tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-51638712011-06-07T23:13:20.216-07:00The Study of Leonard HughesA place for Brock, Gabe, Josh, and Jeremy to post short stories, story ideas, or anything story related.<br><br>
<a href="http://staticsight.blogspot.com">Eyes Like Static</a><br>
<a href="http://tryavoidance.blogspot.com">Try Avoidance</a>Gabehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18438917968307822067noreply@blogger.comBlogger241100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5163871.post-1134099933948944772005-12-08T20:41:00.000-07:002006-03-21T22:14:02.236-07:00Autumn Rain     Locked up inside, autumn rain torrent, forced in front of a TV screen      Viewing Japanese cartoons of violence. We saw in each hero, hard      Drinkers with eyes     Like puddles.      In the overexposed house, we glanced outside and caught      Among the darkness, dirty rainwater, Brockhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01524358004155083525noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5163871.post-1133491939012500482005-12-01T19:51:00.000-07:002005-12-01T19:52:19.020-07:00 A Porcelain Microwavable Drug Peddler The mug is a sinister bastard, Loitering on kitchen counter. How can you trust something so hollow? The mug’s white porcelain skin shines like veneer, Wrapped round the mug’s porcelain exterior. Painted pink flowers and swirls of red hearts, The mug’s art, Like a suit worn by a drug peddler. Foremost among his sinful contents, The mug Brockhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01524358004155083525noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5163871.post-1133295341528176952005-11-29T13:10:00.000-07:002005-11-29T13:15:41.540-07:00Ode to the Bay AreaIn the second story of the             City Lights bookstore,             I am surrounded by Kerouac’s marijuana and             Ginsberg’s pronouncements of opium,       &Brockhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01524358004155083525noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5163871.post-1125346106751145192005-08-29T13:08:00.000-07:002005-09-02T14:29:46.286-07:00Everlastby Brock H. BrownFADE IN:The sound of a jet engine ROARS into existence. SMASH CUT TO:INT. BOXING RING – STANTAFORD MATCHA DEFT PUNCH TO THE JAW! GREGG STANTAFORD goes down like a ton of bricks. Standing over him is BOLIE ROBINSON (25), a chiseled man oozing formidability and radiant anger. The drunken SHOUTS of the crowd obviously favor him.COMMENTATORKNOCKOUT! Ladies and gents, your Brockhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01524358004155083525noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5163871.post-1117349225930635452005-05-28T23:44:00.000-07:002005-05-28T23:47:05.940-07:00"IL DIRITTO UOMO"(THE STRAIGHT MAN)ByJoshua J. Provost Fade In:EXT. ITALIAN CITY – LATE AFTERNOONA charming Italian city is bathed in golden light as the sun descends towards the horizon. The old world and the new reside in harmony.EXT. OUTDOOR café – LATE AFTERNOONThe café patio is surrounded by vines meandering through lattice work. The lush growth and striped awning reduce the hustle and Joshua Provosthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13265131010200627988noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5163871.post-1115181453925459272005-05-03T21:31:00.000-07:002005-05-03T21:38:14.946-07:00 THE HOLLOWS By Brock H. BrownFADE IN, EXT. DESERT – DAYA hot, scorching desert: we pan up to see an UNKNOWN GUNFIGHTER running towards us. He holds his GUN out, constantly turning around as if someone were following him. Finally, he trips up. Harshly, he lands on the ground. Hacking and wheezing, the GUNFIGHTER laughs silently to himself and looks up. Only now does he see buildings Brockhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01524358004155083525noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5163871.post-1113277154508517232005-04-11T20:36:00.000-07:002005-04-12T10:36:05.976-07:00WINTER'S DAYBY JOSHUA J. PROVOSTBased on Alexandre Dumas'"The Three Musketeers"Chapter 65, "The Trial" SCREEN BLACKFederal agents Atwood, Porter, Archer, and Darden are in a large SUV, driving fast, but controlled, to the location where Mrs. Winter is thought to be holed up.ATWOODI’ve been on this case for three years. Winter has been suspected to be involved in every intrigue to hit Washington Joshua Provosthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13265131010200627988noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5163871.post-1107970459299969972005-02-09T09:35:00.000-07:002005-02-09T10:34:19.300-07:00The Ghost of Jimmy StewartThe ghost of Jimmy Stewart, dapperly dressed in a grey suit with a hat in hand, wanders about the headstones in a cemetery.
