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Post by Eric T. Jones on May 10, 2005 17:51:40 GMT -5
This is the title for that musical I so enjoyed milking ideas in for. I don't think I should have a problem coming up with all the musical numbers soon enough, as well as a full plotline (I almost have that, just needs an ending)... which I might need to insert a few things so the title makes sense. (right now it's just sitting there because that's the title I had in mind- a good part of my idea is inspired by Fleetwood Mac music, and looking through all the song titles, this was 1. the only one that I thought would work and 2. the only one I couldn't possibly get sued for copyright infringement on (yes, there have been cases where filmmakers have been sued for using their song titles as their film title ("Cowboy Bebop: The Movie" is titled "Knockin' on Heaven's Door" in Japan, but Bob Dylan's lawyers had issues when distribution came to the US))
Richie actually ran over after school saying he had a plot idea- which, once I told him what mine was, he said was disturbingly similar. Both are a whole string of cliches and it's about this-
A guy has just been dumped by a girl at a car wash, and that is where our story begins. He thinks his life is a musical, so he randomly bursts into song frequently. Other people come along, thinking he's full of whack, until they see his hidden talent of writing. He's inspired, so he goes to OSH and meets a girl singing on her iPod, and thinks she has the most beautiful singing voice. (but, of course, her voice is just as terrible as everyone else's) He brings her to sing in his basement, as a lounge singer, and becomes a hit. (with her audience of four) However, ancient grudges rise, and what can only end up driving a whole string of cliches further with crappy singing and even crappier musical numbers! It's the flop that never hit Broadway!
...when I walked into class after lunch, I had the hardest time not bursting into song.
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Post by MrMan on May 10, 2005 18:05:25 GMT -5
How very true that is. I can vouch for him because I have the same seventh period class as he does. And to you Eric, boy have you come up with some odd crap.
-MrMan
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Post by LordBob on May 10, 2005 19:16:06 GMT -5
I MUST SEE SCRIPT/MOVIE.... MUSICALS BRING OUT THE BEST IN EVERYONE. I WILL NOW STOP WRITING IN ALL CAPS. INDEED I SHALL.
Go ahead and make the script, cant wait to see it. I sing really badly so I could be a really crappy stand in.
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Post by MrMan on May 10, 2005 19:34:30 GMT -5
Dude. Your worse than a crapy singer. YOU SLAUGHTER GOOD SONGS BY ALTERING LYRICS!!! Why...? -MrMan
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Post by Eric T. Jones on May 10, 2005 20:46:27 GMT -5
Now now, let's not bicker and argue about who killed who... (sorry, couldn't resist)
I need to finish writing the songs, and then write the dialogue in between. I don't like posting my scripts online, though- I prefer to show people full-fledged storyboards, and besides that, I don't want the single chance of people knowing all about what the film is before they actually see it.
We'll need choral background. Or not, I don't know. All I know is we need about 10 people for this movie... around that number, I dunno.
As a little in-joke homage to Bollywood musicals, like almost every film musical, the singing is dubbed over in post-production- and like Bollywood musicals, even pieces involving a chorus filled with nearly a hundred people, is only gonna be dubbed by four XD
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Post by MrMan on May 10, 2005 20:55:21 GMT -5
No swearing and I'm in. I don't need to worry about making a fool of myself because I already have in the "Dude" movies being submited to the MV festival. ;D
-MrMan
P.S. Watch my Quotes. They WILL change VERY often now. ;D
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Post by Eric T. Jones on May 10, 2005 21:02:58 GMT -5
Haha, no! The most vulgar thing in the film is that "middle finger" line (showing him flipping the guy off isn't necessary, either). Of the films I've directed (that is, actual films- "Fight Ultimatum" and beyond), in terms of content, this will be the lightest. (let me put it this way: this isn't gonna be another PG-13 film)
I'm still gonna try to see if I can't make a song that almost uses swear words but ends up not using any at all. (but first, I need to have a mostly completed plot, and the point where this song comes in- I want our "villain" to sing it) You remember- your idea, MrMan!
