Happy or tragical Ending - Page 2

Gwaimir Windgem · 04-21-2003, 04:58 PM

I agree with Jonathan. Sad endings I often find much more touching and emotional. Though my all-time favourite ending for a movie is wildly joyous...But as a whole, I prefer sad endings. Especially if they deal with themes of sacrifice, like Frodo having to give up Middle-earth, or the ending of one of my trilogies.

Starr Polish · 04-21-2003, 09:45 PM

Realistic or bittersweet endings (LOTR being an example of the latter), or ambiguous.

Lief Erikson · 04-21-2003, 09:51 PM

I seem to be a loner then. I like happy endings.

But I do enjoy the bittersweet or sad endings also, with some books. I just find them more of a let down or a disappointment, sometimes. LoTR is the primary series that breaks that rule for me. Scarlet Letter and His Dark Materials, though I liked their endings some, they were very sad

. I suppose that's just the point though. You guys like saddness

.

Starr Polish · 04-21-2003, 10:13 PM

No, I like realism (in a sense). When everything wraps up and it's all hunky dorey I feel rather jipped and get angry at the characters. Happy endings can work. An example of a story that wraps everything up happily and is extremely irritating is I Know This Much is True. Uhg.

I'm not fond of books that end extremely depressing though, where nothing good at all comes out for any single character talked about in the book. A Fine Balance, I think it's called, is an example of that type of ending. Bad bood anyway.

Starr Polish · 04-21-2003, 10:16 PM

Lalaith, about worrying about being rejected:

If you're seriously looking into being a screen writer, or any type of writer, don't be afraid of rejection and be prepared to be rejected so much you feel like you'll never lift up a pencil again. But keep writing, and keep submitting, and keep getting rejected until you're accepted. Don't be afraid to recieve criticism, even the harsh kind.

Lalaith · 04-22-2003, 05:23 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Starr Polish
Lalaith, about worrying about being rejected:

If you're seriously looking into being a screen writer, or any type of writer, don't be afraid of rejection and be prepared to be rejected so much you feel like you'll never lift up a pencil again. But keep writing, and keep submitting, and keep getting rejected until you're accepted. Don't be afraid to recieve criticism, even the harsh kind.

Thanks, that's so cute.

And about the ending. You all helped me a lot. I think I'll take the happy end, because it fits more into the story. This story is meant to end happily and the sreen-play isn't that deep that death would really work. It's a little shallow. I guess I'll take a sad or open end when I write a new one.
Thanks to all of you.

***Jonathan*** · 04-22-2003, 04:39 PM

Lalaith, will you ever post an extract of your screenplay here, when you're done writing it?
I think we the 'Mooters would enjoy reading it.

Lalaith · 04-23-2003, 08:31 AM

If I have corrected and sent it to the publisher I will maybe find the time to translate a part of it.

Linaewen · 04-24-2003, 07:46 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Lalaith

And about the ending. You all helped me a lot. I think I'll take the happy end, because it fits more into the story. This story is meant to end happily and the sreen-play isn't that deep that death would really work. It's a little shallow. I guess I'll take a sad or open end when I write a new one.
Thanks to all of you.

Achhh. Now I feel bad about telling you the wrong thing....

*sad in addition to being mad because of Baby-K*

Lalaith · 04-24-2003, 01:03 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Linaewen
Achhh. Now I feel bad about telling you the wrong thing....

*sad in addition to being mad because of Baby-K*

You wanted a tragical ending? My next screenplay will have an open end, that't tragical too.

Lalaith · 05-05-2003, 10:56 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Jonathan
Lalaith, will you ever post an extract of your screenplay here, when you're done writing it?
I think we the 'Mooters would enjoy reading it.

Hiya, just thought that I will post a part of my screenplay here. A special part. A poem.
In the story the main character, Hayden, is supposed to write this. It's her point of view.

PS: Please note that it is only a bad translation of the german version.

Lalaith · 05-05-2003, 10:58 AM

Hayden

The world doesn't understand me
I'm a unrecognised genius
Or a moron
Who is recognised as the person she is

I want to jump
But I can't
I want to absquatulate
And still keep standing
I want to scream
But my voice fails

I am captured
In this trap
I try to escape
But my feet are stuck
That makes me fall
And everybody sneers

I try to move
But I'm standing still
I push forward
And fall back
Want to change
And remain still the same

I can't take it anymore

Gwaimir Windgem · 05-05-2003, 11:29 AM

Quite interesting, indeed. The last line especially makes you wonder what she's gonna do...

