We are about to start shooting the Rootclip for the next contest. We have a few script ideas we're kicking around the studio, but haven't settled on the "one" yet. Before we start shooting, we would like to hear from you, our talented and creative users.
What do you think the plot should be for the next Rootclip seed clip? What type of film do you want to continue in the next round?
Just post your idea in the comments section below. If we choose your idea, we'll give you a writers credit on the next Rootclip, some Rootclip swag, and a some goodies from our sponsors.
Remember, we're talking about the ROOTclip. Your idea should be an open ended film, 2-3 minutes in length, that starts a story with lots of possibilities. Also, the film must be built around an set and costumes that everybody has access to.
No guarantees that we'll use any of the suggestions, but we'd love to hear what your creative minds can cook up.
Comments
What a great idea, okay, I'm in.
How about something like a Cannonball Run/It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World style treasure hunt? At the end of each chapter the characters could find a note indicating the challenge for the next chapter to find the treasure. That would be a lot of fun because each winning filmmaker would basically get to dictate what the next filmmaker would have to do. Characters could bike, skate, drive, run to the location only to find another clue. The treasure would be revealed/found in the last chapter. Maybe.
Dunno, that's my $0.02.
How about this, a man/woman gets hit on head, and realizes they can sporadically see into the future. Maybe the clip goes in a funny direction or maybe they see a disaster/crisis that needs to be averted. I think we need something more along the lines of a comedy for the next clip.
A man in a Santa suit is waiting for a bus when this hot alien chick walks by, but she slips on bloody toupee and falls to Santa's feet. She calls him a dirt bag, and promptly asks him to remove his boots, so she can tickle his footsies. After a high pitched ho, ho, ho, there's a nuclear blast and a blackout. We are then propelled 42 years into the future, where a much older and beaten Santa sits in the courtyard of his Italian villa. While fingering a snow globe, he suddenly goes limp, drops the globe ... then slowly falls to the ground, and down some steps. The music swells ... An extreme close up pf his mouth, he whispers "... bubble bath."
Did I win?
How about it opens with man in interrogation room, being interviewed by cops, states something like "I never meant any of this to happen...I was just minding my own business when..."
Too obvious?
davidmoon has been paying attention!
lol@davidmoon. you so crazy
OK ... really now.
Two men are walking briskly down a long hallway. One is wearing a high ranking military uniform, with hat; the other has a goatee and is wearing a wool suit. They stop at a door flanked with armed guards and simultaneously place their hands on a glass panel. and look into a retinal scanner for security authorization. The door chimes, and then opens. They walk into an office where a man in a lab coat is frantically turning on equipment and typing on a key pad. The man in the uniform says, "Doctor, we have the go ahead." The Doctor replies. "I know."
The Doctor then begins to express deep concern about the project ... how it borders on medical ethics, and how the implications could be catastrophic. "Besides, we need more time to field test our theories ... cryogenic reanimation is a touch and go science. I cannot be held responsible for failure." The two other men are stern. The man in the suit says, "Just do it, Doctor." The Doctor reluctantly starts typing on the keyboard again. The two other men go to a small window which is smokey on the other side. A siren sounds ... a woman's voice softly says, " Final reanimation sequence complete." The camera is in the other smoked filled room, and the smoke begins to clear ... The camera gets closer to the window, where the two men are peering in from the other side. Their eyes grow wide ... jaws drops. The Doctor joins them in the window. Heavy breathing can be heard from a hand held camera perspective. The man in the suit exclaims. "My God Doctor, look what you've done ..." The end.
This could obviously take several directions ... who or what has been reanimated. It could be funny, or dramatic. It could be JFK, Hitler, an alien. or botched experiment.
My 2 cents.
make it a who done it. Bring in the classic trench coat wearing, chain smoking, alcoholic detective to solve the case....DO IT!
How about starting with the final scene, and working backwards? You could implement elements that would have to be worked in and explained in reverse, say, for one morbid and terrible example, it starts with a man in his hotel room, he stares down at a picture of a woman, gives a line such as "You knew it would always end this way" drops back a a bottle of pills, and fades out. Terrible example, I know, but with more thought different elements could work into the back story more effectively. It would add a new unique twist on the 'degression' of the plot. Having to work the story backwards and show, instead of what happens next, how you got to what happened in the previous chapter, you could then reverse the order of the clips to have a final story. E
Here's another one ... A fable or bedtime story, like 'The Princess Bride' -- A grandfather reading his grandson a story before goes to bed. "Once upon a time ..." (blackout) Then let the next winning clip gets to define the characters.
... or granddaughter.
These are great! Keep them coming! Fantastic stuff guys/gals!
A man is running down the street.
...really, that's it. It's a pretty open-ended Root but it gives enough direction to the next clip and forces some extra creativity on the submitters. You have a subject, and an action.
A rip off of the game Clue. The root clip is everyone is gathered and the detective announces there is going to be a murder here tonight. End with the lights going out and screams. Each chapter would show at least 2 different characters with motives and/or weapons. I.E. Mr Green using a pipe wrench to fix the sink while Mr. White is working on a lead pipe. Prof Plum is showing off his antique gun to so & so, etc. Final chapter ties it all together hopefully in a funny way.