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I've done something like this before and had some interesting discussions, so I wonder if it'll work this time?
I've just bought a rather nice 16mm movie camera and I'm itching to see if I can get it to run. I'm planning on shooting some test footage (about 400 feet, or 12 minutes) indoors to test my cinematography and direction skills. As the film is so expensive, I can't just shoot any old thing (like one might if one were using a video camera), so I hoped to borrow an actor and put together a little one to two minute sketch. Something that could be impeccably lit (so it would need a lot of pre-planning), edited afterwards and might (if it worked) even make a start for a professional showreel.
I found a sketch that I thought would be quite good -- it was
i. short
ii. involves one character
iii. pretty funny (provided you know what interflora is)
iv. has an adaptable location -- any time or place will do
Unfortunately, it is copyrighted, and while when I first found it I was given every reason to believe by the publisher that I might be able to get the rights to use it, unfortunately the author has since died, so it's probably not on the cards any more.
Feel free to read it, but as I don't have the copyright I'll have to take the script down in a couple of days:
http://www.davidjoy.org/phoney%20(ronnie%20barker).html
I could use it anyway, and not distribute it; or use it and leave out the soundtrack (thus making it incomprehensible). But both are terrible restrictions.
What I was wondering, is: is there anyone who would be able to come up with, or suggest an existing comic premise and punchline that I could use for a two hour test shoot? Something fictional and light-hearted that you might have seen or heard of, or have lurking just under the surface somewhere in your brain -- and something that's either public domain (i.e. out of copyright) or has a receptive author. It should have a minimum of actors (not more than one, or at a pinch two), one location (preferably indoors), a minimum of props (nothing more than you'd find in an office or house), and not be more than one or two minutes long. It shouldn't be excessively controversial (otherwise I'd never be able to get actors!) and the characters should preferably be student-aged (18-25).
Ronnie Barker's comedy sketches are great, because he loved word-play and word-play easily transfers itself into very short and to-the-point sketches. The problem with drama is that you are supposed to establish why a character is behaving in a particular way, which means that it can't really be less than three or four minutes, which is why I can't easily do something serious.
Ah, well. It's worth a shot! If you can suggest something I'd be happy to credit you and/or the author at the end of the film, and send you a copy if anything ever comes of it.
If I go to bed now, maybe Father Christmas will have left something in the morning... 
Deeej
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I wonder
By: Deeej on Fri, 24 February 2006 02:52 |
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Corrected link
By: Deeej on Fri, 24 February 2006 02:56 |
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Re: I wonder
By: marc on Fri, 24 February 2006 11:12 |
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Re: I wonder
By: Deeej on Fri, 24 February 2006 12:11 |
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Re: I wonder
By: marc on Fri, 24 February 2006 13:36 |
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Re: I wonder
By: Deeej on Fri, 24 February 2006 15:59 |
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A thought......
By: marc on Fri, 24 February 2006 18:14 |
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Adverts
By: Deeej on Fri, 24 February 2006 19:02 |
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Re: Adverts
By: marc on Fri, 24 February 2006 20:14 |
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Re: I wonder
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I've been wondering for ages ...
By: cossie on Sat, 25 February 2006 02:53 |
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