Wednesday 30 March 2011
Buzzing!
Cat and I went to the Dog & Gun last night- it could NOT have gone ANY better! When we got there and spoke to Leslie, she told us that she did have people in mind and introduced us to a man named Ant and his friends. It turns out that Ant has loads of experience, he has been a radio dj on invicta, ctr & kmfm, he has also had his own show on channel 4 and has a showreel on youtube. Also, all 3 of the guys that we hope will be in one of our teams have all worked at the maidstone studios and know lots of people there, they even worked on 'the door' with us!! so weird! they were all really up for it, all had free schedules to do it and were great, confident and quirky characters! and were really interested in what we are doing - woohoo!
Also, Ant said that we should aim higher for a host but if we couldnt get one, he would be more than happy to do it, he has done comedy and presenting before, and he also asked a girl he knows who is an actress if she would be in the team if he was hosting and she said that would be fine.
Also, Ant said that we should aim higher for a host but if we couldnt get one, he would be more than happy to do it, he has done comedy and presenting before, and he also asked a girl he knows who is an actress if she would be in the team if he was hosting and she said that would be fine.
Tuesday 29 March 2011
As live
Called round a load of pubbys yesterday and spoke to a few friendly landlords n ladys. They all sounded positive that they have suitable candidates and to come and meet them. sooo, this evening cat and I are going to the dog & gun quiz night, the boys are going to druids quiz night, tomorrow we are going to the walnut tree quiz night, and then thursday we are going to a comedy evening to source presenters. The others also went to The Fox yesterday whilst I made calls and they were very helpful and positive, so we are meeting them next monday.
We also practiced and filmed beer pong yesterday, it was interesting..! amendments needed!
Now that the fiction visual pitch is done, we can all put our full attention into this, and things are going to get moving!
We also practiced and filmed beer pong yesterday, it was interesting..! amendments needed!
Now that the fiction visual pitch is done, we can all put our full attention into this, and things are going to get moving!
Thursday 10 March 2011
Fiction Adaptation
My adaptation is a sequel to 'lamb to the slaughter', driven by the unborn child from the original story, her name is Elizabeth and at 30 years old she herself is pregnant. It is set in 1981, but only for logical reasons, I wanted to keep the original story in the 50's, and I wanted Elizabeth to be 30, so therefore its in the 80's, but I do not want it to be very 80's-esque, I want to stay away from the garish, in your face, mullet, crappy music 80's era and keep the piece very timeless. I see it it in very dreamy way that could be set in anytime period. My ideal director would be Nick Cassavettes, he has done "My sister's keeper" and "The Notebook", which both have that very dreamy, classic feel with such an underling feeling of sadness and my ideal production designer Sarah Greenwood, who has done "Atonement", "Pride & Prejudice", "Sherlock Holmes" and "The soloist" as she can capture any time period perfectly and she also captures that same dreamy feeling I want.
It is set in America, and the main locations are Mary's house, Elizabeth's house, Mary's nursing home and public libraries.
Please ignore the bit in the previous post about Elizabeth searching the web, as duh! they did not have the internet in 1981. Also when Elizabeth has a baby at the end, it maybe a boy called Patrick, I have not yet decided.
It is set in America, and the main locations are Mary's house, Elizabeth's house, Mary's nursing home and public libraries.
Please ignore the bit in the previous post about Elizabeth searching the web, as duh! they did not have the internet in 1981. Also when Elizabeth has a baby at the end, it maybe a boy called Patrick, I have not yet decided.
Fiction story idea
Story outline
A sequel to “lamb to the slaughter”, framed around, marriage, guilt, and insanity, using 1981’s Royal Wedding as a slight framing and to strengthen the theme of marriage and the breakdown of marriage.
Mary Maloney’s daughter is the main character, Mary Maloney is still living in the house from the original story, but living with the guilt has crippled her, and as an elderly lady, she has the beginnings of insanity, sometimes she seems fine, other times she is completely lost in her own world, where she still believes Patrick Maloney is alive. Her daughter, Elizabeth becomes very worried about her mother, and being pregnant herself, she cannot cope with looking after her mother so she thinks about putting her into a home. After going to her mother’s house and starting to clear things out, Elizabeth finds some disturbing things, including journals that speak to Patrick and about Patrick as if her were alive, the grocery receipt that formed her ‘alibi’ in the original story, and jumbled and rambled notes that hint at the murder of her husband. So over the course of the story Elizabeth seeks to find out what really happened to her father who she had always thought had been murdered but they never found the killer, she begins to remember things from her childhood that gives her mother away. Throughout the story we also see Elizabeth’s marriage begin to hit the rocks as she descends into depths of revelation and becomes obsessed with finding out the truth. She spends her times in libraries, ellis island ancestry museum and searching the web for the case notes and any information about her father, which leads up to an emotional meeting with her mother, when she finally confesses what she did. This is ambiguous as Mary is only sane some of the time, and halfway through this big emotional revelation, Mary descends back into insanity and shouts at Elizabeth and acts as if she does not know her, when Elizabeth says she is her daughter, she refuses and says that she is still pregnant with her and that she is still married to Patrick. Elizabeth is then faced with the decision of protecting her mother, or telling anyone what she did. Alongside, her marriage is worsening and she suspects her husband of cheating, and disgusted by her accusations he leaves. Elizabeth begins to mirror her mother’s insane behaviour. In the scene after her husband leaves, she erratically starts to cook, and is talking to herself. “I could kill for some lamb”. She begins scribbling things down onto notepaper, frantically, mirroring her mother’s behaviour again.
