kensom
Just Bit
Don't Let Them Know
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Post by kensom on Jun 28, 2007 13:02:42 GMT -5
I have both the first draft of the GS script, written in 1995 and the final draft. It's insane how much different the first draft is from our GS.There were some details in the first draft that I did prefer slightly to the final product. But let me just say this..I am damn happy we ended up with the GS we have lol. so am I
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skinz
Changing
But i wanna sleep
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Post by skinz on Jul 5, 2007 20:23:36 GMT -5
I just read the 2 drafts... I thought they were pretty cool, there r parts from the original draft i wish they kept in it but hey it turned out perfect its my favourite movie ever lol ;D
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Post by Zack Flak on Sept 3, 2009 13:24:14 GMT -5
Okay, so I took the two scripts and made but a single PDF for each one. Much easier to read now. You can download a zip of both scripts here. Enjoy. P.S. Sam made a big deal about the safety of these files, and I also wish to protect them from becoming too wide-spread. I only reposted them for ease of use, please don't plaster them all over the web, eh?
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Post by Broken-Wings on Sept 3, 2009 18:43:48 GMT -5
Just keeping it to myself. Thanks for sharing!
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Post by epiklow on Sept 20, 2009 16:46:44 GMT -5
Thanks for posting this! Wow it's so weird how things could have turned out. Trina eating nails? All those dogs Ginger could have ate? Hahaha oh my. Poor Sam dies in all of them
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Post by lordhowl on Dec 12, 2009 21:01:01 GMT -5
I'd be interested in seeing that earliest draft, just to see how Karen Walton's thinking evolved.
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Post by lordhowl on Dec 12, 2009 21:02:20 GMT -5
Okay, so I took the two scripts and made but a single PDF for each one. Much easier to read now. You can download a zip of both scripts here. Enjoy. P.S. Sam made a big deal about the safety of these files, and I also wish to protect them from becoming too wide-spread. I only reposted them for ease of use, please don't plaster them all over the web, eh? Hey, thank you and him very much.
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Post by lordhowl on Dec 12, 2009 21:16:09 GMT -5
I think Ginger Snaps has a textbook script.
However, I read these previous drafts and discover just how much of Karen Walton's script could not be done due to budget.
I think the movie could have used a scene or two to show Ginger's increasing strength and agility. I mean, as in the original, one scene where she punches a locker and dents it. And, BTW, that scene where she snaps the dog's neck right before going after Trina would have been great, and they needed one more scene to show Ginger's physical strength.
They really did not have the budget for that party scene as it was written, either. Too, too bad.
From the earlier draft, I think Ginger trashing the school after killing the Guidance Councilor and the janitor still would have fit.
But the movie managed to do quite well just from getting Emily and Katharine in those parts. Brigitte's tone as Ginger's wounds healed was worth skipping the special effects that scene.
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nat
Growing Tail
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Post by nat on Dec 13, 2009 14:01:59 GMT -5
I completely agree. It's sad that the majority of the time, nobody is willing to take risk's on small films.
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Post by lordhowl on Dec 13, 2009 14:30:26 GMT -5
I completely agree. It's sad that the majority of the time, nobody is willing to take risk's on small films. I completely agree. It's sad that the majority of the time, nobody is willing to take risk's on small films. For good reason, actually. Sadly, they don't have much hope of making it back. The fact is, when they were in pre-production, Colombine occurred, and so they had trouble getting funding for a script with teenage violence. To have done this in the way Karen Walton had written it would have required more than double or triple the budget they had. It means whole scenes had to be rewritten. However, I will say, John Fawcett must have come up with the idea of Ginger being dragged away from a playground, instead of being attacked next to a walkway. That was a stroke of genius, and strengthened the "end of childhood" theme. It made for one of the most evocative and artistic werewolf savagings ever.
