This was the result of about about 1/2 an hour worth of "work" between my roommate and I. I came up with the idea of a scene and setting focused on Star Wars. I took the voice of Luke, while my roommate Michael took the voice of Anakin. This is not yet completed, as I want to be able to finish the conversation between the two. I also would like to make a movie of sorts that places screen caps of anakin/luke with the words overlayed onto the picture, that way I could get rid of the "said luke/anakin" portions since their dialogue would be overlayed on their screen caps. I would also have the starwars music in the background. Having said all of that, here is what is available so far...
Luke Skywalker came out of warp speed in orbit over Coruscant and knew that something didn’t seem right. There was a shift in the force that he had never felt before. Upon descending into the atmosphere of the planet he came upon something he did not expect; none of the ruins of the war, everything was bright, vibrant, and alive. Investigation was in order, and he decided to start at the Jedi Temple.
Upon landing he saw a figure standing in a long dark cloak that looked familiar. He couldn’t place him, but he could tell he was very strong with force. He could feel the rage oozing from him waves.
“Who are you?”
“You are strong with force, which means I am your demise,” the stranger said.
“Oh, really. Why is that?” Luke replied
“Because I am Darth Vader, and my master has issued me the quest of destroying the Jedi Order!”
“What the f*!K? Dad?” Luke exclaimed
“I am your father?”
“You’ve already said that once. Deja vous?” asked Luke
“Yes you little s^$t!
“I’m not a little s%t! I am a Jedi, and the savior of the new republic!” replied Luke.
“Hahaha, Loser!”
“Why are you always so mean to me dad? Asked Luke in a feeble voice
“Because you were mistake! Because you killed my wife!”
“Natalie Portman? You hit that? You lucky dog, you!”
“Six ways from Sunday!" said Vader.
Now, as I stated this isn't in it's final form. It was meant to be humorous without any level of seriousness involved.
Now having listened to the discussion in the beginning of class, I'm not entirely sure I'm doing this right. Because it supposed to be the everyday, the ordinary-Having said that Star Wars certainly isn't the every day or the ordinary. Now maybe this "time-warp" I have created between Luke and Anakin falls under "write what cannot be written", but I'm not so sure.
So this project may take on an entirely new form by next tuesday. We'll see if I can get it to come together as I want it to.
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Your idea is definitely humorous. As for as for the project I think you may be right that it isn't the everyday but then again if you are a huge star wars fan it may be what you think about everyday. Maybe you should try to collaborate more people into the project to make it a little more common, especially people who have never seen star wars or maybe only once or twice. Then it may become more everyday, see what happens. It could be quite enjoyable to read so I would say try not to completely scrap the idea.
What you have here is a good start. Its actually a really good start now that I think about it. I could see you sending this conversation out to people via facebook or something so people can add on or become other characters lines (r2-d2, obi won). You are actually ok with this assignment because it says to deal with the shocking or banal. Vulgarity falls under that category in my opinion. Well, good luck
I wouldn't say you're heading in a 'wrong' direction - the project does NOT have to be mundane (I wish mine wasn't)..however, with the intro at the top I wasn't really sure what was going on - I was very confused, are you going to record this to make it something to be listened to? You may want to explain more exactly what you're trying to do - now that I've read it I understand that it is a dialogue you have created, but maybe add more about the possible context - how you came up with the idea, what you were trying to do with it, and the like. Remember you must include some form of documentation (if possible) To improve - I'm not sure the direction you're headed with this now, but where it is right now I would say you may want to record it so that you get that feeling of humor from the tone of your voices.
I hope this helps, I'm sorry if it doesn't - but it does sound like a really funny thing :) -V
OK, so you're rescripting the movie with your friend. Cool project. It might be interesting to even rescript it in a way that has nothing to do with the movie - what if Luke is a hairdresser or a musician or etc.? - and then use the screen caps to make this so? It's fine to do it as you are (in joking reference to the plot). So, free associate scripts and then back edit / re-imagine the movie...? I think this is a kind of "write what cannot be written."
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