2007-Jan-31 - Huzzah!
And so it begins...
After 2 years banging it out on the keyboards, in each other's living rooms, sometimes under the influence and other times sober as a southern Baptist judge on Sunday, my 2 cohorts and I have finally unveiled our script for all to see- or at least for several of our trusted friends and colleagues to read for us.
That's right- we had a table read. It's a strange thing, having your words (or some amalgamation thereof, considering with 3 of us there are only a few lines which could be solely attributed to one) spoken in front of you. To have people actually laugh at fatuous drivel you've written. To think that maybe there's a chance, a glimmer of hope, that someday we'll be seated in a cineplex drunk as Russians watching our story unfold on the big screen... Yes, that would be righteous!
I bet you're wondering what our little story's about. Well, we've yet to come up with a solid logline but I'll take a stab at it:
The Renaissance Faire: where fantasy and reality converge in a messy hulk of turkey legs, corseted bosoms, and mead.
OK, that's not really a logline. More of a tagline, though a questionable one at that. Hmm... let me try that again:
When Josh joins an acting troupe to perform in a renaissance faire for the first time, he has no idea what he's gotten himself into.
Damn, this logline thing is tough. Oh well, perhaps you've gotten the picture (however fuzzy). Huzzah by the way, in case you're not a ren faire vet, is what people say to cheer the queen (who in our script is a transsexual- how do you like them apples?).
More to come...
This is an amazing pic- probably the best I've seen of a ren faire. And yes, we do have a climactic joust in our script.
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