It's really amazing what you can do with little or no budget filmwise. I must have spent a couple hours last night watching some amazingly cheesy martial arts home-made movies, and it must have brainwashed me, because I suddenly have an urge to make one of my own.
I'm not a newcomer to the field of filmmaking, as I've managed a few short flicks before, and I think I have something of an eye for shot angles. However, for the past few months, I've been at a loss for inspiration in all things artistic. While I have a lot of resources at my disposal now, I can't, for the life of me think of any sort of premise/plot for this film, and here's where I'm hoping that the comic geniuses of Massassidom might come to my rescue.
Here are some of the elements I have available. All you have to do is put them together into something coherent and then add humor. :S
Any ideas? I can thinm of a few well-constructed scenes, but none are funny in the slightest, and few involve martial arts.
I'm not a newcomer to the field of filmmaking, as I've managed a few short flicks before, and I think I have something of an eye for shot angles. However, for the past few months, I've been at a loss for inspiration in all things artistic. While I have a lot of resources at my disposal now, I can't, for the life of me think of any sort of premise/plot for this film, and here's where I'm hoping that the comic geniuses of Massassidom might come to my rescue.
Here are some of the elements I have available. All you have to do is put them together into something coherent and then add humor. :S
- A derelict basement perfect for some shadow government interrogation with a window to the surface ideal for a ninja to come down and own everyone present. I have an assault rifle, uniforms for a small paramilitary squad, actors, etc.
- A pretty imposing dam with a cliff on one side and woods on the other. It seems suitable for some sort of meditation or the entrance to that basement bunkerish sort of place.
- Long, winding train-tracks for one of those 80's voices in your head with echoes scenes where someone takes a long, soul searching walk.
- A ruined, hundred year old manorial garden, all overgrown with stone walls and a broken marble fountain. Good for a moody scene or some sort of endgamish showdown.
- A beautiful wood-paneled conference room with a long table and white leather chairs for some sort of official meeting. I have actors that could go here too, and they all have sharp suits.
- An underground network of shady tunnels that are very claustrophobic.
- A parking lot for one of those standoff scenes where two posses meet and exchange money for goods.
- A lake.
- Tons of computers and equipment that I can use for a control room or destroy.
- A sabre, a katana, a trident, an HK-USP airsoft, a BAR, a .22 rifle, a Tai Chi sword, tin foil, a toy raygun, wiffle bats, a safari hat, a guitar case, and lots of briefcases.
- A kitchen.
- A wooded trail ideal for some sort of patrol or ambush.
- A veritable army of goons/minions/soldiers/ninjas, some of whom look especially goofy.
Any ideas? I can thinm of a few well-constructed scenes, but none are funny in the slightest, and few involve martial arts.