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Post by Big Linda on Jun 18, 2017 21:51:17 GMT -7
Welcome, housemates, to week two. This week you will have been divided into two teams of six. Your task: as a team, create a scene as you would like to see it in the upcoming Netflix adaptation. It can be an existing scene from books 5-13, something from the supplemental material, or something new or that happened behind the scenes in the books. Use the private boards provided to plan your work.
Violet and Renuoquidvis, as team captains you will have the role of Producer - basically, you are in charge of assigning roles to your team members and making sure the work gets done. Here are some job examples (you may not use them all, or you may end up creating jobs not listed):
Casting Director - Cast all the characters in the scene. Provide photos or descriptions of the people you cast
Scriptwriter - Provide a draft of the scene's script. Include all dialogue and stage directions
Director - What mood or tone of voice should the actors use? What is their motivation? Where will the camera be held relative to the actors? Provide any director's notes
Set Designer - Provide a sketch and/or description of the set, as well as where the filming will take place (on location? On a sound stage?)
Props Master - What props will be used in your scene? List them and provide photos, sketches or descriptions
Costumist - Provide drawings, photos, or descriptions of the costumes the characters will wear
Makeup Artist - Will anyone be wearing prosthetics? If so, provide photos, sketches or descriptions
Special Effects/CGI - What special effects will be used? Give descriptions of any effects you plan to use
Sound - Will there be a song? Background music? Sound effects? List all sounds that will be used and, if possible, links to any music
Credits - List who did what work, either at the beginning or end of the presentation
You have 24 hours to decide on a scene and have your Producer give a short pitch in this thread. You then have 72 more hours to put together your presentation. Presentations must be posted by the end of the day Thursday, even if all aspects are not complete. The two Big Brothers and one additional anonymous judge will then rate your work.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 18, 2017 22:41:00 GMT -7
Britta you i would be so good as producer.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 18, 2017 22:55:51 GMT -7
anka you i would be so good as producer. Sound like someone should have done better at round 1! I was also bottom three  |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 18, 2017 22:58:00 GMT -7
anka you i would be so good as producer. Britta I'm assuming this is a censor, because I got confused. Or Mister M is saying that himself and anka together would be a good producer(s). |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 19, 2017 11:52:38 GMT -7
Yes that is a censor because I complained about the old one.
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Post by Big Linda on Jun 19, 2017 17:59:50 GMT -7
You have 24 hours to decide on a scene and have your Producer give a short pitch in this thread. Time is ticking. |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 19, 2017 18:49:41 GMT -7
So we're going to do a scene from the penultimate peril because it's probably the most important interaction the baudelaires and olaf have like ever It's the part where olaf points a harpoon gun at dewey denoument and the baudelaires stand in front and olaf whispers " What else can I do " as a single tear falls from his eye and cloud passes over the moon (disclaimer: not actual blocking that is the scriptwriters' jobs) The scene will be very dramatic We will have a cast list with actors and a description of why they are good for the role and also pictures of costumes and also a picture of the set and the harpoon gun the end hope you like it bye |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 19, 2017 21:33:24 GMT -7
Our team will be doing the scene where Esmé pushes the Baudelaires down the elevator shaft after they've told her that they know Gunther's plan. This scene has one of the best moments of suspense in the whole series, I think. Our scene will be accompanied by a really swell original song by bsam called "is it in"! We hope to make it a very exciting scene for you guys, so please watch this space  |
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Post by Big Linda on Jun 19, 2017 22:16:15 GMT -7
Great, both teams passed the first part of the task. We can't wait to see the finished product.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 20, 2017 0:35:01 GMT -7
i will just do no work and hopefully get 68 points again
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Post by Big Linda on Jun 22, 2017 6:53:12 GMT -7
Projects are due in 16 hours 7 minutes from now.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 22, 2017 21:48:52 GMT -7
