Extremely funny. A couple of suggestions:
1. I'd either pull or put off the "Oh please call me Maxwell" line. The humor is slightly too broad (theatrical) and off-topic - I think the piece is funnier if it's more like a real news report at first, which -- other than this line -- it is.
2. I want to hear from Tom the anchorman again at the end. It would be funny if he were to deliver a little wrap-up speech which makes it clear that (being two dimensional and none too bright) he actually hasn't quite understood what this so-called "third dimension" actually is.
Looking forward to seeing the finished piece.
Posted by Hoberman, Perry at March 28, 2005 7:05 AMThanks for the comments! The anchorman portion is already shot, so unless I do some creative editing, there's just no more footage for that.
I will take another look at the script before shooting the remainder, but the anchorman clearly is channeling Tom Brokaw, so there already is a humorous undertone to the news report. We'll see what we end up with...
Posted by msteffen at March 28, 2005 4:16 PM