This week we had a blast writing the script and filming. It was so great just coming up with jokes that we wanted to see in the final project, and I feel like everyone had at least one funny thing they added into the script. We initially wanted to do a connect 4 tournament, but we decided against it since we didn't really have access to it so we thought of something on the spot and came up with tic tac toe. I think this was better because it is something original and dumb which we thought would be the best chance of having something funny. Also, Will Ferrel movies are kind of dumb too.
We knew that we would only have one opponent, so we had to find a way to get other people involved in a way that made sense on screen, which was a bit of a challenge since we had a big group. We then kind of thought about how sporting events are portrayed in real life, and we thought to how there are reporters and interviews with coaches and players, so we decided to make Cole and Jack reporters and Creevy as the ref. We also wanted there to be juxtaposition between the Joey, the crazy coach, and his "athlete", Braden. We thought it would be funny if Braden was just this really quite kid that get bullied by Joey, so we wanted him to look as stupid and lame as possible. There were a lot of great jokes, but by far the one I was most proud of in the script was the Grindr line that Joey came up with.
As for filming, we found that it is a lot easier when you're not trying to remember the script. In fact, the only part that was scripted is the interview with Jack and Joey. After that we pretty much winged it. We were inspired by the foosball movie we saw in class that day and we really wanted to do an overhead shot of the actual game. We also wanted to do a wide Wes Anderson style shot of me and Braden walking to begin the match. All in all, filming was by far the best part of the project and we had a blast doing it.
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