The Movie Game Thread

[mad5226]

<blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-username="Russo" data-cite="Russo" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="31201" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>hw did you get the real actors in the game?</div></blockquote><p> </p><p> </p><p> It's all for fun there's no profit being made.</p>

[1234]

<p>Wow, this really kicked off over night. Guess I will join the party.</p><p> </p><p>

<strong>Studio </strong>- Ascending Numbers Production</p><p> </p><p>

<strong>Title</strong>- Interview: Death-Row</p><p>

<strong>Lead Actor</strong>- Joseph Gordon-Levitt (40'000)</p><p>

<strong>Lead Actress</strong>- Natalie Portman (75,000)</p><p>

<strong>Supporting Actor</strong>- Jim Parsons (45,000)</p><p>

<strong>Supporting Actress</strong>- N/A</p><p>

<strong>Director</strong> - Christopher Nolan (200,000)</p><p>

<strong>Genre</strong>- Psychological Thriller</p><p> </p><p>

<strong>Pitch (Slightly tired, hopefully this makes sense)</strong> - The plot centres around an un-named Journalist (Jim Parsons) interviewing a notorious mass-murderer Michael Boothe (Joseph Gordon-Levitt). The scenes between the Journalist & Boothe take place within a police interview room, presumed to be within the prison where Boothe is held, with other scenes taking place in the form of flash-backs triggered by the Journalists questions.</p><p> </p><p>

Boothe had been recently convicted of the murder of 9 victims, and the attempted murder of Hollywood actress Jade Fincher (Natalie Portman). The un-named journalist has gained exclusive access to interview him.</p><p> </p><p>

While the scenes between Boothe and the Journalist provide the basis of the film, and provides nessecarry insights into the life of Boothe (along with occasional humor from the Journalist (Parsons)) the main story of the film occurs from flashbacks. These show Boothe's process of stalking & intimidating Jade Fincher, causing fear to take over her life, and builds towards the attack on the Actress (which police manage to stop at just in time). However, while being dragged away, Boothe proclaims that he is not done killing yet.</p><p> </p><p>

Coming out of the flash-back, the Journalist is seen laying in a pool of his own blood, police sirens are heard in the background, with the door to the interview room wide open, leaving the film on the cliff-hanger of whether Boothe had escaped.</p><p> </p><p>

The film focuses more on the psychological side of the murderer, rather than focusing on action.</p><p> </p><p>

<strong>Location</strong>- Chicago, Illinois</p><p>

<strong>Budget</strong>- $700'000 ($360'000 Cast/Director - $340'000 Production)</p><p>

<strong>Duration</strong> - 1 Hour 55 Minutes (115 Mins.)</p>

[d_w_w]

<p>I think that this is a wonderful thread - lots of fun happening here.</p><p> </p><p>

Couple of suggestions (just in terms of organization).</p><p> </p><p>

1. Have periods for movies and have everyone submit their movie by a certain date. </p><p> </p><p>

Something like: I am now accepting movies for the June 2011. Then give everyone 1 day to submit their movies? Then, you (and your council) can spend a day reviewing the movies, post the reviews (and update the actor costs, etc.)</p><p> </p><p>

This could have game mechanics potential - you could give people first come first serve on actors (e.g., Matt Damon can only be in one movie in June) require people to list a release date. If there are too many action movies in a short-time period, it could hurt the worse movies or something?</p><p> </p><p>

2. Update the first post with a list of actors, directors, and current costs?</p><p> </p><p>

I know I'm asking for additional work for something you're doing for fun, but I'm just trying to improve the readability of the thread.</p><p> </p><p>

Either way, I'll be reading. Great stuff <img alt="" data-src="//content.invisioncic.com/g322608/emoticons/smile.png.142cfa0a1cd2925c0463c1d00f499df2.png" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /></p>

[TLLK]

<p>Title- <strong>The Masters Plan</strong></p><p>

<em><strong>-A Way Out In Left Field Production-</strong></em></p><p><em><strong> </strong></em></p><p><em><strong>

