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Don
Posted: June 6th, 2020, 8:22am Report to Moderator
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The Bad Planes by Anthony J. Russo (ajr) - Short, Sci fi, Thriller - A young girl chronicles her existence in the age of dystopian technology in 2030 America. 7 pages - pdf format

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SMASH TO BLACK and a second FADE IN within 10 lines... hmmm, then again Gigi's VO line is intriguing.

So, I like the combination of the current issues and technology, the drones as 'bad planes' is a nice touch too.

I found it a little over-written in places and Gigi feels a little tacked on and explains too much, but overall I liked it.


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This is amazing. I like the dystopian overtones inspired by what's happening nowadays. Good job.
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Well done and very poignant story about what appears to be an unending race war. Loved Gigi, but that poor kid was born at the wrong time. While what’s happening is horrible, I don’t think this story qualifies as “horror” in the traditional sense of the word. However, it’s just so good, I’m willing to overlook that shortcoming.
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A writer who definitely knows what their stuff - but some odd choices - like -


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GIGI (V.O.)
Momma always said to stay away from the bad planes


Is way too Forrest Gumpish - especially for the tone you're setting in the story.

I would have gone with virus or race war -  just my preference.

I wasn't crazy about the VOs from the girl.

Not sure there really was a horror element here.

The writing itself is pretty stellar. Crisp - clean - breezy read especially for something so complex - kudos on that.


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Ola Don Day!

The drone wars of 2043 were caused by a tight bastard who refused to tip an amazon drone that delivered his weekly shop, the straw that broke the camels back...fact!

We’ve got an old hand here, that’s for sure. A quick technical note and one that all should be impressed by, the pace of the script is kept in check really well here. You’re churning through scene after scene, sometimes up to 7 a page so naturally the pace should be flying faster than Elon Musk’s space invading phalus, but it doesn’t as your style in stripping the description chunks back and making space on the page takes the speed out of the lines. Either that or I’m too tired to read quickly, but I think it’s the former so exceptionally impressed.

The parameters are met, with the exception of the budget stuff. This is a biggie budget for a short, drones, explosions, out door settings, yep.

The story itself, I liked it overall. The inter spliced voice over might jar for some, but it sat reasonably well for me. It did feel like a series of montages that we’re threaded together by the VO, so the story wasn’t the best I’ve read but the visual impact was brilliant.

This is a goodie, the budget is screwed and it could still be worked on, but I liked it.

Nice!

Cam

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Interesting snapshot of the future. I liked the subtlety of the white hand and black hand maneuvering the mouse. Drone Wars! Needs a bit of clarity (or I just missed it) since it was deemed a race war but the first casualty of the story was killed because of a high temperature? Or is it a drone war of different factions?

An easy read and good flow. Nice work, writer.
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For the purposes of your short, I really think you should choose race war or virus. I mean, I know you're writing about OUR future here. But, I just think it would tighten things up and add some punch if you concentrated solely on one.

Still, this was well done. Thanks for sharing!


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Story:  Excellent stuff here.  Good commentary on not only the race situation but the pandemic as well.  Good set up and while the conclusion didn’t overwhelm me (it felt like the story was just beginning and I would certainly encourage you to build on this as I think it might make a decent feature) I was good with it overall.

Characters: Troy reminded me of when I first saw John Boyega (Finn) in The Force Awakens.  Jane reminded me of Emily Blunt in A Quiet Place.  Did a good job of providing great visuals to the overall story.

Dialogue:  Dialogue is sparse here except for the Narrator, and I wasn’t exactly of fan of her dialogue.  But I could easily live with it.

Writing:  Overall one of the best I’ve read so far.  Good, crisp action, great visuals, satisfying story.

Meeting the challenge:  Only thing I might knock you for. Sci fi was there but the horror was fairly non-existent. Lot of tension, but nothing that I would call horror.  I’ll let it slide because overall it’s top notch.    


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I just read this.

It reminds me of a project I´m writing. I need time to really digest it, but I really like it. I think the descriptions are well written. I was immediately engaged.

I feel like some have mentioned Gigi´s voice could be more distinctive. Her being so young limits what she can really say about the circumstances of the world she is in.
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Really well written. Could visualize it all clearly. Not usually a fan of VO but it works here, although it kind of gives a trailer feel to proceedings.

Takes the post-apocalyptic approach to horror which is maybe a bit easy but the theme is actually quite horrific and poignant so it gets a pass on that score. ‘Bad planes’ is a great way a child would describe drones and it had a nice Terminator: Salvation feel with added social commentary. Nice job.


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Alas not low budget.

Otherwise i liked the tone and atmosphere of this.

The drones I also liked but I wasn’t wholly sure why they were killed, but assume it’s a black army versus white or something like that.

The dystopian setting of a civil war , modern tech being used is usually a safe bet

For realistic production this needs to be contained but it has potential



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I liked this.

The occasional line threw me off slightly, for example mentioning the camera's POV at the start wasn't necessary, but other than a few little things like that I thought it was very well done and a really easy, thought provoking read.

good stuff!


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Absolutely no reason for starting with "CAMERA POV".  Really?  If it's not someone's POV, whose POV is it?  Just a really dumb start.

Not sure why you felt the need to SMASH TO BLACK after a single passage.

Had to look up "bifurcates".  Maybe I'm just dumb, but I'm betting most peeps will not know this word.

You tell us Troy is 38, but the drone says he's 36.

Hmmm...interesting...very interesting.

Personally, I don't love the super quick cut scenes - on paper - but filmed, no issues.

From what you're offering us, it's hard to really know exactly what's going on here and why, but I think I can fill in the blanks, and what I come away with is a well thought out story that hits hard, even though we know nothing about anyone.

You nailed the ending and it makes this really stand out.  Well done.

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Wow, the author nailed this one. Mostly sci-fi, not much TRADITIONAL horror... but there is, indeed, "horror" if that makes sense. This was super relevant, very well written. The little girl's voice over really worked for me against the depraved and horrific backdrop -- very, very effective. This might be one of the best shorts I've read in a while, period. Not just for this OWC. Really effective stuff. Made an impact on me. And we really don't know much about the characters but we fear for them, which is quite the achievement. I dunno, there's just so many layers to this -- I can really see that the author put a shit load of thought into this. And I can tell that everything going on this world; Covid 19, police brutality on POC, really had an impact on the writer, him/her self. Pretty awesome that this was done in such a tight time frame.

Now, some may think the budget on this isn't low. And, on the surface, it certainly doesn't seem like it. But a lot of filmmakers have drones and access to decent special FX software. The priciest part would be the bigger drone shooting off ammo. But that's pretty much it. It's super easy to show the drone's info on the monitor screen, too. And there's plenty of ways to cheat certain shots here and there. So I definitely think this is EASILY filmable.

Kudos to the writer. This was awesome.

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