Cool Coldplay Behind the Scenes Montage for Life in Technicolor!

Free Trial for Gorilla Software!

http://www.junglesoftware.com/home/

Cool Stop Motion Music Video!!

Reloaded from marieke v on Vimeo.

Making Of Nuit Blanche

This is how they made Nuit Blanche.

Nuit Blanche

Check out this beautiful short.

Awesome PSA

Product Placement to the MAX!

Link for Project Templates!

http://www.junglesoftware.com/products/budgets.php

Review Article of Conan's New Show + Tom Hanks

http://www.tvsquad.com/2010/11/12/conans-first-week-howd-he-do/?icid=maing|main5|2|link4|25221

Check this Music Vid out!

Here's a link for a short article about the vid:
http://new.music.yahoo.com/blogs/videogaga/63710/the-davidcrowder-band-make-amazing-things-with-lite/

Crazy Documentary

The Kids Grow Up - trailer from Copacetic Pictures on Vimeo.

Just an example of something that shouldn't be produced...

Here's my choice for a movie script. Love the movie, can't wait to break it down!

Don Quixote Movie Updates

I just read a couple of articles about Don Quixote's path to the big screen. Not only is Gilliam's film a bust again due to financing issues, Warner Bros. is coming out with their own blockbuster version that is rumored to have a much higher budget along with a watered-down plot.

Here's the links to the articles:
http://blog.moviefone.com/2010/09/07/terry-gilliams-don-quixote-movie-is-dead-again/

http://blog.moviefone.com/2010/06/12/non-gilliam-don-quixote-on-the-fast-track-at-warner-bros/#comments

The Matrix=Awesome

This movie was definitely one I considered choosing for the script breakdown project. Brian chose it so I'm sure he'll have a beastly time working with it. I saw the movie this past weekend and once again heard the monologue that made it for me: Smith's epiphany about humanity. Here's the link for the vid...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UOi6v5DD_1M&feature=related

I found a script that is describe as "A man has to travel from the year 2036 to the year 1975 to retrieve a computer that can prevent a nuclear war." This sounds like the writer been reading a little too much of John Titor.

You can find the script here.

Big Fat Liar

Check this film out. It's pretty decent.

Top Ten Horror Films

The Media Theory & Criticism class spent the week covering genre studies. More specifically, the assignment was to study the horror genre. They selected and voted on a "top ten" list using an open and wide variety of criteria. This is what they came up with in ranking order, #1 being best.

1. Psycho
2. The Shining
3. The Exorcist
4. Silence of the Lambs
5. Jaws
6. Night of the Living Dead
7. Alien
8. The Thing (Carpenter)
9. Nosferatu (silent)
10. The Texas Chainsaw Massacre

A great list. Here is mine in no particular order.

Psycho
The Bride of Frankenstein
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
The Black Cat (1930s Universal)
The Shining
The Seventh Victim
The Cabinet of Dr. Calagari
The Exorcist
Halloween
The Horror of Dracula

Please post your personal list and comment.

Don't Kill the Dog!!!

This is the best movie I have seen where they kill the dog. I saw it at an Academy screening where it was being reviewed for possible nominations. You would think that the audience there would be a bit more tolerant, or sophisticated, or, whatever... Not so. A good portion of them walked out when the pooch got dusted. Too bad, they missed a great film. Watch it if you get the chance.

The Lizard (Kyle Rzepkowski Script)

go to kylerzepkowski.com to see the lizard script that i wrote.

David Cronenberg and the New Media

"Videodrome" tells the tale of an embedded signal in an underground "snuff" channel that creates a mutation of the brain and thus the alteration of reality; "the new flesh". Probably not a good thing. In a nod to Niel Postman's book, "Amusing Ourselves To Death", Cronenberg postulates that it really isn't the violence on the screen that does the damage, it is the screen itself that is taking away our humanity. Watch it if you have a chance.

"eXistenz" is the story of the "demon goddess" Alegra Geller who develops the ultimate interactive, virtual reality gaming system. The only thing on the line is your sanity and maybe your life. Cronenberg returns to form in this story of technology gone mad. Both films are great speculations on the futrue of media and the decay of society.

"Nuit Blanche"

This is a good example of what is available to all of you as filmmakers today through technology and, of course, a certain degree of talent. Quite awesome.

