Quoted from Steex Thanks! You told everyone my idea. Now I can't write my script about a missile with supernatural speed heading toward a beat-up motel during a hurricane. Back to the drawing board.

Sorry.
Imasunavabitch that way.

Quoted Text Maybe this is a stupid question, but did it say that we could ONLY USE ONE LOCATION? I know it says people seeking refuge in a motel. But it doesn't say we have to use that location exclusively. Or maybe I'm wrong...

Quoted from Don Odd but interesting character(s) take refuge from a hurricane in a beat-up motel and are forced to make a choice between good or evil in order to survive the night. Each character must have some history involving a supernatural event in their lives that factors into their choice. Genre is open. This is a micro-budget short, so no destruction of the motel, no children or animals and minimal special effects.

Past history indicates there's little deviation from this sort of criteria.
You might get away with an establishing shot, but certainly not a three ring circus of Mime-osaurus Rexes or somesuch silliness.

Think of it from a production company POV: We wanna
- secure one location
- drive our truck of equipment to one location
- set up the equipment at that location but can move it around to different scenes at that one location
- coordinate the cast and crew to arrive at that one location
- everybody and the equipment all leave from that one location

Simple enough.
The 6-12pg story doesn't HAVE TO all occur in the lobby or motel room.
It can transpire in the lobby, the walkway (remember: HOtels have hallways INside, MOtels have covered walkways OUTside), the room, the bathroom, and/or parking lot.
... But not also at the Huddle House next door!

All the scenes you want, cut and edited any way you want, but the producers don't wanna spend time and money driving cast/crew/equipment to eight locations around town for their 6-12min short.
That's expensive.

Think of it as a Saturday Night Live skit.

I completely agree.
The reasons I asked about possible multiple locations for a micro-budget are:

1: It didn't say that we had to use only ONE. And Michael said this.

Quoted from mcornetto And if you can do it on a micro-budget,  The brief doesn't say a thing about not including a flashback.

So, I assume that if we're giving backstory, it most likely wouldn't take place at the motel. Although, it definitely could.

and 2:
I was recently on the set of a NO BUDGET film. The only budget was about 5 bucks for a shirt and tie from Goodwill and lunch, which was about 30 bucks.
Anyway, we shot in three different locations.
A BASEMENT in house A
The LIVING ROOM in house B
And a STREET.

I do understand that more than one location is highly frowned upon.
I'm just throwing this out there.

Mine will be 1 mime with multiple green screen settings.  To mime or not to mime, that is the question.

1 mime, 2 mime, 3 mime, go...

4 mime, 5 mime, 6 mime...OK...no.

Hey Steex.

Quoted from steex I was recently on the set of a NO BUDGET film. The only budget was about 5 bucks for a shirt and tie from Goodwill and lunch, which was about 30 bucks. Anyway, we shot in three different locations. A BASEMENT in house A The LIVING ROOM in house B And a STREET.

Just out of curiosity, what was the name of the film (or what was it about?) and who was the director?

Lol, I only ask because I have a script that was just shot and it uses those EXACT locations, and it was also no budget.

- Mark

Don't worry, it wasn't your script.
I have some friends, one from Chicago, two go to NIU (DeKalb, IL) and two others that did a short film just for the heck of it.

It doesn't have a name yet. We shot twice and still have one more day to go. We've been throwing around a few titles, but nothing has stuck yet.

I don't want to give anything away, but it's a Horror/Thriller. And there are two characters.

