(Meaning of words: Film = Book

Watchers= readers

Drive- in = review shop/ writing contest

Watch = read

Film scenes = chapters

film-marker = writer)

"Hey." Your friend mumbled to you as you waited for the movie to start, mindlessly watching the advertisements. You turn to her with heightened eyebrows, urging her to continue. She hands you a ten dollar note. "Can you go get us some popcorn and snacks while we wait?" She asks. 

"Sure. On it." You nod as you take the money, slowly exiting the car. While stumbling over people sitting beside their cars and nearly getting hit by crazy drivers, you make your way over to the snack bar. 

A cute, young man with dark hair awaits you at the checkout. "Hi," you smile, slightly nervous. You take a look at the menu, trying to quickly think of what you'd like to avoid awkwardness. There was so much to get, yet the only thing you're friend had specified was popcorn. Great. It seemed you'd have to make the decision yourself. "I'll just have two large popcorns, three raspberry slushies, and three chocolate bars, thank you." You told the boy, who nodded in response. 

"That'll be five dollars."

You hand him the cash and watch as he inputs the transaction into his register. When he's done, he hands you the receipt. "Here you are. I'll just be a minute." He sends you a boxy smile before walking away, and you can't help but blush. 

Awkwardly, you make your way to the side of the counter, facing the screen. You notice they're playing an advertisement, which means the movie is set to start in just a few minutes. You hope you have time.

"Hello, dear Drive-in goers!" The voice over the speaker bellows, "Welcome to the opening of our Drive- in! While you're getting ready for the film in your seats, our manager worker has some words for you!" There is a pause before a rather old sounding man begins to clear his throat over the speakers. 

"Before we start the films, I'd like to leave a disclaimer. 

Firstly, that I don't do harsh reviews. I do honest reviews, but I do not write reviews in the way of chastising or insulting your film writing.  I do not seek to belittle you or put my film writing above yours. Nothing I say in the review is to be looked at as 'harsh' or 'malicious'. 

You may see parts in the review where I may say, for example, that your title was boring for me. That is not with malicious intent. That is blunt. 

Secondly, remember that you submitted your film here and therefore consented to it being put under scrutiny. Do not complain. I am judging from my perspective, therefore anything I say is of my opinion. 

Thirdly, just because you may not get a high score, or you get marked low, does not mean that your film is inadequate or bad, and definitely does not mean you should give up on writing films. What it means is that there are ways you can improve your film. Where you can take it from good to better. 

Fourthly, I know there are many people writing films on this Drive-in that are not native English speakers, and I totally and fully understand your perspective. English sucks ass and is hard, and as someone who is studying other languages, I know that if I wrote a film in those languages, it  would probably be so bad that people would think a baby had written it. 

But for the sake of honesty and fairness, in the grammar category, I'm still going to mark you the same way I would anyone else. The reason for this is that I know a lot of watchers will skip on a film that is not grammatically correct, and if you've been in other Drive-ins you'd know they have the same rule. 

Having bad grammar in a film does not mean its 'too far gone'. That is pure BS. There are many English writers films with bad grammar (like all my past books) but they can be easily improved upon with time, dedication, and practice. Feel free, if you have an issue with grammar etc. to reach out to me for help...even if I'm not that great at grammar myself. 

Fifthly, if I feel the need to, I may watch on further through your film scenes. As someone who has slowly progressive films, I know what it's like to have someone watch two scenes of your film and then label it 'slow' or 'boring'. I would like to thoroughly watch these films and make sure I understand what the film-maker is trying to convey before I start writing up my review. 

And lastly, please be patient. I do not like to be rushed in these sorts of things. The more time I take to put together the reviews, the more thorough they will be. Your films will be watched deeper and the review will be clearer - and I hope, more to your liking. When there isn't a strict time limit to adhere to, I find that my writing is much better. So please. Don't rush me. 

And please, don't get yourself on the Loserlist because that's for stupid people and I don't want that for anyone here."

You watched as the video ended. "Wow. That was one long ass disclaimer." You mumbled to yourself. 

"Hey, you. Your order is done." You heard the call of the checkout boy behind you. 

Sheepishly, you turn to him. "Oh, thank you." You smile, shyly tucking your hair behind your ear in a Debby-Ryan style. You take the trays of food off him, but are surprised when you notice a small piece of paper lying on the tray. On it are a long line of numbers. 

Oh. It's a phone number. You think to yourself as you look towards the boy who handed it to you. Obviously, he's seen you notice it - which has caused his face to go red. He glances away from you, embarrassed. "The name is Taehyung...and that's my house landline, by the way." He mumbles cutely. 

Taehyung. What a nice name.