She then leaves her house, halfway through cooking, erratically, she has no shoes on. She then pulls up to her mother’s empty home. She mixes two glasses of whisky. She calmly goes into her mother’s room and puts on her clothes; she sits in her mirror and applies her lipstick, calmly. She looks at a picture of her mother and her father on the dresser, her youthful smiling mother. She then stares at herself. She picks up a pair of scissors and cuts her hair in attempt to copy her mother’s youthful appearance.
She then starts to throw things and rips off wallpaper. She then discovers more crazy scribbles on the walls, written by her mother, written in childlike writing. “Patrick’s favourite is lamb. He loves it. He loved it to death.”
Meanwhile Elizabeth’s husband had come home to find things burning, Elizabeth’s shoes are still there but the front door was open and her car was gone. He knows where she has gone.
He speeds to Mary’s house and finds Elizabeth crumpled on the floor, screaming out in pain. She has gone into labour and it is too late to go to the hospital. He has to deliver their baby. This brings them back together, she exclaims that she is sorry, and the arrival of their child slaps Elizabeth back to reality. The final scene is Elizabeth and her husband proudly clutching their new daughter, and Elizabeth say’s “We’ll call her Mary”.
A sequel to “lamb to the slaughter”, framed around, marriage, guilt, and insanity, using 1981’s Royal Wedding as a slight framing and to strengthen the theme of marriage and the breakdown of marriage.
Mary Maloney’s daughter is the main character, Mary Maloney is still living in the house from the original story, but living with the guilt has crippled her, and as an elderly lady, she has the beginnings of insanity, sometimes she seems fine, other times she is completely lost in her own world, where she still believes Patrick Maloney is alive. Her daughter, Elizabeth becomes very worried about her mother, and being pregnant herself, she cannot cope with looking after her mother so she thinks about putting her into a home. After going to her mother’s house and starting to clear things out, Elizabeth finds some disturbing things, including journals that speak to Patrick and about Patrick as if her were alive, the grocery receipt that formed her ‘alibi’ in the original story, and jumbled and rambled notes that hint at the murder of her husband. So over the course of the story Elizabeth seeks to find out what really happened to her father who she had always thought had been murdered but they never found the killer, she begins to remember things from her childhood that gives her mother away. Throughout the story we also see Elizabeth’s marriage begin to hit the rocks as she descends into depths of revelation and becomes obsessed with finding out the truth. She spends her times in libraries, ellis island ancestry museum and searching the web for the case notes and any information about her father, which leads up to an emotional meeting with her mother, when she finally confesses what she did. This is ambiguous as Mary is only sane some of the time, and halfway through this big emotional revelation, Mary descends back into insanity and shouts at Elizabeth and acts as if she does not know her, when Elizabeth says she is her daughter, she refuses and says that she is still pregnant with her and that she is still married to Patrick. Elizabeth is then faced with the decision of protecting her mother, or telling anyone what she did. Alongside, her marriage is worsening and she suspects her husband of cheating, and disgusted by her accusations he leaves. Elizabeth begins to mirror her mother’s insane behaviour. In the scene after her husband leaves, she erratically starts to cook, and is talking to herself. “I could kill for some lamb”. She begins scribbling things down onto notepaper, frantically, mirroring her mother’s behaviour again.
She then leaves her house, halfway through cooking, erratically, she has no shoes on. She then pulls up to her mother’s empty home. She mixes two glasses of whisky. She calmly goes into her mother’s room and puts on her clothes; she sits in her mirror and applies her lipstick, calmly. She looks at a picture of her mother and her father on the dresser, her youthful smiling mother. She then stares at herself. She picks up a pair of scissors and cuts her hair in attempt to copy her mother’s youthful appearance.
She then starts to throw things and rips off wallpaper. She then discovers more crazy scribbles on the walls, written by her mother, written in childlike writing. “Patrick’s favourite is lamb. He loves it. He loved it to death.”
Meanwhile Elizabeth’s husband had come home to find things burning, Elizabeth’s shoes are still there but the front door was open and her car was gone. He knows where she has gone.
He speeds to Mary’s house and finds Elizabeth crumpled on the floor, screaming out in pain. She has gone into labour and it is too late to go to the hospital. He has to deliver their baby. This brings them back together, she exclaims that she is sorry, and the arrival of their child slaps Elizabeth back to reality. The final scene is Elizabeth and her husband proudly clutching their new daughter, and Elizabeth say’s “We’ll call her Mary”.
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