BlogNomic: The First Dynasty of Desertfrog

Add a new rule, entitled “Indie Cinema”:

Actors may occasionally chose to work on an indie film. Indie films have three roles that must be filled by different before the film can commence production. These roles are:

Writer - an Actor must have work experience as an Extra before e can be a Writer on an indie film.
Director - an Actor must have work experience as an Nth Minor Character before e can be a Director on an indie film.
Producer - an Actor must have work experience as a named role before e can be a Producer of an indie film.

If an Actor wants to make an indie film, e must post to the gamestate with a title and a brief outline of the plot for eir film. That actor must be the Writer. Other Actors may then lobby for the other roles; the Writer may chose a Producer and the Producer may chose a Director from those who have expressed an interest. The Director may then select any number of interested Actors to act in the indie. When all three roles are filled, all Actors involved may add their indie to their filmographies along with their respective roles. A link should be provided to the proposing post, and the Producer should also make a note of the film’s budget (see below).

Production on an indie is considered to start from the moment that the Producer selects a Director, and is finished when the Producer posts to the gamestate to declare it so. This post must detail the amount of Fame gained by each member of the cast and crew, as detailed below. The Producer must declare the film complete between five and nine days after it has started production; if nine days elapse without the Producer declaring the film to be complete, then the film collapses. No Actor may be involved with more than one indie that is in production at a time.

At the end of the production, each Actor gains or loses fame according to eir role. All values are rounded to the nearest whole number. The sum of the fame of the Writer, Director and Producer at the beginning of the production is defined as the “budget”; the same number at the end of the run is the “revenue”.

* Writer: 1/2 of the difference between the budget at the beginning of the project, and the revenue at the end of the project (before this change is applied)
* Director: The difference between the budget at the beginning of the project, and the revenue at the end of the project (before this change is applied)
* Producer: 2 if the Writer and Director gained Fame; -2 if they lost fame; 0 if they neither gained nor lost
* Actor: 4 if the Writer, Director and Producer gained fame; -4 if they lost fame; 0 if they neither gained nor lost