Achilles Video

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Achilles Video for Latin 3 - See also old and discarded ideas

Contents

Latin Script

  • Mihi nomen est Achilles, filius Pelei, rex Myrmidonis, meus avus erat filius Zei.
  • Thetis, meae mater, ut faceret me invictum, inbuebat me in rivum Styx.
  • Mater mittebat me ad insulam Scyros vestus ut femina ne mitteret me ad Troiam. Odysseus tamen dolebat me.
  • Odysseus: Habeo res feminis.
  • Navigbam Troiam.
  • Nomem anni pugnaveram. Troy non vicerat. Meus amor Polyexna, filia Priami, viceram me. Constitueram coniungere Troianos (?) ut in matrem duxeret Polyexnae.
  • Tamen Paris, maximus bellator Troiae, animo habet meum morttuum debilitam: ubi manuem matris tenuerat me dum inbuerat me(?) Rivum Styx.

Vocab

  • avus - grandfather
  • inbuere - dip
  • vestis - dress
  • nomen - good/item
  • golere - trick
  • annus - years
  • dirimere - to decide
  • coniungere - to join
  • bellator - warrior
  • debilitas - weakness

Script

  • (begin fast paced, dramatic music)
  • (camera follows Thesis running through fields to river Styx)
  • (credits on top here)
  • Voice Over Achilles: "My name is Achilles, son of Peleus, king of the Myrmidones. My grandfather was the son of Zeus. Thesis, my mother, in order to make me invulnerable, dunked me into the River Styx."
  • (end fast music)
  • (mid paced instrumental music)
  • VO Achilles: My mother sent me to the island Scycros dressed as a women in fear that the Greeks would want me in their war. Odysseus, however, tricked me. He was dressed as a peddler."
  • Odysseus: "I have here fine items for the ladies."
  • (zoom in on trunk)
  • (Achilles grabs sword, other ladies grab jewels/cloth)
  • (Odysseus jumps on Achilles and pulls off dress)
  • Odysseus: "Achilles you are fated to join us in the war against Troy."
  • (water sounds)
  • (battle music starting [Track 7 or 8])
  • ?(CGI ships sailing to Troy)
  • ?VO Achilles: "I sailed to Troy"
  • (battle 45 sec)
  • VO Achilles: "For over 9 years I fought ?(and defeated 12 cities), but Troy would not fall. My love for Polyexna, daughter of Priam, overcame me. I decided to join the Trojans in order to marry her."
  • (temple of Apollo - wedding)
  • (soft music)
  • (Show marriage in silence)
  • VO Achilles: "But Paris, the greatest warrior of Troy, wanted me dead, and knew my weakness: the place where the hand of my mother held as she dipped me into the River Styx."
  • (arrow shot)
  • (Bam: cut to black)
  • (end credits - track 21?)
  • (fast music)

Characters

  • Achilles - Matt
  • Mother - ?? women
  • Odysseus - Greg
  • Trunk Ladies - ??
  • Soldiers - ??
  • Priam - ??Jeff
  • Paris - Plaz
  • Polyexna - Sara? (teen girl)

Shoot

  • Ridly State Park
  • Sun June 3, 2007

Stuff

  • Matt - Camera, ?audio equipment
  • Plaz - ?audio equipment
  • ? -Baby Achilles
  • ? - spears/swords/sticks
  • ? - trunk
  • ?Get rich cloth to put in trunk and ladies for shawl
  • ? - Bow and arrow

Sets

  • River Styx
  • Palace at Scycros
  • Walls of Troy
  • Apollo's Temple
  • Funeral

Costumes

  • Using modern because otherwise looks bad
  • With ancient embellishments

Edit

Matt and Plaz 6/4/2007 - 6/8/2007 On Matt's computer with Plaz's help