Lights... Camera... ACTION!!: A Hollywood Quest

Prompt Name: The Lorax
Genre: Animated, Comedy, Philosophy, Musical
Sub-Genre: Corporate Morality, Rags to Riches to Rags
Format: Animated Movie (2D or 3D would be fine)
General Idea:

The movie starts in the town of Thneedville, where this song is being played as it pans through the town. This version of The Lorax is a pseudo-epilogue as we follow through Ted's plot of materialistic want, wanting to impress a materialistic girl that wants a tree because she views it as an accessory rather than something necessary. He goes out to discover the ruined fields of Truoutside of Thneedville where he discovers a lone house where he meets an old man (his face is not seen) named the Once'ler.

This portion of the movie then goes on with the Once'ler telling his tale (There will be two perspectives, the Clean and Innocent one from the 2012 adaption will be what he tells Ted. The second perspective is a mix between the 2012 and Cartoon version, which is actually shown on the screen.)

Perspective 1 will only be shown through dialogue.

Perspective 2 will be shown after Ted leaves, showing what really happened behind the scenes as Onceler kept cutting down trees even with the promises he made. It was until his family arrived that the amount of trees being cut down increased with the development of Thneed factories. The Onceler (who is actually this nice guy and means well) begins his own rise to power (this storyboard and song will be used).

Act three ends with the Unless scene, where both perspectives merge into one (the storytelling/dialogue merges with what is shown.) Ted returns to Thneedville, slightly still this materialistic lad who wants to impress a girl that likes materialistic things. It was until when the tree was planted and grown that he shows her..she begins gushing out about the aesthetics of the tree as he tells her facts about the Truffula Trees he learned from the Onceler only to feel frustrated as she seems to not care the interesting facts about it and had a single moment to realise with his self-awareness that his reason for wanting to plant the trees is now different compared to when he began.

Getting more seeds from the tree after she left, the movie ends with him working towards planting more trees while the populace remains sceptical, some downright furious at him trying to demolish the infrastructure and aesthetic beauty of the city. After all his efforts causing the trees to be cut down by the others (mostly O'Hare), he leaves the city as he tells them one final quote. "Unless someone who cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better. It's not."

Extra Notes: O'Hare will not be some random annoyance like the 2012 version, rather he is not seen, gives out grey-morality reasons why his company exists and why it will not shut down anymore shops, making the people aside from Ted feel indebted to him. (Sounds familiar?)

Onceler will also recite reasons he gave to the Lorax why he continued building his company and not quit (such as: Not wanting to get thousands of people out into the streets, giving the people a warm place to live in, etc.) He also goes through the one realisation in the "Unless Scene" and the reason he never planted much was the fact not receiving The Lorax's forgiveness and the friends he made on the way are gone made him feel tremendous guilt and remorse.

(Optional) He also gives a quote: "That's why I am Onceler, because there I only have one chance in life. Afterwards it's all set in stone."

The Onceler's family is also part of the movie..all they do is just come over, offer no advice, and just leaves after the entire corporation collapses after the Truffula Trees are all gone. (Up to interpretation of the Message)

(May or may not be removed down the line) Biggering scene will be played as a backflash and truth after Onceler gives Ted the last Truffula tree as he feels remorse at having to slightly lie to him as the camera pans out to reveal he was the one who built Thneedville.

The point of the film and why the Ted segment exists is because there will be youngsters and adults who will not relate with the Onceler (many of them would actually separate themselves from the Onceler as there is no face and some will deny they are young Onceler). Unlike the 2012 version this one actually goes through a character development and self-awareness realisation. This tackles two things: Environment Awareness and Consumer Awareness.

More to be added/removed/created/etc. Later when picked.

This version of Biggering's Storyboard can also be combined with the original version (except the beginning of this version.)

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N/A: Decided to create a mix of 2012 and Cartoon Lorax..and create a film that will burn down the curtain that separates Consumers and Companies. It also is in our theme of essentially creating a revolution in Hollywood as this would be a very ambitious movie in my point of view. Also screws over Hollywood companies and others that is just there to create money and nothing else.

I wonder what Disney and the others will think of this version of The Lorax..

An idea that's been kicking around in my mind for a while on this thread, and @RealOtto 's mention of Ford's amnesty for draft dodgers in 1974 (it didn't cover deserters or those who had fled the United States, by the way) made me decide to write up a prompt for it.

Also, not sure if other genres would be included, so any feedback would be appreciated.



Prompt Name: Buckeye and Maple ('buckeye' is a reference to Ohio, the Buckeye State, while 'maple is of course a reference to Canada)
Genre: War, Drama
Format: Live-Action Movie
General Idea:
The movie starts with focus on two high school seniors, Peter and Roy, who have just graduated in their small Ohio hometown. The two are great friends and the opening of the movie focuses on their friendship, however TV and radio reports of the Vietnam War cast a pall over the town.

Things get worse when, shortly after graduation, Peter and Roy both receive draft notices. Both of them are reluctant to leave, but while Roy's family convince him that he should comply with his notice Peter sneaks away in the middle of the night, believing the war is wrong. He makes his way to Canada to avoid the draft. The movie then alternates between the two young men, with Roy having to deal with basic military training and adjusting to military life while Peter starts up a new life in Canada, continuing his studies and dealing with his feelings of guilt at leaving his homeland.

The movie continues with Roy being shipped to Vietnam and engaging in combat, having to deal with the ugliness of war but finding some comfort in the comradeship of his fellow soldiers. Meanwhile Peter is continuing to build his life in Canada, including a steady relationship with a Canadian girl he has met, when he receives word that his mother is gravely ill. He sneaks back into the United States and returns to his hometown, where he shares his mother's last days with her and enduring the scorn of many of the townspeople including Roy's family and some of his former high school friends, however his mother tells him that she understands he has to walk his own path. This is the last conversation Peter and his mother have before she dies and, after attending her funeral, Peter returns to Canada.

After finishing his tour of duty in Vietnam Roy returns home to try to adapt to civilian life, only to find that while his family supports him many others in his home town now consider him little less than a war criminal. Unable to deal with the mistrust in his home town Roy moves to another city where several of his comrades from his military service and living together and supporting each other. In an effort to reconnect with his old friend Roy writes a letter to Peter (whose Canadian address he got from Peter's father) , describing what he has been through in Vietnam and stating that he doesn't blame Peter for dodging the draft. The movie ends with Peter reading Roy's letter in his apartment in Canada, relieved that Roy doesn't hate him. He begins writing a letter to Roy in reply, as in the background a TV plays the newly-appointed President Gerald Ford's announcement of an amnesty for those who dodged the Vietnam draft, also noting that it does not apply amnesty to those who fled the country - like Peter.


Basically it's a story about two friends who are forced to leave home, endure troubles as they find their own paths and build their own lives but still retain their friendship, all against the backdrop of the Vietnam War.