5 Things We Want In ‘The Hunger Games’ Theme Park

That’s right fellow OOUies, according to The Hollywood Reporter, the CEO of Lionsgate Jon Feltheimer, has mentioned that the substantial financial success of The Hunger Games has caught the eyes of investors, who want to launch this franchise in to the novelty world of theme parks. This is what Feltheimer said at a conference call:

“We have been approached in two different territories about potential theme park opportunities, which gives you a sense of the cultural impact of this franchise…”

I was confused when I first heard about this. When I think ‘Hunger Games’, the first thing that comes to mind is a brutal and cold world, where humanity has been lost, as we take joy in watching kids kill each other. I don’t think of the happiest place on earth, where families and couples go watch fireworks and talking mice. Then again, in the world of The Hunger Games, the hunger games themselves is an actual event where families gather around the television to watch. Also, the opening ceremony is a very theatrical event. So you know what? I’ll bite. Here are 5 things that would be cool in a Hunger Games theme park:

 

A Role Play Scenario

I was listening to a Halloween themed podcast one day and they mentioned going to a different kind of ‘haunted house’, that involved neither a house nor something being haunted. It was a zombie apocalypse type of scenario, where they hook you up with nerf guns and a group of people, as you follow your designated ‘tour guide’ from point A to point B, while having to complete missions to progress through a plot. (Essentially LARPING except with a higher budget) This would be an awesome idea to put in to a Hunger Games Scenario. So maybe, instead of nerf guns, you get some kind of laser tag equipment(or paintball guns for the hardcore), and you and your group could go against other groups. The goal is to find supplies and take them back to your team’s camp. People have to sneak around, because if they are seen by an enemy group member and shot by a laser, they are out. There will be a time limit, and the last team standing/team with the most supplies wins the Hunger Games. They could even control the arena like they do in the movie, shooting fire and releasing technologically engineered beasts to hunt you down!

 

A Dinner Party

I will never forget the day when I was taken to Medieval Times Dinner and Tournament. After we were seated in a stadium diner, we screamed and cheered with turkey legs and beer in hand, as we watched knights battle to the death. If they integrated this in to the Hunger Games theme park, that would be pretty sweet. Divide the stadium diner in to 12 different sections, each section representing a district. We would get seated at random, and as we eat our dinner, we will watch our tributes come out in that theatrical fashion, get interviewed by Stanley Tucci, and then have them battle it out. Throw in a pep rally element, trying to hype up the guests for their district tributes, and you’ve got a grand ole time. Let’s hope the food doesn’t taste strange though, because then the odds are forever in your flavor.

 

The Training Room

Kind of like the role play scenario, the training room could have designated areas for archery, ninja stars, and throwing wrecking balls etc. They could also have a cake decorating station for those Peeta fans! After some training, there could be a kind of competition to where you get to use your newly ‘learned-in-30-minutes’ skills, because watching incompetent archers is quite amusing.

 

A Fashion Show

Now, I’m not usually one for fashion shows, because high class fashion is a form of art that I don’t really understand. I find clothes and fashion to be analogous to a Christmas gift. The clothes will draw my eye for a second, but then I just become more interested in unwrapping it. The high class fashion in The Capitol however, is so bizarre and wild, that I am interested to see the different renditions on the evolution of what fashion has become in this world.

 

Peeta’s Bakery/Deli Shop

“Make me a sandwich! With pita bread!”

“Okay! Would you like a Peeta’s butter and jelly sandwich?”

“…”

Okay OOUies, what would you want to see in a Hunger Games theme park? Whatever they are, comment below and let One of Us know!

Via The Hollywood Reporter

 

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‘Introduction To Acting’ Week 2

This week, our primary focus was two fold; using our bodies in different ways, learning to train our body to escape from the norm and sense memory.

Now that we were established as a group and the dynamic was formed, today was an exercise in our physical bodies. In pairs, we took turns to follow our partners hand in absolute focus. Our head must stay the same distance at all times no matter where the hand goes. This is a test in absolute focus, communication and trust. Interestingly, there is no easier side to the exercise. My expectation was that the leading portion would be easier, but instead I found it to be more challenging as I was burdened with the responsibility of leading my partner, to keep it interesting and focused. We began to build upon this exercise, adding more followers to the group – from two, three and even four. It was exceptionally challenging. Much of the time we throw around concepts such as “feeling” the room and in this case it was entirely true. We became one with each other.

