The Movie About Stuff

* VHS Tape
* Script

**The Movie About Stuff** (also known as **My MoviƐ**) is an indie screenplay film, produced, written, and directed by Buttered Side Down.

## Plot

In the movie, a knight is standing in a kingdom once day, until he screams while pointing towards a forest, with a dragon in it. Suddenly, his lady love, the princess is dragged away by the dragon, and when the knight picks up her missing handkerchief, he draws out his sword and marches off to save her.

During his journey, he gets swarmed by crows, drenched by the rain, and encounters a thunderstorm, before accidentally hitting a tree.

Finally the dragon is holding the princess hostage at its fort, before she runs off as the knight attempts to defeat the wicked beast. However, he is scorched down to ash, ending the film.

## Characters

* Knight (main protagonist)
* Princess (damsel in distress)
* Dragon (main antagonist)
* Crows

### Cast

* Buttered Side Down - Director, Producer, Writer
	+ Acting Roles - Dragon, Crows
* Squirrel - Co-Director, Special Effects Supervisor
* Staff of Unspeakable Evil - Boom Operator
	+ Acting Roles - Himself (unintentional cameo)
* Hobo - Lead Actor
	+ Acting Roles - Knight, Princess

## Reception

The Movie Studio didn't initially watch the film, due to them closing submissions, before Buttered Side Down came running to them with his finished, yet rushed film. They also unintentionally destroyed the VHS holding the film, when they tried to close the door, as Buttered attempted to gain their attention. Yet, even if the people at the studio watched his film, it would have been either rejected, or poorly scored for its rushed and cheesy plot and Buttered wouldn't have likely won an award at the Film Festival he made it for.

## Trivia

* This film points out many flaws when it comes to making an indie film.
	+ **Rushed production -** The most notable flaw with Buttered Side Down's film. Because of hearing about the Film Festival at the last minute, he proceeds to rush his production in order to get it ready just in time. Several of him rushing, includes writing a generic plot, finding random actors and crew members to help him, little to no post editing and many other flaws. This can be averted by knowing when an event similar to the film festival starts, and to prioritize production long before that event starts.
	+ **Limited casting and a lack of crew members -** Aforementioned above, Buttered could only find three people (the Squirrel, the Hobo, and the Staff) in the park to help him out on his film, due to him having to rush. Because of which, the hobo was the only actor in the film besides Buttered Side Down, who portrayed the dragon. Alongside that, there were only two other crew members that helped out Buttered, and the latter had to do everything else by himself. (although impressive) You can avert this by finding people in groups or clubs, or ask your friends or family to see if they would like to work on an indie film.
	+ **Generic plot -** The basic plot of the movie is the "Save the Princess" plot, which has already been done several times in many movies. Because of Buttered having to rush the production, he couldn't have anymore time to think of a more unique and interesting plot to do and instead settled for something simple and cliché. This can be averted by writing a unique plot that hasn't been done yet, and an interesting one for audiences to find engaging.
	+ **No scripting and rehearsing -** As apart of the production being rushed, the Hobo didn't have anytime to rehearse his script and roles, leading to him delaying his actions during the movie, as he tries to memorize the script. Even during the first scene of the movie, he can be seen reading his roles. Along with that, he can also be seen changing outfits during each scene, as the other outfit of that character is also blatantly obvious. This can be averted during filming, by having the actors practice their role(s) several times over until they can memorize it.
	+ **Lack of visual and special effects -** Most of the special effects in this movie, are particularly cutouts and items held on sticks, that could obviously be seen. The most notable effect came at the end of the movie, where the Squirrel produced a fire effect for the dragon, though impressive, accidentally killed the Hobo. Due to the film having to be edited on a VHS and reel, Buttered couldn't add anymore effects for the movie. This can be averted through editing or by finding ways to not make the special effects look cheap.
	+ **Accidental deaths or major non-stunt injures during filming -** Aforementioned above, the Hobo was accidentally killed during film, though at the end of the film. If this were another well suited action, this could result in Buttered having trouble finding a replacement, the actor likely being too injured to continue performing, and that Buttered could potentially get sued for causing those injures. This can be averted by making sure that the actors are safe from harm during filming, even with stunts.
	+ **Cutting out major scenes during post production (debatable) -** Although never seen, Buttered was showcased on snipping random parts of the reel and taped random parts back together again. Though the film is never seen, it could potentially result in random scenes of the film play out of order. This can be averted by making sure to snip the right amount reel and tape the correct ones in order.

## Notes

1. ↑ The Hobo was accidentally killed during production by the Squirrel, who used actual fire as an effect for the dragon in the final scene of the film.