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On the run from a determined street enforcer, a young Londoner will do anything and everything to avoid capture but the enforcer has pledged to kill himself in the event of failure.
>>reaches a fantastically unexpected zenith and the two characters are both honourable and determined. A "Mexican Standoff" moment of truth between the two adversaries? >>Makes the protagonist and antagonist seem equal ? and the truth is ? they are equal. Of course, this creates a probleRead more
>>reaches a fantastically unexpected zenith and the two characters are both honourable and determined.
A “Mexican Standoff” moment of truth between the two adversaries?
>>Makes the protagonist and antagonist seem equal ? and the truth is ? they are equal. Of course, this creates a problem with the logline because it breaks the mold.
What mold? Don’t protagonist versus antagonist situations work best when they are, in effect, mirror images of each other? Isn’t a hero defined by the villain he does battle with? And vica-versa?
See lessHere's just the concept, not an actual logline What if currency never existed ? but instead we had to trade memory's ? Our whole life's are basically memory's, we never live in the present. So what if, in the future, all of society traded in run down memory's, stored in banks. The higher class members of society are ridden with memory's. Then you have the lower class people, left to rot on the street with no memory's what so ever. There is a corrupt government which steals taxes of memory from you every month, and if you run out of memory's, you are taken in to cell 5, also known as shutdown to be 'rehabilitated'. If you want a loaf of bread that would cost you a mere memory of the last 5 minute road trip, new Aston martin ? that could cost you up to a months worth of memory's, even more. Many of you may look at this concept and think ''what a load of shit'' but it's still early days, as i'v only just started developing it. Any constructive criticism will be great !
The movies "Total Recall", "Blade Runner", "Paycheck" are all based upon stories by sci-fi write Philip K. Dick who was fascinated by the role of memory in identity and the manipulation thereof. Hollyweird is fascinated by the concept, too, since they keep making movies pivoting on memory. Another mRead more
The movies “Total Recall”, “Blade Runner”, “Paycheck” are all based upon stories by sci-fi write Philip K. Dick who was fascinated by the role of memory in identity and the manipulation thereof.
Hollyweird is fascinated by the concept, too, since they keep making movies pivoting on memory. Another movie adaptation where memory is pivotal is “Johnny Mnemonic” based upon a story by sci-fi writer William Gibson.
So there seems to be a ready market for a new twist on memory.
See lessOn the run from a determined street enforcer, a young Londoner will do anything and everything to avoid capture but the enforcer has pledged to kill himself in the event of failure.
Let me riff off the character's flaw in "Money for Nothing". The cops have no idea who picked up the money. So if the man plays his cards right, no one will ever know; the money is all his. But his flaw is that he is a little reckless, too impatient to enjoy his good fortune. He's not smart enough tRead more
Let me riff off the character’s flaw in “Money for Nothing”. The cops have no idea who picked up the money. So if the man plays his cards right, no one will ever know; the money is all his. But his flaw is that he is a little reckless, too impatient to enjoy his good fortune. He’s not smart enough to figure out a way to enjoy the money without drawing attention. So, his character flaws doom him to get caught.
Now, I’m assuming in your story that the poor young man will rise to the occasion — the opportunity, the threat — that presents itself when he acquires the money. That is, he will discover survival skills he never knew he had. Latent strengths will become actual. If not, he’s dead meat by page 45, roll the credits. And that aspect of the story also intrigues me: how he grows stronger and stronger in order to meet the escalating danger presented by the enforcer who pursues him like a junkyard dog.
This is what makes the cable TV series “Breaking Bad” so successful: Over and over, the plot conspires to force the protagonist to dig deeper within himself, uses his wits to the max, marshal greater skill and cunning to stay alive. And in the process, the plot transforms him from a mild-mannered chemistry teacher to a ruthless drug-lord.
I still don’t understand what you conceive the character arc for the young man. But, fwiw, an arc similar to that of Walter White in “Break Bad” is what makes for compelling dramas. I’m not saying the young man has to arc like Walter White, from a meek, law-abiding citizen to a ruthless outlaw. I mean that your plot has to conspire to force the young man to find strength and abilities within he never knew he had.
It’s how Vince Gilligan, the creator of the series, conceived and pitched his story for “Breaking Bad”.
Spitballing off the top of my brain pan, here. Don’t know if it’s doing any good.
Regards.
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