Pigs is Pigs

In keeping with this "Looney Tunes" vibe I mentioned in the previous post, and as I'm writing the script (in my head) it seems that the story is shaping up to be quite similar to an old short that I remember seeing as a kid called "Pigs is Pigs":



In the video, a young pig who selfishly eats his mother's pies and his brothers' food has a bad dream in which he's force fed to the point of almost bursting, then in one last indulgence he explodes, finally. The short includes a memorable montage of the various machinery used to force feed the piglet, a sequence that has been parodied numerous times, including once in an episode of 'The Simpsons".

So, apply this to brain transplants and you essentially have "The Shakespeare Procedure". A doctor discovers a way to transplant his brain into other bodies, but his motivations for doing so may seem pointless or selfish. His contemporaries discover his secret reasons and actually encourage him to undergo more procedures, assuming the escalating side effects will make him come to his senses. The film, as it stands currently in my head and on paper will include a montage sequence in which Dr. Shakespeare's brain is transplanted into up to 20 different bodies! Pretty ambitious, eh?

I am currently recruiting for crew positions but before I can do that I have to finish the script! I hope to have the script done within the next 24 hours of this post. Stay tuned!

First Post!

This is the first post of my production blog for my capstone film THE SHAKESPEARE PROCEDURE. It's about brain transplants. I can't really delve into more details because, well, to be perfectly honest, the script isn't finished yet! But it will be. And it will be good.

I've been working with David Bush on the script, and he's been immensely helpful in getting everything started. So I'd like to thank him for all the help he's been giving me in fleshing out the characters and writing the first three drafts of the script. Right now I'm working on the new drafts myself and getting it to where I'd like it to be.

I can say though I'm going for a kind of Looney Tunes quality to it - kind of goofy and fun. I'll post a video or something in another post, to make it clearer as to what I mean.. I also want to match the distinct qualities of those characters into this film, and make them easily recognizable with clear motives and personalities. I think that will be the most challenging part of making the film, and casting it just right.

I feel I'm a little behind on progress. When the semester starts I want to hit the ground running and get production done ASAP. So here I go, to get some lunch and work on the script!