SCRIPT WRITERS-over here!!!!!
 

We're making a progress, that's good. While we are working on our characters and deciding who's who, I thought the clever good-at-making-up-comedy-text writers could start some script writing. We have not yet decided how many characters are there and stuff, but it's good to have some comedy lines ready to be put together when the characters are made and we know how many are there. I'm not good at writing scripts and especially comedy, so I'l leave that to you, clever people

Well, I was thinking that for our 'Friends'-episode-style movie, we could perhaps have our simselves/alter-egos meet each other (in a coffee house, of course) and have some sort of weird comedic mini adventure where 'we' all kind of introduce ourselves to the simming world. It's basically an intro through film.

That sounds really good, fee.

What could the comedic adventure be? It has to be something random and funny that would actually be in a Friends episode. Maybe it could involve llamas...

Um... the llama necklace belonging to one of the characters is stolen, and they all go on a quest type-thing to look for it, perhaps?

Pretty good. I'm thinking that could be slightly exaggerated, though, like it turns out that it belonged to the crazy llama-man downstairs (Mr. Heckles type? ) and he'll call the cops if they don't find it and get them arrested for theft (it was a priceless heirloom) and so they have to find it fast!

Okay, another idea (what's happening to me today?): before getting into the action itself, we need an intro song, right? And while that song is playing, we have a pic of each character, side by side with a pic of the "real thing". Get my point?

Yeah, that's a good idea. Or, to avoid copying Friends too much, the neighbour could be a crazy cat lady with about eight cats. And the cats are absolutely wild and keep popping up randomly. Just an idea, probably not even a good one...

I like popping cats idea. It seems so random. I'm still holding my intro idea, though.

Your intro idea's good. Only one problem... which intro song would we use?

Well, that;s what I'm having the most problems with. It has to be something special, funny and catchy. And NO, we can't use the intro of "Friends"!

*thinks for a bit* how about ... (and this could be really tricky) translating the Friends theme tune into simlish and getting someone to sing it. (or just say it, 'tis easier)

Translating a song into simlish is somewhat of a challenge. First, there is no such thing as an actual Sim language; this brings to me to reason #2, that we can't use just random gibberish, 'cause it might end up sounding silly.

which is precisely why I'm regretting coming up with that idea.

Somebody on the thread in my siggie said that they would like to write music for the films. I better go drag them over here.

No, the idea is good, but hard to make. And I guess we already have enough on our hands. Locations, filming, voice recording etc. Not to mention the making of the actual actors.

Okay, I'm proposing a candidate for the theme song: "19 2000" by Gorillaz.

We could record some sims speaking or using the karaoke and make them into a tune or something Scratch that....*goes to brainstorm*

*practice*

We could write our own words for the tune that kind of go with the club, or have the Friends tune with 'simlish karaoke lyrics' at the bottom.

I liked Animal's idea, actually.

I'm voting against simlish song. No offense, but it's a complication we don't really need.

yeah. and that saves me from arghing at a computer screen cause I had the dreadful feeling that the poor person doing the translating might have been me.

Someone musical could just strum out a tune for us in the style of the Friends theme. I could do a trombone version, but it would sound like utter s**t on a stick.

I've recently playing with Fruity Loops, making random tunes, but I lack the talent to make a series tune.

*lacks any kind of talent besides writing, and even that's mediocre* I used to play the violin, if that helps at all, but that was four years ago and I haven't seen one in three years, soo... it doesn't help. *is a moron*

Another candidate for the theme song: "Do you want to" by Franz Ferdinand.

I'd probably be able to batter out some sort of tune on my keyboard, but the sound quality would be dreadful. I might be able to write something, though. I PMed that music person and invited them to the group, so they might be able to help.

*wonders where Vlad's random song choices are coming from*

Wait wait wait!!! *has just had possibly daft idea* is there a song out there called or about Llamas, or friends? Either way, that would be a good theme song!!

There actually not random. I'm looking at the songs, I have, trying to find a catchy one.

*goes off to look for songs about Llamas*

I remember the llama song from somewhere...we could use that!

'The Llama Song' by Burton Earny. I was quick, was I not?

Found it on Youtube. A tad too random for my taste.

how can you possibly be too random? ok, I'll go look for another song...

Just pick a song where the name is literally something along the lines of "we're absolute nutters, waheyy" and then we can just use the song for a title. xD
In fact, I usually use songs as the basis for my Sims movie ideas.

*looks for songs about nutters instead*

wait a minute... 'They're coming to take me away haha' could have potential, since it's a) about a crazy person and b) one of our characters was taken away to a mental home.

I remember that song. Sounds good.

My dad used to sing it around the house all the time, and now that I've remembered I've got it stuck in my head. *arghs for a bit*

*wants 80s song as theme tune, but can't think of one*

I guess we could use it for a while, until someone finds/makes a better one.

Which one, the Llama Song, an 80s song or 'They're coming to take me away haha'?

The crazy last one But it's not my choice alone.

What's the 'They're Coming To Take Me Away Haha' song like?

catchy, daft and about being taken away to the funny farm. awesomesauce, in other words.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2o7bMdAyPes ignore the video

That's the best song EVER.

Maybe we could add some sort of melody with it - it's a little too 'spoken word' right now for a theme song.

