Corpus Christi by - A homeless man and his mother beg the owner of a lonely motel for shelter from an approaching storm.
Brief - Contemporary retelling of Jesus, his Mom, and Pontius Pilot.
Locations & Sets - Exterior, motel @ night. Interior, motel lobby @ night. Interior, motel room @ night
Actors - CHRISTOPHER JOSEPHS, 30's, MARIA JOSEPHS, 50's, KINGSTON FISHER, 40's, PARISH POLLOCK, 30's
Costumes - Christopher + Maria+ Parish’s outfits to ruin
Props - desk bell, wheelchair, notebook, faux dusting of surfaces, lamp for destruction, liquid stage blood, 1x lumber pieces, hammer + box of nails, bed cover for ruin
Audio FX - howling wind, keys hitting floor, door slam, body slam crashes, soft and hard punches, ribs cracking, gasping for air, squishy sounds
Visual FX -
Other - shop fan, windblown foliage debris, stunt pads for falls, plastic drop sheet to protect bed, night time outside rain effect around office
Genre & Marketability - supernatural drama and partial action
Comments - Don’t fabricate immaterial elements to the story such as hotel names and precise/limiting geographical features. Christopher picking glass mid-beating is rather ridiculous. Alright, bashing an actor’s head through a glass window is both dangerous and expensive; substitute some other sensible fight sequence. Interesting story. The violent rape will be a tough one to market. Script format: fine. Final word: Although all the elements for a contemporary parallel story are there, this is kinduva awkward approach to it.
$1,000 - $3,000 Lo/Hi Estimated Budget Range
/ 8.5 Screenplay Pages
= $ Estimated Cost Per Screen Minute
Adherence to Given Criteria:
Odd but interesting character(s) - nope
take refuge from a hurricane - yep
in a beat-up motel - yep
and are forced to make a choice - nope
between good or evil - nope
in order to survive the night. - nope
Each character must -
have some history involving a supernatural event in their lives - not really
that factors into their choice. - nope
Genre is open. - supernatural drama and partial action
This is a micro-budget short, - yep, with some work
so no destruction of the motel, - yep, with some work
no children or animals - yep
and minimal special effects. - yep
BONUS! Story also included:
mime(s) - nope
dinosaur(s) - nope
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