Grandoise Idea - DVX chain mail narrative

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rgdfilms

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I thought of an idea, don't know if its been done before, but its an idea no less.

In high school my film teacher divided the class one day into three groups. Group 1 had to make a short movie that involved a dollar bill. At the end of the short movie the dollar bill would be carried over to group #2, extending the narrative. So the group 2 filmmakers would pick up where group 1 left off. Its kinda like when you whisper something to someone and they whisper it to someone else and so on and so forth.

So what I propose is this,

we should do a 'dollar bill' chain film. there should be rules worked out before any of us actually get started to keep uniformity

Rule #1: Each piece can be no longer than 60 seconds. It can be shorter but no longer than this.

Rule #2: We should all agree that everything should be shot in the same aspect ratio. I say we all shoot in 4:3 and I'll crop everything at the very end in post, or not.

Rule #3: All compressed video should be compressed at a high bit rate and at the orginal screen size, 720X480, 750 kilobytes per second ? Quicktime Movie files only. (the less compression the better because I would like to eventually download all of these pieces, import them into final cut pro and string them all together.



This is how I propose we do it because filmmakers will have to go in some kind of order. Anyone who is interested in doing this project say so and in 24 hours from now (it is currently 5:40 PM pacific time) I will read through the entire thread and randomly select the order of filmmakers out of a hat. That way we know we will have an end at some point. Each new film will be dependent on the order of the list. Once its the filmmakers turn they will watch all that came before them and construct something.

Right now I say we stick to the dollar bill being the item for which we transfer narratives to because dollar bills are easy to find, they all look the same and it is already an interesting idea to make something that follows where our currency actually goes to. This could be a lot fun! :thumbsup:

So once again, reply if you're interested and in 24 hours I'll post the list and we'll get started. I don't have a problem with doing the first 60 second video just to jump start the process

take er easy ! :cheesy: :thumbsup:
 
Great idea. Could have some really cool results. Unfortunately I don't have the time to make another video. Even a small one. Have a major deadline on a HUGE project. :(

Good luck!
 
I'm in!

But you might wanna wait more than 24hrs, or at least till we get enough people. Let's say enough people to make something at a combined 4-5min?
 
Thats a good idea. We'll get a few more onboard then begin then people can always join in if they like the idea and where its going later on
 
thats ok, we can write that into the story line as to transfer it to you, or you always just use coins, the story that comes before yours (if you're interested in doing this) should make 4 quarters. or you could always just not go in for a close up. its less about the american dollar and more about currency and how it floats from person to person
 
IT ISN'T OVER GUYS ! ! !

If you still want to be apart of this just say so. I am going to shoot the first episode in the next few days and more people can join in as the thing is stringed together. I thought it would be cool if we have some definite end but we should keep it going, bouncing the idea off of other filmmakers. Also, I have been thinking of other objects that are more universal because I'm realizing that the 'dollar bill' is going to be hard to do for someone in England or Japan. Here are my top three, I will pick one when I pickup my camera and begin rolling,

1. Fork, spoon or Butter Knife
2. Some kind of ball, Tennis ball, baseball, golf ball
3. A white egg. (i like this one but thats me)

let me know what you guys think
 
It would be funnier if we could spray paint the egg gold, and call the short "the golden nugget". The egg idea is good. The relative shape and size of a white egg is pretty universal, unlike the butter knife or ball. How are you going to coordinate the continuity between shorts?
 
I'd like to see what you guys create and I could base my storyline around that, as I have one hell of an imagination that might take this thing to a place it can never return :).

-Evan
 
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