A little behind schedule, but not too bad! Off to dinner, jumping back in at 8 instead of 7:30.... In blackness we hear the chugging of the train. We come back up on the two of them the following morning, huddled together for warmth. They wake up. They’re tired and freezing and hungry and desperately … Continue reading Act Three!
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BREAKING NEWS!
Act Two!
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!
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…
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!
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!
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
Movie in a Weekend 