drumlaw80 Posted November 25, 2014 Share Posted November 25, 2014 Historically, there have been numerous attempts at integrating a DCI corps into a Hollywood movie, and exposing our activity to a worldwide audience. It has never been done before like this. Major drum corps press release and announcement coming soon. Get the breaking news on the Facebook page for Goodbye Blue Sky. 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SFZFAN Posted November 25, 2014 Share Posted November 25, 2014 Squeeee Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Freedman Posted November 28, 2014 Share Posted November 28, 2014 It looks really interesting. Good luck to you and to Flower. Maybe a drum corps could do a show based on this story, in a case of life imitating art, or something like that. (Art imitating the art that previously imitated it?) Sounds like the kind of thing Crown would go for. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drumlaw80 Posted December 1, 2014 Author Share Posted December 1, 2014 Breaking - Scott Chandler and Scott Johnson join the creative design team for Goodbye Blue Sky Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drumlaw80 Posted December 2, 2014 Author Share Posted December 2, 2014 Press Release #1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Freedman Posted December 3, 2014 Share Posted December 3, 2014 It looks really interesting. Good luck to you and to Flower. Maybe a drum corps could do a show based on this story, in a case of life imitating art, or something like that. (Art imitating the art that previously imitated it?) Sounds like the kind of thing Crown would go for. ... or the Blue Devils, sure ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cowtown Posted December 4, 2014 Share Posted December 4, 2014 will the alien have super powers or a cool weapon? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drumlaw80 Posted December 5, 2014 Author Share Posted December 5, 2014 (edited) Kind of both, actually, Flower has a super power and a weapon. Her voice. She also knows martial arts, but that's not the key to the story. The original short story we optioned was about a DJ that found a CD of music, played it on the radio. Turns out the music was deployed by aliens, setting the stage for the invasion of Earth by how it controlled people, like Invasion of the Body Snatchers, but using music as a weapon. We changed the character of the music CD to Flower, an alien fighter pilot who gets shot down over San Francisco. Flower has a magical voice, it affects people. In the feature film, Flower gets discovered singing Ave Maria. Bada boom, she ends up in a rock band and things get crazy when the kids all fall under her spell. The final scene in the feature film is in a dance club, with a DJ, live band and thirty live (drum corps) drummers. And a war, when the aliens send operatives to kill Flower, who has fallen in love with Earth and being a rock star, and has gone off mission. Edited December 5, 2014 by drumlaw80 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Freedman Posted December 5, 2014 Share Posted December 5, 2014 (edited) Cool idea for a film. I think the alien culture has to be missing something that ours has, that has to be the focus of her obsession with Earth. To expand on the drum corps angle, it can be a passion for hard work and music and excellence that the musicians exhibit. On her planet, the music is made mostly by machines that always left her feeling uninspired. Much of the second half of the film can be about her meeting with various musicians who talk about what music feels like to them. You could try to get cameos with noted performers from various kinds of music giving their real feelings. One of the events she attends is DCI finals where she learns that the kids are scored in part on their expression of emotion. On her planet emotion is suppressed. Edited December 5, 2014 by Pete Freedman Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drumlaw80 Posted December 5, 2014 Author Share Posted December 5, 2014 (edited) Awesome thought, Pete. You're on to something about something missing in alien culture -- the aliens in the film use sound as a weapon. When Flower discovers humans using music to communicate and express emotion, it baffles her. She falls in love with Earth. Our approach to integrating drum corps is a little different than you might expect. I think just throwing a drum corps in the middle of a movie and hoping for the best would be a disaster. Our concept is full integration and use of the drum corps performer's talents. For example, the last scene of Red Skies at Night (the short film prequel we're shooting in January takes place at a wedding. Flower sings Ave Maria (in Italian) and transforms the wedding into chaos with the effect her voice has on the people (I am simplfying). As Ave Maria grows, people in the crowd start moving in perfect synch with Flower, some start singing in Italian,all synched up perfectly, because they are communicating via telepathy. This is where it dawned on us that DCI corps kids would be the perfect addition to the cast, and having somebody like Scott Chandler from Blue Devils team up with our Hollywood team and create a genius visual masterpiece if we can, through movement, music and set design. I explained a lot of the concept plan on my blog yesterday, which you can check out here. Edited December 5, 2014 by drumlaw80 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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