First I'll show you all the casting costumes set and prop info so you can get a good idea about how everything should look and then I'll show you the script I think what my crew produced is very good so I hope you all like this as much as I do (!!!)  Welcome, in this thread I will be discussing some of the actors in the highly anticipated alternate version of this scene from the Netflix adaptation of A Series of Unfortunate Events. Stick around to hear about the famous names and the new faces, the great talents and the talentless greats that will be on your screen, plus some of the more interesting casting rumours that will sadly never be. First news relates to the Count everyone loves to hate. The rumors of Jim Carrey or Neil Patrick Harris luckily turned out to be false, Olaf is meant to be sinister, not some comic relief, these events are unfortunate remember. A number of actors were considered for the role, Christopher Walken was a close second but the role had to go to John Waters, one of the most sinister men in the business of show.  The next three most important roles to be cast were that of the Baudelaire Orphans themselves. Despite pressure from the upper management to use Selena Gomez as Violet, Mr Snicket himself actually had to use his veto to stop that from happening. Some critics were shocked and critical of the eventual casting of Amandla Stenberg, but were supportive after viewing their performance as the eldest Baudelaire. Here they are, normal, and with ribbon in inventor mode.   Klausy B up next, the bookish one, and one of the easiest to cast positions, Mr Snicket himself whilst watching fellow Netflix show Stranger Things saw Finn Wolfhard and shouted out "That's my Klaus!"  Say hello to our Sunny! They say "never work with children or animals" so we won't. Sunny will be entirely CGI and motion captured by Andy Serkis.  Her voice shall be provided by Kristen Chenoweth, our first choice Tara Strong already played the role in a rival production and we wanted to avoid any conflict of interest. m.youtube.com/watch?v=VlzHfqoj7q4Kevin, Colette and Hugo. These three freaks are being portrayed by The Joy Formidable. We're very lucky that they were able to take time out of their busy touring schedule to play these roles for us.  Our next announcement is the young lady portraying Camrenlita Spats. No, that's not a typo, Carmelita will be played by Camren Bicondova, based on her amazing performance as Selina Kyle in the tv show Gotham she's definitely got the brattyness down pat.  Now, when it comes to librarians, and the actors who portray them, it's hard to go past Anthony Stewart Head. So we won't. Meet our Dewey!  The role of Justice Strauss has gone to Doona Bae, who has proved in A Girl At My Door that she is able to handle a role that requires the delicate balancing of working for law and justice whilst also caring for unwanted children when needed.  Colette-standard-looking villain in calm blues. However, her clothing has subtle patterns that hint to her (already-happening) shift in allegiance.  Hotel uniform-worn by Dewey and our three protagonists. The brown and orange shade invoke hints of a start of a fire.  Esme-the horrifying lettuce bikini  Justice Strauss-in robes, without a wig  Carmelita-a vision in neon and haphazard combinations  Jerome-a snazzy suit  A generic shirt and pants set for our Kevin  Hugo should be in this nice, loose suit As for Olaf and Poe, I think both of them are already dressed accordingly. I believe my work is done. Ok so I did the set dressing and the props hooray The HOTEL DENOUMENT Which I colored and labelled myself (look the vases have tiny labels (!!!)) The HARPOON GUN Which I just took from google The MAJESTIC HORSE THIEF STRAUSS Which I also just took from google but come on it's perfect look at it  and The OUTSIDE Which I also just took from google so (oh also please pretend this is at night)
 INT. HOTEL DENOUEMENT, LOBBY – NIGHTPEOPLE TOO NUMEROUS TO LIST stand IN THE HOTEL LOBBY, with the front doors open onto the REFLECTING POND. OLAF We know the sugar bowl is in the laundry room, sub-sub librarian. Tell us the three phrases we need to type to open the Vernacularly Fastened Door.
DEWEY You won't find anything in the laundry room. Except for some piles of dirty sheets, and Very Flammable Detergent. OLAF My past disguises my have put you under the illusion that I am stupid, but I have more sense than that trained monkey you call a baby. SUNNY makes A NOISE. [Subtitles: I'm not a monkey and you're definitely a baboon.]
OLAF If there's nothing in the laundry room, why did you put a lock on the door?
DEWY It's just a... decoy. CU: we see VIOLET holding DEWEY's hand. DEWEY's hand is trembling. CU: VIOLET looks up with a concerned look on her face. OLAF Decoy? What's a decoy?
DEWEY A Decoy is a word with several meanings. It can refer to a corner of a pond where ducks can be captured, or to an imitation of a duck or other animal used to attract a real specimen. Or, it can mean something used to distract people, such as a lock on a door that does not contain a certain sugar bowl.
