26 Screenplays

In keeping with the theme of providing free fake trailer scripts on the bulletin board and blog, the MacGuffin script makes its debut.

A MacGuffin is a term coined by Alfred Hitchcock, meaning the object of the film that everyone is pursuing. Sometimes the object can be a big pile of money and sometimes the object can be an abstract concept. For example, in North by Northwest, the villain makes his trade in “secrets.”

These fake trailers use the same format and information that is in the book, giving everyone a free sample.

This MacGuffin fake trailer (and all the fake trailers, for that matter) are also available on Docstock and Scribd.

If you want a free sample of the type of material that is in the book, I am posting fake trailer scripts throughout the year. These fake trailers use the same format and information that is in the book, giving everyone a free sample.

The latest fake trailer script is a Schlock Horror fake trailer with a working title of Zombie Prom Queen. It is released under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 license, so all you have to do is give credit to 26 Screenplays and you are free to create a film from it and keep all the profits for yourself. It doesn’t get better than that.

Download the script from the message board or directly from this link. This fake trailer script is also available for free on DocStoc and Scribd.

In an effort to market the book, I have this reluctance to post chapter samples or other pieces of content for free on the website. Because the book is centered around a generous Creative Commons license, the contents are very close to public domain. Because of this, I live in the fear that making electronic versions available for free will cut into some of the book revenue.

However, the concepts behind the book, the idea and the structure of it are adaptable to a variety of scripts. With that in mind, I plan to spend 2010 writing and publishing (for free) 26 Fake Trailer screenplays on the website. These scripts use the format of the book and give people an idea of what to expect for their $26.00.

I am posting these on the 26 Screenplays message board in the Fake Trailer section. The first one – The Exploitation Film Trailer – is up now and can be downloaded here.

When all 26 of these are completed, they will be collected into a free eBook available on the site. This eBook should give people an idea of what they’re getting into when they buy the book.