And only 2 hours and 45 minutes behind schedule. We're still chugging along (both in plotting and in the plot, coincidentally). I am confident we can STILL hit the 6pm deadline for Act Three. They start walking to town, but get held up by a woman with a pistol. She introduces herself as “the famous … Continue reading Act Two!
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Still no Act Two….
But a popcorn snack!
Behind…
So, we've reached our first missed deadline. We did NOT get through the second act by 2pm. We are chugging along, though, and should be through the film by the 6 o'clock mark, if we continue working hard. The tangle of the second act is really slow going though! Below is what we've gotten to … Continue reading Behind…
Coffee break
Things are humming along great, but we hit a mental wall and had to get out of the house. Turns out that whole thinking thing is super hard work.
Procrasti-lunch
Our first act is pretty decent, but that just makes us nervous about the second....
Act One!
Alright! Ahead of schedule and under budget. Well, ahead of schedule anyway. We've plotted out the first act of the film. The treatment is below: We open with newspaper headlines, establishing Frankie Naylor, explorer; her dad, Samuel Naylor the railroad tycoon; and Frankie’s upcoming expedition to the Amazon. The last headline is not good … Continue reading Act One!
Title!
We have settled on a title. "Off the Record" We are diving right in to a beat by beat treatment this morning. We spent our nighttime well - sleeping, and doing the tiniest amount of research (in case you too were wondering, the Prohibition lasted from 1920-1933) and we are feeling prepped for today. Happy … Continue reading Title!
Day One Recap
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
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!
Movie in a Weekend 