L.A. Confidential Scandal Mag

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Hey everybody!

I'm Andy, 23, Italian.

I've recently read L.A. Confidential by James Ellroy and I was enchanted by his writing style and how he uses fictional magazine extracts or articles to tell a story, so I got this little crazy idea going on in my head...

Picture this:

- A fictional Scandal Magazine with a flashy layout, just like Hush-Hush in L.A. Confidential (Google Images, look up: "Confidential Magazine").

- An intriguing and ever-evolving front-page crime story (e.g. a murder case) that unfolds issue after issue into a totally unexpected, mind-bending plot, because it will be developed through the articles submitted by different 'reporters' facing the challenge of being consistent with the more or less subtle hints left in the previous articles, while giving their own twist to the events told.

- Lots of scandalous or just funny side stories to be told in short articles or blurbs, for those who just want to give it a try and unleash their creativity.

So I'm looking for creative people who would like to join me on this adventurous challenge (digital mag, non-commercial) and submit their periodical contributions. No pressure and no commitment.

If you are into this idea and want to discuss it further, just let me know per message or reply below!

Andy

P.S.: Already posted this thread in 'Movie Ideas'. If that's against the rules, please only delete one of the two threads.
 

mandalorianjedi

The Original M2J
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What are the limitations? Is this a continuous series of articles covering a single detective story, or would we be writing articles about various books in noir detective style to tell a story?
 
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What are the limitations? Is this a continuous series of articles covering a single detective story, or would we be writing articles about various books in noir detective style to tell a story?
Hey!

The fictional articles shouldn't be about books but real(istic) stories instead.

My idea would be to set up a criminal case in the first issue, dedicate front-page and feature article to it. In the next issues, the story could be developed and thickened through minor articles that add more information (maybe sometimes seemingly irrelevant to the case) to gradually build an intricate plot while trying to be consistent with all the events previously told, which is the biggest challenge. It's like investigating on a case and trying to work out new theories and explanations every time a new fact is revealed.

Along all this, the magazine should be filled with any sort of crazy funny stuff where one can really let out their creativity (always in form of articles, blurbs, (fake) interviews, anything) and shouldn't be related to the main story, but of course they should be set in the same historical period (yet to be decided, maybe through a poll with all the reporters, e.g.: 50's Hollywood).

Hope I clarified a bit.

Andy
 
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