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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote BarbaraFL Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 20 Apr 2019 at 9:04pm
Originally posted by Random Random wrote:

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I forgot to type "fade out" at the end. I submitted already. Will bad things happen?


The screenplay police will be by shortly.

I've heard conflicting theories on whether or not it's needed, but you have time to resubmit as well.

Thanks! I quickly resubmitted. Now I'll catastrophize (sp?) over a potential technical glitch, but that's how I do. LOL
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its fine to leave it off at first, but if your script gets produced, the movie never ends
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote Random Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 20 Apr 2019 at 9:17pm
Originally posted by cheezopath cheezopath wrote:

its fine to leave it off at first, but if your script gets produced, the movie never ends


I've seen that movie.  It's awful.
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote BarbaraFL Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 20 Apr 2019 at 9:19pm
Originally posted by cheezopath cheezopath wrote:

its fine to leave it off at first, but if your script gets produced, the movie never ends

LOL

Oh God. This hastily written movie needs to end
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote JeffreyHowe Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 21 Apr 2019 at 1:05pm
Originally posted by Random Random wrote:

Originally posted by cheezopath cheezopath wrote:

its fine to leave it off at first, but if your script gets produced, the movie never ends


I've seen that movie.  It's awful.

Well, to be fair, none of us know how it comes out yet.
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Originally posted by BarbaraFL BarbaraFL wrote:

I forgot to type "fade out" at the end. I submitted already. Will bad things happen?
I'm one of the conflicting differing opinions... I have not used FADE IN and FADE OUT in a NYCM entry since 2015, and not a single judge has mentioned them being absent. I also avoid scene transitions (CUT TO:, DISSOLVE TO:, etc.) as much as possible, as they eat up way too much page space. I doubt the Format Police will have any issues with your missing FADE OUT.
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote BarbaraFL Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 21 Apr 2019 at 1:48pm
Originally posted by NilesPerry NilesPerry wrote:

Originally posted by BarbaraFL BarbaraFL wrote:

I forgot to type "fade out" at the end. I submitted already. Will bad things happen?
I'm one of the conflicting differing opinions... I have not used FADE IN and FADE OUT in a NYCM entry since 2015, and not a single judge has mentioned them being absent. I also avoid scene transitions (CUT TO:, DISSOLVE TO:, etc.) as much as possible, as they eat up way too much page space. I doubt the Format Police will have any issues with your missing FADE OUT.
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Thanks! I ended up adding it and resubmitting, because I saw in the screenplay writing advice that they do include it. But I had a feeling it had sort of fallen out of favor. I figured - just in case...
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One day, the space I have will fail, and I will drop FADE IN and FADE OUT for an entry here rather than a line of my deathless dialogue, to test NilesPerry's hypothesis myself.

But this is not that day. Tongue
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I've never heard you need to add fade out or fade in, and logically I'd think those should only be included if you want your opening to fade in and your ending to fade out, which in movies, they only sometimes do
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