Hey everyone.
Over the coming 8/10 weeks I will be shooting a feature film that im sure some of you would have heard of had you read any of my earlier posts.
It is a fantastical action buddy comedy if you can call it anything.
The two lead characters are called Dante & Rico. They are Beast Hunters of the modern age (imagine Starsky & Hutch crossed with GhostBusters but with fantastical beasts such as werewolfs and dragons).
My friend (a very good and rather experienced theatrical actor) and I will be playing the two roles respectively.
Id rather not play the other part as this way It will certainly be a much more trouble some and tough shoot. But I can act well to a certain extent - I just cant find anyone else who is willing to put in the effort and the commitment for the whole of the summer.
Anyway, Dante & Rico follow the usual odd couple scenario really - Dante is uptight and experienced and bossy and sticks to the rules. While Rico is relaxed and inexperienced and tends to get them both in trouble.
I am watching as many buddy movies as i can with my friend to see if we can take something from them and learn a little about screen chemistry.
At the moment we have watched a load of Starsky and Hutch episodes, whereas we have decided that Dante is Starsky and I am Hutch. We have watched 'The Odd Couple' which was extremely helpful, Dante is Jack Lemmon while I am Walter Matthau.
Now, we start shooting our really important dialouge scenes next week, some of the takes will be a few minutes long so we really need to get our act together and our characters fully developed.
So this post is all about me asking all you indie film-makers for help when it comes to the double act.
-Are there any more good buddy movies I could watch for research ?
- Any tips in developing a chemistry further ?
(although Dave ((my friend)) and I have been best friends for about 10 years so we've got a basic screen chemistry down already)
Also, Dave and I are northen welshmen - meaning we sound like posh scousers (people from Liverpool).
Any suggestions towards accents ? As at the moment we sound sort of dull with our own voices, but sort of camp if we use an english accent. I can do a great australian accent if thats any help.
Which accents make you cringe no matter who uses them ?
Which accents are you happy with ?
Any help or suggestions you could give towards any aspect of my project are gratefully recieved.
Thankyou.
Over the coming 8/10 weeks I will be shooting a feature film that im sure some of you would have heard of had you read any of my earlier posts.
It is a fantastical action buddy comedy if you can call it anything.
The two lead characters are called Dante & Rico. They are Beast Hunters of the modern age (imagine Starsky & Hutch crossed with GhostBusters but with fantastical beasts such as werewolfs and dragons).
My friend (a very good and rather experienced theatrical actor) and I will be playing the two roles respectively.
Id rather not play the other part as this way It will certainly be a much more trouble some and tough shoot. But I can act well to a certain extent - I just cant find anyone else who is willing to put in the effort and the commitment for the whole of the summer.
Anyway, Dante & Rico follow the usual odd couple scenario really - Dante is uptight and experienced and bossy and sticks to the rules. While Rico is relaxed and inexperienced and tends to get them both in trouble.
I am watching as many buddy movies as i can with my friend to see if we can take something from them and learn a little about screen chemistry.
At the moment we have watched a load of Starsky and Hutch episodes, whereas we have decided that Dante is Starsky and I am Hutch. We have watched 'The Odd Couple' which was extremely helpful, Dante is Jack Lemmon while I am Walter Matthau.
Now, we start shooting our really important dialouge scenes next week, some of the takes will be a few minutes long so we really need to get our act together and our characters fully developed.
So this post is all about me asking all you indie film-makers for help when it comes to the double act.
-Are there any more good buddy movies I could watch for research ?
- Any tips in developing a chemistry further ?
(although Dave ((my friend)) and I have been best friends for about 10 years so we've got a basic screen chemistry down already)
Also, Dave and I are northen welshmen - meaning we sound like posh scousers (people from Liverpool).
Any suggestions towards accents ? As at the moment we sound sort of dull with our own voices, but sort of camp if we use an english accent. I can do a great australian accent if thats any help.
Which accents make you cringe no matter who uses them ?
Which accents are you happy with ?
Any help or suggestions you could give towards any aspect of my project are gratefully recieved.
Thankyou.