DVXuser.com Feature movie??

I agree that the script/outline should definitely have, at the bare minimum, transitional scenes scripted so that the stories can interact/interweave with each other seamlessly.

Personally, I prefer the idea of having an actual script just because if the writing is consistent it would really provide a lot of cohesion despite the fact that multiple crews are producing the different scenes. Also, having people in multiple locations each writing their own scripts would significantly increase the "SUCK PROBABILITY" rating... :D

If you have one central script that has been reviewed/modified/vetted/revised and it does not get sent out until it is tight, cohesive and bangin' then I think it gives the project overall a significant leg up before production even begins.

That's my story and I'm stickin' to it! ;)
 
I'd buy that Daniel. So we could have a ScriptFest for the Feature Film and the notes we give to script that wins could be help revise and polish it, so when shooting begins on the segments it's a great script. But then again a full fledge feature lenght script is not an easy thing to write, some take years.

I do think that if we did it as a treatment though and people wrote their scripts on that... well our voting on those segments would also include how their dialogue shapes up, right? So maybe it wouldn't be that bad... maybe, hopefully.
 
chapelgrovefilms said:
Yes, but that's when you got to spend six minutes straight with those characters. Can you get equally engaged when it's two minutes with these, then two minutes with those, then two minutes with the next group, then the next, then the next, then the next -- THEN back to another two minutes with the first group? Because unless you're going to do the stories as an anthology -- one story told at a time -- then that's what you're looking at.

It can be done, but it'll be a challenge. Good luck, though. Love to see how it turns out!
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I understand your reservations and they are valid points but I think for this movie to work it needs to be made by a bunch of groups and we can't kill those groups by making them make 30 minutes segments. Six minutes is tough for a lot people and we would want this Fest to be open for everyone not just the people with the money to shoot for two weeks straight. Now it's not to say that the treatment can't be written as an anthology. If that's what the users vote for then that would give the viewer 12 to 20 minutes with those characters. I do think movies like that may be a bit harder to sell. There was a horror movie recently that had three parts directed by three different people... but I think three makes sense (three acts), six or more, I'm not so sure about... all though that could be the movies claim to fame. "This summer a six chapter epic will blow your mind, it's like nothing you've ever seen before..."

Thoughts?
 
jeremytuttle said:
I understand your reservations and they are valid points but I think for this movie to work it needs to be made by a bunch of groups and we can't kill those groups by making them make 30 minutes segments. Six minutes is tough for a lot people and we would want this Fest to be open for everyone not just the people with the money to shoot for two weeks straight. Now it's not to say that the treatment can't be written as an anthology. If that's what the users vote for then that would give the viewer 12 to 20 minutes with those characters. I do think movies like that may be a bit harder to sell. There was a horror movie recently that had three parts directed by three different people... but I think three makes sense (three acts), six or more, I'm not so sure about... all though that could be the movies claim to fame. "This summer a six chapter epic will blow your mind, it's like nothing you've ever seen before..."

Thoughts?
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Oh no, I TOTALLY agree it needs to be done by multiple groups. I'm just saying that SIX separate storylines is too much -- I would limit it to 3 or 4 at the most. That's all I'm saying.
 
pia12254 said:
I agree that the script/outline should definitely have, at the bare minimum, transitional scenes scripted so that the stories can interact/interweave with each other seamlessly.

Personally, I prefer the idea of having an actual script just because if the writing is consistent it would really provide a lot of cohesion despite the fact that multiple crews are producing the different scenes. Also, having people in multiple locations each writing their own scripts would significantly increase the "SUCK PROBABILITY" rating... :D

If you have one central script that has been reviewed/modified/vetted/revised and it does not get sent out until it is tight, cohesive and bangin' then I think it gives the project overall a significant leg up before production even begins.

That's my story and I'm stickin' to it! ;)
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I agree. Well said!
 
I'm thinking it ran dry. Everyone was done throwing out ideas and there was still no one to take them and make it happen. Hopefully sometime. Maybe the mods are talking about it in their secret yellow name forum/club. *sigh*
 
Hopefully it won't run to dry for long. I'm up for doing what ever I can to help out with the project in what ever form it ends up in. I think it's a great idea but I think it will take a little help from the mods to get people aboard. It's one thing for us to motivate people but if DVXUser is behind it and makes it an actual Fest or similar then a lot more people will want to be a part of it.
 
who wants to do a reality show of me driving my motorcycle across country and back going to motorcycle events and meeting different people from all walks of life and staying with them if they are interesting enough and then moving on to the next adventure: stopping in Nevada to the bunny ranch...watching a local MMA fights....having dinner with farmers....rolling in the hay with the daughter....being chased out by the father....with a shotgun....being pulled over by a cop....seeing the stupid sh it they pull and it's on film for everyone to watch!!! HEY how about a show called "STUPID COPS" now we could have every DVXuser in each city and state to set up a scenerio to be filmed at a certain time i'd be there.......................................................................................................
 
I think it was a good idea on paper, but not in practicality. Akin to communism. It works well on paper, fails epically in real life.

I think everyone grabbed it with such fervor and then it just burned out as everyone started bickering. I think a lot of people would love to help. Just aren't into the general crap that comes with it. Myself included.
 
yes, team work only works when people are starving and nothing to lose. but then there are a few who break the mold.......but alas, we're all comfortly numb.... hello...hello....is there anyone out there.........awe just sitting around talking...and getting moldy....
 
no even stupider....? uh...... real cops doing the things they do day in and day out....but leaving the camera rolling and not cutting every time they screw up...which is every minute that they are on the job.
 
kimko said:
yes, team work only works when people are starving and nothing to lose. but then there are a few who break the mold.......but alas, we're all comfortly numb.... hello...hello....is there anyone out there.........awe just sitting around talking...and getting moldy....
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Think about the way most of us make a movie.

We find, or write, a good script. We dig up the funds. Then we find a director, a DP, a lighting guy, a sound guy, actors, etc. That approach usually works pretty well.

What we don't do is put out a call and say, "Hey -- who wants to help me make a movie?", and then ask everybody for story ideas. When we do that we might get 5 directors, 7 DP's, no sound guys, etc. And we get a dozen different ideas about what 'our' movie should be.

That's why making movies by committee rarely works out well. The organization is all wrong from the start. Most of us learned a long time ago that the concept of a bunch of buddies in the back yard with a camcorder doesn't usually translate into a quality production -- even though secretly we probably all think it would be great fun!
 
hmmm i think i was talking about a Reality show not a feature. sorry i don't have all the knowledge you have from school..... but i can't wait to see your feature! sooo that being said maybe some of you with a camera and some lighting in different cities could we possibly put something together for a pitch and yes it could very well be in your back yard. oh and a story.... well we could just let that unfold and leave it up to me since i have learned a lot from guys like mr. feature man.
 
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