Film and Lit, 1/11

[actingreaper]

Daisy hadn't done much to turn what had been the basic acting classroom into the film and lit classroom. There was still an oversized arm chair in the corner that served as her "desk", and there was still a fairly large, clear area in front of the semi circle of student desks. She had, however, had someone set up a projector and movie screen in the front.

"Right! Welcome to your first day of Film and Literature. I'm Daisy. Daisy Adair. Your teacher. I know, I know, I look too young to be a teacher, but it's true. I don't have any syllabus or anything for you, because I wanted to see what topics you would prefer to cover in this class. Anything that has both a print and film version (and, no, screenplays don't count) is fair game, so we're talking about movies made from books and short stories, books made from movies and TV shows, the anime/manga dichotomy, whatever catches your attention. Seeing as it's our first day, I thought we'd start out easy. Stand up, tell us your name, what you'd really like to study and discuss in class, and . . . oh, let's go for your favorite beverage. Go!"

When that had ended, Daisy stood back up from her arm chair. "Okay! Good job, people. You all have horrible taste. For the rest of class, I want you to pick a story, any story, and write a quick summary of how you would turn that story into a movie. For homework, pick one scene from that story and describe the movie scene in detail. Think costumes, camera angles, lighting, actors and actresses, the works. Have fun!"

[ooc: please meta things. Handwaviness is always acceptable.]

Comments

Sign In [1/11]

[actingreaper]

In that signy iny collapsey way you have.

Re: Sign In [1/11]

[robotboyfetish.livejournal.com]

Cassie Lang

Re: Sign In [1/11]

[http://users.livejournal.com/weissguy_/]

Eric Weiss.

Introductionses

[actingreaper]

Name, topic you want to cover (ie. Wendy the Werewolf Stalker, Edgesprinter, Peroxide, whatever meta-y thingy you want), and favorite beverage.

Re: Introductionses

[robotboyfetish.livejournal.com]

"My name is Cassie Lang, I think we should cover Cataclysm Immediate, and I like chocolate milk."

Re: Introductionses

[http://users.livejournal.com/weissguy_/]

"Eric Weiss and I want to cover some of the older Cary Grant or Humphrey Bogart stuff. I like tequila."

Re: Introductionses

[twohalvesofaphd.livejournal.com]

"I'm Zack Addy, I'd like to cover the Bleating of the Bunnies, and coffee is god."

Re: Introductionses

[ihatedenmark.livejournal.com]

"Something new such as Supers could be good, or one of the great classics, such as Amleth. Cola is nice most of the time and akvavit is a good treat every now and then."

Re: Introductionses

[00-nova-00.livejournal.com]

"I'm Nova....I don't know any movies or books."

Re: Introductionses

[actingreaper]

Daisy raised a skeptical eyebrow. "Not a single one?"

Re: Introductionses

[fates_jaye]

"Hi. Jaye Tyler, and do movies and TV that were made into really bad fanfic count?"

Re: Introductionses

[actingreaper]

"I'm looking more for things that were officially published. So the ridiculously bad AKA novels would count, but not just what JoeShmoe76 posts on his live journal."

Re: Introductionses

[auroryborealis.livejournal.com]

"I'm Rory Gilmore, and I want to cover modernized versions of novels and plays. Like how there was that new version of Two Italian Kids in Love where the language was still Elizabethan, but everything else was kind of just updated in the ways of weaponry and wardrobe. And coffee is my lifeblood."

Re: Introductionses

[swerval_zero]

"I'm Zero Hopeless-Savage, coffee is the best, except Monjava, Monjava is evil, and...are they making movies of Angelica Demesnes's books yet? Because they should be."

Re: Introductionses

[actingreaper]

"Not that I've heard of. What does she write?"

Re: Introductionses

[dorky-broots.livejournal.com]

"I'm Broots, and would meta Taken count? Because it's a book that's based on a tv series that's based on a book. And the aliens are cool. And I really like soda."

Re: Introductionses

[actingreaper]

"That'd definitely count, Broots. I'll look into finding copies for the class."

Re: Introductionses

[girlsnamehere.livejournal.com]

"Hi! I'm JD! I like appletinis and think we should cover Tiny Women."

Class work

[actingreaper]

pick a story and summarize how you'd make it a big blockbuster Hollywood hit. Or itty bitty independent feature for Sundance.

Or Lifetime original movie.

What have you.

Re: Class work

[robotboyfetish.livejournal.com]

Cassie was sitting and thinking over her big blockbuster rendition of The Adventures of Giant Boy Detective.

Re: Class work

[girlsnamehere.livejournal.com]

JD was off in daydream land. He seemed to be defending his desk at sword point from an imaginary opponent.

Talk to Daisy

[actingreaper]

She might even talk back. But in a slowly pinging way between 11 am and 9 pm ish EST tomorrow, as work is a little nutso at the moment.

Re: Talk to Daisy

[robotboyfetish.livejournal.com]

"I do not have horrible taste," Cassie objected.

Re: Talk to Daisy

[http://users.livejournal.com/weissguy_/]

"Hey," Weiss said. "Bogey is bad taste?"

OOC

[actingreaper]

. . . I totally didn't suddenly go "oh, wait, I play a teacher, don't I". Nope. Totally didn't. Not at all.