How To Get the Girl:
How To Get the Girl from Kaitlyn Chandler on Vimeo.
Dealer's Choice Outline:
Synopsis: Zombie outbreak occurs in theatrical form, choreographed dancing ensues. Think of An American in Paris with a flesh-eating twist. Almost but not quite Michael Jackson's Thriller. It is a comedic- zombie film.
Outline:
Woman is walking through the park while eating an icy desert
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Woman trips on dead body and drops icy desert
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Woman looks around
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People are playing around in the park
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Men are playing with frizbees
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A young girl is jumping rope
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People are eating a picnic
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Jogger is running and zombies is following (careful & comical timing)
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Woman screams hysterically
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Woman runs across field chased by zombies and other survivors running in all directions.
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Only one zombie remains chasing woman. Another woman is running in the same direction they try to escape but cannot.
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Women push zombie in lake. Zombie drowns.
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Women do a choreographed dance sequence to music while running to building.
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Woman trips on step, other woman catches her and romantic sparks fly momentarily.
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Women are locked out of building and jump cut is placed with them on top of stairs to them stepping down on 2nd floor balcony
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Dance breakdown (climax)
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Women reawaken after solo dance sequences to zombies attempting to devour them back in the front of the building.
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Women are saved by survivor opening door to building and they hide within.
Common idea for a zombie like film, but I can't see it another way. The one thing I don't get is I can't tell if it's during the day or at night because I think this would be the right kind of scene for taking place at night. Also the dancing sequences while running, I don't get those either, so can you maybe add an explanation to that? Over all it does sound like a good start.
ReplyDeleteI like the idea as far as it being a dark comedy, but I think there should be a little more to it. Maybe have a few of the survivors getting captured one by one and transformed into zombies (one victim shouting his/her dramatic last words before they are taken away by zombies) or fighting for thier life while being jumped by a gang of zombies. Or maybe when they get saved by the survivors, one of the main survivors who considers him/herself a leader of the pack of survivors, is actually the main carrier of the "zombie plague."
ReplyDeleteI can understand that it's just a stereotypical zombie scenario with a twist, but it feels like instead of an entire zombie film (which is basically what you're suggesting) it should be an excerpt from a zombie film. Maybe it's only the scene where they're trapped in the building fighting off the zombies or where they're initially running from the zombies. It feels like you're trying to cram too much into too short of a time limit and that can seriously hurt the overall film.
ReplyDeleteI want to see how this play out comically. I also feel like the zombies should eat the women a the end. That would finalize it and it could be really funny to have them dancing-cut back to reality-get eaten. If that's fast enough it could be hysterical.We should collaborate definitely!
ReplyDeleteKaitlyn, don't you know that zombies can't drown?
ReplyDeleteAlso, I would love to get some actors and dress them up as zombies, this really seems like a fun project. Do you really want the women to be saved though? I think it would be more conclusive if they just died.