  On Showtime’s “American Rust” the wedding of minor characters brought the principals together in tense and revealing scenes. Layers painfully ripped off like scabs, showing past traumas and foreshadowing troubles to come.
  This brings me back to our “contained screenplay” course. “A.R.” is one of 5 features/series filmed around Pittsburgh this year. The wedding scene alone had about 30 actors including children. Recently, one filmmaker put out a call for extras. Maybe, hopefully, we’ve turned a corner.

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