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Hey guys i want your help with somthing. i want to write a big 24 hour long movie. i would show it in 2 hour showings a day. for the course of 12 days. what i want to know is if you guys would come to see the movie, what i should be for movie showings (i.e. imax ect), and if you would'nt see the movie what i could do to make you see the movie?

How about a documentary about how paint dries? You could fill 24 hours with that.

are you serious?

yes i am currently writing the script.

yes i am currently writing the script.

2 questions, how old are you? and what is your current job/study?

yes i am currently writing the script.
but you haven't decided what it's about, have you?

Hey guys i want your help with somthing. i want to write a big 24 hour long movie. i would show it in 2 hour showings a day. for the course of 12 days. what i want to know is if you guys would come to see the movie, what i should be for movie showings (i.e. imax ect), and if you would'nt see the movie what i could do to make you see the movie?
What you're describing is called a "mini-series." Do it on TV for free and maybe I'll watch one or two installments. Maybe. Oh, by the way, what's it about?

How about a documentary about how paint dries? You could fill 24 hours with that.

Decent paint dries in less than 24 hours, that won't do.

but you haven't decided what it's about, have you?

i am a 16 your old man and a junior in high school. the pranks were my friends idea. the movie would be great. and yes i do have the idea worked out.

ok, im going to run with this one.

A really long movie shown in parts is usually called a series.
with 24 hours in it its not even a mini series.

youre going to have to have a story line that will make people want to commit to paying box office prices for each episode if you want it to be done in any movie theater.

whether it has imax or not is down to budget and won't sway people on whether they go to see it or not. the story line does that.

what's your movie about. if you're as far as script writing then you obviously have a treatment down, can we see it? or at least a synopsis?.

i am a 16 your old man and in junior high school. the pranks were my friends idea. the movie would be great. and yes i do have the idea worked out.
what is your big idea?

corrected. and what is your big idea?

sorry i ment to say i'm a junior in high school

sorry i ment to say i'm a junior in high school

So am I, yet I can create a coherent thought and keep it in my head for over 5 seconds.

sorry i ment to say i'm a junior in high school

okay, but what is your movie idea?

Media Whoring: A montage in 3 second video clips.

How about a documentary about how paint dries? You could fill 24 hours with that.

Or if that fails, it could be about an agent fighting terrorists. This would even have the potential for sequels!

Or if that fails, it could be about an agent fighting terrorists. This would even have the potential for sequels!

...Nope.

...nope, none here.

...nope


...nope


...nada

...no

...none

....*sigh* no

.... nope

...none here

...Screw it, I'm just grabbing some arab dude and saying he's an enemy combatant.

:p

What you're describing is called a "mini-series." Do it on TV for free and maybe I'll watch one or two installments. Maybe. Oh, by the way, what's it about?



Decent paint dries in less than 24 hours, that won't do.

It's a documentary. You can cover the drying process of various types of paint. If you've got a few more hours to kill, how about showing some grass growing?

I had that idea too, yeah Id go and see it, if it was like an outdoor festival projected on massive screens and speakers with amenities in close range. Otherwise I cant see how I could pay attention for 24 hours, it would be physically impossible.

So am I, yet I can create a coherent thought and keep it in my head for over 5 seconds.

You're in a junior high school :eek:

noone is gonna pay $114 to see a movie!

if you get a lot of stuff for free (like all of your actors and all of the crew) it's still going to cost about $1500 a minute for your film, that's if you get a ton of stuff for free, don't feed anyone, don't have any special effects, and don't have to pay for filming permits.

good luck getting the money ;)

2 Questions:
What is the idea?

Do you have the slightest idea how long a good 2 full hour movie can take to make?

How long did lord of the rings take to make ?
That was basically a 9 hour film after cutting (for all 3 episodes) and it's got to be at least 5 or 6 years.

i think that if you get the right people in and have a good script then it would be a hit. the reason i do it in 2 hour legths is so people dont sit in the theater for a day miss work and such just to see a movie. maby you can do with out sleep. or have vendors who walk around and give you snacks and stuff. that would work.

if you get a lot of stuff for free (like all of your actors and all of the crew) it's still going to cost about $1500 a minute for your film, that's if you get a ton of stuff for free, don't feed anyone, don't have any special effects, and don't have to pay for filming permits.

good luck getting the money ;)

not if youre recording to flash memory

3hr long tape for a relatively high standard camera can cost only 2-3 euros or the US equivalent of that which would be something like 5 dollars

not if youre recording to flash memory

3hr long tape for a relatively high standard camera can cost only 2-3 euros or the US equivalent of that which would be something like 5 dollars

the kind of camera that I am using to film my movie doesn't accept flash memory.

How about a twisted version of March of the Penguins. We get Morgan Freeman to narrate your trek through the antartic, hitting every seal and penguin you see with a rock until it stops twitching.

How about you make your movie about a federal counter-terrorist who averts countless disasters in the Los Angeles area?

How about you make your movie about a federal counter-terrorist who averts countless disasters in the Los Angeles area?

Oh, a comedy?