Just curious: Do you have anyone in mind to play her?

Lalaith · 05-05-2003, 11:42 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Gwaimir Windgem
Quite interesting, indeed. The last line especially makes you wonder what she's gonna do...

Just curious: Do you have anyone in mind to play her?

altogether it doesn't turn out that bad in the end (as I decided to have a happy end). but now that you mention it, I want to make it more dramatical ....
No, I have no one in mind. As she is a teenager the girl shouldn't be too old (unlikely to other movies, series) and therefore it should be a new face I guess

Lalaith_Elf · 05-05-2003, 12:31 PM

it's good.
a happy ending sound good.... though happy or sad you can't really go wrong.
i'm talking in circles again... just ignore me, i have no idea what i'm talking about, i just like making it sound like i do!!! LOL

we have such talented mooters

Lalaith · 05-05-2003, 12:34 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Lalaith_Elf
it's good.
a happy ending sound good.... though happy or sad you can't really go wrong.
i'm talking in circles again... just ignore me, i have no idea what i'm talking about, i just like making it sound like i do!!! LOL

we have such talented mooters

Thanks.
Talking in circles. lol

Lalaith_Elf · 05-05-2003, 12:39 PM

i can't help it, my brain is in overload.... i HATE exams!!!!!!!!

***Jonathan*** · 05-05-2003, 01:23 PM

Nice poem. It's fun that you include poems in your screenplay. It's like mixing two different kinds of writing.

Lalaith · 05-05-2003, 01:32 PM

It was necessary that the audience knows what is going on in her mind .... in the first part she is the story teller, but I switch the point of view in the second part so the audience doesn't know anymore what is going on in her mind ... therefore I needed the poem ... and that her best friend can read it (by chance)

Linaewen · 05-07-2003, 07:18 AM

Wow, Lai. I followed the link from the 'some poems' thread.
I like it, and you try to tell me that you are bad at English. (Though, I must add, you beeing a Christ is rather funny)
I don't even know what absquatulate means! *Adds to to ever-growing new word list (Half of which have come from Mooters)*

That's a fantastic poem. I wish I could write that well.

04-21-2003, 04:58 PM	#21
Gwaimir Windgem Dread Mothy Lord and Halfwitted Apprentice Loremaster Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Thomas Aquinas College, Santa Paula, CA Posts: 10,820	I agree with Jonathan. Sad endings I often find much more touching and emotional. Though my all-time favourite ending for a movie is wildly joyous...But as a whole, I prefer sad endings. Especially if they deal with themes of sacrifice, like Frodo having to give up Middle-earth, or the ending of one of my trilogies. __________________ Crux fidelis, inter omnes arbor una nobilis. Nulla talem silva profert, fronde, flore, germine. Dulce lignum, dulce clavo, dulce pondus sustinens. 'With a melon?' - Eric Idle

04-21-2003, 09:45 PM	#22
Starr Polish Elf Lord Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Slow down and I sail on the river, slow down and I walk to the hill Posts: 2,389	Realistic or bittersweet endings (LOTR being an example of the latter), or ambiguous. __________________ “The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, but wiser people so full of doubts.” –Bertrand Russell

04-21-2003, 10:13 PM	#24
Starr Polish Elf Lord Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Slow down and I sail on the river, slow down and I walk to the hill Posts: 2,389	No, I like realism (in a sense). When everything wraps up and it's all hunky dorey I feel rather jipped and get angry at the characters. Happy endings can work. An example of a story that wraps everything up happily and is extremely irritating is I Know This Much is True. Uhg. I'm not fond of books that end extremely depressing though, where nothing good at all comes out for any single character talked about in the book. A Fine Balance, I think it's called, is an example of that type of ending. Bad bood anyway. __________________ “The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, but wiser people so full of doubts.” –Bertrand Russell

04-21-2003, 10:16 PM	#25
Starr Polish Elf Lord Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Slow down and I sail on the river, slow down and I walk to the hill Posts: 2,389	Lalaith, about worrying about being rejected: If you're seriously looking into being a screen writer, or any type of writer, don't be afraid of rejection and be prepared to be rejected so much you feel like you'll never lift up a pencil again. But keep writing, and keep submitting, and keep getting rejected until you're accepted. Don't be afraid to recieve criticism, even the harsh kind. __________________ “The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, but wiser people so full of doubts.” –Bertrand Russell

