Scenes that may be included (5/2/2014)

* Having spent a good 2 hours last night practicing with my voices, singing and using drama skills through reading a number of books of mine and doing improv, I was able to make the following discoveries and write down the notes and ideas below.

Practicing with my voices I was able to recognise a number of factors about the two characters I had definitely been set for already.

• Captain: Through acting in a whole manner of ways with my regular voice to situations I felt the captain would encounter e.g. confident, annoyed, angry, concerned, friendly and stressed, I feel that this voice comes across with confidence and clarity.
• Mechanic: With the cockney voice I had already intended for this character, I found that with a few improv attempts alongside my regular captain's voice the two blended too much and it felt more like the captain putting on a pirate's accent. Therefore, I went back over the other voices I jotted down a couple of sessions ago and found that my 'fat disgusting man' voice was almost cockney, but was also somewhat raspy. Playing with the voice I found myself becoming this cranky, distinct old character thanks to the yell that brought out the voice e.g. "CAPTAIN!". Therefore, I will bring this up with my partner to show him the difference and what I feel to be the better choice. 

I then decided to mess with the golem voice just in case as I did fancy playing this sort of character if I could get my bass across distinctly.
I found that I was certainly able to keep it as a bass, but felt that if it were included then it would need a filter over it of some sort so as to make it more distinct.

* After doing the above, I then wrote down the improvised scenes I came up with last night, similar to those you may see in a screen play and therefore may not necessarily make it into the final project.

Captain and Mechanic's scene:

The hum of machinery working and power flowing through the ship is heard in the ship's corridors. Cut to an open floor where a large figure is working inside. The sound of tools fades in when suddenly a loud bang occurs.

Mechanic: (coughing) "CAPTAIN!"

Footsteps can be heard as the captain rushes into the scene from around a corner. Smoke starts to rise from the open floor.

Captain: (coughing) "What the hell happened here?"

The sound of an extinguisher is heard as the mechanic gets halfway out of the floor with a can in his hand. 

Mechanic: "It's that damn cheap fuel core you bought the ship back on Rigal Nine. I told you it was no good! But nooo! You just had to buy it didn't you!?"

Captain: "We make do with what we can, you know that..."

Mechanic: "Yea well, you're not the one who has to maintain this bloody ship are you? Come on, give me a hand won't you?"

Captain: "Fine, come on you big lummox..."

Heaving, the captain lifts the portly mechanic out of the open floor. The mechanic then skulks into a corner and lights a cigarette.

Captain: "Ok, ok, give it to me straight? On a scale of totally ok, to we are all going to die a slow and painful death... how bad is the situation?"

Mechanic: "Well, the power core is completely buggered. And, because I didn't find it sooner, we also lost some important wires that connect to our engines..."

Captain: "So...?"

Mechanic: "SO... unless we touch done within the next two hours we are going to be floating in the middle of nowhere!"

Captain: "So, a slow and painful death hey? Great! Please tell me that you can fix it?"

Mechanic: "I'll give it a go, but I can't promise any miracles using the crappy tools you always supply me with."

Captain: "Ok, ok... Tell you what, if we don't end up starving or suffocating out here in the middle of nowhere, then I'll lend you some crystals so you can buy some better ones, ok?"

Mechanic: "Yea, yea... I'll hold you to that..."

Reluctantly the mechanic finishes his cigarette and jumps back into the open floor.

Captain: "Alright! I knew I could count on you!"

Mechanic: "Ha! I'm the only one you can count on!"

Captain and Golem's scene:

Walking into a large open storage room, the captain approaches the colossal golem which stands alongside some crates. 

Captain: "Hey big guy! I heard something was troubling you?"

Golem: "Yes captain, I'm afraid that I can not keep up this charade."

Captain: "What? Wait! Hold on..."

The captain goes back to the door he entered from and closes it. Making sure no one is around he continues.

Captain: "Is this about your role in the group?"

Golem: "It's my conscience captain, I feel that I am living a lie. I also feel that I don't help enough to earn my keep..."

The captain takes a seat on a large crate and signals the golem to sit next to him, making a loud thud the golem does so .

Captain: "Everyone on board this ship has a purpose. The pilot seems to be the only one able to convince the ship what to do and, although mechanic is a right grouch, he actually keeps us afloat. Though don't tell him I told you that..."

Golem: "I won't..."

Captain: "Heck! Even I have the role of getting us work and keeping this group together. But more importantly, do you want to know why I keep you around, apart from your ability to lift heavy cargo?"

Golem: "To be the muscle? To hurt people?"

Captain: "No! I keep you around so that we don't have to hurt anyone. That's the point of this group, we do what we can in order to make a living where we can, without taking any lives."

Golem: "No? So what good am I then?"

Captain: "Well. you may not have noticed, but your kind of big, and scary looking, no offense..."

Golem: "None taken."

Captain: "People get intimidated just by looking at you. Your the perfect weapon that doesn't kill! When you're behind us looking big and mean it stops them from drawing their pistols as they're terrified you'll mess them up!"

Golem: "But I don't want to do either of those things to anyone."

Captain: "I know that, but they don't..."

The golem seems to ponder this as he rubs a big stone hand across his chin. After some rock grinding sounds he nods.

Golem: "Do you really think it can work captain?"

Captain: "I know so! We have the rest of the crew convinced right? Which is probably for the better considering their poker faces suck...

The captain jumps off the crate and raises a hand.

Captain: "Now come on! One more time..."

Golem: "No, captain please..."

Captain: "Oh come on! I swear it's a fun game once you crack it! If it's one thing I'm going to teach you as your captain it's how to play one simple Earth game, ok?"

Golem: "...Ok."

Captain: "Good! Now... ROCK, PAPER, SCISSORS!"

The captain raises paper and the golem a reluctant rock.

Captain: "No! You were meant to choose something other than rock!"

Golem: "Sorry captain, but rock comes naturally to me..." 

Captain: "Yea, funny that... Ok, from the top!"