A better artemis fowl movie (it’s happening, people)
So we're all aware that the new Artemis Fowl movie is (probably going to be) missing a lot of the stuff that made the books so special. That said, if some of us wanted to make our own, better movie, we probably wouldn't be able to do it on our own, because making a movie requires a lot of time, expertise, and different skill sets.
That's where this comes in: I present, Artemis Fowl Redid (working title).
Shrek Retold was a shot-for-shot remake of Shrek. Shrek fans all over the world signed up to animate or re-enact various scenes from Shrek, collectively re-creating the whole movie including the score. It was an excellent coming-together, and it produced an actual full-length movie.
Artemis Fowl Redid is going to be like that, but a little more serious in tone, although it likely won't be able to be completely serious and will definitely be less "polished" than the official movie. A script will be written that is based almost entirely on the books, and from there, af fans and their friends will sign up for specific parts of the movie to film, animate, voice act, animatic create, stop-motion animate, etc.
This post is to see what you guys think of all this, and also to post the first scene in the script, which is available here. I wrote the script out, but the intellectual property and most of the dialogue belongs to Eoin Colfer. The idea is for us (the af fandom) to make this scene into a movie as a test run/proof-of-concept, and if it works out, to move forward with converting the rest of the book to a movie. So you're probably wondering:
I've divided the script into short chunks, which you can see here along with which chunks have and have not already been claimed and in what capacity. To claim one or multiple chunks, dm me here on tumblr with what parts you'd like to do and what you can do (just voice acting? just animation? can you film a scene?), along with any special considerations. You can also dm me if you'd like to help with something else, like editing the script, writing/editing later, composing music, etc. The more the merrier! Also, please note that I've devised the chunks with an eye towards live-action, which means if you're an animator (or just in general) it's fine and encouraged to do multiple. The only real reason the chunks are so small is because I don't want to overwhelm people, and also because the part we're doing atm is so small.
Also, please boost this post, especially if you're an af blog.