Val Lewton - Producer

Working under David O. Selznick for years finally netted Lewton a producing job at RKO. Here he turned out some of the best horror films ever made and started many successful careers in the industry: Robert Wise and Jacques Tourneur among them. You will find a nice article about him listed in the "Links" section. Here is a trailer from "The Seventh Victim", perhaps his most "noirish" and downbeat film.

SYLLABUS - PRODUCING & DIRECTING

COURSE NUMBER: FV2001
COURSE NAME: Producing & Directing
COURSE LENGTH: 11 weeks
CONTACT HOURS: 44 hours
CLASSROOM #: ROOM #
INSTRUCTOR: TOM HAMMOND
PHONE: 813-900-4759
EMAIL: thammond1946@yahoo.com
OFFICE HOURS: Before and after class
CREDITS: 3 credits
DATE OF SYLLABUS: DATE 7/08/10

COURSE DESCRIPTION:
The course is an introduction to the jobs of producer and director as they relate to the filmmaking process. The goal is to develop an understanding of these two positions and some fundamental skills involved with their responsibilities. Students will examine the separate and overlapping areas of authority and cooperation a producer and a director share in the making of a film. Students will be presented with the tools, techniques, and understanding of budgeting, scheduling, hiring, casting and shooting the movie. Financing, contracts, unions, guilds and distribution will also be covered. The course will consist of reading, writing, discussion and viewing of documentaries dealing with the production and direction of famous films as well as viewing some of the films themselves.

PREREQUISITES:

STUDENT LEARNING OBJECTIVES/OUTCOMES:

1. Conceive a plan for financing a film.
2. Be able to chart an organizational structure for a film production.
3. Break down a script.
4. Budget a script.
5. Make a strip board and a shooting schedule.
6. Be familiar with standard contracts and deal memos.
7. Understand the various ways films and filmmakers make money.
8. Structure a production crew.
9. Understand creative aspects of the producer/director relationship.
10. Identify the steps of the production process.
11. Explore the possibilities of independent film production and the Internet.

GRADING OPPORTUNITIES:
Assessment
This is a highly interactive and discussion-oriented course. Students will learn from one another as well as from the instructor, guest lecturers, the text, readings, exercises, presentations weekly assignments and the final project. Professionalism will be put into practice through the students’ promptness, class attendance, willingness to create a forum for shared ideas, quality and creativity of work, and the meeting of deadlines. Specifically, grades will be based on the following criteria:

CLASS ASSIGNMENTS:
• Group Project 40%
• Mid-Term Exam 20%
• Final Exam 20%
• Class Participation & Attendance 20%

STUDENT LEARNING ASSESSMENT:
Appropriate quizzes, tests, and projects will be designed to measure the achievement of the major course achievements as listed above. Instructor will specify such quizzes, tests, and projects on the syllabus to be handed out to the students at the start of the quarter of instruction. In the syllabus, weighted values in percentage will be clearly indicated by the instructor for each category of assessment.

PARTICIAPTION CRITERIA
Excellent
A (93-100)
A- (90-92)
Outstanding participation. The student is actively engaged in every facet of the class. He/She comes to every class session ready to engage in informed discussion bases on a thorough and critical reading of their homework assigned material (if applicable), and he/she maintains complete critical reading notes and brings it to every class session and keeps copies of everything in their journal. The student makes extraordinary contribution to the class through consistently thoughtful, well focused, and original examples. The student works collaboratively with his/her classmates and instructor and the student seeks assistance should he/she need it. The student misses no classes.

Very Good/Good
B+ (87-89)
B (83-86)
B- (80-82)
Good participation. The student is actively engaged in most facets of the class. He/She comes to every class session ready to engage in informed discussion based on a careful reading of the assigned material, and he/she maintains substantial number of critical reading notes and brings it to most class sessions. The student makes a solid contribution to the class through regular relevant and thoughtful comments, questions and examples. The student works collaboratively with his/her classmates and instructor and the student is likely to seek assistance should he/she need it. The student misses the maximum of one class.

