3.02.2010

Getting Ready?

Are you getting ready for the ACatemy Awards? I think we will hold it starting next Monday till Wednesday. So what are the ACatemy Awards you ask? Well it's posting about anything movie-related to celebrate The Movies. You can post screenplays, movie posters, actual movies, or your creative idea here. You know we are not big rule makers, or followers, so anything goes, and yes you can use old posts and Mr Linky them. Let's just have fun!

Here is a little screenplay from last year to get you thinking. Enjoy!

THE BALL MENACE

Fade In

FIN is seen in profile, lying in the dimly lit living room. Her head is resting on her front paws. She stares intently, and warily, at an object just out of camera view. Camera pulls out to reveal THE BALL (a ball toy cage made of green plastic which holds a shiny, menacing bell at it's dark and evil heart). It sits directly in front of our heroine.

FIN rolls onto her back as she pretends to ignore it. After a few moments FIN twists her head to look at THE BALL as it mocks her with it's silent taunts. FIN flips suddenly to face THE BALL, and it doesn't back down. FIN reaches out gracefully with her paw and almost touches it, but suddenly she leaps up and saunters towards the mouth of the hallway.

FIN thoughtfully listens for the sounds of her sleeping parents (Cue sound effect of very loud snoring). She is pleased her family is safe. She looks at THE BALL with disinterest, but as she turns her head back to the camera we see the glint of mayhem in her eyes. FIN saunters casually past THE BALL and tucks quickly behind a cabinet.

Cut to THE BALL in the foreground and FIN in the background. FIN settles into a crouch and wiggles her hind quarters as she prepares for a vicious attack. FIN pounces in slow mo. THE BALL is helpless as it's caught in her ferocious bite (cue sound effect of the screaming tinkle of its jingle bell).

FIN stops mid-kill as she turns towards her sleeping parents (Cue sound effect of their snoring disrupted). FIN drops THE BALL and covers it with her paws to silence it's evil screaming. FIN wiggles her upper body to disorient it and whaps it hardly. THE BALL rolls swiftly towards the hall and the sleeping parents beyond.


THE BALL (loudly and menacingly): Tinkle, tinkle, tinkle, tinkle


FIN races after THE BALL as it rolls towards her family. FIN throws herself on it, just as it makes a final break for the bedroom. FIN whaps THE BALL and it rolls in terror back to its living room lair. FIN curls up in the hallway corner, still vigilant and wary of another attack. Her parents snore loudly, blissfully unaware of the danger they've been rescued from.


Fade Out

26 comments:

  1. sounds like fun! I'mma have to get mom to worK!

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  2. We would go to any movie starring Fin!!...xo...Calle, Halle, Sukki

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  3. How exciting :). It's going to be a load of fun!

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  4. Hmmmmmm! Maybe I should submit clips from "As the Paw Turns" from last year.

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  5. We gotta come up with something!!!

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  6. This sounds like a fascinating movie!

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  7. I wonder if I should do another movie poster this year.

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  8. Oh Fin, that's wonderful! You should submit that screenplay to MGM (Mighty Good Movies). We've never participated in the awards but I think we can convince Momma to do a movie poster......

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  9. We are very excited about the acatemy awards!!

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  10. This was great! We're not sure our personal assistant will find the time--let's face it, she's not that creative, either--but even if we can't, we'll enjoy all the entries!

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  11. Hmmmm, wonder if The Mommy can help us come up with something. Like Kea's Fuzzy Tales, she's not that creative sometimes.... Sheesh. But we love your screenplay sample!

    Purrs and hugs,
    The Kitty Krew

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  12. Wow! What a great action film that would make.

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  13. *Runs over to Fin* Fin! We're back just in time for the aCatemy Awards! We've missed you so much! *Meow* Right we'll get Mummy to work... xxx

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  14. Oh this is going to be terrific. Fin that was a wonderful movie. And we are looking forward to seeing or hearing all the different movies. Should be lots of fun.

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  15. We'll have to get our production crew working on a movie!!

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  16. That was PAWesome! We would LOVE to see it on the B~I~G screen.

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  17. Wow, sounds like fun, I'll ponder on that one!

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  18. That was great Fin! We haven't done much movie related stuff so this will be tough for us but we are going to try and get our mom to think of something for it!

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  19. We've never been in any movies, but Mommy says Samson is the most dramatic cat she's ever known...we'll have to enter him somehow.

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  20. Are we to write a screenplay or post a video?

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  21. Oh bravo, Fin...braVO!!! You are not only a talented actress, but a screenplay writer, director & producer.

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  22. We love award season! We're cheering for Meowryl Stripe:)

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  23. We love your screenplay! You are very talented! We are very excited that you are organizing the ACatemy Awards again. We are looking forward to seeing all the fun movie-related posts next week.

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