*starts clanging a windchime about*

Kazoos!

Kazoos? *likes windchimes* anyway, we will probably be able to find someone who can do an accomponiment melody to the song.

The theme song is starting to take so much space and time.

yeah. I think we've come to the conclusion that the theme song is 'They're coming to take me away haha' with an accomponiment (I've probably spelt that wrong) so now we should really concentrate on what is going to happen.

We can think about music later.

Back to first episode. Meeting in a cafe...

Okay - I'm thinking intro in coffee shop.

Somebody comes in and starts talking to whoever is behind the counter, asks for a coffee, the counter guy says 'that's something *ninety-nine*' and the crazy Russian jumps out of his seat and starts screaming gibberish.

I may be away for a little while - I'm going to go delete all my 'too slow' posts.

And the somebody that asked for a coffee gets knocked out, taken to the hospital, and when he/she wakes up, the Russian tries to apologize, but...

...but a crazy patient starts running around the hospital, yelling, "I'm FREE! I'm FREE!"

*is back* but... the dude that got knocked out isn't happy, and says they have to do something for her, which is find her llama necklace that was stolen...

and then a crazy patient does the I'm free thing

and then...

Okay - I've got to go and do my homework. I'll be gone for a while.

Good luck with the homewrok thingy, Fee.
About the necklace... where DO we get a necklace object?

*thinks* suppose they don't actually find the necklace in the end?

That could work.

that could be a funny little twist if everyone thinks they will find the necklace. anyway, after receiving their mission and the patient yelling "I'm free!!" ...

Wait a sec... MISSION?! Sounds a bit... RPG-istic.

*things of better words* ultimatum? (as in, find necklace or get sued for knocking me out) quest?

The 'mission/quest' think in general seems a bit odd.

okay. *hunts down my thesaurus*

adventure, chase, crusade, delving, enterprise, examination, expedition, hunt, inquest, inquiry, inquisition, investigation, journey, mission, pilgrimmage, prey, probe, probing, pursual, pursuit, quarry, research, seeking, voyage

(yes i did copy and paste the above)

we don't have to refer to it as anything, it's just kind of a thing they've been asked to do. I'm still thinking of it as a quest-type-thing, though.

It's not the word - it's the concept. It wouldn't happen on a sitcom.

which is precisely why it must happen. because it is totally random.

Hrm...well, we still need some side stories to go with it.

Okay, think of it this way.
Let's suppose the nerd get's knocked out; he/she is actually a student, new in town, looking for a place to stay...

...then, the russian spy is sympathetic towards the loserish nerd, and offers him/her a place to stay - forgetting that the mad cat/llama lady lives there...

Yeah, something like that.

The Russian dude and the nerd would be the first characters to live together. The others ones might be neighbors or could move in slightly later.

and of course the cat/llama lady lives with them, but has to move out later because the appartment ain't big enough for three people and lord-knows-how-many-cats

I was thinking that the lady could live next door. I mean, why would a cat/llama lady be living in the same apartment with a former Russian spy? I find this version more interesting, because the lady would be more of a mystery.

that's true. and the cats popping up at random intervals and yowling and pouncing on people would be kind of hilarious, which is why I had the idea of that character in the first place.

i dont mind being the girl that loses the necklace.

[QUOTE=candiiee]that could be a funny little twist if everyone thinks they will find the necklace. anyway, after receiving their mission and the patient yelling "I'm free!!" ...[/QUOTE

or ppl find a neclace but its not the one?

that could be useful... but doesn't exactly solve the problem of the necklace object.

anyway, you havent icluded my character in the story at all. I'm the easy attractive girl the flirt-boy tries 2 get right? OOH OOH and actually its the flirt boy that steals the necklace????????????

we were getting to that part. i think. :S

ok so how does the rest of the ppl meet me?
I KNOW!!! You lot become friends and go clubing 2gether,
where I work as a hostess? The flirt-boy starts (obvs) to flirt with me,
and after some time he introduces me to u lot, and at first u dont like me,
cos I seem a tart in love with myself, but then we become gr8 friends as u
realise I'm not that bad. I am still myself slapping on a lot of heavy make up every
10 mins, but were still good friends . U like that?

yeah, sounds good. you'll have to ask fee and vlad though, it's not really up to me.

I know, idk, I'm just saying what I want, and its up to u whether u like it or not.

okay. I do like it.

That's good.
I'm so happy I can be the tart.(if others like Fee and Vlad agree)
Apparently, according to my so called 'friend' I am a tart in real life.
But it's 1. Only her thinking that or 2. No one else dares to agree with her
to my face.

I bet its 1.
My friend called me a slapper the other day. Blehh.

yeah and she called me a snob too. but she's just jealous cuz ive got loads of friends and she cant keep a simple friendship.

my friends just jealous cuz the guy she fancies likes me. and i hate him. even though he's sweet, talented, really good friend, really funny, nice, haaaaaaawt... i still hate him. phfffff, weird me.

yeah, you ARE weird. Being myself, I would pull him straight away

he is a short-a*** though. He'd have to stand on a chair (in fact, make that a STACK of chairs) to kiss me. eep.

oh.....................OH WELL! He's still a boy.........

back on topic....WHAT HAPPENS NEXT?