Satisfactory
C+ (77-79)
C (73-76)
C- (70-72)
Average participation. The student is actively engaged in some facet of the class. He/She comes to many class sessions ready to engage in informed discussion based on a general reading of the assigned material, including few critical reading notes and brings it to many class sessions. The student makes a contribution to the class through general, incomplete and/or tangential comments. The student, for the most part, works collaboratively with his/her classmates and instructor and is not likely to seek assistance on his/her own. The student misses two class sessions.

Below Average
D (60-64)
Poor participation. The student rarely demonstrated an active engagement in some facets of the class. He/She comes to many class sessions unprepared for informed discussion, and his/her critical reading notes are substantially incomplete and rarely bring it to the class sessions. The student does not collaborate with his/her classmates and instructor and the student is not likely to seek assistance on his/her own or even with direction. The student misses two-three class sessions.
Failure
F (0-59)
Unacceptable participation. The student is not an active member of the class.

Grading Criteria: (i.e. thoroughness, neatness, concept, design, execution, professionalism, presentation, craft, cleanliness, following instructions) applies to all presentations and individual assignments. Handwritten work, no matter how neat you think it is, is not accepted. This is college and all work must be typed. Submission of handwritten work will not even be considered and will receive an F (0) for that assignment.

Grading Scale: A= 93-100, A-= 90-92, B+= 87-89, B= 83-86, B-= 80-82, C+= 77-79, C= 73-76,
C-= 70-72, D+= 65-69, D= 60-64, F= 0-59

CLASSROOM POLICIES:
Late Work: Since this course is dealing with industry success, all projects will be due on the date assigned and at the beginning of all classes. Late work will not be accepted. It will be an F/0. If schedule problems occur, notify the professor before any and all due dates. Putting the “final touches” on your homework/assignments such as stapling, printing out, mounting, cutting or even putting your name on the assignment, etc., prior to the start of class or during break is considered late (therefore an F/0). Regardless of when the work is collected, it should be 100% complete when you walk into class.

Attendance: The Art Institute of Tampa policy requires students to attend a minimum of 82% (36 hours) of scheduled course hours in order to receive a passing grade in a course. Attendance is taken twice throughout the class. If you are just a few minutes late, or walk in when attendance is being taken, it will be marked down as a half (1/2) of absence. Missing two or more classes (or can result in the failing of this class. I repeat: Missing two or more classes can result in the failing of this class (and your other classes as well).

Sleeping in Class: Sleeping in class is not permitted and will not be tolerated. If you are falling, or are a sleep, you will simply be asked to leave the class for the day and will be marked absent for the entire day.

Email: Check often, relay the information to your classmates. Ultimately you are responsible for checking email and following up with the instructor if you not receiving assignments, notes and correspondence for the class via email. It is CRITICAL you start the semester off fresh by clearing out your student account and adjust your forwarding address if necessary. I will correspond with the class quite often via email. Again, check often, relay the information to your classmates and ultimately you are responsible for checking your email. **Let’s exchange information now**

Plagiarism: Plagiarism will not be tolerated and may lead to immediate expulsion from the class and/or college. Plagiarism includes taking words, ideas, or artwork from anyone else and presenting it as your own or not citing properly in accordance with APA Style Guide.

Food/Beverages: Food and non-sealed beverage containers are NOT permitted in any classroom, lab or studio.

Cell Phones and other electronic devices: Cell phone usage is not permitted in any classroom, lab or studio. All cell phones, beepers, games, two-way radios (Nextel), or any other communication device must be turned off before entering the classroom. Leaving the class to take/make a phone call is not permitted unless it is an absolute medical emergency. If you do, you will be marked absent for the entire day. If I see you sending text messages, IMing or playing games or doing anything with any phone or electronic device you will be told to leave the class for the remainder of the day and you will marked absent for the entire day. Leaving devices in silent or vibrate mode is not permitted and text messaging during class is not allowed. In other words, turn all devices completely off and forget you even have them with you for just a few hours. Please take a moment to shut everything off now.

Add/Drop: The first six (6) academic days (not including Saturdays, Sundays and holidays) of each quarter are designated as the schedule adjustment period. During this time, students may make registration adjustments (adding, dropping, or changing days/times of courses) without financial penalty.

Holidays: This quarter has no holidays.

