Collaborate on a short action film was a task featured on Season 2 of Taskmaster Australia, as the fifth task in Fun sexy wrestle. The task was won by Josh Thomas.
Summary[]
The task was presented on the office table in a megaphone with a director's chair. The contestants had to collaborate on a short action film, with each of them taking the role written on their director's chair: scriptwriter, hero, villain, composer, sound effects. Tom Cashman played all the other speaking roles.
Performance[]
Anne Edmonds: Anne created the musical score. She used most of the instruments provided, including piano, zither, accordion, drum and orchestra hit sounds on the keyboard, a brushed snare drum, a pitch-shifter on her voice, and Tom playing guitar on the ending theme. She received 4 points.
Jenny Tian: Jenny played the hero Jimmy Wolf and his twin Timmy, giving a very solid performance. She received 3 points.
Josh Thomas: Josh created the sound effects, as well as the opening narration. The many noises he created included pouring liquid into a bowl, snapping raw spaghetti, grating a pine cone, twisting a plastic bottle, blowing while waving his finger, lots of hitting sounds, and just saying "boing." He received 5 points.
Lloyd Langford: Lloyd wrote the script. He called the film Unholy Fists of the Very Aggrieved Scout, about Jimmy and Timmy Wolf, twin scouts in the Shaolin Scout Troop led by ruthless scoutmaster Keith Snake. One day, Timmy dies while trying to tie a knot, and Keith disappears. 20 years later, Jimmy has earned several badges, and uses those skills in a bar fight, first with two punks, then with Keith. Jimmy defeats Keith by tying a towel in a noose around his neck, finally earning his knots badge. Lloyd received 1 point.
Wil Anderson: Wil played the villain Keith Snake, wearing a long blond wig and speaking in a strange flamboyant accent with subtitles. He received 2 points.