Production is Over!

I finished filming the short film. It was a very long day today. Non- stop filming. Now I must cut it all together! I will post a link to the finished film once its done.

The Viola of Death

A one minute short film about a man in his transition from life to death.

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-8364303610219435124&q=viola+of+death

Costume Ideas for Theseus Hippolyta and the lovers.

They are all to wear black business suits and their respective color coded arm bands. Men and women should wear black ties. If its hard to get a business suit then a black sweater or coat will do.

Color Arm Bands
Lysander: Brown
Demetrius: Blue
Helena: Yellow
Hermia: Pink
Theseus: Purple
Hippolyta: Green

Production /post production

I already started post production on the film. Its turning out better that I expected . I was aiming for something serious and so far I am achieving that goal. I still have one more scene to shoot. That's the Screening room scene. I will shoot it at DMAC (downtown Orlando) this coming weekend.

last draft, I think?

FADE IN:

INT. SCREENING ROOM -- NIGHT

THESEUS, HIPPOLYTA,DEMETRIUS,HERMIA,LYSANDER and HELENA are sitting on the front row. They are all wearing elegant suits. On each their left arm they have different color arm bands. They look like high society people. All of them except for Theseus and Hippolyta have non emotive faces. They some how are in a hypnotic state. They seat in this order: Helena, Hermia, Hippolyta, Theseus, Demetrius, Lysander.

The projector starts, the movie begins.

ON SCREEN:

INT. FACTORY -- DAY

PYRAMUS is working at the stone factory. He is going over a pile of stones.

PYRAMUS
So what is a normal day in my life? I am a strainer at the stone selection factory. My job is to select the highest quality stones. The best of the stones are taken by the delivery truck to Theseus's mansion, then they are placed either on his stone garden or his pond. I've started a hobby of collecting the worst quality stones, the ones that Theseus would have someone killed for bringing. It makes my job and life more bearable just knowing that I own something that Theseus hates.

Theseus slowly grins. He then grabs Hippolyta's hand. She fearfully smiles back at him.

INT. DARK ROOM -- NIGHT

Pyramus is sitting on a wooden chair, writing his journal entry on a cinder block desk. There are rocks everywhere but in a very organized way. You see rocks in jars Labeled too big, too small.

PYRAMUS
In Theseus government no one is allowed to interact with the opposite sex. And the situation is just getting worst. They are about to release a new drug that will not only sedate emotion but make for more passive and less independent workers. The drug is its early stages. I've heard stories of it being secretly tested on workers, of it being put on food and water, and people all of the sudden dying from a heart attack. The world is a terrible place.



INT. STONE FACTORY -- NIGHT

Pyramus enters through a small door. He quietly approaches to the old concrete wall.

He touches the wall feeling its texture. He then tries to listen to the other side and puts his head next to the wall. After a while, he takes out a stone from his pocket and begins to tap the wall in a rhythmic pattern.

PYRAMUS
Oh wall, why are you deceiving me?

INT. OTHER SIDE OF THE WALL -- NIGHT

THISBE a worker of a local factory, is walking by the side of the wall pausing for a few moments, putting her ear on the wall trying to listen to PYRAMUS that usually communicates this way with her lover. She grows desperate because she cannot hear the tapping. She looks very thin,tired and worn out. But there is this look in her eyes of hope. Suddenly she hears the tapping. She smiles and takes out her stone and begins tapping.

THISBE
Pyramus is that you?

Pyramus in the other side suddenly smiles and listens to Thisbes message. He then begins to tap.

PYRAMUS
Yes and as faithful as ever. Meet me at Ninny's forest.

THISBE
Neither death nor life will stop me from coming.

Off screen:

HIPPOLYTA
This is the silliest thing I've ever seen.

EXT. NINNY'S--PARK -- NIGHT

Suddenly we see from afar that Thisbe has entered the park. Thisbe stops and stares at the fountain.

From afar Snug the spy enters the frame. He looks at Thisbe with anger.

She takes out the stone that Pyramus gave her.

THISBE
Why aren't you here my love.

She suddenly hears some footsteps.

Snug arrives with gun in hand.

Thisbe is terrified she drops the stone.

On Screen:

EXT. NINNY'S FOUNTAIN -- NIGHT

Pyramus arrives, Suddenly he finds Thisbes tapping stone. He suddenly begins to feel a chest pain. The chemical has taken effect, his heart beats wildly and suddenly explodes.

Thisbe returns from her escape. She freezes as she notices that Pyramus is dead. She looks at his face for one last time. Because of her strong love emotions, she dies the same way.

INT. SCREENING ROOM -- NIGHT

THESEUS
Why do we do that to ourselves. We invest so much time and energy into another person, all of our self worth.

Theseus caresses Hippolyta.

THESEUS
Only to one day have it taken away and ourselves along with it.



The camera reveals that Lysander, Hermia, Demetrius and Helena are dead.

The Journal of Pyramus (Backstory)

10/05/2040

So what is a normal day in my life? I work at the stone selection factory. A big truck delivers a big pile of gravel every week. My job is to select the highest quality stones. Otto doesn't like the stones that have cracks in them, or if they are very small. They have to be smooth, and medium sized. Not to big, not to small, MEDIUM. After selecting the best of the stones they are taken by the delivery truck to Otto's mansion, then they are placed eighter on his stone garden or his pond.

I've started a hobby of collecting the worst quality stones, the ones that Otto would have someone killed for bringing. It brings my adrenaline up just the fact of thinking that I own something that Otto hates.


10/15/2040

I had seen her on the metro every Friday. In Otto's government no one was allowed to interact with the opposite sex. I couldn't stand the fact that if I tried to talk to her I was going to be locked away and tortured. How was I going to communicate with her. I wanted her and she wanted me.

That's when I heard a tapping. A familiar sound, an old form of communication my grandfather had taught me, Morse code. I was trying to remember and it slowly came to mind. The code said: “Can anybody hear me?” I looked at her immediately and she looked at me. She stopped tapping. I suddenly took out one of the stones that I had collected during the day and with it started tapping on the holding bar. I told her that she should smile. And she did. I had never seen her smile. And so we continued to tap. We tapped for 30 minutes before her stop. When she got up to leave the metro I secretly gave her my favorite stone.

10/16/2040

Today they gave everyone a shot. They said it was to protect us from a virus that was spreading world wide.





10/20/2040

For days we have communicated through that wall. We have shared many thoughts, many things we have in common. Today it is the day that I will tell her to meet at Ninnys fountain. We might be caught, we might be killed but what does it matter. Our ancestors were free to express their feelings. We live in a terrible world.

Costume Ideas for Factory Workers (Pyramus)

I'm going for the miner look for Pyramus .

Costume ideas for factory workers (Thisbe)

Anything similar to any of this pictures will do, we never really know what type of factory workers Thisbe is.

Morse Code translator

For the Thisbe and Pyramus characters: Here is a link that translates words to morse code:

http://morsecode.scphillips.com/translator.html

I don't expect you to learn the whole thing, but to get an idea of how the beat patterns go.