Required Text(s):
Making Movies – Sidney Lumet

Recommended Text(s):

Required Supplies:
• Journal/Notebook

ADA Statement: To meet the needs of our students with disabilities, The Art Institute offers reasonable accommodations for qualified students with disabilities. Students or applicants who would like to request reasonable accommodations should contact the Student Services Coordinator for the school. Students with disabilities are encouraged to contact your instructor and the Dean of Student Affairs in advance of the quarter of study when accommodations are needed.

Saving Work: It is the student’s responsibility to save his or her work to disk. Multiple copies should be saved and verified prior to leaving the classroom. The teacher is in no way responsible for the work saved on hard drives, nor is he/she bound to give an extension on work improperly saved. The hard drives will get purged regularly. Students are expected to back up all work. Loss, theft, computer failure, etc. are not acceptable excuses.

Syllabus Changes: Syllabus is subject to change at the instructor’s discretion. Awareness of these changes is the student’s responsibility

CLASS SCHEDULE:

Each student will keep an ongoing Journal of potential websites, festivals and movie markets, etc., which can be reviewed by the instructor at any time. Always bring it to class with you. Make entries whenever you do any watch or read anything pertaining to class.

Student Projects as “works in progress” will be viewed and critiqued as parts of them become available.

Various films will be shown during the quarter. Their content will be included on the tests.

WEEK 1: Friday, July 16
Discussion: Introduction, Syllabus, Instructor, Creativity, Critical Thinking.
The Jobs of Producing and Directing.
Film: “Lost in La Mancha”
Assignment: Journal Entry, Project Research
Reading: “Making Movies”, Sidney Lumet

WEEK 2: Friday, July 23
Due Today: Journal Entry
Discussion: Business Structure of Film Production
Film: TBA
Assignment: Journal Entry
Reading: Ongoing

WEEK 3: Friday, July 30
Due Today: Journal Entry
Discussion: Film Financing
Film: TBA
Assignment: Journal Entry
Reading: Ongoing

WEEK 4: Friday, August 6
Due Today: Journal Entry
Discussion: Film Budgeting and Scheduling
Film: TBA
Assignment: Journal Entry
Reading: Ongoing

WEEK 5: Friday, August 13
Due Today: Journal Entry
Discussion: Casting, Mid-Term Exam Review
Film: TBA
Assignment: Journal Entry
Reading: Ongoing

WEEK 6: Friday, August 20
Due Today: MID-TERM EXAM
Discussion: Crewing
Film: “Burden of Dreams”
Assignment: Journal Entry
Reading: Ongoing

WEEK 7: Friday, August 27
Due Today: Journal Entry
Discussion: Production Contracts
Film: “Hearts of Darkness”
Assignment: Journal Entry
Reading: Ongoing

WEEK 8: Friday, September 3
Due Today: Journal Entry
Discussion: Unions and Guilds
Film: TBA
Assignment: Journal Entry
Reading: Ongoing

WEEK 9: Friday, September 10
Due Today: Journal Entry
Discussion: Film Distribution
Film: “Spine Tingler: The William Castle Story”
Assignment: Journal Entry
Reading: Ongoing

WEEK 10: Friday, September 17
Due Today: Journal Entry, Research Project
Discussion: Business vs. Creativity, Final Exam Review
Film: TBA
Assignment: None
Reading: None

WEEK 11: Friday, September 24
Final Exam:
Final Critique:
• Presentation of Final Project
• Turn in Journals
• Class evaluation


COURSE NUMBER: FV2001
COURSE NAME: Producing and Directing
INSTRUCTOR: Tom Hammond

• I have completely read and fully understand the contents of this syllabus
• I take full responsibility for living up to these obligations including, but not limited to attendance, participation, notes, quizzes, projects, etc.
• I will ask for help/assistance (both in and out of class) if needed



Student Signature: ______________________ Instructor Signature: __________________________

Print Name: ___________________________ Print Name: ________________________________

Date: ________________________________ Date: _____________________________________

Facebook Group Page

Who doesn't have a Facebook? ...well some people don't but yeah that's not the point.

I made a little Facebook group for anyone who wants to be involved and continue working on this film. I believe with all our hard work, this could be something.

http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=113071772039063

let me know if the link doesn't work. I think it's a great way to stay connected outside of school.

Rest of the script storyboarded

I cut some stuff out, like the scenes already filmed. Here's the rest of the script on this site that I storyboarded.

