Need a Dead Cat

JoeFowler

JoeFowler

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This is an odd request, but in the script of this film I am working on, there is a scene where a guy hallucinates and sees a dead cat open it's eyes and talk. It's a funny gag but the problem is that I need a "fake" dead cat that looks very real, even close up (it's face looking real is very important.) Does anyone know where I could find, or how I could make such an unusual prop?

And no, I refuse to use a real dead cat... sickos.

Joe
 
I kind of thought about that, but it would suck to have my biggest exspence of the film to be a dead cat! I'll make some phone calls.

Thanks, Joe
 
Saying you get hold of a fake or real dead cat, how are you going to get it to talk?

Just curious...
 
y not use a live cat and film it about 3 in the afternoon.

i have one cat that you would swear is dead, it doesn't flinch or move and you can't tell he's breathing. then he wakes up, very scary every time i see him
 
We are considering using a live cat and green screening it in place, I am just looking for the closest thing to looking as real as possible for it to be as funny as I feel it can be. Not sure what to do though.
 
Isaac_Brody said:
Saying you get hold of a fake or real dead cat, how are you going to get it to talk?

Just curious...
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I've got a team of compositors and animators (I work in animation!) working on that right now. Should look like "Babe."

Joe
 
Actually, the comedy would be from getting a funny-looking dead cat. If the story is there in your film, then the audience will be forgiving of a non-real-looking cat. look at movies like basketball and spaceballs. There are tons of funny gags in them, but their props have obvious flaws.. but people can look past them, and will find them funnier.

Don't go for realism, go for funny-looking. Plus, it'll save you the trouble of trying to shove some wires and motors up a dead cat's ass trying to get him to move.
 
dj200423 said:
Actually, the comedy would be from getting a funny-looking dead cat. If the story is there in your film, then the audience will be forgiving of a non-real-looking cat. look at movies like basketball and spaceballs. There are tons of funny gags in them, but their props have obvious flaws.. but people can look past them, and will find them funnier.

Don't go for realism, go for funny-looking. Plus, it'll save you the trouble of trying to shove some wires and motors up a dead cat's ass trying to get him to move.
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Good point, but I didn't want to be slap-sticky or spoof-ish with this comedy. This is the most absurd scene in the film and to get it to fit right it needs to be misleading. If the guy sees a dead cat that looks real, the audience will not expect it to talk (and then burst into flames, but that's a long story.) I want the audience to say, "What the...?" after they see this scene. But thanks again for the suggestion.
 
Maybe you could rent the cat from a taxidermist, especially if you can shoot this scene in a day. Worth a shot asking. Offer them a prominent line in the credits. Having "Roscoe's Professional Taxidermy" lead the ending credits could be fun anyway.
 
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