District Mime
I Spit on Your Mime
The Last Mime on the Left
Mime in the Woods
Tucker and Dale vs. Mimes
Silent Mime
Para-mime-al Activity 1 - 4
Andrew Jackson: Mime Slayer
Texas Mimesaw Massacre: 3D
Frankenmime


Lord of the Mimes trilogy
- Fellowship of the Mimes
- The Two Towering Mimes
- Return of the Mime

Mimeman trilogy
- Mimeman Begins
- The Dark Mime
- The Dark Mime Rises in a Glass Box

Iron Mime I & II

The Mime-ables I & II
Mimefalls
DeMime-O Unroped

The Mimelight saga
- Mimelight
- Mimelight: New Rope
- Mimelight: Eating
- Mimelight: Breaking Glass Pt I
- Mimelight: Breaking Glass Pt II

Star Mimes
- IV: A New Rope
- V: The Empire Strikes the Mime, Again and Again
- VI: Return of the Mime (AKA "Muthsrf#cker won't go away!")
- I: The Phantom Mime
- II: Attack of the Mimes Miming other Mimes
- III: Revenge of the Mimes on Their Attacking Mimes

Quoted from alffy I really want to enter this OWC but I've got nothing in mime.

Scary.

I really want to enter this OWC but I've got nothing in mind.  I can't get passed the 'Identity' movie, as most have mentioned it's what initially sprung to my mind.  I want to come up with something different as I think there might be a lot of scripts that are very similar.

Quoted from RayW District Mime I spit on Your Mime The Last Mime on the Left Mime in the Woods Tucker and Dale vs. Mimes Silent Mime Mime Activity 1 - 4 Andrew Jackson: Mime Slayer Texas Mimesaw Massacre: 3D Frankenmime Lord of the Mimes trilogy - Fellowship of the Mimes - The Two Towering Mimes - Return of the Mime Mimeman trilogy - Mimeman Begins - The Dark Mime - The Dark Mime Rises in a Glass Box The Mime-ables I & II Mimefalls Mime Unroped The Mimelight saga - Mimelight - Mimelight: New Rope - Mimelight: Eating - Mimelight: Breaking Glass Pt I - Mimelight: Breaking Glass Pt II Star Mimes - IV: A New Rope - V: The Empire Strikes the Mime, Again and Again - VI: Return of the Mime - I: The Phantom Mime - II: Attack of the Mimes - III: Revenge of the Mimes

Somebody send me Ray W's address so I can send him a case of 5 hour energy.

James

Yup,  struggling on this one.

So many boxes to tick. I have an idea, characters, even a feel for the location but getting all the other boxes ticked with

Storm
Supra natural background
Supra natural event
Good and evil choice that helps them survive
In a motel etc

I've a bad feeling about this OWC but will keep on trying

Quoted from jwent6688 Somebody send me Ray W's address so I can send him a case of 5 hour energy.

Maybe it'll make me goto sleep.  

Quoted from Reef Dreamer Yup,  struggling on this one. So many boxes to tick.

Struggling like... A MIME IN A BOX?!!  


PS, don't forget - the character(s) are required to be odd but interesting.
No two guys blabbing about an interesting situation.
No odd guy blabbing to himself.
No DosEquis Most Interesting Man In The World guy talking with others

Odd - BUT - interesting.  

Quoted from leitskev There are a lot of boxes to tick.

Could be worse.
Could be many ticks on your boxer!


I wonder if I can fine images of ticks in your boxers... ?!

There are a lot of boxes to tick.

Quoted from Alffy I really want to enter this OWC but I've got nothing in mind.  I can't get passed the 'Identity' movie, as most have mentioned it's what initially sprung to my mind.  I want to come up with something different as I think there might be a lot of scripts that are very similar.

I'm exactly the same, the minute I saw it... "Identity" popped into my head, you just gotta think of a total different direction, maybe change the genre.

Mark

RAY!!!!!

Will you stop disturbing me so much with these photos or video's!!

I'm trying to concentrate.

Quoted from irish eyes I'm exactly the same, the minute I saw it... "Identity" popped into my head, you just gotta think of a total different direction, maybe change the genre. Mark

Or else just copy it exactly but write it in a way that you cram 90 minutes into 12, and turn that $30 Million budget into about $30.  Using a cast of all mimes will help cut the cost down.  Instead of having it all be in the mind of a madman, have it be a giant child playing with mimes in his basement.

To each his own, but that's what I'm doing for sure.

Yeah, agreed.  Let's get rid of that shit.  Nothing other than downright disturbing.

Seriously...