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I know what you mean about it not being that difficult to come up with life changing moment. I wanted it be something pretty broad so people wouldn't get forced into some crazy scenario for a feature.
It actually ended up not being exactly what I intended. It's a long story. But people seem to be getting ideas from this and running with it so it's all good.
Absolutely, I think it's a very good choice of you. It wasn't meant negative in my initial post. The given parameters emphasize the importance of character, relationships and conflict if we take them to heart. These scripts will have a strong dramatic backbone I believe, which is a truly demanded feature these days. So thumbs up for that.
Data science sounds like a made up discipline to me. I'm calling your bluff, there's no such thing.
To thee who wants to be called Mark but is James and can’t do anything about it:
It is made up. But in the world where everything is made up nothing in fact is: Data science = made up. If math, music and language = made up, then nothing is. Since m, m & l are made up, data science is not.
To thee who wants to be called Mark but is James and can’t do anything about it:
It is made up. But in the world where everything is made up nothing in fact is: Data science = made up. If math, music and language = made up, then nothing is. Since m, m & l are made up, data science is not.
The morning after our protagonist has committed murder, they must wrestle with the attempts to justifiy their actions and an increasing urge to go again.
Not sure if that's a good idea or not! Just the first thing that has come to mind. Lots of areas to go with it, so it has that in its favour.
The morning after our protagonist has committed murder, they must wrestle with the attempts to justifiy their actions and an increasing urge to go again.
I'm going to try and participate in this challenge. I think the concept I'm going with will deal with the combined stressful situations of being in debt and being pregnant. I want the script to be over-the-top bloody and considered Exploitation Horror.
Title: BINDING Logline: A soon-to-be mother learns that her ancient ancestors failed to uphold their end of a contract, now she must murder all her living blood-relatives or have her baby taken from her.
A young woman named Theresa and her fiance receive a visitor the day after they learn Theresa's pregnant. The stranger tells them that Theresa's ancestors had signed a deal with a very wealthy family and because they failed to honour their part of the deal, every member of her family who becomes a parent has to surrender, or have taken, their first-born child to the opposing family who will do with them what they will. Theresa and her fiance learn authorities won't help them, so they must fulfill a second agreement imposed by the family they're in debt with before Theresa gives birth.
The new agreement is that Theresa must murder all her blood-relatives for the contract to become void. Theresa is given what looks like a red credit card, which is essentially a get out of jail free card. She kills every member of her family within the city she lives in all in one day, then travels to three foreign countries to assassinate her three relatives that were sold into slavery by the opposing family.
She returns to the family she owe's home after murdering all her living relatives. Theresa is told she still must commit suicide for the contract to end. They promise they will attempt to deliver her baby immediately after she dies. Theresa agrees to this, kills herself, and the family she's no longer in debt with prepare for the emergency operation.
Hank... Dude. Honestly, you've sort of built up a bad reputation here. You don't return reads. You wanna change that perception... Go read and comment of others work, preferably in OWC's you've entered. You owe writers in those OWC's quite a bit of feedback.
The morning after our protagonist has committed murder, they must wrestle with the attempts to justifiy their actions and an increasing urge to go again.
Not sure if that's a good idea or not! Just the first thing that has come to mind. Lots of areas to go with it, so it has that in its favour.
Andrew, welcome aboard!
I don't wanna keep knocking people's ideas cuz it sounds like that has potential. You can go with that if you want, it's not really quite what I had in mind for a relatively common life event, but people seem to be okay with it.
At the end of the day, I just want people to be inspired to write for this challenge.
For anyone still searching for inspiration, I'd say think of a stressful life event that most people can at least relate to in some way. Some examples from movies...
Ready Or Not (getting married/meeting the in-laws) Rosemary's Baby (having a baby) It Follows (if the girl had been a scared virgin... losing your virginity) Midsommar (haven't seen this but I'm assuming... breaking up)
There's probably lots more like that but I'm drawing a blank.
Ready Or Not (getting married/meeting the in-laws) Rosemary's Baby (having a baby) It Follows (if the girl had been a scared virgin... losing your virginity) Midsommar (haven't seen this but I'm assuming... breaking up)
Midsommar has a far more disturbing and ugly catalyst than that - the death of her family under horrible circumstances. The breakup she instigates in a very novel way comes at the end - breaking up for good, let's say.
Anyway, you said you hadn't seen it so...
As far as Andrew's idea that would work if his main character for example moved cities for what he thinks is going to be a life-changing career move, then murders a business rival, (for some desperate reason) -
So, I was thinking of a rebellious teenager coming to a new school where the - possibly inhuman - students and teachers are all very much alike, and have vicious methods of punishing individuality... But just now I remembered "The Faculty" is quite similar to that . I'm sure there's ways to change things up, but I doubt I'll have the time to get a feature written, anyway..
Interested in seeing what people will come up with, though!
Midsommar has a far more disturbing and ugly catalyst than that - the death of her family under horrible circumstances. The breakup she instigates in a very novel way comes at the end - breaking up for good, let's say.
Anyway, you said you hadn't seen it so...
Good call, scratch Midsommer. Yeah, haven't seen it... but I kind of want to now.
As far as Andrew's idea that would work if his main character for example moved cities for what he thinks is going to be a life-changing career move, then murders a business rival, (for some desperate reason) -
- and then a chain of horrific events ensues. Something like that would work, wouldn't it? It's all about linking the sudden event of change?
Btw, welcome to Oz, Andrew! Are you working in the film industry here?
The more questions, the better!
Andrew's idea probably could work with almost any relatively common life change/life event. Whether it's moving/retirement/breaking up... if it somehow leads him to go on a murder spree... then I'd say the event might be a significant part of the story.
The thing that doesn't quite work is having murdering someone as the life event.
So, I was thinking of a rebellious teenager coming to a new school where the - possibly inhuman - students and teachers are all very much alike, and have vicious methods of punishing individuality... But just now I remembered "The Faculty" is quite similar to that . I'm sure there's ways to change things up, but I doubt I'll have the time to get a feature written, anyway..
Interested in seeing what people will come up with, though!
Also, there's Matilda. Some scary events in that one
So, I was thinking of a rebellious teenager coming to a new school where the - possibly inhuman - students and teachers are all very much alike, and have vicious methods of punishing individuality... But just now I remembered "The Faculty" is quite similar to that . I'm sure there's ways to change things up, but I doubt I'll have the time to get a feature written, anyway..
Interested in seeing what people will come up with, though!
That would definitely fit the parameters. Transferring to a new school, fairly common, recognizable... not to mention frightening which is a plus!
As long as it's not people getting body snatched then you can probably avoid comparisons to The Faculty. I think it's got potential.
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