Music

I know that we talked briefly about the kind of music we want to have in The Lizard but I don't know if anyone has found anything yet. I have a couple cd's with some extremely obscure ambient music that would probably work very well for what we want. I will bring them with me to class on Friday. If those don't work, my girlfriend has a ton of that shit on her computer so I can always get more.

I forgot the rest of it...

Storyboards... I know it's late!

Well, here's some of the storyboard...

LSD Trip Ideas

Toward the end of last class, I was describing how I plan on using different layers in the editing software to give "The Lizard" more of an experimental approach.


I slapped this together on Sony Vegas using footage I found online. It's just a basic idea that eventually will be extended. Open for any input, comments, critiques.


With Final Cut Pro I will have "more room" to explore as the software I used is a little basic when it comes to layers and composite modes.

In case the Blogger video doesn't work...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jB5MJPW7Q0Q

It's nothing special like I said, just an idea that needs to be extended so throw me some fresh ideas and what not :)

Administrative Rights

I have given all of you the ability to alter or add to this site as you see fit. The only rule is that you do not remove the work of others.

Good Luck Tomorrow

Hey guys good luck tomorrow on the shoot. I'll try to make it next time.

I was experimenting with with those Light Shows that I downloaded from Youtube, they look pretty dope. I downloaded a few but post a link if you find anything else you think we should use! (best from youtube and in high quality but doesn't have to)

Thanks, see you all Friday.

Friday's Class

I think we need to pre-plan Friday's class a bit.

Personally I will be editing the footage because I fell behind this week cause I've been busy with other classes.

So are we filming anything? I'll try to get some establishing shots on Thursday (ex. the Office, the park, etc.)

Oh and Jon already filmed the footage for the tripping sequence (naked girl covered in blood) so at least we have some footage for the Lizard :)

I dont remember talking about 8:30 on a saturday morning at all. but sure. ill be there in the morning.

skeet

I suppose tomorrow we are all meeting at 830 in the school parking lot, i hope everyone gets this, but i doubt we picked up the cameras and etc. so someone post up what they think.

working script

summarization

the most famous actor in the entire history of hollywood decides to quit the industry completly and rid himself of all his possesions and commitments His manager freaks out and hires the only tow people he know that can help him out. These two men medicate actors who decide to quit holywood with halucinogenics and reprogram them. After accidently overdoseing the actor the two fixers discover that they may not have to do any work because the actor begins to meat several positive and negative influences in the back seat after being kiddnapped

establishing shot

office building camera pan up

stop at window and zoom in

fade to extreme close up of Actors manager screaming into the phone

actor is phoning his agent telling hm tat he is dine forever with holly wood

and he is throwing the phone in the trash when the this conversation is done

he just gave all his assests to charity and moving far away

MANAGER

no no no no

please no!!!!

we have so much more money to make together

i mean movies

ACTOR

thats all you slimy sick fucks think about

money money money

well this should teach you a major lesson

MANAGER

you little ungreatful sack of shit

i made you

ACTOR

hahahahahahahahha

you made me!?

you cant even degrade me without being cliche

i hope u were wise with your money

CLICK!!!!!!!!!!

the actor hangs up the phone

the manger frantically tries to dial the number back

again and again but no answer

he is sweating in a way that only a man in deathly desperation would do

undoing his shirt and pacing inside his office talking to himself

trying to figure a way out of this

all the while his secretary has been listening

she begins to spread the gossip and the calls start rolling in to the manager

MANAGER

hello

what?

no! he is not dead

CLICK!

MANAGER

no he does not have cancer

CLICK!

MANAGER

no he did not quit acting

manager decides that he has only one choice

he has to call the hollywood fixers

the only two guys that fix these kind of situations

and so he dials the number

RING! RING! RING!

FIXER ONE

hello

MANAGER

i need you guys for a job NOW!

FIXER ONE

i dont know

we are getting ready to go on vacation

MANAGER

not anymore!

this is the last job you will ever have to do

FIXER ONE

oh yeah?

who has quit this time ?