OLAF If the lock is a decoy, sub-sub, then you won't mind telling me how to open it.
OLAF brandishes the HARPOON GUN in a SINISTER FASHION. DEWEY The first phrase is a description of a medical condition that all three Baudelaire children share.
VIOLET, KLAUS, and SUNNY all smile at each other. DEWEY The second phrase is the weapon that left you an orphan, Olaf. OLAF smirks.
DEWEY
And the third is the famous unfathomable question in the best-known novel by Richard Wright. EVERYONE looks CONFUSED at this OBSCURE REFERENCE. OLAF I don't have time to examine the Baudelaires' medical history or shove my face into any best-known novels! If I don't hear the exact phrases used to open the lock by the time Esmé counts to ten, I'll fire the harpoon gun and tear you to shreds! Esmé, count to ten!
ESME I'm not counting to ten.
ESME gives OLAF the EVILS. ESME I'm not going to do anything for you ever again!
JEROME I knew it! I knew you could be a noble person again, Esmé!
JEROME gets OVEREXCITED. JEROME You don't have to parade around in an indecent bikini in the middle of the night threatening sub-sub librarians! You can stand with us, in the name of justice.
ESME Let's not go overboard. Just because I'm dumping my boyfriend doesn't mean I'm going to be a goody-goody like you. Justice is out. Injustice is in. That's why it's called Injustice.
JUSTICE STRAUSS You should do what's right in this world, not just what's fashionable. I understand your situation, Esmé. When I was your age, I spent years as a horse thief.
CUT TO EXT – FIELD, THE PASTThere is a HORSE HORSING AROUND. JUSTICE STRAUSS (V.O) At the time, I thought that stealing horses would be the only way to make an honest living. YOUNG JUSTICE STRAUSS jumps over a FENCE like a KICK - A S S NINJA. JUSTICE STRAUSS (V.O) I stole so many horses that -
CUT TO INT – HOTEL DENOUMENT, NIGHT
COUNT OLAF I don't want to hear your boring stories. The only thing I want to hear are three exact phrases from Dewey's mouth, or his destiny will be death by harpoon, as soon as I say the number ten. One!JUSTICE STRAUSSStop! In the name of the law!COUNT OLAFTwo!JEROMEStop! In the name of injustice!COUNT OLAFThree!VIOLETStop!The three BAUDELAIRE ORPHANS go stand in front of DEWEY to make a MEAT SHIELD. EVERYONE goes QUIET. KLAUS You can't harpoon this man. You'll have to harpoon us first. CU: SUNNY's adorably determined BABY FACE. SUNNY Or - put down gun. CU: OLAF just sneers. OLAF I wouldn't mind harpooning you either, orphans. When it comes to slaughtering people, I'm very flexible. Four! VIOLET Lay down your weapon, Olaf. You don't want to do this terrible thing. VIOLET starts to walk slowly towards the HARPOON GUN.
OLAF Of course I do. If the sub-sub doesn't tell me how to get the sugar bowl, I'll pull the trigger no matter who's standing in front of me! Five! KLAUS You have a choice. You can choose not to pull that trigger! KLAUS begins walking with VIOLET. OLAF And you can choose death by harpoon! Ha! Six! SUNNY Please. SUNNY walks with her SIBLINGS. OLAF Seven! SUNNY Please. OLAF Eight! Nine! The BAUDELAIRES keep walking forward until the hooked tip of the HARPOON GUN is pressing into VIOLET's chest. They put their HANDS on the HARPOON. VIOLET looks down at it. KLAUS looks at OLAF's hand on the trigger. SUNNY looks into OLAF's eyes. CU: Olaf looks back, almost pitifully. There is COMPLETE SILENCE. He whispers. OLAF What else can I do? VIOLET Give us the gun. It's not your destiny to do this treacherous deed. KLAUS Give us the gun. It's not your destiny to be a wicked person. SUNNY La Forza del Destino. The SILENCE is terrible. OLAF gets ready to shout "TEN." There is a coughing noise. MR. POE walks out in TACKY MONEY PAJAMAS. OLAF shoves the HARPOON GUN into the BAUDELAIRES' hands, but they fumble and drop it. CU: The HARPOON GUN falls to the floor in SLOW MOTION. The RED BUTTON is pushed in by the FLOOR. CU: End SLOW MOTION. The HARPOON goes flying out of the GUN into the air. CU: A wide shot of MR. POE. The camera ZOOMS IN with a whooshing noise, as if from a HARPOON's point of view, as MR. POE is startled and terrified. People who haven't READ the BOOKS, and DON'T KNOW ANY BETTER, cheer. Suddenly, the video stops. MR. POE's frightened face fills the