A New Tomorrow 7 (4:42:14 PM): hey, how goes the screenplay project?
Dave Jericho (4:42:29 PM): good
Dave Jericho (4:42:35 PM): have you seen the new trailers?
A New Tomorrow 7 (4:42:52 PM): yeah
Dave Jericho (4:43:44 PM): both of them?
A New Tomorrow 7 (4:44:01 PM): yup
A New Tomorrow 7 (4:44:30 PM): i think the second one was better because of the pictures/voiceover
A New Tomorrow 7 (4:47:03 PM): although on both, the text went a lot more slowly than i read
A New Tomorrow 7 (4:47:19 PM): are you planning to do another one once you start filming and have actual footage to work with?
Dave Jericho (4:48:26 PM): oh yeah
Dave Jericho (4:48:34 PM): i am going to make lots of those
Dave Jericho (4:48:41 PM): i am just getting started
Dave Jericho (4:48:46 PM): i have just leanred how to do it
A New Tomorrow 7 (4:48:53 PM): cool
A New Tomorrow 7 (4:50:13 PM): have you done any more writing or had any new ideas?
Dave Jericho (4:50:42 PM): oh yeah
Dave Jericho (4:51:05 PM): i have started drawing pictures as concepts for some of the big battle scenes
A New Tomorrow 7 (4:51:13 PM): hmm
Dave Jericho (4:51:25 PM): i am not sure how they are going to translate on to screen thou
A New Tomorrow 7 (4:51:41 PM): yeah, i was actually thinking about that a bit the other day
Dave Jericho (4:51:50 PM): yeah
A New Tomorrow 7 (4:52:02 PM): i came up with a couple ways you could approach it
A New Tomorrow 7 (4:53:40 PM): one is that you could use small scale models to illustrate what's happening
Dave Jericho (4:53:56 PM): that is cool
Dave Jericho (4:54:06 PM): i was thinking about some kind of animation
A New Tomorrow 7 (4:54:35 PM): second, you could not actually show much of the actual battles, but rather cut back and forth between the enemy camps as they find out what's going on and show the things they say to each other and the plans they make
A New Tomorrow 7 (4:54:57 PM): i think they used the second approach in Rome on HBO since they didn't have enough of a budget to film actual battles
Dave Jericho (4:58:32 PM): that is good
A New Tomorrow 7 (4:58:43 PM): or, of course, a mix of both
A New Tomorrow 7 (5:06:10 PM): also, i was thinking that you might want to reorganize the continuity... right now you have the aftermath of the war in Act I, the things that led up to the war in Act II, and the actual events of the war in Act V... it might be better to do it in chronological order
A New Tomorrow 7 (5:06:43 PM): although it might still work to start it off with the meeting with the general after the war and then go back to show how it all happened
Dave Jericho (5:08:30 PM): now are you talking just for reading the screenplay or for the actual movie it's self
Dave Jericho (5:09:17 PM): i think that you are right, the reading of the screenplay should be in order, but for the final production on screen, i like the mixed order
A New Tomorrow 7 (5:09:37 PM): really?
A New Tomorrow 7 (5:09:43 PM): i was talking about the final project
Dave Jericho (5:10:36 PM): that is an issue that we can deal with after it is filmed
A New Tomorrow 7 (5:10:59 PM): well, see, the biggest thing is that Act I tells the reader a lot of what happens in Acts II and V
Dave Jericho (5:11:02 PM): i agree that i should change it for reading purposes just to make it easier to understand
Dave Jericho (5:11:37 PM): so should it go Act II, Act V, Act I?
Dave Jericho (5:11:55 PM): Act 2, 5, 1, 3, 4
Dave Jericho (5:12:00 PM): or
Dave Jericho (5:12:12 PM): Act 2, 3, 4, 5, 1
A New Tomorrow 7 (5:12:56 PM): well, i think it would be okay to start off with parts of Act I, like the interview with Justice and maybe Avarice... but other parts, like the part where Charity and Justice are discussing what to do with the prisoners should come at the end, I think
Dave Jericho (5:13:43 PM): ok, very good
Dave Jericho (5:13:49 PM): oh i have good news for you
A New Tomorrow 7 (5:14:04 PM): yeah?