MANAGER

the actor of all actors

FIXER ONE

ok we will take it

cut to the fixers inside their home

wideshot of the room to establish their extreme flamboyant behavior

as they discuss the job

FIXER TWO

wat did you just do

im going on vacation

you know how long i have been waiting to go to the spa

FIXER ONE

im doing this for you honey

this is the big one

the one we have been waiting for

then you can go to the spa forever and ever

FIXER TWO

well if you say so

you know i trust you

after they agree they call the manager to find out where the actor is

MANAGER

hello

FIXER ONE

yes we will do it

whats the price exactly

MANAGER

i suppose a nice cliche number like one million should suffice

FIXER ONE

yes that will do just fine

but do you even know where he is

MANAGER

yes

i have had someone following him every since he lost his mind.

he is in the park

just go do your job

i dont need details

just my actor back

manager hangs up the phone

and the fixers throw their tools together

and head for the park

after the kiddnapping

everyone is in the car

the kiddnappers are up front and the actor is in the back

scene starts as an actor pov shot waking up camera facing down and panning up as if to raise the head

strobe light is going on the floor board of the car with red gel

camera pans 180 left to right up and down to show the confusion and develop the fear

actor focuses forward on the kiddnappers as he can see them

talking to each other but only their lips are moving

(all the while the strobe light is on to support the hallucinogenic state)

(all camera shots from actors pov inside car are canted and extremely wide)

also all shots of the actor will be upshots canted

car is moving but it really isnt

there is a celeberty gossip magazine in the back seat along with reptile monthly

after the actors see both of these his mind begins go on a great journey

and he become the lizard

start scene

left door opens camera,pans left as the pos influ 1 gets in

POS INFLU 1

don't listnen to them

they are fuckin with your head

right door opens ,camera pans right as neg influ 1 gets in

NEG INFLU 1

so how do u like this movie

these guys really know what they are doing

ACTOR

what movie?

camera pans left as actor looks nobody is beside him

camera pans back right nobody is sitting there

left car door opens again camera pans to left

pos influ 2 gets in

POS INFLU 2

you have to get out of this car man

ACTOR

why?

(noise as right door opens)camera pans right

neg influ 2 gets in the car with and places a mirror in front of the actors face

telling him he is the lizzard

NEG INFLU 2

your the lizzard

have you forgotten?

look

as neg influ 2 places the mirror in front of the actors face

this is the first time we meet the lizzard

as the camera focuses on the mirror we see actor 2 reflection(the lizzard)

ACTOR 1

yes

i am the lizzard

the true and only lizzard king of hollywood

lizzard cool

lizzard calm

(noise as left car door opens)camera pans left

pos influ 3 gets in with a mirror

POS INFLU 3

the lizzard huh?

i dont think so

look in the mirror

ACTOR 2

yes

i am the lizzard!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

focus shifts now to front of car

the kiddnapers realize that whatecer is hapening is working

but they are not even doing anything

also they begin to worry that they may have permanently fucked this dude up

dialouge begins between the two fixers

FIXER ONE

man we really fucked this dude

he anint comin back from this shit

he is nack there talking to to about a hundred different people that are not there

FIXER TWO

who cares

one of them convinced him is a lizzard actor or some shit

you heard the crazy bastard

we don't have to do anything

FIXER ONE

yeah

but what happens when he starts seeing bugs in the front seat instead of people

summarization

the most famous actor in the entire history of hollywood decides to quit the industry completly and rid himself of all his possesions and commitments His manager freaks out and hires the only tow people he know that can help him out. These two men medicate actors who decide to quit holywood with halucinogenics and reprogram them. After accidently overdoseing the actor the two fixers discover that they may not have to do any work because the actor begins to meat several positive and negative influences in the back seat after being kiddnapped

establishing shot

office building camera pan up

stop at window and zoom in

fade to extreme close up of Actors manager screaming into the phone

actor is phoning his agent telling hm tat he is dine forever with holly wood

and he is throwing the phone in the trash when the this conversation is done

he just gave all his assests to charity and moving far away

MANAGER

no no no no

please no!!!!

we have so much more money to make together

i mean movies

ACTOR

thats all you slimy sick fucks think about

money money money

well this should teach you a major lesson

MANAGER

you little ungreatful sack of shit

i made you

ACTOR

hahahahahahahahha

you made me!?

you cant even degrade me without being cliche

i hope u were wise with your money

CLICK!!!!!!!!!!

the actor hangs up the phone

the manger frantically tries to dial the number back

again and again but no answer

he is sweating in a way that only a man in deathly desperation would do

undoing his shirt and pacing inside his office talking to himself

trying to figure a way out of this

all the while his secretary has been listening

she begins to spread the gossip and the calls start rolling in to the manager

MANAGER

hello

what?

no! he is not dead

CLICK!