screen. LEMONY walks out in front. LEMONY When the harpoon gun was fired, the Baudelaires realized that everything had changed in an instant, which is the wicked way of the world. In an instant, you can light a match and start a fire that can destroy the lives of countless people. In an instant, you can remove a cake from the oven and provide dessert for countless others, assuming that the cake is very large, and the others are not very hungry. In an instant, you can change a few words in a poem by Robert Frost and communicate with your associates through a code known as Verse Fluctuation Declaration, and in an instant, you can realize where something is hidden and decide whether you are going to retrieve it or let it stay hidden, where it might never be found and eventually be forgotten by all but a few very well-read and very distraught figures, who are themselves forgotten by all but a few very well-read and very distraught figures, who in turn are forgotten, and so on, and so on, and so on, and a few more so ons besides. All this can happen in an instant, as if a single instant is an enormous container, capable of holding countless secrets safely, securely, and attractively, such as the countless secrets held in the Hotel Denouement, or in the hidden underwater catalog in its rippling reflection. And, in this instant, they heard the red trigger click!, and in this instant the penultimate harpoon was fired with a swoosh! and sailed through the enormous, domed room and struck someone a fatal blow, a phrase which here means "killed one of the people in the room." A person who's destiny it was to be slain by a harpoon, and who's destiny would come tonight. That destiny, however, would not come tonight for Mr. Poe. The NETFLIX-ONLY AUDIENCE groans the LONGEST GROAN to ever be groaned.
CU: The Baudelaires spin to face MR. POE in distress. There is the horrible noise of an impalement wound. The Baudelaires turn to look.
CU: PAN UP DEWEY. He stands, holding the HARPOON, sticking out of his chest.
CU: CUT to everyone's face in turn, all looking horrified and astonished, as the clock begins to ring: "WRONG, WRONG, WRONG."
VIOLET & KLAUS Dewey! SUNNY Denoument! DEWEY gasps, trying to force out one last, VERY IMPORTANT word.
DEWEY Kit. CU: Dewey takes a step back, and then stumbles backwards into the reflecting pond. CU: The Baudelaires take a futile step forward, reaching out their arms as if they could grab him and pull him back. CU: LEVEL SHOT UNDERWATER. DEWEY'S BODY sinks slowly past the camera. CU: DOWNWARD SHOT UNDERWATER. DEWEY'S BODY sinks away from the camera into the dark as LEMONY speaks. LEMONY (V.O.)
As Dewey slipped out of the orphan's grasp, into the water, like so many others they had lost, the Baudelaire orphans wept alone for the mercies denied them, and for the wicked, wicked way of the world. |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 22, 2017 22:06:06 GMT -7
Ok first an original Bsam song to accompany the scene  I know what I'm obsessed by the fashions of today It informs my whole persona in every single way So if you were to ask me to join you for croquet I'll have to think about it and this is what I'll say Is it in? is it in? in terms of fashion does it qualify IS it in is it in because if it's out then so am i So now we have these orphans I guess that they can stay as long as they stay fashionable or I'll send them away they'll need to eat the right foods and dress the correct way I'll tell them if they're out or in or my name's not esme chorus these children that we care for aren't that trendy, although they have a certain feature a vast amount of dough the baudelaire fortune is very in, and so I'll steal it with count olaf he is my latest beau chorus it seems they've found out gunther is count olaf, oh no! i'd better put a stop to this so down the shaft they go! is it in is it in this elevator shaft is slightly awry is it in is it in the elevator's out it's time for you to die! Then next our script by Anka
A room with several fancy sofas and chairs. Violet, Klaus and Sunny are sitting on three chairs in a semicircle with hopeful looks on their faces.
Camera moves to Esmé, sitting on a very extravagant sofa and holding a glass of parsley soda with a straw.
