I don't know if you guys remember the screenplay that I posted on /r/drama years ago, but I finally turned it into an actual film. I funded and directed it myself.
We're in the process of editing it right now and it should be totally completed at some point in November (or December at the very, very latest).
This entire process has been an emotional roller coaster and the stress has really started to get to me. Making this movie and, by extension, being a filmmaker is the only thing I've ever really wanted in life. I wrote this script (well, an earlier version of it) like 8 years ago when I was still in high school and I've sat on it that entire time while occasionally going back to it and making revisions. I didn't have the time, resources, and maturity needed to actually bring it to fruition until this year. I worked a soulless corporate job at a company run by sociopaths for almost five years so that I could save up money to finally accomplish this. This thing cost me $50,000. I didn't do a kickstarter or take out a loan or borrow from friends or family, this entirely came out of my own savings. I had never directed anything before and I knew that if I told anyone that I planned to spend that much making it, they would have told me it was a stupid idea....but this was a gamble I had to make. I had to take a risk on myself because if I didn't, I would just be one of the countless people that gave up on their dreams and I knew I would regret it for the rest of my life.
I think, overall, everything came out well. There were no major disasters in the production process, my actors all did a great job, and I think it will even be good from a visual standpoint instead of looking like a cheap indie movie (my cinematographer/camera man shot it on an Arri Alexa which is the same type of camera that major film studios use). But I have this constant sense of dread that everyone will hate it and that I'll never get to do this again. I don't even care about the money, I mentally wrote off the cost of the project, but I'm petrified that this project that I poured my heart and soul into and spent years of my life planning will be liked by no one and that people will think I'm a joke for making it.
When it's completed, I'll post a link here so you all can watch it. This movie will either be the start of my career or the end of it but at least I'll be able to go to sleep at night knowing that I tried.
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I'm actually unironically really happy for you. Way to go, bud.
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masterlawlz what did you think of the new hitman map
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Thereβs a completely new one? In hitman 3? I thought the story totally ended.
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Theres a new one yea, its called Ambrose Island and it came out for free. Its set between the Suburbs and Secret Society map of Hitman 2βs story, play it and tell me what you think of it
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Are you the vs guy
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Good job man! I can't wait to watch it.
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Congratulations seriously. Even if it turns out to be awful, you did it for yourself and by your terms. At a minimum, youβll have a great home movie.
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I will unironically shill it everywhere I can cause the Master Lawlz Hollywood saga is just too good of an opportunity to miss
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We should be able to take dramacoin bets on if it will actually be good or not.
Im all in on the king. This is gonna be kino. Someone ping me when it comes out, we'll get liquored up and watch it all together on premier day.
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Bruh I swear I was going to log back into Hotep and make my subtitle βHerald of Lawlzβ and start shitposting how he is coming back. My day is ruined
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Is this not Lawlz?
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Yeah but now heβs already back
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Youβre Hotep?
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No
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Oh, my bad.
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is kino back on the menu?
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no you didn't liar
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It will probably be bad. But that's okay. This is just a beginning. It doesn't have to be the end.
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What were the most interesting and challenging parts of the writing process. How much did the script change from start to end
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I would say the main way it changed is that the time it took to introduce the female lead got shortened because her character is what really jumpstarted the story and made it interesting
I also altered the beginning and ending
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Why did you waste money on that car then?
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How about you direct these nutz in your mouth
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If this isn't LARP I'm actually proud of you Lawlz. Your film will be great and I can't wait to watch it.
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Go join Keffals groomercord and destroy that community like you ruined reddit.com/r/drama
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Please tell me it's about a footlocker employee with dreams to live in Alaska
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Welcome back Lawlz, how have you been?
Fingers crossed for your film, all the best!
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It takes major balls to follow your aspirations in the soulless globohomo world of today, especially if you're not rich. I hope you make it kang,
And if not, you'll have the comfort of knowing you are more self-aware than 99% of the NPCs sorrounding you.
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Congrats, king
Will you put it up on YouTube? Submit to a film festival?
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For the people that want a bit of context : https://old.reddit.com/r/Drama/comments/8gcp4q/i_wrote_a_screenplay_would_you_guys_want_to_read/?sort=controversial
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Ok? Who gives a frick?
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Good luck
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This film thing sounds fun, you should go for it!
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RETURN OF THE KANG
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LAWLZ DEM RANGZ
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stop posting obscene wojacks. i might shoot my load on your face
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I wonder how Vivaldi is going to change when google removes manifest V2, I hope it finds a work around, I love my ad blockers
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i still don't get why we do need to update the chromium version daily
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Good chance this is a shitpost but if not, happy for you
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I can tell that there's a correlation of people not being on here and living fulfilling lives. That being said, I'm grateful when you take the time to post.
