Re: My Uncle Sam--A Revolutionary War Film For TOY
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for those of you foreigners who don't know, is a rebellion that took place in colonial U.S for freedom from England.
They are no foreigners on the internet. Also I feel I ought to correct you, they fought for freedom from the Britain Empire not simply England.
I hope you make the atmosphere correct. Here are a few facts: The British regulars were fairly innocent, except the fact that they started the war by firing at the Yankee soldiers. The Yankees (Not Americans, as America is a big continent.) were not so innocent. The Yankees threw things like watermelons and beer bottles at the British guards, and cursed the Regulars every second of each day. The Yankees started the war in the first place by rebelling. In addition, the Yankees even attacked Canada! Remember: the British Regulars were fairly innocent and the Yankees were rebellious. Hope this helped.
GoldenCamera, I am sorry to say this, but I think if you are keeping all these little plot secrets to yourself, and meanwhile, members are shooting holes in the plot you did release like crazy, it wouldn't hurt to revise, perhaps rewrite some parts of the script and stop trying to plug these plot holes with excuses. You can go to some of these places if you live near any, and try cracking open some books at your library, and look at other places online besides Wikipedia for information. Have you ever been to colonial Williamsburg? Very interesting (if it isn't in the hot of a Virginia summer)
And don't go blabbing off about how it is hard to recreate some things in Lego, because it really isn't. You can make basically anything in Lego. Look for every detail, like how they dressed, what they ate, how they talked, their manners, their habits, I looked at all that for Fateful.
Good Luck.
RealBrick, and every other person, is correct. Even the name "Uncle Sam" and more, "My Uncle Sam" doesn't make sense, esp. since Uncle Sam wasn't created yet back then.
Uncle Sam is a real person, however he did not have the name.
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In the year 1812, a large quantity of provisions for the army was purchased at Troy, N.Y., by Elbert Anderson, a government contractor. The goods were inspected by two brothers, Ebenezer and Samuel Wilson. The last named was invariably known among the workmen as "Uncle Sam." The packages were marked E.A.-U.S. On being asked the meaning of these initials, a workman jokingly replied that he didn't know unless they meant Elbert and Uncle Sam. So, the title became current among the workmen, soldiers, and people, and the United States Government is now known affectionately as "Uncle Sam".
Uncle Sam became a useful, popular icon in cartoons, much like the John Bull character who represented the United Kingdom, or the Uncle Lewis character who represented France. John Bull and Uncle Sam have squared off in hundreds of political cartoons throughout the years.
The most famous image of the Uncle Sam persona was a World War I recruiting image that depicted a stern Sam pointing his finger at the viewer and declaring, "I want you." This was painted by artist James Montgomery Flagg in the year of 1917, just prior to US involvement in World War I.
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So- IDC what you say- your title is incorrect. That, added by the numerous plot holes that we've shot in your plot (oh goodie; a ryme pa!) shows that you have put VERY LITTE TIME INTO RESEARCH.
My advice; scrap the title and the plot and make a better movie with some other idea.
MATT
All of your questions and criticism will be explained WHEN THE FILM IS RELEASED! Gawd.
...your questions and criticism will be explained...
What?
Look, I just want to help you so you don't get your film shot to pieces with historical inaccuracy pointed out by the many history freaks on the site. Perhaps instead of yelling at people for trying to help you by accusing them of "flaming" and trying to inflate this deflating story with secrecy, you should consider taking advise. Did you go to the library? Have you actually been to Boston,Williamsburg, Lexington, Concord, or any of these key places? Do you have Netflix of Blockbuster? Try to stream some videos about the time period, like Patriot. You may be surprised to know that not all men dressed like generals. Use movies like that to learn about how they talked, and their lifestyle, and there has to be a different title you could use to make the story seem more interesting and engaging than My Uncle Sam. You could lend me the script to revise (I have Fateful to make, so don't worry about me stealing it).
No way. I'll revise my own script. You'd be wowed if you read it. My film will have inaccuracies, but the historical accuracy is not the point. The point is the story it tells. I don't need any more "help", thank you.
goldencamerastudios wrote:...your questions and criticism will be explained...
What?
Look, I just want to help you so you don't get your film shot to pieces with historical inaccuracy pointed out by the many history freaks on the site. Perhaps instead of yelling at people for trying to help you by accusing them of "flaming"
I think he has the right to be annoyed. he's had three people tell him "That title is da suxxors" when they've not read his screenplay or seen his film. It's a fictional story give him a break. He's not making a documentary.
Let's all calm down, folks, and keep civil tongues in our heads. Things have been acceptable thus far, but if things get any worse, I will take action
If you're going to offer criticism, do so constructively and respectfully.
goldencamerastudios, whether or not you're tired of being questioned and criticized, you need to keep your head and respond without losing your temper.
Criticizing someone else's work is acceptable, but rude name-calling and threats are not.
Any posts in this vein will be deleted. Consider this your warning.
No way. I'll revise my own script. You'd be wowed if you read it. My film will have inaccuracies, but the historical accuracy is not the point. The point is the story it tells. I don't need any more "help", thank you.
Sorry, I was only trying to help. I guess I was a tad annoying with my long posts.
But seriously, research, research, research.
For some reason, I always really enjoy films about American wars (i.e. the Revolutionary War, Civil War, good jazz like that). If it's pulled off right, this could be a really cool film!
Seems like this will be pretty good if pulled off properly, although you might want to take KinzCove and RealBrick's critisisms into advisement. The more historical accuracy in a contest like this the better.
-JK
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...My film will have inaccuracies...
That's totally okay because the contest rules stated that it didn't have to be accurate. All it had to be (at least) was a historical setting (revolution) historical people (regulars), all of which you have. So for all those people criticizing his story because it's not close to being accurate, chill out. I'm not taking sides (I lean to both sides), but it's his film and he'll do it the way he wants it.
As for I, all I have is a historical person and nothing is at all accurate. 
I don't care if it's inaccurate. The story sounds epic and awesome and the film will be great. I can't wait!
I have started audio timing, storyboarding, and the script is 21 pages long. Test shots and pics are coming soon.
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Did some lighting tests. Tell me which one you prefer:
First one.
It'sa nice.
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