Next, was a series of balance exercises. Initially, the question was how can you balance on the floor with as little body touching the floor as possible. Sound simple enough? Well, it became how can you balance on your partner without touching the floor as much as possible. It very quickly becomes an extremely intimate exercise. Already we’re aware of how we move our bodies and how we are programmed to move in certain ways. This idea was to continue.

“Sit down, empty your bag and then repack it”. A seemingly benign task to be given (especially in Drama School) but what happens if you do the same task again but this time, our eyes are closed, or our hands are open and rigid, how does our perception of the benign task change? How does our relationship with our items change? The answer is quite profound. I found myself more aware of how things feel, their shape, my relationship with the items. My thoughts also turned to people with disability and how their senses adapt and cope with tasks we take for granted. We built on this exercise, this time by stacking chairs with different instructions. My instruction was to move the chairs across the room to stack them, on my knees. It was incredibly difficult and painful but what was interesting was how people approached the task and their instruction.

Finally, we talked about sense memory and how important it is not only for our own memories, but how it can help create and shape a character. We were collectively told a story. A simple story of one returning home and opening a gift we shouldn’t. Whilst we choose the location and the gift, the surrounding narrative is given to us. Our goal was for it to be as vivid as possible. Sights, smells, everything familiar. Then, in partners (or threes) once more, we would tell each other those stories in our own way and try and (like last week, by listening) take in as much as possible. It was incredibly interesting; each story was very different and personal. Then, having heard our partners story, we were tasked with adopting that story as our own and telling the group the story. Tapping into sensory memory, even sensory memory that is a falsehood (for us at least) made each story convincing and natural. Sense memory can help create a character and help make what that character is thinking, feeling, demonstrating “real”.

And what else, as an actor are we trying to demonstrate other than things that are “real”. At least for that character.

Conjuring ‘Annabelle’ spin off confirmed

Many people loved the Conjuring when it was released, including myself. It was a dark, creepy and engaging.

Set in 1971, The Conjuring focuses on the (real life) married paranormal researchers Ed and Lorraine Warren, who lecture at colleges across the US on all the interesting cases they come across. Just as they’re thinking of retirement cue the Perron family; parents Roger  and Carolyn are scared for their lives and the lives of their 5 daughters claiming there is something evil in their now Rhode Island home. It doesn’t take long for the Warrens to discover that the Perron’s are being tormented by something supernatural.

It was no surprise when a sequel was announced to be in the works, but today, schmoesknow has reported that a prequel, centred on the terrifying doll “Annabelle“ will also start filming later next year with Conjuring’s Director of Photography John R. Leonetti taking the directors chair.

We caught the end of Annabelle’s story in the Conjuring and the question becomes can a stand-alone film keep that intrigue and fear factor?

Are you excited about the Annabelle spin off? Conjuring 2? Or are you worried the cow will be milked too much? Comment below.

Source:  schmoesknow

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‘Doctor Who’ Two Brand New 50th Anniversary Trailers

Today, with two weeks left of waiting for the ‘Doctor Who’ 50th Anniversary two brand new trailers have hit the internet revealing brand new footage from the special.

 

 

Celebrating 50 years, the anniversary episodes official description is as follows;

“The Doctors embark on their greatest adventure in this 50th anniversary special. In 2013, something terrible is awakening in London’s National Gallery; in 1562, a murderous plot is afoot in Elizabethan England; and somewhere in space an ancient battle reaches its devastating conclusion. All of reality is at stake as the Doctor’s own dangerous past comes back to haunt him.”

The Day of the Doctor, which will air (simultaneously around the globe) on November 23rd, 50 years to the day after the show first appeared on screen in the UK along with special 3D screenings in cinemas. It will feature both the 10th and the 11th Time Lords, played by David Tennant and Matt Smith, and their companions Rose Tyler (Bille Piper) and Clara Oswald (Jenna Coleman), respectively. There will also be a third, more mysterious Doctor, who will be appearing for the first time, played by John Hurt. His inclusion within the timeline is certainly confusing at this point, is he between the 8th and 9th which most people believe? I’m not sure, the previous Anniversary trailer indicated the Doctor had been running away from the Day of the Doctor since his first incarnation. So does Hurt fit in there? It’s definitely clear the Time War plays a significant part in this episode but this is the 50th Anniversary, not the 8th Anniversary, So I expect there’s more to this episode that we don’t know yet.

What about you guys? What are your theories on the Hurt Doctor? Did this trailer excite you? Comment below.

Source: BBC

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