So I've decided to use Celtx for the development of the project. I've started writing the script (I lost my original rough draft) and it is going well. I'll be using Blender 2.5 until the next big release comes out and hopefully I won't have any bugs and I can continue using 2.6.
I'll pitch the idea to whoever reads this and you can all tell me what you think.
The story is about 3 friends, we'll call them Jim, Tom, and Zane for now. The sun creeps into Jim's room on a cold winter morning. He reluctantly peeks his eyes open and catches the glimmer of snow through the window. He leaps out of bed and can't believe his eyes as he looks out at the new fallen snow. This is going to be a great day for skiing. He scrambles for his cell phone to call his buddies.
Tom is in his room working out, maybe playing guitar, when he gets a call from Jim. "Dude what's up?" he says.
"Have you seen the snow outside?"
"Yeah, talk about some wicked pow!"
"So are you in for skiing today?"
"Well, I've got this tough biochem exam I have to study for."
"So what, this is going to be the best ski day ever!"
"Ok, I'm in, have you called Zane yet?"
Zane is nodding off in front of his computer as his fingers continue to pound out code since the previous evening. He jerks up at the sound of his cell phone. "Dude Yo, like who is this?"
"It's me Jim. Tom and I are totally stoked to go skiing today. Are you in?"
"What time is it?"
"It's 8:00 AM, and if we leave now we'll be the first ones to lay down tracks in the powder."
"I've been coding for like 36 hours yo, eeehhh but I think I got a ski day in me."
"All right, then it's settled. So who's going to drive."
They all think about the cars they drive. Zane drive a little sports car and he can only imagine 3 guys and a bunch of gear stuck in there. Tom parked his Honda on the street and the snow plow has buried it under 3 feet of snow. All that is left is Jim's vehicle.
"I guess we can take the Beast"
A montage ensues of Jim's 1980s Ford Econoline vane, license plate "666 HEL", with no original paint left, studded tires, and a bent antenna. The guys pile their gear into the Beast and head out on there way.
The drive up the canyon is perilous to say the least. There is slipping and sliding and the van crosses back and forth over the rumble strips without the passengers giving the slightest thought to their safety. The symphonic version of 'Sleigh Ride' adds a perky shopping mall feel to the out of control spree up the mountain road. An interior shot of the vehicle shows the friends head banging to Queen's Bohemian Rhapsody. Looking up, there is a plow clearing the road ahead, Jim realizes that he is in the wrong lane heading straight on toward the massive plow. He does his best to get out of the way, but the plow clips his back end and the van goes spinning off the road. They slide down the mountain, pinball off a few trees (Bohemian rhapsody still blaring), and go sailing over a snowbank. Things go into slow motion as the song begins to mellow and the van gracefully lands on a down slope which conveniently spins them into the ski resort parking lot as the final gong sounds.
'Sleigh Ride' resumes as the three dudes ride the lift to the top of the mountain.
"I can't believe we're the first ones on the mountain." says Tom
"Fresh powder and no lift lines; double bonus!" chimes in Zane
Jim isn't paying attention. Journey's "Any way you want it" is blasting through is iPod.
Zane and Tom look at him.
Jim realizes what's going on and shouts "Yeah, go ski day, thing, uh-huh, alright." Pointing the other way he says "Hey look, a seagull."
The others look as Jim blasts off the chair down the hill.
Next is a montage of the three skiing as 'Sleigh Ride' winds down. Jim is up to his waist in powder. Zane is beaming. Tom is carving some great turns. Jim goes of a jump and pulls a 360. Tom hits the same jump and gets a nice front side grab. As the final trumpet squeal of the song bleats out, Zane goes flying haphazardly off the jump like a rag doll and over the horizon and the song ends.
The final shot is a picture of me and my friends in the hospital with Nate Smith and his broken harm.
The End
There are a bunch of inside jokes that I will add to the movie and I hope to make it very light-hearted and silly.
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