I want to direct a film I can actually show my mum! (she still hasn't seen "Fight Ultimatum", though I've shown her the animation segments in awitp (she was the first to see them, actually))
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Post by Eric T. Jones on May 11, 2005 18:19:21 GMT -5
I just got a suggestion mailed to me by my friend Curtis, saying my main character should have something like "Reverse Tourette's Syndrome". Suggestions for titles include "Chorus Line Fever", "Gilbert-Sullivan-itis" and "Broadway Syndrome".
Possibly, if my finalised plot doesn't relate much to the current title I have.
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Post by LordBob on May 11, 2005 18:22:46 GMT -5
broadway-itis might be a good one.
(100 mesages! Im a full member!!!!!)
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Post by Eric T. Jones on May 11, 2005 18:36:53 GMT -5
Yeah, I might end up using Broadway-itis. However, I haven't finalised anything- I'll wait until I complete a full-fledged plot and musical numbers.
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Post by LordBob on May 11, 2005 18:55:43 GMT -5
i cant wait to hear the songs must....seee.... and......hear.... musical.....
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Post by Eric T. Jones on May 19, 2005 20:17:56 GMT -5
Due to excessive writer's block, I have the insane idea of making this a 5-minute film. Yeah, that's right, the shortest musical in the universe. (with more than one musical number in it)
I'm renting musicals, which is now a requirement every time I go to Blockbuster. (whenever I go to Blockbuster, I require myself to rent one musical and one Woody Allen film (Richie's mum's gonna love THAT)) The one I just rented, "Fame", is done by one of my favourite directors, Alan Parker- the only problem is, I don't know what I'd learn from this one, since Parker's musicals are more like music videos. (he also did "Pink Floyd: The Wall" (since it was a visualisation of the album, however, its being a music video makes sense) and "Evita" (which really is like a music video, when it's an adaptation of a musical by Andrew Lloyd Webber ("Cats", "The Phantom of the Opera" (duh)))) Don't get me wrong, they aren't boring music videos, Parker's musicals are just as entertaining as any other- that's just not what I want to make this movie as.
Martin Scorsese's dull-as-hell "New York, New York" serves as how NOT to make a musical. (that is, Tape 1- Tape 2 is everything the first 2 hours of this needlessly long movie should have been- well-choreographed, fast-paced, and is actually quite moving)
I've drawn up shots I want to use in the film, some of which rip off previous musicals- mostly from "The Phantom of the Opera" (it's an absolute MUST for me to take favourite shots from my favourite films, and to not reference this film's genius cinematography would be an insult and a disgrace (in a MUSICAL out of all things!)), and the ending somewhat ripped from the ending of "Damn Yankees". (oh yeah, the climatic fight at the end resembles that of "Beauty and the Beast" (though it was unintentional))
And do rent Woody Allen's "Everyone Says I Love You"- it is a truly remarkable film. (Allen purposely had the actors sing in their own voices (even having one actress "sing worse") to sound like real-life people bursting into song (all of which are previously used showtunes, used in a different context (some of which is used quite humourously))- you will not believe your ears when you hear Edward Norton ("Fight Club", "Red Dragon") sing!)
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Post by LordBob on May 19, 2005 22:42:23 GMT -5
oooo oooh oooo! You should have some sort of singing in the rain musical part, that would be neat, but instead of singing in the ain it could be ainging in the beer, or some other liquid, but acid may hurt so I'll rule that out.
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Post by Eric T. Jones on May 20, 2005 0:02:57 GMT -5
As much as I want to do "Singin' in the Rain", I also want to shoot this in the summer- and it rarely rains in the summer. (at least, not frequent enough for me to be able to conveniently schedule around it) And spraying other liquids is kinda outside my budget.
Unfortunately, "Singin' in the Rain" is just one of those musicals I can't really use for this one. I've seen the film a handful of times, but I don't think there's anything I can really use from there. (or "Moulin Rouge!"- as much as I utterly LOVE that movie (and I do), I don't want this film to become a Bollywood acid trip (now I WOULD like to do a Bollywood musical if I ever struck it big, but the things that they do in "Moulin Rouge!" just aren't within my budget range, either))
I suppose I should watch "Fame".
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Post by Mafiastado on May 20, 2005 10:46:29 GMT -5
U could do the "singin in the rain rape theme" from A Clockwork Orange...
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