</strong></em> Lead Actor- <strong>Zac Efron</strong> ($30,000)</p><p>

Lead Actress- <strong>Cameron Diaz</strong> ($50,000)</p><p>

Supporting Actor- <strong>Morgan Freeman</strong> ($75,000)</p><p>

Supporting Actor- <strong>Karl Urban</strong> ($15,000)</p><p> </p><p>

Director- <strong>John Lee Hanc0ck (</strong><strong><em>The Rookie, The Blind Side) </em></strong>($75,000)</p><p> </p><p>

Genre- <strong>Sports Drama</strong></p><p> </p><p>

Plot- <strong>The mind behind surprise comedy hit </strong><strong><em>The Mark </em></strong><strong>tries a new direction in Way Out In Left Field Productions' second film, </strong><strong><em>The Masters Plan</em></strong><strong>. The wit and subtle humor that made </strong><strong><em>The Mark </em></strong><strong>a box office gem is still flowing out of Left Field, but it takes a backseat to a more serious film about ambition, revenge, self-control, and forgiveness.</strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong>

Zac Efron (</strong><strong><em>Charlie St. Cloud</em></strong><strong>)stars as TJ Matthews, a young golf prodigy known for his furious 325+ drives off the tee and undying will to make it on the PGA Tour. As Matthews finishes off his collegiate career at Stanford, we learn more and more about that inner fury and drive to succeed inside him.</strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong>

His mother, played by the great Cameron Diaz (</strong><strong><em>Knight and Day, The Green Hornet</em></strong><strong>), has been training up her son for the ultimate revenge since he could walk. A former exotic dancer with a troubled past, Diaz's character, Molly Matthews, gave birth to then-hotshot rookie, now five-time PGA champion Chris Danielson's (Karl Urban, </strong><strong><em>RED</em></strong><strong>) illegitimate child. Before walking out on Molly and unborn TJ, Danielson told her that she or TJ "would be poor, worthless trash that would never amount to anything".</strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong>

Molly repeated this to her son throughout his childhood, driving him to one day beat his father at his own game. The pain of Danielson's abandonment and the pressure to defeat him makes TJ hit the ball a country mile, but lose control...on and off the course.</strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong>

Enter Reggie Jones (Morgan Freeman), a civil rights legend in the game of golf and TJ's new swing coach and caddie. Jones begins the process of controlling TJ's power and character under pressure as they fight for a chance get in the Tour and ultimately, The Masters tournament. </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong>

TJ's frustrations make him a terrible student, but Jones sticks with it until he gets the prodigy into the Tour and into the Masters. In Danielson's signature event, TJ shoots up the leaderboard all the way to a Sunday pairing with his hated father. </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong>

What followed would be an emotionally-charged fight to the finish, as TJ's former demons come out again at the sight of Danielson. This gripping drama and intense look into raw emotion will have audiences on the edge of their seats to the very last hole at Augusta National.</strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong>

</strong> Location- <strong>Various golf courses in US, including Pebble Beach, Pinehurst No. 2, and, of course, Augusta National</strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong>

</strong> Budget- <strong>$300,000 (Cast...includes cameos by PGA Tour pros and television personalities) + $800,000 (Production)</strong> <strong>= $1.1 million</strong></p><p> </p><p>

Duration- <strong>2 Hours, 27 Minutes</strong></p>

[LoNdOn]

Sounds a lot like Happy Gilmore in many respects that last one.

[1234]

<p>Just a question that I have thought of : If we have 'no name' actors in a film (in big roles not just extras) how is that handled? Do they even have to be mentioned in terms of Lead/Supporting actors?</p><p> </p><p>

Just curious a's a film idea I have has one big-name, but would feature many other no-names in major roles.</p>

[TLLK]

<blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-username="LoNdOn" data-cite="LoNdOn" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="31201" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>Sounds a lot like Happy Gilmore in many respects that last one.</div></blockquote><p> Kind of, in a way...but it is portrayed realistically and doesn't rely on parody and comedy like Happy did.</p>

[LoNdOn]

<blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-username="TheLeviticalLawKid3" data-cite="TheLeviticalLawKid3" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="31201" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>Kind of, in a way...but it is portrayed realistically and doesn't rely on parody and comedy like Happy did.</div></blockquote><p> </p><p> Don't get me wrong, Happy Gilmore is one of my favourite films of all time and I would certainly give this one a watch.</p>

[TLLK]

<blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-username="LoNdOn" data-cite="LoNdOn" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="31201" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>Don't get me wrong, Happy Gilmore is one of my favourite films of all time and I would certainly give this one a watch.</div></blockquote><p> Good. I hope to see you at the theater.</p>

[LoNdOn]

<blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-username="TheLeviticalLawKid3" data-cite="TheLeviticalLawKid3" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="31201" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>Good. I hope to see you at the theater.</div></blockquote><p> </p><p> Do I get a discount? Free popcorn at least?</p>

[mad5226]

<blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-username="1234" data-cite="1234" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="31201" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>Just a question that I have thought of : If we have 'no name' actors in a film (in big roles not just extras) how is that handled? Do they even have to be mentioned in terms of Lead/Supporting actors?<p> </p><p> Just curious a's a film idea I have has one big-name, but would feature many other no-names in major roles.</p></div></blockquote><p> </p><p> Not completely sure what you mean. I say if they are in the movie list them if they are really no name then just assume their salary is 10K. I will adjust if I need to</p>

[mad5226]

<blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-username="d_w_w" data-cite="d_w_w" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="31201" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>I think that this is a wonderful thread - lots of fun happening here.<p> </p><p> Couple of suggestions (just in terms of organization).</p><p> </p><p> 1. Have periods for movies and have everyone submit their movie by a certain date. </p><p> </p><p> Something like: I am now accepting movies for the June 2011. Then give everyone 1 day to submit their movies? Then, you (and your council) can spend a day reviewing the movies, post the reviews (and update the actor costs, etc.)</p><p> </p><p> This could have game mechanics potential - you could give people first come first serve on actors (e.g., Matt Damon can only be in one movie in June) require people to list a release date. If there are too many action movies in a short-time period, it could hurt the worse movies or something?</p><p> </p><p> 2. Update the first post with a list of actors, directors, and current costs?</p><p> </p><p> I know I'm asking for additional work for something you're doing for fun, but I'm just trying to improve the readability of the thread.</p><p> </p><p> Either way, I'll be reading. Great stuff <img alt=":)" data-src="//content.invisioncic.com/g322608/emoticons/smile.png.142cfa0a1cd2925c0463c1d00f499df2.png" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /></p></div></blockquote><p> </p><p> </p><p> Thanks for the ideas. I'm trying to keep the main post up to date with actors and salaries, if I have missed one (or more) please let me know and I will update it. As it stand I don't have a council, although that would be great with how this has taken off, so if anyone would like the honors of being on please shoot me a PM and I'll be more than happy to make you a member. I like the idea of progressing it like a game IE saying I'm not accepting movies for this month. The problem with that is at least for now I'm only one person and if I give a 24 hour or more window for everyone to hit me with a movie I'm going to get overwhelmed rather quickly. Having said that I do like the idea and would like to find a way to implement it so that not everyone is using the same actors at the same time. I think my goal is to get around 20 or so different studios then laying down a few rules and such to make things like that happen. The last thing I want is to spend a couple days making them all up then have everyone get tired and stop playing lol.</p>

[mad5226]

<blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-username="TheOmniWarrior" data-cite="TheOmniWarrior" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="31201" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>Title- The Possesion <p> <strong>Studio- Burning Pegasus Productions</strong></p><p> Lead Actor- Paul Johanson (45,000)</p><p> Lead Actress- Hilarie Burton (45,000)</p><p> Supporting Actor- Robert DeNiro (150,000)</p><p> Director - Quentin Tarantino (185,000)</p><p> Genre- Horror</p><p> Plot- Robert Shane Hollister (Paul Johanson) is a collector of sorts, who collects what he calls "pieces of history". After receiving a knife once owned by Jack The Ripper, he begins having blackouts, and waking up covered in blood. Its not long before he sees news reports of young women being defiled and then killed with a knife. This causes Hollister to have nightmares, leading to a point where he locks the knife in a safety deposit box. The next day, he finds his wife Mary(Hilarie Burton) dead, the knife in his hand. Stricken with grief and guilt, he does everything he can think of to get rid of the knife, but something kept making it come back. It didnt matter if he threw it in a fireplace or threw it in the Hudson. He tried to stop it by stabbing himself, but the knife became dull upon impact. He even tried going to a priest(DeNiro) to perform an excorcism on the knife, which resulted in the priest having his neck slashed. In the end, Hollister goes to a police station and starts swinging at the cops with the knife, knowing that getting shot to death was probably the only way to stop the deaths.</p><p> Location- New York</p><p> Budget- $850,000 ($425,000(Cast/Director Cost) + 425,000 (Production Cost))</p><p> Duration - 1 Hour 25 minutes</p></div></blockquote><p> </p><p> After an initial home run by Burning Pegasus Productions comes the companies first attempt at a horror. If there was one thing they did right it was hire Quentin Tarantino to add his own layer of gore and violent to the movie. The end product ended up being what you would expect from a slasher film with a very anticlimactic ending. Suicide by Cop seemed like a forced ending and really took away from an otherwise decent film. DeNiro played a very convincing priest character while Hilarie Burton was less convincing. </p><p> </p><p> Rating: 3 out of 5 stars</p><p> </p><p> Revenue: 2,000,000</p><p> </p><p> Effects:</p><p> Horror films are in dire need of a success. The first horror film to score a rating of 4 stars or higher will be given a revenue increase of 50 percent.</p><p> Quentin Tarantino will demand a pay increase of 15,000 dollars when directing a horror movie.</p><p> </p><p> Burning Pegasus Productions now has a budget of 3,150,000</p>

[mad5226]

<p>I have added another small element to the main post, here it is:</p><p> </p><p>

Movies sizes when paying for production: > 5,000,000 = Small/Independent, > 25,000,000 Average Production Costs, 100,000,000 or more is considered a Blockbuster with Mega advertising.</p><p> </p><p>

Let me know if this makes sense to everyone. It's just basic sizes for studios in terms of the size and advertising of the movie. This is the production cost and does not take actor salary into consideration. The idea is pretty simple, the more you pay in production cost the more likely you are to make bigger cash in the box offices.</p>

[TheOmniWarrior]

<p><img alt="" data-src="//content.invisioncic.com/g322608/emoticons/biggrin.png.929299b4c121f473b0026f3d6e74d189.png" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /> If nothing else my films are consistent lol.</p><p> </p><p>

Can I request prices of Daffney, David Spade, Terry Funk, and Jensen Ackles?</p><p> </p><p>

(which is going to be the best...cast...EVER... lol)</p>

[Astil]

<p>Astilian Productions presents:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>

Title- Dark as Night and Cold as Hell</p><p>

Lead Actor- Denzel Washington - 75,000</p><p>

Lead Actress- </p><p>

Supporting Actor- Joseph Gordon-Levitt - 40,000, Jason Schwartzman - 20,000</p><p>

Supporting Actress- (See above.)</p><p>

Director - Chris Nolan 200,000</p><p>

Genre- Western</p><p>

Plot- Charismatic train robber and former cityman Dupount Black (Freeman) is looking to retire having just scored his biggest heist yet. He begins living outside of St. Louis in a barn outside the city. While he thinks the barn is abandonded, it belongs to a rich cityman Mr. Mercury (Swartzman) and his lazy farmhand Oscar (Gordon-Levitt).</p><p> </p><p>

When Black sees Oscar shooting cans off of a fencepost he knows he has some real skill. While Black trains Oscar to take his place as the most charismatic train robber of the west the duo deal with themes of responsibility, freedom and racism. The movie's climax comes when Mr. Mercury finds out about Black and orders him executed, only for Oscar to come in guns blazing. The duo rides off into the sunset, Black unritired and Oscar liberated of his tyrannical boss.</p><p>

Location- Missouri</p><p>

Budget- $615,000</p><p>

Duration - Opening 20 minutes, Middle 60 minutes, Climax 30 minutes = 1 hour 50 minutes</p>

[i effin rule]

<blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-username="mad5226" data-cite="mad5226" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="31201" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>I have added another small element to the main post, here it is:<p> </p><p> Movies sizes when paying for production: > 5,000,000 = Small/Independent, > 25,000,000 Average Production Costs, 100,000,000 or more is considered a Blockbuster with Mega advertising.</p><p> </p><p> Let me know if this makes sense to everyone. It's just basic sizes for studios in terms of the size and advertising of the movie. This is the production cost and does not take actor salary into consideration. The idea is pretty simple, the more you pay in production cost the more likely you are to make bigger cash in the box offices.</p></div></blockquote><p> </p><p> </p><p> Sorry if this was in the opening post and I missed it, but are we allowed to spend more than we have or must we build up to the point of having the funds to do the blockbusters and such?</p>

