DVXuser.com Feature movie??

I wouldn't know where to put it. Whoever makes it, though, should be sure that they have it separated into location and maybe even possible job (if a big part like writing or directing). I am off to collect writers.
 
A list of people should also include distances people are willing to travel, some may be willing to go quite far to be involved.
 
Okay, I confess that I haven't read the whole thread, so maybe this has been covered.

I think what kills most collective projects like this is that everybody has their own ideas, but they also have equal say in the production. So it becomes a huge boondoggle.

For something like this to work, I think one person -- maybe two -- needs to be put in charge overall. A producer, naturally. Someone who can assess all the various ideas and come up with a viable project. And someone who has the final say in disputes. Someone who can be responsible for getting the film made on-time and under budget. A good team leader, but someone who can also make the hard decisions when needed.

With someone like that at the helm channeling and guiding the talents of the rest, this could really work and work well. It's the only way I know to avoid chaos.
 
flmmkr said:
Could be something along the lines of Four Rooms, except it could be Four Cities. 4 crews in 4 cities making 1/4 of a feature. All 4 stories are connected tho. If an/some actors are willing to travel to the 4 cities you can even have the same character(s) throughout. The events in each city could effect the events in the others. Could be very interesting. I would be willing to volunteer my time and equipment for such an endeavor given the right script. I would even help develop the story.
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This thought intrigues me. Can we get one actor or actress who would be willing to travel to the various cities we're shooting in? If so, then what about a story where people in four different cities, hundreds or thousands of miles apart, come to realize that the SAME person is in all four places at the SAME time??? That could be interesting....
 
If this is really going to get off the ground I'm interested in helping with the writing as well as directing for the California part if no one else objects.
 
Just stumbled across this thread and loving the idea. I think London should definately be one of the cities involved, but Im obviously biased to that idea :Drogar-BigGrin(DBG).

Just to throw a few ideas into the thread about how these stories could link to each other, not all end of the world related.

1. The main charactor could be a drug smuggling pilot.
or
2. FBI/MI5 are hunting down Al Qieda terrorists
or
3. Four men playing online poker, dare each other to do an online ouija board... lol
or
4. smuggled drugs could contain the ebola virus.

Well anyway, I'm looking forward to seeing what the story will be like.


As regards to money, I feel that people would be more inclined to help if they were going to recoup that back if the film got picked up. Each city could have a line producer dealing with all budget issues for his/her area, including keeping a log of what came from where. Also. I don't think the money should be released to charity. A company name should be created with a bank to hold all profits that will be invested into future DVXUSER productions, creating a rolling ball into bigger and better films.

I'm looking forward to helping out on this project in any which way and hope it doesn't get sidelined - With effort and commitment there is no reason it should fail.
 
I agree we should have at least one international city.

chapelgrovefilms- we are currently working on an organization structure Dustin is in charge- we have a writing team (working on one) and we will be putting together crews. I don't think that will be a big problem.
 
Just some thoughts

Producer - would have to be mobile enough to meet with Head Writer and Director
Marketing

Head writer - Would work with the Director to lock down vision
Collaborator 1
Collaborator 2
Collaborator 3 ad infinitum

Director - Would convey the vision to his unit directors.
Director City 1
Crew
Director City 2
Crew
Director City 3 and so on.
Crew

Sound Design

Editor

Composer

The driving forces Producer, Head Writer, Director would have to be able to coordinate and effectively communicate the vision and then be able to let go and let the second unit people do their thing.
 
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Hi again,


I think we should focus 110 % of our efforts on the script first, and then worry about later stages.

Locking a doable script is priority, IMHO.

So, yeah, a Head writer [an experienced one] + a team of 3-4 more writers sounds good...

... and an unlimited source of script editors, here on DVXUser :). I'd gladly be one of them.

Some deadlines for... everything, would also be a good thing.


My 2c.
 
