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Hollyoaks fans: Please help me with my old hollyoaks script...!
Im writing a script which is basically my attempt at writing a proper hollyoaks script, however i started writing it several months ago so it is based on storylines several months ago.... I think all my storylines are a bit serious and i want to inject a little bit of light heartedness....unfortunately i only started watching hollyaoks a week before i had to write the script so my understanding of characters is lacking somewhat.....
at the moment these are my four basic storylines: THE MAIN STORYLINE IS THAT... 1) Jake decides to kidnapp charlie from the hospital (this is just after he has tried to rape nancy)...however at the same time Justin has decided he wants to help nancy by giving his bone marrow... ALSO.... 2) Danny and Hannah are caught in bed together by Neville. Neville hates hannah for being with a black man and danny makes hannah decide who she wants to be with... 3) Louise and Calvin got drunk and slept together (calvin is meant to be going out with carmel at his point) and louise and warren are together but louise told calvin some secrets about warrens dodgy dealings and now warren suspects louise. Calvin wants louise to come to the police and give a statement about what she told him.... Basically guys/girls....im trying to write a genuinly good script but im finding it extreemly difficult because i only started watching hollyoaks a week before i wrote this....so i dont properly understand the characters histories or relationships.... if anyone can come up with some alternativly interesting storylines that can tie into this....or some thing more light hearted which could go alongside the main story about jake stealing charlie from hospital.... any advice/help would be much appreciated as i dont know enough about hollyoaks to make this good!! thanks |
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What's the reason for writing it? I'd suggest trying to write for a show you do watch, or alternatively writing a script for something completely new that's entirely from your own imagination.
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Are you a scriptwriter that has been given a chance at writing freelance for Hollyoaks, by any chance? My screenwriting seminar leader did it for Doctors for the BBC (which leads to other shows such as My Family and Eastenders).
I would try to not go down the route of racism, as far as Neville is concerned. I don't see it with him, and I think it's more of an old fashioned route to take in 2008. You might want to look at how Neville feels about Hannah's anorexia when he catches them in bed, that it's too soon to be involved with a man. Also, you may want to think about the way that the Ashworths are a bit more middle class than Danny's father and mother are. There may be a snobbery connected to his plumbing job (?) and the fact that Hannah is at University. You may actually want to make it humourous. Louise and Calvin - I can't see that happening to be honest, but the Jake one is a very good idea. You might want to do some comedy involving a meal between Calvin, Carmel, Louise and Warren? It could lead to a funny situation. |
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thanks teenage monkey,
some useful comments.... anyone else have any ideas with regards to how i could make these storylines more humorous.. thanks |
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sorry I forgot to explain that the reason why im looking for help is because i was given the chance to write an episode of hollyoaks in exchange for some work experience with a writer, but unfortunately i dont watch hollyoaks so several months ago when i started writing this draft script i only had a week to watch hollyoaks and find out about the characters. She gave me some feedback and told me to work on it a bit more. So basically im not scrapping my current storylines but im working with what ive written and trying to improve it.....he advice was to learn more about the character histories and find more light hearted scenarios...(apart from the jake kidnapping charlie theme which is the main storyline of my episode)
any comments will be helpful |
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You can have 4 storylines in a HO episode, so if you want to inject some humour I suggest adding a small storyline for the likes of Darren, Steph, Max, Tom etc.
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That is a good suggestion, thanyou, what do you think would be a feasible scenario in this old context?
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It's good to have character overlap so that you can justify using them, so I would probably have Darren as then you can have scenes taking place in The Dog and have Darren making his usual sarky comments.
As an actual storyline I'm sure you could think of a few, as the comedy storyline is always self-contained for one episode it doesn't need to really fit into context with other storylines, you just need to remember where characters are. I think Kris was working at The Dog back then so you could have him clashing with Darren over something - that'd give you two comedy characters for the price of one. |
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do you mean darren would be a good overlap between the 3 different storylines.....i like that idea, its just the writing part that is difficult because i dont know darrens character very well....thanks for that idea though
who would you say darren would have the best banter (sarcasm) with out of these characters- jake/justin/nancy/danny/hannah/neville/warren/louise/carmel/calvin.... thanks |
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Darren always winds up Jake so he'd be your best shot. Most of those others don't do many comedy storylines - Carmel is good at comedy but hers is more unintentional. Same with Nev really, he does the 'lets laugh at him cause he's so stuck up' comedy.
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thanks for your suggestions people,
if anyone has any more id love to hear them |
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