[Astil]

If I do get to be able to make blockbusters I already know what my first few will be. <img alt="" data-src="//content.invisioncic.com/g322608/emoticons/biggrin.png.929299b4c121f473b0026f3d6e74d189.png" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /><img alt="" data-src="//content.invisioncic.com/g322608/emoticons/biggrin.png.929299b4c121f473b0026f3d6e74d189.png" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" />

[1234]

<blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-username="mad5226" data-cite="mad5226" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="31201" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>Not completely sure what you mean. I say if they are in the movie list them if they are really no name then just assume their salary is 10K. I will adjust if I need to</div></blockquote><p> </p><p> Edit: I didnt read your post properly, get it now.</p><p> </p><p> </p><blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-username="mad5226" data-cite="mad5226" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="31201" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>I have added another small element to the main post, here it is:<p> </p><p> Movies sizes when paying for production: > 5,000,000 = Small/Independent, > 25,000,000 Average Production Costs, 100,000,000 or more is considered a Blockbuster with Mega advertising.</p><p> </p><p> Let me know if this makes sense to everyone. It's just basic sizes for studios in terms of the size and advertising of the movie. This is the production cost and does not take actor salary into consideration. The idea is pretty simple, the more you pay in production cost the more likely you are to make bigger cash in the box offices.</p></div></blockquote><p> </p><p> But those production costs are more than any film is making, like the last film reviewed made $2 Million. So are our revenues being put down because we arent spending much on production or are there more 0's than there are meant to be in the above post?</p>

[TheOmniWarrior]

I think what it is is were meant to be "starting" studios so it would make sense for us to have to build up from "small" films up to "big" films or blockbusters

[1234]

<blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-username="Astil" data-cite="Astil" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="31201" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div><p> Duration - Opening 20 minutes, Middle 60 minutes, Climax 30 minutes = 150 minutes</p></div></blockquote><p> </p><p> Maths Error! Maths Error! Does Not Compute! (Unless you have really, really long credits <img alt=":D" data-src="//content.invisioncic.com/g322608/emoticons/biggrin.png.929299b4c121f473b0026f3d6e74d189.png" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" />)</p><p> </p><p> </p><blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-username="TheOmniWarrior" data-cite="TheOmniWarrior" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="31201" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>I think what it is is were meant to be "starting" studios so it would make sense for us to have to build up from "small" films up to "big" films or blockbusters</div></blockquote><p> </p><p> That would make sense.</p>

[i effin rule]

<blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-username="1234" data-cite="1234" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="31201" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>Sorry, probably should have gave an example in the first place, what I am talking about is something like Paranormal Activity, where no famous actors were used, so how would those actors be priced?<p> </p><p> The film I was planning would feature one person off the list of actors, but then a lot of unknowns in supporting roles. As an example if I wanted to make a horror film featuring lots of victims. I am not going to want to cast every role from the list of actors. So would I just put down the main actors (that are from the list) or would I say the main actors + however many unknowns.</p><p> </p><p> </p></div></blockquote><p> </p><p> I think for the purpose of this game, those actors would be included in the production costs. If you have a bunch of random people being killed, you don't need to include them as Lead or Supporting.</p>

[1234]

<blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-username="i effin rule" data-cite="i effin rule" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="31201" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>I think for the purpose of this game, those actors would be included in the production costs. If you have a bunch of random people being killed, you don't need to include them as Lead or Supporting.</div></blockquote><p> </p><p> I edited that out, I mis-read the reply to my post. And that horror movie was just an example, my proper idea gives the randoms more of a role in the film.</p>

[Astil]

Thanks 1234. Missed a word.

[TLLK]

<blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-username="LoNdOn" data-cite="LoNdOn" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="31201" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>Do I get a discount? Free popcorn at least?</div></blockquote><p> 20% off the Fun Pack. So, basically, a discount on your popcorn, Milk Duds, and Cherry Coke.</p>