By Thanos Kalamidas & Asa Butcher ShowBizz book1 I say... By Thanos Kalamidas & Asa Butcher Directing An Ovi Magazine Books Publication 2022 Ovi Project Publication - All material is copyright of the Ovi magazine & the writer C Ovi books are available in Ovi magazine pages and they are for free. If somebody tries to sell you an Ovi book please contact us immediately. For details, contact: submissions@ovimagazine.com No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in or introduced into a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form, or by any means (electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise), without the prior permission of the writer or the above publisher of this book. Pig The valuable, rarely clever assistant. Rooster Script-writer, author, director. Turttle The ultimate cynic. Cow The beauty queen of the farm. Dog Naive in love with the cow! Cat Constantly hungry and ready for bed. It starts! My friends, after long consideration I have decided to expand our intellectual horizons... ...as artists we need to enrichen our souls with culture! SB001/01 We need to break free from the commercial mass media... Directing 1 We need to break free from the commercial mass media... SB001/02 Therefore I have formed an elite troupe d’arts! Great idea, rooster boss. SB001/03 Orwell’s allegory of the Russian Revolution will be our debut treading the boards, it will be our contribution to art... It will be... Yeah, yeah, we get it. An amateur dramatic group performing Animal Farm. Geez It starts what? Seriously, do you believe we are going to be any good?... Be good?... SB002/01 As what?... Are you serious!... You know! Be good! As actors. Directing 2 SB002/02 You really believe that he can create theatrical magic? Don’t you ever have enough of his dumb ideas? So you really take him seriously? Did you really believe that he can direct a play? How can you be so naive? One day he says he will be this ... ...the next day he wants to create that... SB002/03 Do you know what I believe?... That you are jealous... ...he never sees a project through the end. ...of his talents!!! ? Start running now! What do you mean read? I deeply respect all of Orwell’s work, Really! What have you read? SB003/01 I watched Citizen Kane twice in a row. I think you are confused. Directing 3 SB003/02 I’m sure you meant H. G. Wells. Yes, yes, that’s whom I meant. The scene with the time machine called Rosebud was genius. Err, yeah. It truly was art. Come on! Orwell, 1984, Big Brother, Newspeak. Gets a bit complicated, huh? So much for Orwell that ends Welles. Heh heh! You’re not kidding. I’ve seen that film too. SB003/03 Run, run, run! We need to start casting for our production. Ohhh. No, no, no. SB004/01 Careful and thorough thought is required. Directing 4 We shall hold extensive auditions. We’ll contact all the casting agencies. Are you writing this down? SB004/02 Sure. Are you? Mmm-hmm.