The Forums - Working Title

[Dog Food]

The Forums is a web series about an ailing forum plagued with drama. The Trio (a threesome group of forum-goers) set out on a mission to save their beloved forum from demise. Meanwhile, a clan of gamers may be the forums best bet at survival - if only there was someone willing to convince the players to register an account. Created by KJ.

If you want to audition for a role, PM me or post in this thread for additional information.

Questions you can answer:
What should the official title of this web series be?

Other information coming soon...

[Neerb]

I really want to do something for this, but I'm not sure what; do we have any idea whatsoever of what the plot will be, if there is one?

[Dog Food]

I really want to do something for this, but I'm not sure what; do we have any idea whatsoever of what the plot will be, if there is one?

Actually, I wrote up a script in a few minutes. It's not necessarily the one we'll use for our pilot, but I figured it describes the sort of thing we will be doing for the show.

The pilot that I wrote will be approximately 5 minutes long. It features two characters, me and another actor, and we hear a third but don't see him. As for the plot, the pilot revolved around conversations between forum members, and hinted at the forums going downhill. There was an unseen flame war going on between one member and an admin, and the end hinted at one of the members potentially getting banned. Once again, a quick pilot I made in five minutes, not very good, but it's a start.

But from what I wrote, I thought of a few other roles I'll be needing, besides acting. If you don't want to act, you can create props. Like the pilot I wrote contains an angry post to an admin, so someone could do props (like writing the angry post that we will use. It's only seen for a few seconds, but it'd be cool if someone watching could pause and then actually read the response). Things like that would be greatly appreciated.

I wrote the pilot in script format, so I don't really want to copy and paste it since it'd get all screwed up. But if someone knows how to post a document, I can show you the roughly-done pilot.

[JrDude]

I really want to do something for this, but I'm not sure what;

[Cornwad]

Sounds good, I look forward to seeing what you do

[Light]

I'll volunteer for Actor (preferably voice only) and screenwriter.

[The Riddler]

Did somebody say editor?


:3

[Dog Food]

I'll volunteer for Actor (preferably voice only) and screenwriter.

I know you are talented at writing scripts, I've seen you're work. So I'd be glad to see you as a screenwriter. As for voice-only actor, that can also be arranged. A few appearances would be nice, your face could be tastefully obscured through different plot devices (a Halloween episode or something), but overall voice-only can be done.

Did somebody say editor?


:3

Figuratively speaking, yes, I did. And it'd be great if you could be editor. The job would involve you taking all of the recorded stuff and mashing it together so that it fits with the shooting script. Then putting it in the right file to be uploaded onto YouTube and handing the finished version to me so that I can make sure everything looks good before I upload it.

Also, if you want to be an actor that'd be great. Just because we're going to need those if we even want to start this.

Current information on things you can do to help, etc, will be edited onto the first post in bold at the top

[jnfs2014]

I'd help in almost any way possible. (except actor, since I'm pretty bad at that)

[JrDude]

I'd help in almost any way possible. (except actor, since I'm pretty bad at that)

No.
You can be an actor. Bad acting is often funny. Unless some of this is actually "serious," but if it has any comedy in it, the bad acting would be good there.

[The Seventh]

I will give being an actor a shot-I don't mind using a camera or just voice-whatever you need.

I will also create props if needed.

In essence, I'll help in any way possible-just add me to msn: red7js@yahoo.com

Also, you can send a text to [spoiler] 1-515-664-1072[/spoiler] just if you don't have me yet, SPECIFY WHO YOU ARE OR I WILL IGNORE THE TEXT.

[jnfs2014]

No, I meant to say that I have literally no means to record video/audio at all.

[SkyMyl]

I'll try my hand at being an actor, since I have a(n absymal) camera I can use for both voice and video.

[Dog Food]

My roughly done script will be on the bottom of this post. It's just something I wrote in five minutes while getting changed, so it's nothing special. With a writing staff we can really work on it from here.

NOTE: The names (besides KJ) are all generic like "admin" and "guy" for now. Once actors have been put into the roles, we can switch the names. You don't necessarily have to use your own name for your role, but you can.

CHARACTER SYNOPSIS (IN ORDER OF MOST SCREEN TIME)
Kid (needs name change) - A guy with anger management who constantly vies for the role of staff member, but is shut down by one of the admins who despises him. They often get into flame wars.

Guy (needs name change) - A voice-only character for the most part. He's the voice of reason. His voice always remains calm and he speaks without biases on what he thinks is right. Not much is known about his life, but he can always be found online and is the guy to go to for advice. He will probably get mod status in later episodes.

Miles: The Gamer is played by SkyMyl - The big gamer of the forums. He knows everything there is to know about games and is always playing them online. He always gets together gaming tournaments and the like on the forums. He's a hyper-active guy, always with a soft drink in his hand, and porn on his mind.

Person (needs name change) - A pompous guy who has a life outside of the forums. Admin likes him over Kid and often opts to give Person power when he doesn't even deserve it. But despite all his flaws, Person still helps when it is needed (he just is a dick about it, you know?).

Lurker (needs name change) - A mellow guy who doesn't post a lot, but is fun to talk to.

Admin (needs name change) - A corrupt admin who always gives Kid poop. As far as I know, his role will mostly be in chats (typing), but he may get a voice.

Silver - if Silver wants to join in, he gets a special position as himself, the lovable leader who watches as things fall apart, and tries the hardest to keep his second home, the forums, afloat.

The character synopsis above is a loose description of all the characters that will have a role in this ensemble cast show. I have a feeling I'm going to be the only girl character, but if there are any girls who want to join in then any of the roles can be easily switched from male to female.

If you want to act, PM me with the role from above you would most likely want to portray.

Below is the rough-draft of a pilot script. Not necessarily episode number 1. It could be one of those pilot scripts you make and get together to create to show to producers to see if your show gets picked up. You know, one of those types of scripts. THERE ARE TWO VERSIONS. THE ACTUAL SCRIPT VERSION AND A VERSION MADE IN A WORD DOCUMENT THAT IS AS CLOSE TO THE SCRIPT STYLE AS I COULD GET.

[Kayo]

I'd like to be a part of this, but most likely not acting. I'll see what else I can do. What do you still need?