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On a dare a naive orphan tries to get aboard a legendary space ship, getting past an over zealous security guard, and back to the orphanage before dinner.
I've started writing the script. It's actually only meant to be a short film and aim for 20 pages (or minutes if you like) It's going to be a bit about bullying, I think, since it's a couple of bullies who gets him to do it. And since I'm a fan of Save the Cat! there will be an All Is Lost moment. GRead more
I’ve started writing the script. It’s actually only meant to be a short film and aim for 20 pages (or minutes if you like)
It’s going to be a bit about bullying, I think, since it’s a couple of bullies who gets him to do it. And since I’m a fan of Save the Cat! there will be an All Is Lost moment.
Genre: Space Opera/Science fiction, with some humor. Or Golden Fleece in STC terms.
See lessOn a dare a naive orphan tries to get aboard a legendary space ship, getting past an over zealous security guard, and back to the orphanage before dinner.
I have yet to see Hugo. Gotta get it on Blu-ray and watch it some day. Have seen Sacha Baron Cohen in the trailer, though. The idea is that it's two bullies who makes the dare, and holds the protagonists model space ship (a model of the ship he's trying to get on board) as "ransom" and will smash thRead more
I have yet to see Hugo. Gotta get it on Blu-ray and watch it some day. Have seen Sacha Baron Cohen in the trailer, though.
The idea is that it’s two bullies who makes the dare, and holds the protagonists model space ship (a model of the ship he’s trying to get on board) as “ransom” and will smash the model if he doesn’t make it back in time. Maybe I should try to include that in the logline instead…. I haven’t figured out how to do that without the logline getting very long, though. The model plays into the title as well, plus being a pun as the bullie’s dare forces him to break rules/laws to get to the ship and board it. The security guard is in charge of the space port.
See lessA retired galactic cop is looking to upgrade his space ship but finds an outpost where everybody but a clumsy noncom and an evil botanist have been wiped out by a poisonous plant.
Okay... let's see... 1) ... well, no problem there. 2) The evil botanist is a religious fanatic who created the the plant with the intent of "discrediting science". It's sort of a mutual thing where he protects the plant which in turn protects him. 3) There's more to upgrading his ship than I've beeRead more
Okay… let’s see…
1) … well, no problem there.
2) The evil botanist is a religious fanatic who created the the plant with the intent of “discrediting science”. It’s sort of a mutual thing where he protects the plant which in turn protects him.
3) There’s more to upgrading his ship than I’ve been able to explain in less than 25 words. His ship can travel faster than the speed of light, which is the “old” way of interstellar travel. It has the negative side effect of time dilation – theory of relativity – where time passes more slowly for somebody traveling that fast. Because of this he’s outlived his family, friends, law enforcement agency and entire civilization. The engine part he’s come to pick up will enable his ship to fold space so he can travel instantly between star systems without time dilation problems.
The time dilation is also why he is retired. Since the law enforcement agency no longer exists and neither the civilization he figures he’s out of his jurisdiction. So he figures the plant and evil botanist isn’t his problem at first.
Afterwards when he decides he has to deal with it himself it’s a matter of getting off the planetoid alive with the engine part and the non-com. And make sure the plant doesn’t spread to other worlds.
4) Stakes is the members of this fanatical religion trying to discredit science, spread their religion and wage holy war against anyone who travels through space the “Wrong Way Up” ? There is no up or down in zero gravity, but these fanatics believe otherwise.
5) His inability to have lasting relationships due to the time dilation problems has made him a loner, and quite a bit bitter and cynical. Any time he makes a friend on a world that person will either be very old or long dead when he returns to that world, unless he can get the space folding thing to work on his ship.
6) Avoid being poisoned by plant and destroying the plant before escaping.
7) I think so… but more like galaxy, rather than universe.
Genre … all three of those… maybe more space opera than sci-fi. … Or in Save the Cat terms: Dude With a Problem or possibly Monster in the House.
I’ll try to rework the logline, though.
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