ABSTRACT
This is Bad – the main character for my upcoming short 3D movie, named Bad to the Bone. I needed a movie project for my graduation at the university, and I needed something short and easily done – I was amazed when I found out that the idea was under my very nose, because it was something I’ve always wanted to say. The idea behind the movie-to-be is that bikers, though looking mean with all the metal skulls, dusty black leathers and spikes, are actually nice, normal people – that not everything that is gold glitters, and vice versa. My favorite rock band – Bon Jovi – has put the same thing brilliantly in a song, named “Good guys don’t always wear white” -it basically says that you should not judge a book by its cover. I’ve been a biker myself for quite a while, and I have a lot of biker friends that look exactly like Bad – when you meet them on the street, they might look all scary and mean – which is the total opposite of what they actually are; it’s just that this is the lifestyle that fits them. The mean looks are just a mask, a protection from the other people, who more often than not don’t approve anyone else’s right to be different, unique, and are not free from prejudice. We live in an outdated world conditioning us with a lot of dogmas that are not necessarily true – so we have to rely on ourselves to find the truth behind it, about what’s good and what’s bad. So here’s some more info about who I think Bad is: “Bad is a true old school biker. A lone wolf, he loves to ride alone – he doesn’t need anyone else. On his scarred face you can rarely see emotion – the one thing that changes in his stone expression is the slow, threatening movement of the heavy eyebrows, as they drop even lower over his squeezing eyes. He has the ultimate hardcore macho aura, and never, ever smiles. His passion for motorcycles and the smell of gasoline and burning tire can only be compared to the love of leather clothes and skulls, with which he decorates every possible thing – starting from his bike, the belt, the boots, the tattoos, to the rings on his hands; he LOVES skulls. Looking mean, acting tough, inside he is truly a nice guy – but he never allows others to know that. He is content with the world thinking that he is the “Bad and mean biker”. He doesn’t show that he cares about anything, and doesn’t let anything crack his stone-cold attitude. He is the personification of the word “Badass” – if there is a “Badass Biker Association”, Bad is its president”.
