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I don't think being attacked by Jack the Ripper is a relatively common life event. But I am somewhat of a dick in these things.
Dave makes a good point. You're gonna have to add more to this to fit the criteria. Maybe tell it from the perspective of a police officer who must choose between his duty as an officer and taking care of his dying wife(cancer?).
Dave makes a good point. You're gonna have to add more to this to fit the criteria. Maybe tell it from the perspective of a police officer who must choose between his duty as an officer and taking care of his dying wife(cancer?).
Just spitballing.
I'm still creating characters and backstories so that's definitely something to consider.
If at first you don't succeed........bribe someone.
My concept is fairly simple and straightforward, nothing too challenging, a woman survives an attack by a serial killer, suffers PTSD and plots revenge. I know it's been done a multitude of times...
Ahem... I was just weed whacking my way through this thread.
Regardless of how you do it just remember everything that has been done before has NOT been done before. Your job as the screenwriter is to find out what those things are and do them before someone else!
My best guess is originality is in the telling.
I mean, when you get right down to it...there are really only seven notes in all of music. Yes, you can do a lot of interesting things to modify and play with them. You can build chords, extend or truncate durations, mix up the order, transcend a few octaves, diminish into flats or embellish into sharps. Whatever you like. However, you still only get the same seven notes. Beethoven, Air Supply, the Rolling Stones, Tchaikovsky, Fleetwood Mac, Tanya Tucker and the Bangles all got to play with. It's really what you do with 'em that sets you apart. -Andrea
Ahem... I was just weed whacking my way through this thread.
Regardless of how you do it just remember everything that has been done before has NOT been done before. Your job as the screenwriter is to find out what those things are and do them before someone else!
My best guess is originality is in the telling.
I mean, when you get right down to it...there are really only seven notes in all of music. Yes, you can do a lot of interesting things to modify and play with them. You can build chords, extend or truncate durations, mix up the order, transcend a few octaves, diminish into flats or embellish into sharps. Whatever you like. However, you still only get the same seven notes. Beethoven, Air Supply, the Rolling Stones, Tchaikovsky, Fleetwood Mac, Tanya Tucker and the Bangles all got to play with. It's really what you do with 'em that sets you apart. -Andrea
Thanks for that, you’re right, the format may be familiar but my story doesn’t need to be. Encouraging, cheers
If at first you don't succeed........bribe someone.
Ahem... I was just weed whacking my way through this thread.
Regardless of how you do it just remember everything that has been done before has NOT been done before. Your job as the screenwriter is to find out what those things are and do them before someone else!
My best guess is originality is in the telling.
I mean, when you get right down to it...there are really only seven notes in all of music. Yes, you can do a lot of interesting things to modify and play with them. You can build chords, extend or truncate durations, mix up the order, transcend a few octaves, diminish into flats or embellish into sharps. Whatever you like. However, you still only get the same seven notes. Beethoven, Air Supply, the Rolling Stones, Tchaikovsky, Fleetwood Mac, Tanya Tucker and the Bangles all got to play with. It's really what you do with 'em that sets you apart. -Andrea
Hey Geezis, I like what you got so far. And I think doing character backstories can be really helpful. Jack the Ripper will never get old, there's always a new way to tell it. Having a damaged woman looking to get even is certainly a bit different.
You could maybe even change it up more by including a clearer life event as others suggested. For example, maybe the woman he attacks is his last kill, something about it shakes him and he decides to give it up (retirement).
So he's trying to live a normal life, missing the thrill, memories coming back to haunt him... while she's doggedly trying to draw him back into the game to exact vengeance.
Alright, the great John Staats has joined the team and helped me develop my original concept further.
Title - From Bad To Worse
When Earl's only son dies in a horrible bus crash, the distraught father is certain that the only survivors of the accident (a pair of twins) are somehow responsible. A few of the other grieving parents side with Earl. The twins have had a troubled past, some even believe they were responsible for their own fathers' death the year prior, but the twins' mother stands firm in her belief that her children are innocent and kind-hearted. As night falls, Earl and his mob of grieving parents descend upon the twins' house. Can the mother save her children from the vengeful bunch? Should she even try?
What John and I are aiming for is a siege film, in the same vain as "Assualt on Precinct 13" and "Dog Soldiers".
Alright, the great John Staats has joined the team and helped me develop my original concept further.
Title - From Bad To Worse
When Earl's only son dies in a horrible bus crash, the distraught father is certain that the only survivors of the accident (a pair of twins) are somehow responsible. A few of the other grieving parents side with Earl. The twins have had a troubled past, some even believe they were responsible for their own fathers' death the year prior, but the twins' mother stands firm in her belief that her children are innocent and kind-hearted. As night falls, Earl and his mob of grieving parents descend upon the twins' house. Can the mother save her children from the vengeful bunch? Should she even try?
What John and I are aiming for is a siege film, in the same vain as "Assualt on Precinct 13" and "Dog Soldiers".
Nice! My only gripe is - why twins? You have a plan or something that makes twins necessary for your story? I mean they are harder to film, that’s all. Besides, they are harder to write in as they confuse your reader often. It’s hard for them to have different voices and such. Also, if you do have twins - there needs to be a reason. Just like there’s a reason for any extra character in a script.
Nice! My only gripe is - why twins? You have a plan or something that makes twins necessary for your story? I mean they are harder to film, that’s all. Besides, they are harder to write in as they confuse your reader often. It’s hard for them to have different voices and such. Also, if you do have twins - there needs to be a reason. Just like there’s a reason for any extra character in a script.
Well, I never said they're identical twins. But I guess the two children could just be siblings and not twins.
Alright, the great John Staats has joined the team and helped me develop my original concept further.
Title - From Bad To Worse
When Earl's only son dies in a horrible bus crash, the distraught father is certain that the only survivors of the accident (a pair of twins) are somehow responsible. A few of the other grieving parents side with Earl. The twins have had a troubled past, some even believe they were responsible for their own fathers' death the year prior, but the twins' mother stands firm in her belief that her children are innocent and kind-hearted. As night falls, Earl and his mob of grieving parents descend upon the twins' house. Can the mother save her children from the vengeful bunch? Should she even try?
What John and I are aiming for is a siege film, in the same vain as "Assualt on Precinct 13" and "Dog Soldiers".
Zack and John... that's a dynamic duo!
Have you considered introducing some supernatural element to it? We see that someone is definitely doing some creepy magic in this town... led to believe its the twins... but in a twist it turns out to be someone else. Or the twins are magic but not in an evil way.
Evil twins? Fantastic, Zack. Is one evil, one not? Or is one covering for the other? Brian De Palma's, Sisters is a classic horror everyone should catch. Kids and horror - great combo.
Evil twins? Fantastic, Zack. Is one evil, one not? Or is one covering for the other? Brian De Palma's, Sisters is a classic horror everyone should catch. Kids and horror - great combo.
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