This is sort of an unprogress report, insofar as us 164 Ronin (the quarterfinalists) still stand strong on the battlefield, at least theoretically. There has been no update.
Which is odd, because the winner(s) are supposed to be announced next Friday, March 24. That means cuts for semi-finalists and then finalists need to happen before then.
True, they might slip on their schedule, but it can't be by much. Because the Beijing trip associated with winning happens mid-April. That's already cutting things really tight.
Anyway, DM's Chinese horoscope made me curious, so I checked mine. Here it is:
Quote:3/5-4/4: Your talents show, so much it is enviable. Good opportunities approach. Win by progress. You'll get more help from elegant people.
The "elegant people" bit is a puzzler. But come on, why do I even bother with this superstitious mumbo-jumbo?
Posts: 35,501
Threads: 2,643
Joined: Oct 2005
Reputation:
3
I've been translating Wilson with G2 for like 16+ years now. It's chinglish babble, and I endevoir to retain the ambiguous poetry of translation error. I'm horribly skeptical of horoscopes (except for mercury in retrograde, as absurd as that premise is), but Wilson does nail it enough times that I heed him.
Shadow boxing the apocalypse
Well, Orb Media Group announced the semi-finalists today. The 164 ronin are now 50.
I'm dead and rotting on some battlefield out there, likely from a sword thrust that got past my armor.
Posts: 16,633
Threads: 1,017
Joined: Jan 2016
Reputation:
1
Damn you, Orb Media Group!
As a matter of fact, my anger does keep me warm
2107 Screencraft Sci-Fi Screenplay Quarter Finalists Announced
Here we go again.
This is the second of four contests I entered with that China-set screenplay. This time the category is Science Fiction. I sense that the China-Hollywood contest was my best opportunity, where I made quarter-finalist but failed to make semi-finalist.
Anyway, for the Science Fiction category contest, the cold equations haven't caught up with me yet. I'm still aboard ship.
I tend to view quarter-finalist status as meaning I was able to meet all the requirements for proper submission. Then again, maybe I'm not giving sufficient credit to the quarter-finalists. So I'm going to crawl far enough out of my cautious-attitude hole to say, "Yay."
2017 Screencraft Sci-Fi Screenplay Quarter Finalists Announced
Posts: 6,816
Threads: 169
Joined: Oct 2005
Reputation:
0
Yay!!!
In the Tudor Period, Fencing Masters were classified in the Vagrancy Laws along with Actors, Gypsys, Vagabonds, Sturdy Rogues, and the owners of performing bears.
Posts: 35,501
Threads: 2,643
Joined: Oct 2005
Reputation:
3
Fei chang hao!
Shadow boxing the apocalypse
Posts: 16,633
Threads: 1,017
Joined: Jan 2016
Reputation:
1
Two thoughts:
First, stupidest presentation of a list ever.
Second, one guy has two screenplays on there.
Congratulations, CF
As a matter of fact, my anger does keep me warm
Yeah, weird list format. I looked through it twice, thought I hadn't made it. Then I did a search and there I was.
Another couple of thoughts.
A couple months ago when the China-Hollywood quarter-final list came out, I did a search for "monkey," "monkey king," and "journey to the west," because that's everywhere in Chinese cinema of late. Surprisingly, no one went there -- at least not in their titles.
Just for fun I did those searches for this Science Fiction contest. And there it was: Return of the Monkey King.
One final observation. Among the quarter-finalists, mine is the longest fucking title. Woo-hoo!
Posts: 16,633
Threads: 1,017
Joined: Jan 2016
Reputation:
1
As a man, it's always important to be long.
As a matter of fact, my anger does keep me warm
Those bastards! Threw me out the effin' airlock.
Two of the four contests down. I made quarter final in both.
Here's the semi-finalists in the Science Fiction category contest.
2017 Screencraft Sci-Fi Screenplay Semi Finalists Announced
Interestingly, Return of the Monkey King is still in the running.
Posts: 35,501
Threads: 2,643
Joined: Oct 2005
Reputation:
3
Let's hide in the mountains, train for years, and then come back for revenge.
Sorry to hear it didn't work out, except for your RotMK premonition.
Shadow boxing the apocalypse
So the 821 quarter-finalists were announced for the last two contests I had entered with The Fantastical Waterclocks of Cao Jinsong.
They forgot to include me.
Need to give some thought to novelizing it.
I
Posts: 35,501
Threads: 2,643
Joined: Oct 2005
Reputation:
3
After Transformers 5 bombed, maybe PRC is done with giant robots?
Shadow boxing the apocalypse
Hadn't meant to enter any more of these damned screenplay contests. The only area I might have an edge is on Chinese scripts, and that just hasn't panned out.
But damned if Screencraft didn't sucker me into entering another one -- the 2017 ScreenCraft Short Story Contest, a bit of an odd duck, because the entries are short stories with potential for being made into screenplays. And these can be previously published stories. Okay. I'll bite.
Anyway, today they announced the quarter-finalists. Had to search a while, but finally found Lord Cranefly, Esquire, in their list.
Lady Cranefly entered as well. It took longer to locate her; didn't know whether to look for Lady or Cranefly. Turns out she used Her Ladyship Lady Cranefly. And yep, she made the quarter finals too.
Twice.
That's right. She entered two stories, and they both made quarter finals.
So we're triply alive, resting on our laurels for the moment ... until sometime in February when the semis are announced.
2017 ScreenCraft Short Story Contest Quarter-Finalists Announced
![[Image: 2017-screencraft-contest-shortStory-1200x630.jpg]](https://2fvqxa3fxpfi2sm7tt1oe5ln-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/2017-screencraft-contest-shortStory-1200x630.jpg)
https://screencraft.org/2018/01/24/2017-...m_content=
|