Dave Jericho (5:15:33 PM): i read somewhere that in a screenplay, the writer should let the bad guy tell portions of the main plot, this builds a better stronger story, so i am going to give Avarice more sceens very soon, I have also given him a new counterpart...
Dave Jericho (5:16:00 PM): Admiral Greed, second in command and comanding officer of the battleships
A New Tomorrow 7 (5:16:05 PM): ah, cool
A New Tomorrow 7 (5:16:40 PM): henchmen are nice to have
Dave Jericho (5:16:46 PM): he also leads all battles, because Avarice is too impoprtant to risk his life going onto the battlefield
Dave Jericho (5:17:51 PM): Avarice is a gentleman, only acting behind the lines, masterminding all the plans, but never actually fighting
Dave Jericho (5:18:18 PM): he will of course find himself in a fight one on one with justice at the end
A New Tomorrow 7 (5:18:28 PM): ah, cool
A New Tomorrow 7 (5:18:34 PM): that should be fun
Dave Jericho (5:18:56 PM): in which he does have to kick some butt because he did get to where he is by kicking ass
Dave Jericho (5:19:20 PM): but he loses the battle with justice and is taken prisoner
A New Tomorrow 7 (5:19:41 PM): yeah, one of those guys who can hold his own in a fight if he has to... but why risk it, unless he's forced into it?
Dave Jericho (5:20:09 PM): that is the very end of the play, and the begginning of the sequal
Dave Jericho (5:20:17 PM): yes yes
A New Tomorrow 7 (5:20:56 PM): i actually have a friend of mine who we might be able to cast as Greed... he and I have acted together before, and I think we play off each other well
Dave Jericho (5:21:21 PM): i feel the need to tell you, i am going to save our AIM converstaion because they provide very good material for writing
Dave Jericho (5:21:29 PM): ok, that would be very good
A New Tomorrow 7 (5:21:42 PM): alright, yeah
Dave Jericho (5:21:55 PM): i was thinking about making greed fat, but i am not sure
A New Tomorrow 7 (5:22:13 PM): i'm actually looking at it right now and thinking about how things could be done
Dave Jericho (5:22:18 PM): he is weak thou, always fearful of not being accepted as an Elite
A New Tomorrow 7 (5:22:31 PM): well, my friend isn't quite fat, but he has a heavier build
Dave Jericho (5:22:55 PM): it doesn;'t matter\
Dave Jericho (5:23:00 PM): we can figure it out
A New Tomorrow 7 (5:23:16 PM): yeah
Dave Jericho (5:23:15 PM): tell him to join the facebook group
A New Tomorrow 7 (5:23:21 PM): alright
A New Tomorrow 7 (5:23:31 PM): oh, another thing i was thinking about
Dave Jericho (5:23:32 PM): tell anyone that is interested in actually working on the play
A New Tomorrow 7 (5:23:59 PM): you have this scene where Jack is interviewing the General and having him read the statement of purpose
Dave Jericho (5:24:23 PM): yeah
A New Tomorrow 7 (5:26:01 PM): instead, what if you have either Justice or the Professor read it out loud to a delegation/group... i think you talk in here about how there was a meeting on campus about what should be done about inequality in the world, and you can have them think and talk about it for a few days, and then have this declaration as the culmination of their deliberations, to be met with general applause by the audience
A New Tomorrow 7 (5:26:13 PM): i think that could be a powerful scene, in a cinematic sense
Dave Jericho (5:26:56 PM): very good idea
Dave Jericho (5:27:06 PM): i like it it
A New Tomorrow 7 (5:29:52 PM): and that could be the culmination of Act II... you show the people gathered here, give them a chance to air their grievances and discuss what should be done, and then read the declaration as the end product of all their efforts
Dave Jericho (5:30:24 PM): i like it
Dave Jericho (5:31:31 PM): i want get the main cast together asap and talk about getting this thing on film
A New Tomorrow 7 (5:31:52 PM): alright
A New Tomorrow 7 (5:32:01 PM): do you have any of the other parts cast?
