I need your help!

[JLBats]

Damn

 

[The Amazing Lee]

THEME: Why, dammit, why!!!!!?

PROP: A melting ice cream cone that was dropped in the dirt that nobody wants, no matter how hard Lee tried to give it away (even resorting to bribes to no avail), so it just drips down his hand and arm. Why doesn't he just throw it away? We don't know.

LINE: Sleestacks ate my baby!


No go forth and make cinematic history, my young friend!

jag

I like this idea. Not really into the line. But I like the idea of an ice-cream for some reason. Don't ask me why but I really like the idea of a dirty ice-cream.

 

[jaguarr]

I like this idea. Not really into the line. But I like the idea of an ice-cream for some reason. Don't ask me why but I really like the idea of a dirty ice-cream.

Use it if you like. The dialogue adds a very surreal quality to the premise, though.

jag

 

[The Amazing Lee]

I also forgot to mention that if I make the said film....it will be shown at college to my teachers and will probably be used in a portfolio to get me into university.

 

[Chev Chelios]

I also forgot to mention that if I make the said film....it will be shown at college to my teachers and will probably be used in a portfolio to get me into university.

Is it going to be all the ideas you can do done throughout the short film or what? And what about the credits? Will we get credit for some ideas?

 

[Man-Thing]

Do you like my idea?

 

[jaguarr]

I also forgot to mention that if I make the said film....it will be shown at college to my teachers and will probably be used in a portfolio to get me into university.

If you do the dirty, melting ice-cream bit, make it without any dialogue at all. Just music. Tell the story through body language, facial expression and character interaction.

jag

 

[The Amazing Lee]

If any of you guys have seen the trailer I made.....well.....the short film should be something like that. In terms of how serious/humourous the film will be.

A light hearted film that knows what it is talking about.

Not just a funny film for the sake of trying to be funny

 

[The Amazing Lee]

Is it going to be all the ideas you can do done throughout the short film or what? And what about the credits? Will we get credit for some ideas?

If I use any of these ideas. than yes, I will.

 

[The Amazing Lee]

If you do the dirty, melting ice-cream bit, make it without any dialogue at all. Just music. Tell the story through body language, facial expression and character interaction.

jag

Now THAT is what I like to hear

 

[the_ultimate_evil]

i do agree with jag, your better going for the artisty idea, little talking great mood music and a good use of interesting camera angles, perfecable black and white with a lot of shadow and light work


when i went for my degree interview a year ago, i said the biggest pile of artisty mumjo jumbo about the meaning behind my illustration, the concepts of my graphic design and the subtext of my photography

a good 80% of it was bull, but hey i've passed last year and am about to enter into my final year so it must have done something good

 

[The Amazing Lee]

Well.....Let's say one of my inspirations is British Comedy/Spaced.

 

[the_ultimate_evil]

Well.....Let's say one of my inspirations is British Comedy/Spaced.

nice

 

[jaguarr]

Now THAT is what I like to hear

I think you could make it work very well without dialogue.

Here's Lee, big smile on his face and excited about getting his ice cream cone with the last pound in his pocket. He points to the flavor he wants, pays the ice cream vendor, and his eyes get HUGE with excitement. The music is fun, happy, and upbeat.

Lee turns away from the ice cream vendor, takes two steps and is just reaching out with his tongue to get that first taste when some skateboarders careen by and knock it from his hands and into the dirt. The skateboarders laugh at him. Lee is heartbroken. The music is dismal and dischordal as he picks up his dirty ice cream cone. He contemplates eating it anyway, but can't bring himself to do it. Brushing the dirt off of it only makes it worse.

The camera follows Lee around in his distraught state. A little kid points at his ice cream cone, wanting one. Lee tries to give the child the one he has but the kid refuses upon seeing that it's dirty and kicks Lee in the shins. Lee encounters a bum who nods understandingly and pats Lee on the back as he walks on past. People are staring at him in confusion, pity and disbelief. Lee's girlfriend is disgusted with him and points to the trash sternly, motioning him to put it in the trash, but he just can't bring himself to do it. The ice cream is running down his hand and arm. He extends the ice cream cone towards his girlfriend who is walking away from him and just as he gets it arms length away from him, the skateboarder who knocked it out of his hand in the first place skates face first into it. He's carrying a purse that he lifted from some old lady, who catches up with him after he falls off his skateboard, face covered in ice cream. She smiles and rewards Lee with a bit of money for stopping the thief and recovering her purse. Cue upbeat music again, and cut scene to Lee and his girlfriend both smiling, wakling hand in hand and each enjoying a new ice cream cone. Fin.

Have fun!

jag

 

[Man-Thing]

So???

Melting dirty ice cream>Civil War era zombie holocaust.

 

[The Amazing Lee]

I think you could make it work very well without dialogue.

Here's Lee, big smile on his face and excited about getting his ice cream cone with the last pound in his pocket. He points to the flavor he wants, pays the ice cream vendor, and his eyes get HUGE with excitement. The music is fun, happy, and upbeat.

Lee turns away from the ice cream vendor, takes two steps and is just reaching out with his tongue to get that first taste when some skateboarders careen by and knock it from his hands and into the dirt. The skateboarders laugh at him. Lee is heartbroken. The music is dismal and dischordal as he picks up his dirty ice cream cone. He contemplates eating it anyway, but can't bring himself to do it. Brushing the dirt off of it only makes it worse.

The camera follows Lee around in his distraught state. A little kid points at his ice cream cone, wanting one. Lee tries to give the child the one he has but the kid refuses upon seeing that it's dirty and kicks Lee in the shins. Lee encounters a bum who nods understandingly and pats Lee on the back as he walks on past. People are staring at him in confusion, pity and disbelief. Lee's girlfriend is disgusted with him and points to the trash sternly, motioning him to put it in the trash, but he just can't bring himself to do it. The ice cream is running down his hand and arm. He extends the ice cream cone towards his girlfriend who is walking away from him and just as he gets it arms length away from him, the skateboarder who knocked it out of his hand in the first place skates face first into it. He's carrying a purse that he lifted from some old lady, who catches up with him after he falls off his skateboard, face covered in ice cream. She smiles and rewards Lee with a bit of money for stopping the thief and recovering her purse. Cue upbeat music again, and cut scene to Lee and his girlfriend both smiling, wakling hand in hand and each enjoying a new ice cream cone. Fin.

Have fun!

jag

I like it enough to take it BUT I don't like stealing other people's ideas.

 

[jaguarr]

I like it enough to take it BUT I don't like stealing other people's ideas.

Consider it a gift. Just give me some sort of credit (face it, having "original story by 'jaguarr'" in your credits will be worth hearing people go "WTF?") and get your ass into university with it.

jag

 

[The Amazing Lee]

thanks jag.

 

[Equint77]

Theme: Sex
Prop: Holly
Line: I hope you get twins

 

[jaguarr]

thanks jag.

Looking forward to seeing what you do with it.

jag

 

[The Amazing Lee]

You won't be disappointed.

The only hard thing about it is getting an ice-cream van. perhaps there shall be a way round this.