Whats the next fest?

ConspiracyPenguin said:
I am, and sure I can't use dialogue, but acting can be purely physical also. Damn, I can't post anymore tonight. This is number 999 and I need to finish my 1000 video so I can post it tomorrow.
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Haha :D I had the same problem yesterday. Saving all my posts because of the 1000th :D

No Dialog fest eh? So I can resubmit my timefest entry?
 
Tom Marshall said:
NoDialogFest?? You guys obviously aren't actors... :laugh:
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i'm not an actor either and i'm struggling with this concept too. i think it will yield some interesting technique, but limiting to the degree that characters can engage with each other, thereby limiting the depth of the storytelling.

i still prefer themes to genres.

i know it would never fly, but if anytime was a good time, PoliticalFest would make for some very relevant filmmaking.

other ideas...

PopFest - pop culture, celebrity, and the contemporary milieu as a theme
CrimeFest - thematic looks at people living on the edge of society, bending/breaking the law, and the why and how they got there.
MonsterFest - i like this idea. your monster could be literal, or it could be an alcoholic, or a rapist, or a little kids fear of the dark, endless possibilities...
 
Robert Duval Got his start in film with his no-dialogue roll as Boo in To Kill A Mockingbird. And what a brilliant job.

You don't need dialogue to act. Heck, if it was up to me I'd turn the sappy Titanic into a silent film and shut those two actors up.


I say we call it ... Mime your own business!!

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Zak Forsman said:
i'm not an actor either and i'm struggling with this concept too. i think it will yield some interesting technique, but limiting to the degree that characters can engage with each other, thereby limiting the depth of the storytelling.
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Have you seen The Strangers? Before it devolves into senselessness, the first 20 minutes are quite powerful with maybe five or six lines the whole time. I think if you create the right circumstances, characters might not talk to each other for huge amounts of time.
 
FEST IDEAS

MusicFest - your piece must include a live music performance of some kind and center around the theme of music somehow, this could be a full band or a kid who likes to sing in the bathtub, but something...


BTSFest - all pieces must be a behind the scenes type piece, i think this could be really fun and give opportunity for mockumentry or more serious films about making films...
 
haha wow.. I was thinking the same thing along the lines as a "NOdialog Fest" But I was thinking on calling it a SilentFest. (cooler name lol) But I think It would really bring out th talent we have here because it would strain us as writers to come up with a story that wouldnt need dialog. I think it would just be interesting to see how they come out.
 
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I say that it is time for "Hot Babes in Lingerie Fest."

If we can all get behind that theme I predict wonderful films.
 
I think it might be cool to do another adfest. (since i wasnt a member when you guys had that fest!)
 
I think we should do one where we all use the same script, written together, to start from.

SUPER-COLLABO-SAME-SCRIPT-FEST !

The title needs work...
 
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