The-missann - Miss Ann

In regards to the WIP List Game, I'm genuinely curious about Dark Moon!

Oh, thank you for asking!

This is kind of a weird one to answer because I haven't written this story at all lol, but I wrote the sequel for it recently.

Dark Moon is a gothic style story where a wealthy aristocrat has a "curse" that makes him transform into a wolf. He finds out at some point that someone could possibly quell his curse, if not rid of it completely. So for a few years, he was courting women hoping to find the one that could help him. The village is pretty small so he quickly gets to a strange woman who seems to already know about his curse. What's more, she was even able to calm his agitated wolf form after egging it on.

This throws the pair into searching for more information about the curse and even the other things related to why this woman can quell his transformation.

Just a little extra information: I only finished the sequel first because I got an idea that added a new character. I wanted to see how I was going to write this character, so I wrote the story he was more heavily involved in to get a feel for him.

Again, thanks for the ask!

So, I wanted to start a reblog game(?) where you put the proper term for a object/phenomenon/process/etc... And let people guess what it is. I'm sure someone's already done this before... But I haven't so here we are.

I just wanted to share this word that took me almost an hour to find the proper term for 🗿

A Trivet is...

If I didn't need to describe this I actually would have never learned this word lol.

Things to know if you wish to write an Actor!AU

Actors for a movie are very unlikely to meet for the first time on set, unless their characters barely interact. Especially for couples/family members/friends, you will often do auditions together (to test chemistry), script readings, rehearsals etc. Sometimes you might even travel with a co-star and depending on the movie you might do combat training (or any other type of training) together.

When you get on set, you don't immediately start shooting. You first get your make-up, hair and costume fixed. You probably also warm up your voice first, especially if you are about to do a scene where you talk very loud or even scream. Same if you are about to do an action sequence, you will probably want to warm up your muscles first.

Actors are usually not the first people to get on a set. Technicians, make up artists, costumers and often the director too will be there before actors show up.

A shoot almost never starts with a sex scene. Everyone knows they are some of the hardest (as in "awkward") scenes to film in a production so they usually try to plan these when you've already been shooting for a few weeks.

What is however more likely to be filmed first is a scene that shows a lot of the characters' well... character. You want to make sure as early on as possible that your casting choices were correct. That is why the Live Aid scene was the first one to be shot for Bohemian Rhapsody for instance. You don't want to waste time and money on filming an entire movie only to realise that the actors don't match well for the big (emotional) scene.

A movie can, but is rarely shot in order. What usually happens is that scenes are shot based on location. If you have a scene at the beginning of the movie and another one at the end, but they take place in the same environment, then you will film them at the same time. Shooting a movie in the film's chronological order costs extra time and money because you need to move your crew a lot more. It is usually only done by directors who give a lot of importance to the performance of their actors.

Actors have no say in their character's wardrobe... or at least officially. You may give costumers ideas based on how you perceive your character, but you don't have the final word in what you will wear in front of the camera.

Same goes for make-up.

And everyone wears make-up. Yes. even men. Yes, even characters who don't seem to be wearing any. Unless you are working on a very indie project, you are wearing make-up in front of the camera.

There is this thing called "guerilla filmmaking". It is something done in the indie filmmaking world, where you have micro-budgets and use whatever equipment you have at hand. Because of that budget, it often means filming in real locations and without the proper filming permits, which is obviously illegal. Just thought it could give some people inspiration.

Anyone is free to add to this list. I just really had to make it after reading yet another fanfiction where actors who play love interests meet for the first time on set and the director casually drops "I think we'll start with the sex scene"

I feel called out hehe

Omg, I got a super cool idea.

Flashes of a life they never lived, awakened within them. At the moon's pale glow and it's reflection on the three in it's cold light, they each realized their fight went deeper than just this life's disputes.

Vusha, the previous owner of this curse, ended up with Cassie thousands of years ago. Now, I guess you feel like you're suppose to win.

Of course, that wolf blood is no match for my Tsuki blood now. I learned from the mistakes deep in my ancestry and now I'll win this time.

And again the prize is me. Well, I have no intention of allowing just anyone to work with me. The hero or the villain? Who would I want to win? The one who will work the best with me.