Alright well as some of you know I'm originally from the Theater however I am now in Film School. Well I've recently become the Special Effects Coordinator for our 16mm project and need some help coming up with some ideas. I figure some of you guys could help me out with some ideas even though this isn't specifically theater the effects part can cross over. Anywho,
We have a old book that we need to "magically" open where the front cover will open up first then the pages start to flip.
Next we have a fish that is to fly in from off frame (off stage for you theater guys) and needs to hit the guy and then flop on the desk. The issue with this is creating a flopping fish.
Next we have a squirrel thats going to be eating at the dinner table with the pirates and we're thinking about using a live squirrel or if anyone has other ideas let me know.
Lastly the woman is being decapitated by a suit case not so much of a bloody decapitation as it is she gets hit on the head with it and her head pops off.
Anywho any help would be greatly appreciated!
We have a old book that we need to "magically" open where the front cover will open up first then the pages start to flip.
INT. SHIP CAPTAIN CABAIN – GOLDEN HOUR
An old looking book lay on a desk. It opens and flips through the pages.
NARRATOR
A long time ago, when nothing made sense. Some things from the future, they lived in past tense. Two brothers, two lovers, a Princess and Queen; she split them apart, that ***** was plain mean. Our hero distraught and his brother complex; we’ll flesh out the plot, but you won’t comprehence.
The last page flipped is a picture of a Capitan standing in his cabin looking out to sea.
INT. SHIP CAPTAIN CABAIN – GOLDEN HOUR
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Next we have a fish that is to fly in from off frame (off stage for you theater guys) and needs to hit the guy and then flop on the desk. The issue with this is creating a flopping fish.
DAN HUNTER
Curse the ocean and its barnacle covered clod.
A fish flies through a porthole and hits Dan in the side of the head. It flops around on the table and Dan stabs the fish with a sword and throws it back out the porthole.
DAN HUNTER
Confounded vermin. Hope you like Davey Jones locker.
Dan Hunter pulls a grenade from his satchel and tosses it into the water. The grenade explodes.
DAN HUNTER
Blasted fish.
Next we have a squirrel thats going to be eating at the dinner table with the pirates and we're thinking about using a live squirrel or if anyone has other ideas let me know.
INT. SHIP DINING ROOM – EVENING
A long stretching table surrounded by scalawags sits in a cramped space with a single chandelier hanging overhead.
Scalawags devour, slobber, and munch on everything within grasp. One bites the hand of another. Another feeds his pet squirrel.
Lastly the woman is being decapitated by a suit case not so much of a bloody decapitation as it is she gets hit on the head with it and her head pops off.
Anywho any help would be greatly appreciated!
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