Friends,

Bad news concerning the short-film adaptation of one of my short stories…it won’t happen. We were getting our ducks in a row-tidying up all loose ends before shooting was slated to start this weekend. We finally got a “mock-up” for a prop from a friend of mine who specializes in special effects. The professor took one look at it and said: “No.”

Long story short, I was under the impression that since the professor had read my story, and screenplay, she knew what our intentions were. I was wrong. She felt that particular scene was “just way over the top and was not needed.”

I’m all for changes when it comes to transferring a tale from one medium to another. However, this particular scene that “must be cut” is integral to the story. Without this, the whole damn thing falls apart.

For days we sat and brainstormed a way around this. Nope. It would literally require an entire re-write of the story and not only would it not be the same story, it would really suck. It got to the point where, Trey and I were making up jokes concerning what we would have if we did in fact go down that road.

Yes, I’m a little sad over it. I was really looking forward to seeing a short film based on one of my stories come to fruition. If this were Hollywood, I would be devastated. If this were an indie-film affair, I would be utterly devastated. But, it is just a class-room project for a grade. Nothing more, nothing less. Just for grins and giggles.

I still can’t help but wonder what it would have been like if the professor hadn’t pulled the plug on the project. Sigh…

Ben

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