“What in God’s name is happening?”
Jimmy slowly puts his hat on. He studies his hands then brings them to his face.
“No more wrinkles.” He smiles. “And I feel pretty darn good, too.”
He dusts himself off and takes a good look Gabehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18438917968307822067noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5163871.post-1105394472576617142005-01-10T14:56:00.000-07:002005-01-10T15:01:12.576-07:00WILDLIFELESS
By Brock H. Brown
FADE IN,
INT. HUNTING TENT – DAY
Upon a white canvas projector screen we see the illuminated presence of animals: Tigers prowl through dense tropical foliage, a gorilla beats its chest fiercely, and a magnificent elephant roams through the open plains, dwarfing everything in its path.
Sitting in front of the glowing projector screen in a dark tent is WINSTON Brockhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01524358004155083525noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5163871.post-1102463505570220602004-12-07T16:30:00.000-07:002004-12-07T16:51:45.570-07:00Breakin In
A brief review of Breakin In by Nicholas Jarecki:
I picked this book up a few months ago and have been reading it on plane trips (Bridge School in October and Florida in November). This book is solid interviews, twenty of them, with a variety of Directors, covering a few generations and every genre you can think of. The interviews are in-depth, and cover each Director's early Joshua Provosthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13265131010200627988noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5163871.post-1098829241379562122004-10-26T15:14:00.000-07:002004-10-26T15:20:41.380-07:00A Good ReadWhenever I set out to write a new screenplay, I always dig up my copy of Syd Field's The Screenwriter's Workbook for inspiration. This was one of the original textbooks Gabe and I read for our screenwriting class last year, and I think I'd be correct in saying that it's helped us both tremendously. There are other books out on the market that I'd also suggest, but most of them tend to Brockhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01524358004155083525noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5163871.post-1097016803645979712004-10-05T15:51:00.000-07:002004-10-05T15:53:23.646-07:00This place has been pretty quiet for a while...I was thinking of posting something to shake things up. I had a second short story I was gonna put up (Stockholme) but I can't work on it right now, I've got enough to do. But hey, maybe I could just post the entire first act of "Last Rights"? That's easy enough. Look for it soon...it'll be the lengthy post. Brockhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01524358004155083525noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5163871.post-1096824358759211002004-10-03T10:23:00.000-07:002004-10-03T10:25:58.760-07:00Ode to the PoppyIn between school and more school, I’ve managed to find time for a few personal pursuits. One of those pursuits includes researching my next screenplay, the first written since “Last Rights”, in preparation of the 2005 Phoenix Film Fest. So far, the research has been going quite well. So well in fact that I’m certain I’ve latched on to a good topic to base my next screenplay upon.Brockhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01524358004155083525noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5163871.post-1093642450102666222004-08-27T14:15:00.000-07:002004-08-27T14:34:10.103-07:00Five Sad Things
I'm not sure if this was the intent of the blog, but here is an idea I had been working on for an EP. Jeremy referred to it as the "Five Sad Things EP," but I never had a name for it. If anything it was referred to as "those really depressing song ideas."
These stories came about in mid-to-late 2003 from news stories heard on NPR and the local news. I heard all of them withinJoshua Provosthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13265131010200627988noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5163871.post-1093470441533880112004-08-25T14:26:00.001-07:002004-08-25T14:47:21.533-07:00Blood on the Golden Shores
By Brock H. Brown
Gregory’s eyes drifted over to the telephone booth pushed against the wall of the college. Languidly, he considered it. But it stared back at him. It flung its blue and black AT&T death upon his glare. Nervously he looked away from the phone, feigning un-interest.
            Brockhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01524358004155083525noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5163871.post-1093469329908943982004-08-25T14:26:00.000-07:002004-08-25T14:28:49.906-07:00Commercial it upI've posted my sick & twisted commercials. Brock and I don't want to get rusty so we're going to try and make them soon. Josh, want to play a character or do lighting?
I wish I had the patience to post the scripts in proper format.Gabehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18438917968307822067noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5163871.post-1093469070552116262004-08-25T14:19:00.000-07:002004-08-25T14:25:11.186-07:00Laxative CommercialINT. LIVING ROOM – DAY
A man sits down on a couch next to his son with NEWSPAPER in hand. As he opens the paper his face contorts in pain and lets out a GRUNT.
MAN
Holy crap, I’ve got some wicked constipation!
SON
Dad, you shouldn’t have eaten that block of cheese.
MAN (LAUGHING)
Son, you’re probably right. Good thing we’ve got a major supply of LOG JAM FREE! Man puts Gabehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18438917968307822067noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5163871.post-1093468752200216242004-08-25T14:14:00.000-07:002004-08-25T14:29:53.586-07:00Injury Lawyer Commercial
INT. LIVING ROOM – DAY
MAN with neck brace, bandaged head and ankle brace, sits on a couch with crutches at his side. Man exhibits evidence of head injury with slurs and twitches.
MAN
I was seriously injured by a street sweeper. I didn’t know who to call. Thankfully, I saw LION AND TIGER INJURY LAWYERS on the back cover of the yellow pages.
INJURY LAWYER, sharply Gabehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18438917968307822067noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5163871.post-1093299895026192302004-08-23T15:11:00.000-07:002004-08-23T15:27:16.763-07:00Put the Pen Down!
I don't do a lot of writing, but I may be doing some serious writing very soon. I've been working on an idea for a film the last few days, and had a few creative breakthroughs today. I pitched the idea to Angie over lunch and she immediately lost her appetite, pushed her meal aside, and was very close to heading to the bathroom. That's right, the story was so powerful it Joshua Provosthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13265131010200627988noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5163871.post-1093044035510019642004-08-20T16:18:00.000-07:002004-08-20T16:20:35.510-07:00DoneSince this is everything story related, I might as well post about the completion of my script. I had written it and rewritten it previously, but this week I finished polishing it up and honing it for the final draft. It's all set now...no more rewriting and no more polishing. Unless suggestions and logical changes are given to me. Brockhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01524358004155083525noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5163871.post-1092691923087404962004-08-16T14:22:00.000-07:002004-08-16T14:32:03.086-07:00My First Script AttemptSince Brock posted a snippet of his latest script, I thought I'd do the same with my first that I wrote in Screenwriting class. It's entitled Songwriter.
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INT. CONFERENCE ROOM – DAY
Three men in business suits sit around a conference table. The room is sharp and pristine. Gold and Platinum records grace the wall along with posters of famous bands.
One of the men is Gabehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18438917968307822067noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5163871.post-1092432368835356912004-08-13T14:10:00.000-07:002004-08-14T12:04:19.653-07:00Hey folks. How's it going? I can't believe we've got a place to post our short stories and stuff like that. And Josh and Jeremy are here to post with us! That's awesome. Well, I'll leave the chatter off this blog since it's mainly for stories. I was gonna post a snippet of my short story, but I've decided to hold off. I felt bad leaving this blog, a story blog without something though, so I Brockhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01524358004155083525noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5163871.post-1092346048831085472004-08-12T14:23:00.000-07:002004-08-12T14:27:28.830-07:00WelcomeThis blog has been here quite a while. The original idea for it was to write a collaborative story between Brock and I. That never took off, because of me. But now its new purpose is to be a place where Brock and I can post original short stories and such. Mine will be filler. Brock's will be...well, inspirational.Gabehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18438917968307822067noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5163871.post-907344072003-03-14T15:45:00.000-07:002003-03-14T15:47:22.000-07:00TEST
Test, test, testing.Gabehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18438917968307822067noreply@blogger.com0