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Locking a workable script should be first and foremost. Each market should be unique enough (theme and locations) to justify breaking it up regionally. I wholly agree that we need a European or Asian segment.

I think we have the assets on the ground in NC to make a segment happen and I'd be more than happy to coordinate / help coordinate the team here.

We can rope Ordan, Green, Jimerson and maybe Hiro into this one. I've been looking for a project that could bring us all together for a couple of years now.

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I think either a major co-ordinated International Terrorism threat..
SIS co-ordination with the NSA, CIA, FBI, NATO, Ice Cream Men, everything.

..or

End of the World, Alien, Armageddon, style flick.



Naturally, I'm more towards seeing every city in the world being blown up with special effects in a epic race against time with terrorists fingers on buttons.
But money would drive you all crazy.



Also I think the original idea for a DVX User film, was to actually film people.. behind there screenames, as film characters or actors / actress's. Because thats what would make it a DVX User film. Compared to members from DVX User filming it.

Maybe someone can write to Richard Branson?
 
I sent this idea to Dustin last night and he posted it in the screenplay/writing forum.

Dustin R. Rogan said:
Hey guys looking good here thought I'd pass along an idea that Mike Horrigan sent me in PM





"Here's my take on one idea.

A meteorite (not quite a global killer) strikes an unpopulated area of the world. It releases something into the air and it results in a new form of plague never seen before.

It quickly spreads across the world untraced. The unsuspecting plague has an extremely long incubation period. It sits dormant for approximately one year before becoming active. Once it does all hell breaks loose.

90% of the population becomes infected 1 year later to the day of the meteor strike.

The following things happen to the infected.

1. Paranoia sets in immediately and they arm themselves. Guns, knives, whatever they can get their hands on.

2. They kill all those closest to them immediately.

3. They go out searching for anyone else who may pose a threat to their survival. i.e. Normals.
It's survival of the fittest.

4. They kill in a well thought out practical manner and have all their wits about them. They need to eat and drink just like the rest of us but do not sleep. Some of them work in groups but never say a word. Almost communicating telepathically.

One month following infection they kill themselves.

The movie can show how the normals struggle for survival. They are heavily outnumbered and facing more than slow moving mindless zombies.

I would end it with the infected killing themselves...

Followed by the surviving normals looking towards the skyline to see it littered with alien pods entering our atmosphere. Their alien plague has done most of the work for them.

The End."





We would only need two cool effects shots. One at the beginning and one at the end. The rest can just be pure survival horror.
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Just a quick outline but it would allow each director to create a story of their own within strict guidelines. What do you think?

Mike
 
I film behind the scenes at all locations if you can pay for the flights, hotel, and my rent while I'm away. I'll do the acting in all locations instead, but I might not be the best actor for the job, however I'd love the experience! I only need about $1600 a month! :)
 
I think we need to nail down which cities before we can write a decent script involving those cities. I think promoting this thing will get us the money we need from distribution. We can market it as the first movie made around the world from different teams all assembled through DVXUSER. I think even Panasonic would sponsor something like that!

SO Nail down the cities, nail down the directors in each city by Poll so no one gets too upset.

English subtitles? I guess that would depend on the script.

I would call Dustin the Executive Producer. The Producer that handles the marketing would just be a regular producer.

I also think that a fund should be set up where people can buy shares. The two with the most shares would be the Associate producer. This will get the money rolling in (hopefully) Profits should go back into this fund for future projects. (part 2's or 3's make more money because all the marketing has been done) Hopefully the money that comes back will make it so we can afford to pay everyone the second time around, just like a normal film. Once we start making a profit, we should send the profit to charity, and not just one charity, but several. I vote for something to do with cancer or leukemia. I've seen too many kids that are dying and would love to put an end to this disease!

So the first film is by volunteer and donation. If it makes a profit, use it to fund the second film. If that one makes a profit, make a third film. If that makes a profit, send the money to charity. Different directors, DP's etc. each time so we maximize the chance at launching more careers.

Any thoughts on what I said???
 
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