MANAGER

no he does not have cancer

CLICK!

MANAGER

no he did not quit acting

manager decides that he has only one choice

he has to call the hollywood fixers

the only two guys that fix these kind of situations

and so he dials the number

RING! RING! RING!

FIXER ONE

hello

MANAGER

i need you guys for a job NOW!

FIXER ONE

i dont know

we are getting ready to go on vacation

MANAGER

not anymore!

this is the last job you will ever have to do

FIXER ONE

oh yeah?

who has quit this time ?

MANAGER

the actor of all actors

FIXER ONE

ok we will take it

cut to the fixers inside their home

wideshot of the room to establish their extreme flamboyant behavior

as they discuss the job

FIXER TWO

wat did you just do

im going on vacation

you know how long i have been waiting to go to the spa

FIXER ONE

im doing this for you honey

this is the big one

the one we have been waiting for

then you can go to the spa forever and ever

FIXER TWO

well if you say so

you know i trust you

after they agree they call the manager to find out where the actor is

MANAGER

hello

FIXER ONE

yes we will do it

whats the price exactly

MANAGER

i suppose a nice cliche number like one million should suffice

FIXER ONE

yes that will do just fine

but do you even know where he is

MANAGER

yes

i have had someone following him every since he lost his mind.

he is in the park

just go do your job

i dont need details

just my actor back

manager hangs up the phone

and the fixers throw their tools together

and head for the park

after the kiddnapping

everyone is in the car

the kiddnappers are up front and the actor is in the back

scene starts as an actor pov shot waking up camera facing down and panning up as if to raise the head

strobe light is going on the floor board of the car with red gel

camera pans 180 left to right up and down to show the confusion and develop the fear

actor focuses forward on the kiddnappers as he can see them

talking to each other but only their lips are moving

(all the while the strobe light is on to support the hallucinogenic state)

(all camera shots from actors pov inside car are canted and extremely wide)

also all shots of the actor will be upshots canted

car is moving but it really isnt

there is a celeberty gossip magazine in the back seat along with reptile monthly

after the actors see both of these his mind begins go on a great journey

and he become the lizard

start scene

left door opens camera,pans left as the pos influ 1 gets in

POS INFLU 1

don't listnen to them

they are fuckin with your head

right door opens ,camera pans right as neg influ 1 gets in

NEG INFLU 1

so how do u like this movie

these guys really know what they are doing

ACTOR

what movie?

camera pans left as actor looks nobody is beside him

camera pans back right nobody is sitting there

left car door opens again camera pans to left

pos influ 2 gets in

POS INFLU 2

you have to get out of this car man

ACTOR

why?

(noise as right door opens)camera pans right

neg influ 2 gets in the car with and places a mirror in front of the actors face

telling him he is the lizzard

NEG INFLU 2

your the lizzard

have you forgotten?

look

as neg influ 2 places the mirror in front of the actors face

this is the first time we meet the lizzard

as the camera focuses on the mirror we see actor 2 reflection(the lizzard)

ACTOR 1

yes

i am the lizzard

the true and only lizzard king of hollywood

lizzard cool

lizzard calm

(noise as left car door opens)camera pans left

pos influ 3 gets in with a mirror

POS INFLU 3

the lizzard huh?

i dont think so

look in the mirror

ACTOR 2

yes

i am the lizzard!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

focus shifts now to front of car

the kiddnapers realize that whatecer is hapening is working

but they are not even doing anything

also they begin to worry that they may have permanently fucked this dude up

dialouge begins between the two fixers

FIXER ONE

man we really fucked this dude

he anint comin back from this shit

he is nack there talking to to about a hundred different people that are not there

FIXER TWO

who cares

one of them convinced him is a lizzard actor or some shit

you heard the crazy bastard

we don't have to do anything

FIXER ONE

yeah

but what happens when he starts seeing bugs in the front seat instead of people