Logline

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We did in fact get to a logline a mere two hours into our endeavor, keeping us on track for a screenplay in 57 hours. Here it is: When their plane goes down over Prohibition-era Kentucky, a sharp-tongued adventurer and her reluctant biographer are forced to set aside their animosity and work together to get … Continue reading Logline

Adding a lead!

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'Cause one's not enough and bigger is better, especially when you're talking about a cast. Also, wordpress won't let us put the apostrophe the right way round on "'cause".... But it did that time.

Characters

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So. We're in Prohibition Era America. Flappers, poets, bootleggers, newspapermen. Good times. Next up we need some characters, both lead and supporting. So naturally we made a list and we're gonna pull some names out of the hat (cup). For lead, of which we'll pick one: Flapper Adventurer/pilot Writer/artist Movie director For supporting, of which we'll pick four: Working man … Continue reading Characters

Onward and Upward

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The first step is to pull a specific period out of a hat. Our choices are Medieval 18th Century Venice Prohibition Era WWII These, we feel, give us strong settings, strong stock characters, and lots of latitude to play. We've still got the fundamental problem of not having, you know, a story -- but one … Continue reading Onward and Upward

Our first oops….

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So we pulled "Period Comedy" out of the hat (or cup, to be technical about it). ("Period" in, historical period, not l'origine du monde.) This revelation was followed immediately by a rather shocked silence and some bumbling, inelegantly captured on video. Barely out of the gate and we've already hit a snag. What exactly is a period … Continue reading Our first oops….