Instrumental music in the background, while we can see the Baudelaires talking and making gestures. They are obviously explaining everything they found out, but we don't have time to show that whole conversation on screen. Esme just sits there, taking a sip of her drink every now and then.Klaus: ... and one of the items in the catalog is listed as 'V.F.D.,' which is the secret that the Quagmires tried to tell us about right before they were kidnapped.
Violet, Klaus and Sunny are sitting on three chairs in a semicircle with hopeful looks on their faces.
Camera moves to Esmé, sitting on a very extravagant sofa and holding a glass of parsley soda with a straw.Esmé: This is terrible. ( takes a sip of parsley soda, making a very annoying noise.) This is the least smashing thing I have ever heard. ( takes another sip of parsley soda, making an even more annoying noise.) Let me see if I have understood everything you have said. Gunther is in fact Count Olaf in disguise. Violet: Yes! His boots are covering up his tattoo, and his monocle makes him scrunch his face up to hide his one eyebrow. Esme( standing up and walking towards the door past a table, putting the glass down on it): And he has hidden away the Quagmires in a cage at the bottom of my elevator shaft. Klaus: Yes. There's no elevator behind those doors. Somehow Gunther removed it so he could use the shaft as a secret passageway. Esmé: And now he's taken the Quagmires out of the cage, and is going to smuggle them out of the city by hiding them inside Lot #50 of the In Auction. Sunny: Kaxret (Subtitle: You got it, Esmé.) The Baudelaires nod.Esmé ( looking at her fingernails): This is certainly a complicated plot. I'm surprised that young children such as yourself were able to figure it out, but I'm glad you did. ( removes a speck of dust from one of her fingernails). And now there's only one thing to do. We'll rush right to Veblen Hall and put a stop to this terrible scheme. We'll have Gunther arrested and the Quagmires set free. We'd better leave right this minute. Esmé walks out of the room. Violet, Klaus and Sunny exchange a slightly puzzled look and then follow. They walk past several doors towards the front door. Esmé shuts the door calmly. Violet: ( picks up Sunny) Klaus and I will take turns carrying you, Sunny, that way the trip down the stairs will be easier for you. Esmé: Oh, we don't have to walk down all those stairs. Klaus: That's true, sliding down the banisters will be much quicker.
Esmé puts one arm around Violet and Klaus, pushing them together. They move back a bit and now have clearly worrying facial expressions.Esmé: We won't have to slide down the banisters, either. Violet: Then how will we get down from the penthouse?
Camera zooms the elevator's Up button, which is then pressed by Esmé's long fingernail. Then zooming out a bit, showing the doors sliding open. Darkness behind the doors.Esmé (while the doors open): We take the elevator.
Camera turns around to show Esmé's face, smiling. Esmé pushes the children forward.
Darkness. Violet, Klaus and Sunny screaming.
The screams fade. A match is lit. Lemony Snicket standing in a dark place, looking suspiciously much like the bottom of an elevator shaft. Lemony Snicket: Sometimes words are not enough. There are some circumstances so utterly wretched that I cannot describe them in scenes or episodes or even a whole season of a TV show, and the terror and woe that the Baudelaire orphans felt after Esmé pushed them into the elevator shaft is one of those most dreadful circumstances that can be represented only with one minute of utter blackness. ( blows the match out, screen is completely black). No scriptwriters can have words for the profound horror the children felt as they tumbled down into the darkness. No special effects can convey how loudly they screamed, or how cold the air was as it whooshed around them while they fell. And even the best actors don't have facial expressions that would enable you to imagine how frightened the Baudelaires were as they plunged toward certain doom. ( complete darkness and silence until one minute after the match was blown out) Then next costuming by Sophie Lastly props by mona |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 22, 2017 22:50:46 GMT -7
boo you took out my fave joke JUSTICE STRAUSS Stop, In the name of the love! THAT SONG by THE SUPREMES begins to PLAY indicating the start of a MUSICAL NUMBER. The CHARACTERS perform INTERESTING MOVEMENTS to COMICAL LYRICS which I am too LAZY to describe. TRIP takes over as AUTHOR increasing the QUALITY of the story. |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 23, 2017 0:11:03 GMT -7
I assumed it was a segue that was meant to be taken out D:
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