Dave Jericho (5:32:19 PM): i am shooting to have a cast meeting by the end of january
A New Tomorrow 7 (5:32:25 PM): cool
Dave Jericho (5:32:57 PM): i have someone that i am going to do voice work with, most likey for the voice of Jack, who is going to tell alot of the story, but he is never onscreen
A New Tomorrow 7 (5:33:07 PM): ah
Dave Jericho (5:33:19 PM): i still need to find justice and charity
A New Tomorrow 7 (5:33:39 PM): i don't really know too many actors
Dave Jericho (5:33:43 PM): justice is the main part, so he might be the hardest to find
Dave Jericho (5:34:01 PM): he also have to be a good actor
Dave Jericho (5:34:11 PM): charity has to be hot
Dave Jericho (5:34:47 PM): she is not going to be that hard to find, because their at lots of females that want to be in movies
A New Tomorrow 7 (5:35:19 PM): true.
Dave Jericho (5:36:03 PM): as for the professor, i was thinking about getting a actual professor, but that might look funny
A New Tomorrow 7 (5:36:08 PM): haha
Dave Jericho (5:36:16 PM): if everyone else is really young
A New Tomorrow 7 (5:36:21 PM): just get someone who can talk like one
Dave Jericho (5:36:27 PM): lol
A New Tomorrow 7 (5:38:07 PM): yeah, should work out... it doesn't look like there are all that many parts
Dave Jericho (5:38:40 PM): yeah
Dave Jericho (5:38:57 PM): the sequal can have more parts
A New Tomorrow 7 (5:39:18 PM): yeah, you should have some publicity built up by then
Dave Jericho (5:39:56 PM): yeah
Dave Jericho (5:40:17 PM): i am also thinking that this screenplay could be worked out into a live production
A New Tomorrow 7 (5:40:29 PM): yeah, that would be cool
Dave Jericho (5:40:36 PM): people love live plays
A New Tomorrow 7 (5:40:43 PM): stage plays are awesome
Dave Jericho (5:40:58 PM): and they would come and listen to my message
Dave Jericho (5:41:07 PM): and it would be good
A New Tomorrow 7 (5:41:35 PM): and entertaining
A New Tomorrow 7 (5:44:08 PM): have you given any thought to filming locations/costumes?
Dave Jericho (5:44:27 PM): alot of thought into costumes
Dave Jericho (5:44:39 PM): well what the general is going to where
Dave Jericho (5:44:56 PM): he has to wear a uniform of somekind
Dave Jericho (5:45:07 PM): limitted to what our budge can get
Dave Jericho (5:45:34 PM): but any military uniform, from any country, spiced up a but should do
Dave Jericho (5:46:02 PM): as for the first scene, i want it filmed completely in an office
Dave Jericho (5:46:12 PM): a nice office
Dave Jericho (5:46:31 PM): we are going to have to find one that will let us film in it for a few hours
A New Tomorrow 7 (5:48:06 PM): ah
A New Tomorrow 7 (5:48:23 PM): i gave a bit of thought to Avarice, and came up with several different looks for him
Dave Jericho (5:48:31 PM): very good
Dave Jericho (5:48:45 PM): you can be completly in charge of what he looks like
A New Tomorrow 7 (5:49:12 PM): one is just all dressed up with a suit and tie, and that's for business meetings, interviews, when he wants to impress or persuade people
Dave Jericho (5:49:27 PM): good
Dave Jericho (5:49:36 PM): you have a such a suit?
A New Tomorrow 7 (5:50:10 PM): two is his war garb, which would be a military uniform of some kind, and that's when all the persuasive words and diplomacy is put aside and it's time to use force
A New Tomorrow 7 (5:50:23 PM): yeah, i do have a suit
A New Tomorrow 7 (5:50:48 PM): and if there's an army surplus store around here, we might be able to get a couple cheap uniforms
Dave Jericho (5:51:04 PM): awesome
A New Tomorrow 7 (5:51:32 PM): three is postwar Avarice, after the fortress falls and he goes into hiding... in that one, he'll be dressed in rags, or perhaps wrapped in a blanket
Dave Jericho (5:51:34 PM): i am thinking about hiring a girl to be in charge of costumes
Dave Jericho (5:51:53 PM): nice!!
