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What about taking the amnesia concept a step further, like a guy wakes up and everyone in the world has amnesia, except for him. Or maybe it's spreading like a plague through the world and this guy has to find a way to stop it. Sort of like that film Blindness, except you're using amnesia as the affliction.
Or, I know there's a form of amnesia where someone only forgets faces. Maybe you could weave that into a mystery or something.
Wow, these are all great suggestions! Thank you everyone.
Khama: good one, the wife escaped and now the kidnappers wanted her dead.
Jeff: I usually write a preliminary logline first, just so that I have my idea in words instead of just floating inside my head. I'm sure the logline will change the more I developed my story.
T. Joe: another good idea, that gave me thoughts about how the husband would get memory deterioration. Hmm.....maybe premature dementia?
Ryan: nice story ideas, but I'll have to save them for later on. It feels like the story would take place in an post-apocalypse setting and I'm not that prepared to write in that world yet. Maybe someday I will. Thanks.
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Memwipe - Sci-Fi, Action, Thriller (114 pages) - In a world where memories can be erased by request, a Memory Erasing Specialist desperately searches for the culprit when his wife becomes a target for erasure -- with his former colleagues hot on his trail.
I'm on page 17 right now. Feeling stuck - seems like my first act is done and it's only seventeen pages. Yet there's a lot of story on these pages. Might be I'm stingy with words.
I've just started page 9. Most of the boring stuff and the car crash out of the way, now onto the mystery. I've had the full day off work but didn't write a word all day but I had a late flurry tonight and done a few pages. Ideally, I want to finish two weeks before the deadline so I've time to go back and sort out any problems and catch as many typos as possible. I still think I can make it.
I'm on page 5 only, but I've made a few important changes that are taking some time to figure out exactly how it needs to go down. The mystery has begun...
The vast majority of my research is also done now, so once I get rolling, hopefully, the page count will start increasing a bit quicker than it has.
This is a tough script to write. Far from standard structure once again, but this one's tougher than anything I've written to date. Trying to keep my scenes very short and sweet. I'll throw in a bar scene though, don't worry!
Congrats to all who was able to move on with his/her script! Even if the words are not yet on paper - the main thing is to think about it
I'm on page 35. And happy about it! Though I admit Pia reaching 75 would make me jealous.
I have couple of questions (mostly formatting) about the script. I posted one on MoviePoet and got an excellent response, but since it's the challenge - thinking maybe I can post them here.
My protagonist's name is Cole. What do I do if there's Cole (V.O.) followed by Cole no v.o. and then by Cole(V.O.) again? The entire time he's alone, weighing his chances and deciding on something.
This is the way I have it so far:
COLE Kate... or Beechnut...
He covers quite a distance in a matter of seconds.
COLE (V.O.) Beechnut is crammed with police... Kate or Beechnut... Kate. My Kate. Kate will think I'm Cole just like that man...
Feverish, he shout out as if to reinforce his newly made decision:
Got 15pgs of a rough outline. I'm into my second act but finding it difficult to continue forward.
Gabe
Just Murdered by Sean Elwood (Zombie Sean) and Gabriel Moronta (Mr. Ripley) - (Dark Comedy, Horror) All is fair in love and war. A hopeless romantic gay man resorts to bloodshed to win the coveted position of Bridesmaid. 99 pages. https://www.simplyscripts.net/cgi-bin/Blah/Blah.pl?b-comedy/m-1624410571/
If any of you guys need help to brainstorm ideas or discuss your script but don't want to do it here in the open, feel free to e-mail me. I'd be glad to help if I can.
I got a crime scene (the exploded building) with lots of firemen and police working. They talk to each other on walkies, ususally in code. Ex. Det. David Green is Code Seven, the County Coroner is Code 14, so they would call "seven to fourteen, over."
Would the dialogue be under Coroner or under Fourteen?
Trying to eliminate confusion for the reader in this very busy scene.
Thanks in advance.
TJ.
Failure is only the opportunity to begin again more intelligently - Dove Chocolate Wrapper
I'm up to page 21. It's a pretty rushed effort so far and I'm not too happy with my first 10 pages, but I'm getting into the mood now. I've got the next 3 nights with nothing else on so I can push ahead.
Star Wars... maybe I'm still all alone. I actually did see a porn segement in 'Zach and Miri Make a Porno' with Star Wars characters. That's gotta count for something. I'll need to rent them and see what all the fuss is about.
Up to page 12 now, and VERY happy with the additions. Also, came up with a BIG scene that I've had trouble figuring out, and it's AWESOME...and very R rated, so I'm quite pleased.
Almost at that spot where I can start filling everything in. Setup is almost complete.
I will finish on time and it won't be a first draft...it will be DONE!
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