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10/05/2011 12:36:36

SylvesterinTexas
SylvesterinTexas
Posts: 5 		Okay this is my first time here, and to say I am impressed would be an understatement. I'm a published playwright who lives in Houston, Texas. I'm from Glasgow though and was very very impressed with this site and the product, which I learned of from word of mouth, what I have seen of it so far is superb. I'm downloading the software for a bit of a play with it.

As some of you might know it is hard to get a reading of any play nowadays. I've been looking for a solution to this to help me pitch my scripts. Perhaps what I am looking for is a partnership with someone capable of turning some of my work into short films. The plays I write are typically one act plays, which run 30-40 minutes.

One play, I am currently working on (it's finished but you know how it is, is it ever really finished?) is a comedy which has only one scene which is a late night Texas diner (picture the inside of a Denny's diner - if you can), and just three characters, a black Louisiana Man, a white Texan and a black waitress. Naturally I'd have no problems taking some pictures of such a place.

I could probably get hold of local voice talents for the voices, my wife (a former stage actress) is a graduate in Dramatic Arts from University of Houston and she could likely help me find those voice talents with authentic Southern accents (probably students).

Another play I can think of is a short historical 30 minute play set in Scotland. It's a one act play again, but has 4 or 5 scenes this time - perhaps a bit too serious for this medium, but I really don't know what can be done with it yet, ie. what are the limitations. I have other simpler stuff though with less scenes.

Okay it's all pretty much just me asking if anyone thinks they could do this? Not an official done deal just yet, but I am quite excited at the possibilities. I used to have some connections with a production company, they made those straight to dvd classic horror movies (on a shoe-string budget) hehe which usually start with 'The...", maybe if this was a standalone project they could help advise on distribution, or is that jumping the gun too much.

So basically what is possible? Could a commercial product be a reality? Cash, don't have any, not in this economy but if anyone would be interested in such a partnership, any resulting profits would be divied up. Hopefully you'll view it as a collaborative showpiece for your animated work? I'll be in Glasgow for a couple of weeks later in the year, probably August.
edited by SylvesterinTexas on 10/05/2011
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10/05/2011 14:46:38

jkoseattle
jkoseattle
Posts: 2 		Do you have a link to your work people could look at?
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10/05/2011 14:57:52

toonaramaMuvizu mogulExperimental user
toonarama
Posts: 661 		Sylvesterintexas
One thing to bear in mind is that any commercial use of the software has to be brokered with the main man Vince (see link in footer). I understand you are not at this stage yet but it's best to be forewarned.
All the best
Toonarama
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10/05/2011 15:18:07

SylvesterinTexas
SylvesterinTexas
Posts: 5 		toonarama wrote:
Sylvesterintexas
One thing to bear in mind is that any commercial use of the software has to be brokered with the main man Vince (see link in footer). I understand you are not at this stage yet but it's best to be forewarned.
All the best
Toonarama


I think under the circumstances the toc seem quite fair. I think I read 20% of any profits? Is that correct?
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10/05/2011 15:27:45

toonaramaMuvizu mogulExperimental user
toonarama
Posts: 661 		I don't work for the company (so can't speak for them) but I think it is based on what the project is and how much money is involved.
They are very approachable so I would send a mail outlining what your plans
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10/05/2011 15:37:51

SylvesterinTexas
SylvesterinTexas
Posts: 5 		jkoseattle wrote:
Do you have a link to your work people could look at?

Other than a book of two of my plays that is for sale Amazon, and some other writing work, not really. That is I don't have website. I'm also not using my 'real name' here, and don't want to give away too much information at this point. It could be a reasonable project though, only needs 3 actors of which I already have one (my wife) who is a Stage Actress, she could probably find me a couple of UofH students who would collaborate in the project. Seems to me a couple of hours in a studio and we'd have the sound recordings with authentic local accents. It's a comedy set after Hurricane Katrina, poking fun at Southern attitudes. Amazingly enough it's mostly my own life's experiences. At the moment the play is pretty much finished but I want to make the writing a little tighter if anything, so there won't be anything else going into it. Believe me this is gold... Think Greater Tuna meets my dinner with Andre.
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10/05/2011 15:42:04

SylvesterinTexas
SylvesterinTexas
Posts: 5 		toonarama wrote:
I don't work for the company (so can't speak for them) but I think it is based on what the project is and how much money is involved.
They are very approachable so I would send a mail outlining what your plans

Sure that sounds like good advice, as yet I am uncertain as to what can be achieved here, so hoping others will put me right and give me an idea of the possibilities.
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10/05/2011 16:06:14

toonaramaMuvizu mogulExperimental user
toonarama
Posts: 661 		Not sure if you have already seen this but i would recommend "Beware the Pie" as an example of what can be successfully acheived with the software at the moment (by somebody with the appropriate talent)

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10/05/2011 20:49:23

ziggy72Muvizu mogulExperimental user
ziggy72
Posts: 1988 		Hi dude, I am also in the process of creating a half hour film and there are some things I had to write around for sure - here are my top 5 ;

1 Characters can't hold anything.
2 Characters can't interact with each other physically.
3 Movement is tricky.
4 Wardrobe is limited
5 Characters can't talk over each other - that is, they can't be animated to show different mouth movements at the same time (having said that, I just added a split screen so that I could do just that, so there's always a way...)

If any of the above is vital for your script, now is the time to start sending in those feature requests (like the rest of us!)
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