Day One of the experiment seems to be going well! We have genre, characters, setting and a rough plot. What I am affectionately terming the "shepherded fate technique" seems to be working really well. And the time constraint helps us to make decisions, and stick to them. I've always been a big proponent of constraint … Continue reading Day One Recap
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Naming by Scattergories
Need some names? In a rush? Grab a 20-sided die and punt.
Character Sheet
So, we did use the supporting characters we drew. Plus one of our other leads, and ALL of the undrawn supporting characters. This is actually turning out to be a comedy with a rich fabric, based in period. A period comedy, if you will!
A love story!
So we have an adventurer and a writer, one man and one woman. But who's who?
A crisis!
We had a crisis. But we solved it. So fast it wouldn't even make a good plot point.
Daylight Savings
Soooo - it has come to our attention that this weekend is spring ahead, which means our 60 hour experiment is actually only 59 hours. Seems like we're going to be one hour tired-er than we planned!
Status Update
So. Things are looking pretty good. In two hours we've picked a genre, period, and characters out of a hat (cup); come up with a basic story; and written a logline. We've also eaten dinner (v important) and are still friends. Good start. Funnily enough, even though this was all basically random, we're working with … Continue reading Status Update
Logline
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!
'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
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
Movie in a Weekend 