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the 2 youtube clips

hello homa

thank you so much for taking time to watch the 2 clips

thanks for your thoughts and comments

best

bijan

comments on characters

I liked the bunker builder, MANSOUR, but not the 2nd Iranian civil engineer (with dark glasses)
I loved VJ
you are marvelous with the accents. I thought he was really Indian.
good luck with your project
the Nukibuild idea was really funny!
Best Regards
Homa

the 2 youtube clips

hello jahanshah

thanks so much for putting the idea on your home page, taking time to watch the two clips and your comments are really appreciated

i hope to have more clips, and characters, and over over the next few weeks will be loading them, lets see how they go. meanwhile, it is great fun doing it

best

bijan

One time TV editor responds*

Bijan jaan;

Mansour is very realistic. I have known to at least a couple of dozens of him, particularly in my 18 years of life in Canada. None had nuclear bunkers to sell, but just about anything else. They would seek me out as they mistakingly believed I was a Canadian MP, not an unelected candidate, and always looked to find shortcuts or "opportunities" to sell their products.

None had gotten to where they were without some pretend or real connection to the powers to be in IRI and I therefore recommend you maintain some level of his hezbollahi look, the same way they do. He obviously still needs work, but you have the basics right.

VJ is not likeable or even believable. I think these issues have been played on for so long and are so devisiv that you'd find most people are already on either side and not many think like VJ. Again, the character needs fine tuning if you are keeping him as is, but you seem to be aware of that already.

All the best to you,

Pedram Moallemian
www.eyeranian.net

*Job #382 on my early life resume, between a radio DJ and commercial real estate was a stint at film school and television editing (back when a basic AVID
system was $37K and had less features than today's $800 Premier!)  :o)

Bijan JanThe first

Bijan Jan

The first character is very feasible. He was so convincing that I believed in him and while I was watching the video I think my partner thought i was chatting to someone on the net!!! .

The second character is far less believable. I dont think it was only the fact that he was portrayed as an indian. It was also to do with his frame of mind.. is he supposed to come across as a bit divoneeeee??  If so, then he was a little more realistic! Why did you choose an indian man?

Ps if you choose to use an indian character then be sure he is indian looking because this didnt help.

Javaneh

Pretty Good

Bijan,

I would lose the facial hair on the Mansour character. If you must use facial hair for the character, go with a trimmed goatee. Wear a dress shirt (preferably with a band collar) buttoned to the neck with no tie.

Give Mansour a uniqueness to him. Make him an observant Moslem who enjoys a ham sandwich and a glass of sherry once in a while, for example.

For VJ, immerse yourself in the Indian neighborhoods to sharpen the accent. It slipped once in a while, but I'm thinking it's because you are still honing the character. I imagine that you would darken you skin somewhat for added effect.

You have something there. Play up the ethnic stereotypes of the charcaters to make them as real as possible.

Best of luck.

Promising

Dear Bijan, I think both characters have a lot of potential. I found the first character more interesting simply because he's Iranian and you're Iranian. And I should add that he was so believable that initially I thought he was real (I didn't read your intro before watching it). So that might tell you something about how well you did.

I tend to agree to some extent with the commentator below about the Indian character. The fact that you chose to act as an Indian is a bit distracting (to the Iranian viewer at least). Nevertheless you are a very good actor and I laughed more than a few times. You captured personal frustrations over the nuclear crisis very well.

well

I like the first character, because the idea is unique and arouses curiosity to find out more about nuclear bunkers. It can indeed be developed to a funny short film with many twists.

The second character I did not like because an Indian accent and character has been done many times and thousands of times in the United States so it won't attract as much attention as the director might hope for.

Back to the first film idea, I suggest the actor not to wear mustache or beard at all and in fact be a normal Iranian look. In other words try to put the emphasis on the words, the plot and the context of the script and not on necessarily a bearded Muslim in the land of British lords who happen to be running the shows of Iran behind the scenes. So don't fall victim to these mother fu**** who want you to wear a beard and do a reverse discrimination.

Make sure in this movie you do not take the British side and do not work against the Americans. If you do that you are just playing into the British hands. The entire government of Iran is playing into the British hands by following their orders on burning US flags assaulting Israel and bad mouthing America. If you want to be successful, pull a surprise. Smear shit on the British government and make the American government the victim. Trust me you will make a huge success by adjusting some of the thought process. If anyone criticizes you, you can always say, it's a comedy.

Good luck