The Muscovite is about a Method Actor who get's so deeply into his role that once he's finished, he can't remember his old personality.
Foist and Foimost: The only reason the above video is even remotely entertaining is that my friend James Manzello was able to reprise his role as Rollo Martins and that the lovely and talented Marlena Pavich basically directed the thing while I sweated about holding the green screen relatively still. So thank you guys so much! Also, special thanks to Andrew Anthony for helping me hugely with the edit!
Dearth!/Loss! (my first short) - http://vimeo.com/23248987
The Muscovite! Webcomic - http://studio-ffolliott.com/the-muscovite/
The Concept:Can a short film be epic? Can it pack the same scope of a feature into it's much more efficient length? The Muscovite will be like the Citizen Kane of short films; it will blend crackling dialogue, fully formed characters, a story that moves like a freight train, and a bloody good ending into one 50 minute visual and emotional feast. Don't you want to see if we can pull it off?
The Kickstarter:
For those new to Kickstarter, here's how it works: any pledge you make towards our $10,000 Goal remains in an escrow account operated by Amazon.com. That means that if we don't get to $10,000, your pledge is returned to your account like nothing ever happened. And if we do reach $10,000, the money is put into our film fund, and we can start shooting!
The Question:
What is perfection in Acting?
The Answer in Film Form:
In 1931, Lent Little, the first Method Actor, got so deeply into his character (a Civil War surgeon in A.J. Gibbon's ill-received I, Saw Bones) that once he was done filming, he couldn't remember who he was in the first place. He fell off the face of the earth, and though he was the greatest actor of his age, now he's largely forgotten.
In 1961, A.J. Gibbon walks into a bookshop and steals the only copy of I, Saw Bones he's seen in 30 years. The proprietor, Bernard Coates, catches him, and over tea and the threat of arrest, forces Gibbon to admit his role in driving Lent Little mad. But Coates is too fixated, too well-informed to be just an overzealous fan; by the end of their conversation both will have no secrets left.
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Thank you so much! Every dollar counts as an official, non-refundable vote of confidence/ego booster!
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Thank you! Reward: Your name in the Special Thanks Section of the film, a Digital Download of our Behind the Scenes Documentary (with footage of the rehearsal process, costume and set design, and shot schematics) and a one of a kind poem written by me, and e-mailed to you on your birthday!
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Thank You fantastically! Reward: All of the above, plus a Digital Download of the finished film!
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Thank you in perpetuity! Reward: All rewards in the $1 to $25 dollar range, plus a PDF copy of the Muscovite Shooting Script, and your choice of either a one-of-a-kind love song recorded just for you on your birthday (transferable to loved ones loved by you) or a thank you postcard with a tiny drawing on it which may make you laugh.
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Thank you also in perpetuity! Reward: All rewards in the $1 to $25 dollar range, plus a PDF copy of the Muscovite Storyboards drawn by yours truly, and your choice of either a one-of-a-kind love song recorded just for you on your birthday (transferable to loved ones loved by you) or a thank you postcard with a tiny drawing on it which may make you laugh.
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How dare yee? My mom will visit this page, hopefully. No reward for yee.
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Thank you forever! Reward: All rewards in the $1 to $25 dollar range, and BOTH the Muscovite Shooting Script and Muscovite Storyboards drawn by yours truly, and your choice of either a one-of-a-kind love song recorded just for you on your birthday (transferable to loved ones loved by you) or a thank you postcard with a tiny drawing on it which may make you laugh.
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The SISKEL & EBERT: all rewards in the $1 to $75 dollar range, and an invitation to the online pre-screening of our next-to-last cut of the film, done just like the pros, in which we will take your suggestions and input into account for the final, festival-bound edit. This just became a collaboration!
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The CENTURION and a HALF: all rewards in the $1 to $100 dollar range, and an original framed and autographed drawing from the Muscovite Web-comic!
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The ORWELL: All rewards in the $1 to $100 range, plus a subliminal evocation of you placed in the finished film. Spooky, and a good conversation piece!
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The VENTURA: All rewards in the $1 to $100 range, plus, Ever wanted to live in eternal bliss? Now you most likely will, with the Ventura Package. I will, dressed in a Tuxedo, deliver to a place of your choosing a small cute pet, like a goldfish or a gerbil, that I have personally selected as having a good pet personality. Naming ceremony for the small cute pet will be profound and still, with a recording of the pet's natural habitat played on portable media. Limited to within driving distance of Tri-State Area.
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The COSTANZA: All of the awards from $1 to $100, plus, using my acting/writing skills, you and I will create a nefarious scheme in which you'll gain stature/reputation in the eyes of your loved ones/employers/crushes, etc. For instance; go on a date, and I'll "mug" you, and you can heroically save the day at my expense!
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The PATRON OF THE ARTS: All of the rewards in the $1 to $100 Range, plus an Associate Producer Credit in the film and on IMDB.COM. Your name literally in lights! The magic of the cinema!
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The WEINSTEIN: All of the rewards in the $1 to $100 Range, plus an Executive Producer Credit in the film and on IMDB.COM. Ever won a major award? I mean, like a film-festival one, not a leg-lamp...
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The LONG TERMER: All rewards in the $1 to $100 range, Executive Producer Credit, and a copy of Lee Strasberg's "A Dream of Passion" autographed by the graduating class of the Bristol Old Vic Theater School. These signatures will be worth pure gold one day soon...
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The LEAPER: All rewards in the $1 to $100 range, Executive Producer Credit, plus, I am terrified of heights. I will bungee jump with you, or alone while you laugh maniacally from planet earth. Also, a copy of Stanislavsky's "An Actor Prepares," autographed by the graduating class of the Bristol Old Vic Theater School.
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