Who's in for another exercise, like the 'in a room' one?
How are we going to do the next one? More or less freedom?
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Who's in for another exercise, like the 'in a room' one?
How are we going to do the next one? More or less freedom?
Hey there.
I say we go for the old 60 second screenplay idea.
I have personaly never done anything like that before.
Just an idea...
Despin out.
yes, a 60s screenplay would be interesting.
what if you included the following constraints:
1. everything written must be achievable with a single camera and minimal cast, crew and locations (like, perhaps your friends out in a big field somewhere)
2. all editing should be done in-camera, or it should be done in a single shot.
3. the finished article should be targetted toward being submitted to the 60secondmoviehour website ;-)
what say?
Hey there.
"1. everything written must be achievable with a single camera and minimal cast, crew and locations
2. all editing should be done in-camera, or it should be done in a single shot.
3. the finished article should be targetted toward being submitted to the 60secondmoviehour website ;-)"
Sounds good to me. Well all except that in-camera
one long shot buisness. I dont fancy that. I mean Im all for other people doing it that way, if thats what they want. Just not me.
Despin out.
Hello
Why not make it 90 seconds.
Perhaps this competition is a little more exciting:
http://www.brief-encounters.org.uk/
Is this like a..?
The audience is in a foul mood because it 15 minuits past the scheduled start time for this fiasco.
Oddly enough the temprature has been getting lower in precise increments to the point where they are uncomfortably cold but most do not realise it yet.
A muted yet obnoxious static begins to drone at varying levels.
Calculated to the precise moment when a majority of the audience is seconds away from walking out and demanding their ticket price back if this hadn't been a well advertised free grand opening.
The static coalesses into the familliar scratch of an old album.
The screens turn grey as...........
The Narr soothing voice begins to convince the audience that they are in a sweltering desert.
The images of heat conflict in the minds of the audience with the fact that they can now see their own breath.
<font color="#a62a2a" size="1">[ January 02, 2003 04:15 PM: Message edited by: Ralph Snart ]</font>
no-one ever got anywhere by following the rules despin ;-)
Hey there.
Thanks for the link Eddie.
I just checked out some of the shorts. Some were **** . Some were great.
Go check out The End and Together. Both were greatr little short.
But still, there is nothing there done in 90 seconds that couldnt be done in 60. I say we stick with 60 seconds. That way if anyone does make it, they can go up on that site strait away.
Despin out.,
here's my idea the 60s short I will make:
a guy is looking for something in a graveyard.
a mysterious woman spots him and follows him.
the guy comes across what he is looking for, and crouches down for it.
the woman jumps out and threatens him with a knife! she wants whatever the guy has been looking for too!
the guy was looking for a gun. bang she's dead.
actually, i already shot this as part of a filmmaking exercise at the panico film workshop, and, as always, the end result is somewhat different to my orignal vision ...
i've taken the 3 minute super8 shakycam single shot and edited down to 60s (i really must get out there and shoot some fresh material! this is eight years old!!)
i just need to stick a soundtrack on it and i'll be done.
BTW, does anyone ever understand what ralph smart is saying?
I'm going for the 60 second idea too then, already have an idea, just need to think of whats going to happen in them 60 secs.
yeah i agree, mainly becos i dont have a camcorder of my own yet [img]frown.gif[/img]
tsk, okay. sounds fair. especially since i have a headstart with rushes ...
guess i should come up with a fresh idea since i won't have to commit to filming it ;-)
but i still think critiques BEFORE it's fully scripted could be more valuable. no professional writer would finish a screenplay without a commission -- guess it's about emotional investment. if you write a script for love you'll naturally take criticism more badly than if it's just knocks about the pitch/theme/premise etc..
but each to his own, let's see how we get on.
Yeah, I like the sixty second idea. Sounds good to me. BTW, I think what Ralph's trying to say is that he craves attention because his parents never loved him.
then i propose three phases of production:
1. throw your 60s concept onto the board BEFORE you write it so we can all criticise your idea. your idea might evolve and be better for this.
2. you write a page of script you are happy with. personally i find it easier to criticise ideas and concepts and step-outlines than scripts (thus my preference for 1. above)
3. you shoot/edit your film as necessary.
then we can all compress our films ready for 60secondmoviehour submission and see if any of us is successful with them. if not, i have ftp space i can offer for exposure members to upload their films to, which will naturally allow the rest of us to d/l and watch them and provide critique ;-)
so now we need to set ourselves a time limit for this project.
anyone who signs up to the deliverable (the compressed movie) and fails to deliver can consider their attitude to making films a major obstacle to their filmmaking career ;-)
i'm happy to help where i can, but squeaky wheels get most oil
despin, spaceham, eddie:
are you all up to committing to a deliverable?
we obviously need to discuss a practical timescale for making sh*t happen.
any other takers to do this?
Hey there.
Count me in.
One problem. The idea I have... I dont think its going to have any dialog. So I think I'm going to post the storeyboards as apose to the scripted page. Im not sure maybe that will change.
Also I dont think anyone should have to "commit" to ending up with a compressed movie. Maybe they have no intrest in filmming it, but still want to write the script. Maybe they dont have the equiptment.
I say we stick with the scriptwriting and if anyone wants to make it (I think I will) they can do so.
Despin out.
'idea'
First shot of a boy lieing knocked out in the bushes. Very unusual place.
Earlier: a crossroad. Nothing is on it. Suddenly from all 4 ways comes traffic, the boy, the car, someone on a bike and someone else. They all meet with eachother in a weird and ridiculous way and make the boy end where he lies in the first shot.
the only way I can do this is to use some footage I already have, I dont have the time to reshoot anything at the momen, so Ill need to re-edit some footage I already have.
So my concept is this:
The Return of the King:
Colourful Man with a crown and in straight jacket escapes from drab guards.
Gets out of straight jacket and flies away to followers in the sky, his crown falls off as he does so.
Guards look up and see him having a better time than they are.
They fight over the crown. One puts the crown on his head but instead of flying away, he gets piled into the ground.
As I say I havent got time to film anything else, so if this gets slated then cut me out of the big old plan!
Cheers!
eddie, i'm recycling footage too ;-)
Count me in, gentlemen.