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Post by epiklow on Jan 29, 2010 16:47:26 GMT -5
However, I will say, John Fawcett must have come up with the idea of Ginger being dragged away from a playground, instead of being attacked next to a walkway. That was a stroke of genius, and strengthened the "end of childhood" theme. It made for one of the most evocative and artistic werewolf savagings ever. I was listening to Karen Walton's commentary on the first GS and she said that he did change that. Karen said she wanted it to be near the shopping mall to have themes of corupt society and I think something to do with materialism. Sorry that I can't remember it all. Anyways, she said that they decided it was a too much for the movie and John shot it at the playground instead. And I agree with you! The park was a much better place for the film
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Post by lordhowl on Jan 29, 2010 17:52:44 GMT -5
However, I will say, John Fawcett must have come up with the idea of Ginger being dragged away from a playground, instead of being attacked next to a walkway. I was listening to Karen Walton's commentary on the first GS and she said that he did change that. Karen said she wanted it to be near the shopping mall to have themes of corupt society and I think something to do with materialism. Sorry that I can't remember it all. Anyways, she said that they decided it was a too much for the movie and John shot it at the playground instead. And I agree with you! The park was a much better place for the film It wasn't just the choice of location, it's what he did with it. The rocking horse, the swing set with the swings moving ever so slightly, like Ginger had been dragged through the gates-- out into the woods. And the suggestion of child rape in the scene was gruesome. I think Fawcett also strengthened the conflict between the sisters. He almost went too far, and fortunately, the part he went too far with ended up in the deleted scenes.
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Post by epiklow on Feb 10, 2010 14:43:18 GMT -5
That is true!
I was listening to the commentary again like... two weeks ago. Karen was saying how in the scene where B and Sam are in the pantry getting the needle ready in B's house, Brigitte and Sam were supposed to kiss before he went out and died. She said they kept rewriting it and right at production she cut it before they filmed.
I was so pissed hahahah.
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Post by lordhowl on Feb 10, 2010 15:02:14 GMT -5
If that was so, I think John Fawcett had a disagreement with her over Sam and Brigitte's relationship. I sort of like it as it is depicted, because I don't think romance is anything in people's mind given the stress the characters were under.
The vast majority of the changes seem to have been made due to budget or length, however. They worked hard to keep this movie under 110 minutes.
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Post by iLoveSam on Apr 25, 2010 5:16:09 GMT -5
hey, thanks for the scripts! im reading the original one and im glad they didnt keep sam like that, he suits being more of a badass, plus i love kris lemche who plays him! ;D
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Post by lordhowl on Apr 25, 2010 11:15:31 GMT -5
hey, thanks for the scripts! im reading the original one and im glad they didnt keep sam like that, he suits being more of a badass, plus i love kris lemche who plays him! ;D Yes! And I'm glad Brigitte wasn't that cruel! The exact relationship between Sam and Brigitte appeared to be the most difficult part for Walton and Fawcett. Though there are some good parts to it. I thought the scene where Ginger runs down the hall smashing the lockers with her fists and shattering a fire extinguisher was a keeper. As was her doing the same to the janitor, though that's in the movie in a lesser form.
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Post by manimal on Apr 26, 2010 16:51:10 GMT -5
Can someone explain the bold in these line: Page 56 original draft “The truck rolls to the crest of the hill over Bailey Downs – the sight of the bush party” Is this figuratively or literal? What party or what is it referring to?
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Post by lordhowl on Apr 26, 2010 18:00:21 GMT -5
Can someone explain the bold in these line: Page 56 original draft “The truck rolls to the crest of the hill over Bailey Downs – the sight of the bush party”Is this figuratively or literal? What party or what is it referring to? I'm having some trouble, manimal. I can't find that the page with that phrase. However, I did read the scripts and I wondered about some of the uses of bolds in them. Perhaps it's bold because it calls for a specific shot? The scripts are written somewhat differently than the standard style for scripts. Perhaps because they are Canadian rather than submitted to Hollywood.
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Post by manimal on Apr 26, 2010 21:11:19 GMT -5
lordhowl, i bold it myself just for peeps would know what i was referring too. The line is on the bottom of page 56 of the original draft. Its when Bridgette stops the van with sams corpse and ginger-wolf in the back. She is about to stage Sam's death.
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Post by lordhowl on Apr 26, 2010 23:02:28 GMT -5
lordhowl, i bold it myself just for peeps would know what i was referring too. The line is on the bottom of page 56 of the original draft. Its when Bridgette stops the van with sams corpse and ginger-wolf in the back. She is about to stage Sam's death. That's really late in the story. 56 would be practically the midpoint. That page in the copy that I look at has Ginger going on a date with Jason. Oh, I see what you mean. You meant page 56 of part 2. The page number, as marked on the script, is 105. Now that I've found that, I have to tell you, I don't know. There's no context in that scene it could refer to. I'd have to reread the whole script to find out what they mean, and I'm not ready to do that. Sorry.
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