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An assassin with a split personality is hired to protect a client who, unknowingly, his other personality has been hired to kill.
It hooked me right away.But then, I wanted to dig a little more.Both personalities are hired killers. Shouldn't the protector be of a different profession? Like a bodyguard? Furthermore, shouldn't the personalities be as different as possible to each other?A lot relies on what triggers the shift froRead more
It hooked me right away.
But then, I wanted to dig a little more.
Both personalities are hired killers. Shouldn’t the protector be of a different profession? Like a bodyguard? Furthermore, shouldn’t the personalities be as different as possible to each other?
A lot relies on what triggers the shift from one personality to the other. This can cause a comedic effect, like hearing a specific word or smelling a specific smell. I agree with dpg about the comedy element.
I am wondering though how long can this premise keep a plot together? Is it a short film? Have you got a beat sheet or a synopsis? I would love to be surprised.
See lessA family of four moves into a house in a small town only to find out the house takes people when it takes one of the children. the family has to do all they can to save their child.
Like the previous version with "sucking people alive," the "taking people" does not have a clear meaning. Wouldn't it be better if you specifically stated what the family sees? Does the child disappear in a locked room? Does the child simply disappear? Then you will have to say "when the child disapRead more
Like the previous version with “sucking people alive,” the “taking people” does not have a clear meaning. Wouldn’t it be better if you specifically stated what the family sees? Does the child disappear in a locked room? Does the child simply disappear? Then you will have to say “when the child disappears in their new home…”
I agree with the Poltergeist argument, too.
See lessWhen a mutated pubic lice epidemic turns people into sex-crazed zombies, a prudish neuroscientist teams up with a loud prostitute to find and spread the cure.
Thank you all for pointing out the sexist aspect of this premise. I admit I was blind to it and very frivolous about the whole idea.I see that making a prostitute have unprotected sex to spread the lice remedy is a perverse idea. The clich? of her characterisation only makes things worse. So does fiRead more
Thank you all for pointing out the sexist aspect of this premise. I admit I was blind to it and very frivolous about the whole idea.
I see that making a prostitute have unprotected sex to spread the lice remedy is a perverse idea. The clich? of her characterisation only makes things worse. So does filing the story under “comedy.”
Thank you all, again.
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