Dave Jericho (5:52:25 PM): i have $1,000 to spend on this production
A New Tomorrow 7 (5:53:33 PM): in the first two, i would wear my hair up in a ponytail that was doubled over at the base of my skull so it looks somewhat formal, in the third, i would just have it all loose
A New Tomorrow 7 (5:53:54 PM): yeah, i think i can provide most of what i need for that, with the exception of a uniform
Dave Jericho (5:54:18 PM): awesome
Dave Jericho (5:54:49 PM): very good sam, this is the kind of energy this production needs
A New Tomorrow 7 (5:54:58 PM): haha, thanks
A New Tomorrow 7 (5:55:03 PM): i'm excited to start working on it
Dave Jericho (5:55:43 PM): well i absoultely must be completed before the end of the semester, so we should get started asap
Dave Jericho (5:56:12 PM): and we can film in any order
Dave Jericho (5:56:26 PM): so we can film your scenes first
A New Tomorrow 7 (5:56:39 PM): alright
Dave Jericho (5:56:39 PM): because Avarice has a few scenes alone
A New Tomorrow 7 (5:57:07 PM): i'm ready to go pretty much at any point, though i would need to get my suit from home unless i could find one to borrow
Dave Jericho (5:58:02 PM): ok, well lets plan on doing something next week
A New Tomorrow 7 (5:58:11 PM): alright
Dave Jericho (5:58:15 PM): this will give us plenty of time to get ready
A New Tomorrow 7 (5:58:21 PM): do you have filming equipment?
Dave Jericho (5:58:33 PM): not yet, but i am goingt to soon
Dave Jericho (5:58:46 PM): you should open your own blogger page
A New Tomorrow 7 (5:58:54 PM): i have one, though i never use it
Dave Jericho (6:00:41 PM): what kind of weapons do you see Avarice having
Dave Jericho (6:00:58 PM): Justice has a sword
A New Tomorrow 7 (6:01:53 PM): hmm
A New Tomorrow 7 (6:02:05 PM): sword against sword would be neat
Dave Jericho (6:02:30 PM): generals dont usally fight with guns
Dave Jericho (6:03:08 PM): sword play os always good on screen and you do like fencing, so swords seem natural
A New Tomorrow 7 (6:03:20 PM): yeah, i love movie sword fights
Dave Jericho (6:03:37 PM): ok, this is good, because this is action that is much needed
Dave Jericho (6:03:56 PM): actions that is completely with in our means to film
Dave Jericho (6:04:07 PM): what kind of sword, and can you get one...
A New Tomorrow 7 (6:04:49 PM): umm... well, probably a rapier/sabre or longsword
A New Tomorrow 7 (6:05:30 PM): i think generals traditionally used sabres, and a rapier was the gentleman's weapon
Dave Jericho (6:05:44 PM): ok
A New Tomorrow 7 (6:05:59 PM): those were also the types that were used the latest
A New Tomorrow 7 (6:06:55 PM): i have no idea how to get them, though
Dave Jericho (6:07:49 PM): i will figure something out
Dave Jericho (6:08:06 PM): what about the ones that the fencing clubs use?
A New Tomorrow 7 (6:08:19 PM): check online to see if you can find a company that makes replica weapons for props in theatrical productions
Dave Jericho (6:08:43 PM): ok, i would love to buy one anyways, so that would be a good investment
A New Tomorrow 7 (6:08:52 PM): yeah, true
A New Tomorrow 7 (6:09:07 PM): the problem with the ones for fencing is that they don't look realistic
Dave Jericho (6:09:21 PM): ok
A New Tomorrow 7 (6:14:06 PM): it would indeed be a good investment, though
A New Tomorrow 7 (6:14:22 PM): and i think we can probably get through much of the production without spending a lot of money on props
A New Tomorrow 7 (6:28:58 PM): also, are you planning on using all the educational material in the screen play in the actual production?
Dave Jericho (6:29:24 PM): i want to
A New Tomorrow 7 (6:30:22 PM): well, the only problem is keeping people's interest
A New Tomorrow 7 (6:31:34 PM): generally, people are willing to sit through longer explanations when they're reading a book than when they're watching a movie
A New Tomorrow 7 (6:34:20 PM): found a local army navy surplus store http://www.saratogaarmynavy.com/
Dave Jericho (6:41:51 PM): cool
A New Tomorrow 7 (6:56:16 PM): alright, well i'm going to go find something to eat
Dave Jericho (6:56:30 PM): i will catch you later buddy
A New Tomorrow 7 (6:56:34 PM): alright
Dave Jericho (6:56:34 PM): thanks for the input
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