04-22-2003, 04:39 PM	#27
*Jonathan* Entmoot Attorney-General, Equilibrating the Scales of Justice, Administrator ♎ Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Stockholm, Sweden Posts: 3,891	Lalaith, will you ever post an extract of your screenplay here, when you're done writing it? I think we the 'Mooters would enjoy reading it. __________________ An unwritten post is a delightful universe of infinite possibilities. Set down one word, however, and it immediately becomes earthbound. Set down one sentence and it’s halfway to being just like every other bloody entry that’s ever been written. ☻

04-21-2003, 09:51 PM	#23
Lief Erikson Elf Lord Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Fountain Valley, CA Posts: 6,343	I seem to be a loner then. I like happy endings. But I do enjoy the bittersweet or sad endings also, with some books. I just find them more of a let down or a disappointment, sometimes. LoTR is the primary series that breaks that rule for me. Scarlet Letter and His Dark Materials, though I liked their endings some, they were very sad . I suppose that's just the point though. You guys like saddness .

04-23-2003, 08:31 AM	#28
Lalaith The Elvish Temptress Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Vienna, Austria Posts: 3,055	If I have corrected and sent it to the publisher I will maybe find the time to translate a part of it. __________________ What I am and what I would are as secret as maidenhead.

05-05-2003, 10:58 AM	#32
Lalaith The Elvish Temptress Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Vienna, Austria Posts: 3,055	Hayden The world doesn't understand me I'm a unrecognised genius Or a moron Who is recognised as the person she is I want to jump But I can't I want to absquatulate And still keep standing I want to scream But my voice fails I am captured In this trap I try to escape But my feet are stuck That makes me fall And everybody sneers I try to move But I'm standing still I push forward And fall back Want to change And remain still the same I can't take it anymore __________________ What I am and what I would are as secret as maidenhead.

05-05-2003, 11:29 AM	#33
Gwaimir Windgem Dread Mothy Lord and Halfwitted Apprentice Loremaster Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Thomas Aquinas College, Santa Paula, CA Posts: 10,820	Quite interesting, indeed. The last line especially makes you wonder what she's gonna do... Just curious: Do you have anyone in mind to play her? __________________ Crux fidelis, inter omnes arbor una nobilis. Nulla talem silva profert, fronde, flore, germine. Dulce lignum, dulce clavo, dulce pondus sustinens. 'With a melon?' - Eric Idle

05-05-2003, 12:31 PM	#35
Lalaith_Elf Her Infernal Majesty Join Date: Jan 2003 Posts: 2,188	it's good. a happy ending sound good.... though happy or sad you can't really go wrong. i'm talking in circles again... just ignore me, i have no idea what i'm talking about, i just like making it sound like i do!!! LOL we have such talented mooters __________________ "It is a good viewpoint to see the world as a dream. When you have something like a nightmare, you will wake up and tell yourself that it was only a dream. It is said that the world we live in is not a bit different from this." - Yamamoto Tsunetomo

05-05-2003, 12:39 PM	#37
Lalaith_Elf Her Infernal Majesty Join Date: Jan 2003 Posts: 2,188	i can't help it, my brain is in overload.... i HATE exams!!!!!!!! __________________ "It is a good viewpoint to see the world as a dream. When you have something like a nightmare, you will wake up and tell yourself that it was only a dream. It is said that the world we live in is not a bit different from this." - Yamamoto Tsunetomo

05-05-2003, 01:23 PM	#38
*Jonathan* Entmoot Attorney-General, Equilibrating the Scales of Justice, Administrator ♎ Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Stockholm, Sweden Posts: 3,891	Nice poem. It's fun that you include poems in your screenplay. It's like mixing two different kinds of writing. __________________ An unwritten post is a delightful universe of infinite possibilities. Set down one word, however, and it immediately becomes earthbound. Set down one sentence and it’s halfway to being just like every other bloody entry that’s ever been written. ☻

05-05-2003, 01:32 PM	#39
Lalaith The Elvish Temptress Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Vienna, Austria Posts: 3,055	It was necessary that the audience knows what is going on in her mind .... in the first part she is the story teller, but I switch the point of view in the second part so the audience doesn't know anymore what is going on in her mind ... therefore I needed the poem ... and that her best friend can read it (by chance) __________________ What I am and what I would are as secret as maidenhead.

05-07-2003, 07:18 AM	#40
Linaewen Fair Dinkum Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Houston, TX Posts: 2,319	Wow, Lai. I followed the link from the 'some poems' thread. I like it, and you try to tell me that you are bad at English. (Though, I must add, you beeing a Christ is rather funny) I don't even know what absquatulate means! Adds to to ever-growing new word list (Half of which have come from Mooters) That's a fantastic poem. I wish I could write that well.

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