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What kind of movie ill order 10 copies to boost sales
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It's a science fiction film about a boy who is raised from age 6 to 26 in a laboratory by an artificial intelligence program that he views as his mother. But when he reaches adulthood, a woman is also introduced into the environment and the two try to find a method of escape.
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do they have s*x? please tell me they donβt have s*x
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Normally I wouldn't divulge plot details but no, they don't have s*x, nor is their relationship romantic or sexual in nature at all. It would have been incredibly inappropriate to take the story in that direction given the nature of the situation.
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thank god!! based director lawlz. i will watch at least five minutes of your movie
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Oh I thought it was a pornographic film. Not interested bro
Jokes aside congratz, sounds interesting. I always wanted to be a director when I still had dreams
Plot sounds a bit like the movie Moon which rocked
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Moon is kino
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/h/kino
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It's a straggot film? Chudded!
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His escape is becoming a bussyposter on an obscure cat forum
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Doesn't that movie already exist / is based on an old Asimov story?
Is this you?
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no that isn't me lol
I wrote it before that movie came out (and even posted the script in /r/drama before it came out so you know I'm not fibbing) and I took more inspiration from Portal than anything else.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Am_Mother
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You wrote and directed I Am Mother (2019)?
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Yeah that's the movie, good job @MasterLawlz I loved it!
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Oddly enough, I wrote this movie before that one came out. There are definitely similarities in the premise but I think the end result is pretty different.
proof: https://old.reddit.com/r/Drama/comments/8gcp4q/i_wrote_a_screenplay_would_you_guys_want_to_read/?sort=controversial
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Where/when can I watch it?
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Iβll post a link in the next month or two
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Please post it.
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I thought it sounded familiar.
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Incredible how you've managed to summarize the rDrama experience with scifi themes
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i hope its a sexplotation movie
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Is this based on your lived experiences?
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above par execution can carry a pathetic script like this. are there stylized sequences? dolly movements? unorthodox framing? focus pulling? is it on film or digital? aspect ratio? color grading? seamless or harsh cuts? symbolism? explosions? practical puppets? makeup? lighting? shadows? magic shots? death of stuntmen? sexually titillating shots? blood squibs? guns with blanks? miniatures? bird eye view?
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Lol did you look up a list of film terms and just spout them all at once
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movie making is like magic, the execution of the trick must go over the heads of inquisitive audience. while i don't expect you to be michael bay and destroy the cameras themselves with cars, did you fricking do anything with the camera? or is it a theatre with bad actors shot on a shaking iphone?
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Nah I think we had really good shot compositions for the most part and thereβs definitely some cool camera shots and movements. My DP did a great job and the lighting was really cool at many points in the film as well (I think youβll be surprised how much we were able to do visually in such a tight space since the movie takes place almost entirely in one location that was 500-ish square feet). We havenβt color graded it yet because we have to finish editing it first but the DP will do that as well.
We also had assistant camera people to do focus shifts within the same shot, so yes those are in the movie as well.
The makeup was minimalist, there was no reason for the characters to look pretty so we mostly just used it to cover blemishes and provide a no-makeup look. But we did have a dedicated makeup person throughout so we didnβt skimp on that.
There are no batshit crazy Sam Raimi or Michael Bay shots in the movie because they wouldnβt have fit the more grounded and serious tone. So I would say the camerawork is a bit more understated but I do think we have a lot of cool visuals throughout. It definitely wonβt look like some shitty video shot on an iPhone.
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when can people expect the trailer/poster release?
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Idk if I'll cut together a trailer but the poster will probably be done around the same time as the movie is in the next couple months
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hmm that's sussy
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Darn, you're really mad over this, but thanks for the effort you put into typing that all out! Sadly I won't read it all.
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Real question- is there a choreographed dance scene? That brought Ex Machina from a 6 or 7 to a 10/10 instantly
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I've seen that movie but with the sexes swapped. It's on Netflix
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Whatβs it called?
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I am mother
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Does he frick his AI mommy? I will leave a shitty review on multiple sites if not.
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she literally does not have a body. She's visually represented by security cameras which are overlaid with a voice. Like Hal 9000 or Glados.
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There needs to be a scene where they have AI phone s*x when he's a teenager. You'll be the first person to direct a scene like this; no matter how shitty the screenplay is, you'll go down in history.
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lol there actually are AI s*x scenes in Her and Blade Runner 2049
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but they dont hump
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