Dawnbreak Boulevard plot role info

[powersthatbe]

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Director (Naoya)

[powersthatbe]

You’re between a rock and a hard place here. The Producer is pushing you to make more changes to the Author’s work than you think are really feasible, you’re not sure whether your stars are fighting, and to top it all off you’re pretty sure something’s up at the top of the food chain. But do you have time to dig into that while trying to keep this project afloat, especially when you’re keenly aware that everyone’s livelihood is at stake if no movie is produced?

Skill: [name TBD] - You can take a disparate group of highly variable individuals and tell who needs to go where and do what. More importantly, you can get them to listen, at least temporarily. Once per Jaunt, you can coax a group into cooperating on a given task.

[crouching_sin]

I am here for this and it will be hilarious.

(Though please note that I will be away from my computer from November 21 - 25 due to American Thanksgiving, but I will try to tag a bit from my phone.)

[powersthatbe]

Anything to report from week 1/plans for week 2/juicy (possibly false) rumors you'd ike to spread about your character?

[crouching_sin]

Mostly just yelling at the crew. He's offered Phillip a shoulder to lean on, though in a grumpy way. He's kind of bitter about his marriage ending badly.

As for rumors... he's drinking a lot. There could be rumors floating about the movie going badly because of that? I don't know.

[leftbehindagain]

Anything to report from week 2/plans for week 3/juicy (possibly false) rumors you'd ike to spread about your character?

[crouching_sin]

A little bit of stuff got held up because of the Thanksgiving holiday, so I'm sorry about that.

In any case, he's meeting with Jack, trying to get the guy to loosen up slightly. Ted is approaching him with concerns about script changes. And he and Waverly are kind of at each other's throats.

As for rumors, given how fatherly (sort of) he acts around Phillip, clearly he's his secret dad. Clearly.

[leftbehindagain]

Anything to report from week 3/plans for week 4/juicy (possibly false) rumors you'd like to spread about your character?

(Bliss needs to hiatus, so we're working out what that means for the Producer and those who interact with her regularly.)

[crouching_sin]

He's been trying to get shooting to keep going even while people are being disgruntled. He attended the meeting, so there could be some kind of rumor there, and he was recently seen at a local restaurant with one of the stunt performers (Q'uila).

Mostly he's been trying to delegate the investigating to other people because he has no goddamn time. :|

[leftbehindagain]

Anything to report from week 4/plans for week 5/last juicy rumors for the road?

[crouching_sin]

Rumors re: the gunfight (did Kennedy get shot? Did he shoot Mustang?), but that's about it.

Other than that... he's going to be trying to cut the movie together to more closely resemble the original script, pulling people together for shooting things, cutting Mustang's part out of the movie entirely, and generally trying to salvage the movie as best he can.

[crouching_sin]

Name: Sampson Kennedy
Age: Mid-40s(?)
Often Found: On set. ... Does he ever leave, other than to go to the bar?

Stressed and overworked, Kennedy (though for most that's "Mister Director" to you) is a large man who has turned skinny due to stress over all this bullshit. He's never been the most patient, and is known for being somewhat demanding of his actors, but it's because he really believes in making the best quality films possible.

Unfortunately, there are too many people pulling in too many directions on this project, and he's about one more executive demand from having a goddamn meltdown. That said, he can motivate like no one's business, and can absolutely get people on board with things that need doing.