…high tech critters, those
Regarding the “storytelling by poll” session from yesterday: I received the following email from the studio.
Doc,
Love the whole poll based writing thing. Very indie. Very experimental. Just a couple of minor suggestions.
We were thinking it might be nice to let your co-writers know who is cast as who. The brass is thinking some hot young property as Violet. Maybe somebody from the indie music scene. Could be great tie in potential there. Just a thought, amigo.
And speaking of tie in potential, can you give Violet a dog or cat as a travelling companion? Corporate loves that kind of thing and so do audiences. Plus, the back end money could be sweet.
Now, about the narration…hey, we love your voice, big guy, but our focus groups show that audiences prefer someone more “British”…or at least more smooth and cultured. Not that you aren’t cultured, but hey, there’s still that small town boy in your voice. We’ve got a list of possible narrators here. Just look it over, ‘kay?
Ian McKellen
Anthony Hopkins
Patrick Stewart
Sean Connery
Michael Caine
or, if you don’t like the whole Brit vibe…
James Earl Jones
Finally, are you still dead set against the whole Mostly Purple Patty thing? I mean, we’ve got it optioned and the fan base is huge. You’re still early on and it wouldn’t take much to rework it. Could be the next Harry Potter.
Looking forward to hearing your thoughts on this.
To which I replied:
Addressing your suggestions in the order they were put forth…
Violet is being played by Christina Ricci at age 16, only taller. Think an older, less sinister, less worldly Wednesday Addams
The idea of a companion does interest me. I’ll run it by the co-writers.
Ok, I’ve chosen another narrator. Being unfettered by things like time and space, I chose Vincent Price at the height of his carreer.
Mostly Purple Patty? No, absolutely not. I suggest asking Tim Burton to animate it.
Doc
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So far, things go well. May have made a big mistake agreeing to minor suggestions by studio weasels. Could come back to bite my ass.
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