RetroGunslinger

Yesterday I was on my way home and I was thinking about my recent dumping of a project I've been trying to get off the ground for about two, two and a half years. I finally realized that I just didn't have the equipment, the funds, or the right amount of committed people to finish it and, as I only had a few scenes shot and only two or three really worth jack shit, I called it quits until I could afford to get it done.

So, I had decided to go ahead--since I already have a lot of the necessary equipment--and shoot a few shorts while I go through the summer and college and all that, and save the features for another time, or until I can come up with an exceptionally cheap script. Anyway, I then was confronted by my narcissistic side and decided that I wanted to share my artistic work slate for the summer, and open up a thread for any other Tilted artists to share theirs, maybe throw out their ideas to see what others think. I'm not sure if my idea is clear in the least, but I digress..

My foremost project is my novel, V.C. - Venereal Curse, the rough draft of which you can read in Tilted Literature, and which I hope to finish by the end of the summer.

Secondly is my short film, which is a sort of a Cabinet of Dr. Caligari/Frankenstein homage, with a bit of Wicker Man thrown in for good measure. I'm not sure yet if I'll shoot it or something else, but it's currently what I'm planning on doing. If I go through with it, I hope to finish it sometime before October.

Then, I have a script called Vile Lance, which is a Troma-inspired action film about a serial killing rapist druggie aiding a group of Jews trying to stop the resurrection of Jesus, who in actuality is an evil demon.

After that is a script I might first write as a short story called Posey, which is sort of like Lucky McKee's Sick Girl, but more psychological and about plants rather than bugs. I couldn't possibly produce it as a film until I have about $25K, but that just gives me more time to work on it.

Other than that, all I have are some short stories I want to write while I have the time over the summer. One's call "Stay Hydrated!", which is a zombie story about a secluded town surrounded by the living dead, which were spawned via a contagion in the water, so the people have to find other means of satisfying thirst.

I was also part of an improv workshop yesterday, and I started thinking after one skit about an allegorical short about a man falling in love with and trying to marry a robot and being called out for it, as sort of a statement about gay marriage, but with a Philip K. Dick-esque spin on things. But that one is no more than a thought.

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