Topic: Accidental clone - need help!

I got a duplicate of the female scientist minifig this morning and had an idea for an animation: an older woman uses [science experiment] to try to make herself younger, but accidentally creates a clone of her younger self. Beyond that, I don't have a story.

What I'm looking to make is something that's 1 minute (or under) so it doesn't need much of a story - I basically just need to know how to end it. The younger clone appears, the scientist realises what went wrong, and...then I have no clue.

Any help would be much appreciated!

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Re: Accidental clone - need help!

The scientist goes to fix the problem, but when she returns to the room with the device to send her clone back, it's gone! She goes on a wild search across your choice of locations (either inside the lab, or across the town or city...) while a countdown to universe destruction ticks down in the background... When she finally finds her clone, who just went off to eat lunch or whatever, she sends it back in the nick of time. She breathes a sigh of relief, turns around and spots two more clones standing there. "Uh oh." The End

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Re: Accidental clone - need help!

That sounds like a fantastic idea, only I'm not sure that (and I'm going to sound super lazy here) I want to put that much effort into what will essentially be such a small animation. I'll definitely consider it, though, as it's brilliant.

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The scientist and her clone get into an argument over who belongs where in which the younger clone engages in an extraordinary and unacceptable amount of sass. Furious, the scientist dumps a beaker of acid over her failed experiment and watches, satisfied, as the clone slowly and disturbingly melts away. With a wink and a smile to the camera, she jokes, "Guess that's why I'll never have kids!" The studio audience laughs and credits roll.

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mini/eek

Jargon, have you ever seen a shrink? I think we need to have a talk...

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That's the Jargon Guarantee!™

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Well, if you really wanted to make a more serious film with the theme of cloning, the story could involve the younger womans murder of her older self. It could be a very serious, Oscar-winning film. It could be.

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Nope. Want to keep it short and light. Kinda' like a sketch on The Fast Show - simple and quick.

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Re: Accidental clone - need help!

jampot wrote:

Nope. Want to keep it short and light. Kinda' like a sketch on The Fast Show - simple and quick.


A sharp blow to the head should do it.


But you want to keep it light. I can't really help you with that.. mini/tongue

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The clone makes 2 clones. Those two clones each make 2 clones. Those 4 clones each make 2 clones; etc. etc. then something hilarious happens and voilà, top notch animation!

Of course, you'll need to buy 254 more female scientist minifigs...

On second thought, scratch that idea.

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Re: Accidental clone - need help!

How about:
Seconds after the woman realizes her mistake, her colleague/husband/friend walks in. The colleague/husband/friend says that he must destroy the clone. The woman and the clone start trying to make him destroy the other one, and convince him that they are the "real" one. The man pulls out a gun, but can't decide who to shoot. You then see the gun fire, and one of the women fall down dead (but you don't know which one). Fin.

Kinda depressing isn't it?

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Re: Accidental clone - need help!

Two clones trying to convince a third-party who is real...cliche, to say the least.
But with the right twist it could work.

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The company hires the older woman, whose youth and energy makes her a better candidate for older woman's job. Soon after, due to a loss in profits over the past quarter, the company lays off the older woman. She ends up resigned to skid row, her life ruined.

Hilarity ensues.

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Re: Accidental clone - need help!

Because of a change in the format of this project, I'm closing the topic. Thanks for all your input guys, but I've ended up changing what this is going to be.

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No reason to close it, just say "Sorry folks, changes coming" and leave it open so we can gripe and complain that you aren't going to purchase our script ideas and turn them into a muti-million dollar blockbuster.

Most of us are smart enough to let a thread die when the author when the author requests.

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Oh, ok.

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