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A guilt-ridden priest with a dark secret finds himself held hostage in a Catholic confessional by a sinister, unseen terrorist wearing a suicide vest strapped with explosives.
Possible title: Confession?
Possible title: Confession?
See lessA guilt-ridden priest with a dark secret finds himself held hostage in a Catholic confessional by a sinister, unseen terrorist wearing a suicide vest strapped with explosives.
I think this has potential and is very timely,Here is how I think your story could work out.-----------------------------------------------------------1: You set up the priest as 'respectable' make him look like a good guy, show him saving the cat. (First 5 to 10 minutes tops, no more than that)2: HRead more
I think this has potential and is very timely,
Here is how I think your story could work out.
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1: You set up the priest as ‘respectable’ make him look like a good guy, show him saving the cat. (First 5 to 10 minutes tops, no more than that)
2: He goes into the confessional (Page 10) and the terrorist is on the other side with his bomb. (Inciting incident)
3: The terrorist says he is going to blow up the church because of the child abuse scandal
4: The priest then tries to talk the terrorist down. He uses his skills as a priest. (This is the meat of the story)
5: As the conversation continues, the terrorist gets more and more specific, he knows things about the priests personally
6: However, the priest, talking about God and forgiveness?seems to actually convince the bomber to give up his plan.
7: Then the bomber hits the priest with the twist. “You are the one who did the abuse! You abused me!” (The turn into the third act)
8: The bomber didn’t pick this priest at random, he is the bombers personal abuser, when the bomber was a child.
9: The priest denies it, but the bomber is relentless
10: Finally (The Irony) The priest confesses.
11: The priest pleads the bomber for forgiveness
12: The bomber tells the priest, “Ask God for forgiveness when you see him”
The bomb explodes: The End (Fade to black)
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The idea behind this would be; when the movie begins the priest is the ‘good guy’ and the Terrorist/bomber is the ‘bad guy’ however once the third act hits, we see it is the opposite, the situation has turned. The priest is the bad guy and the bomber was his victim when he was just a kid.
After a disastrous test screening of his latest movie, a hot-headed and volatile Hollywood film director holds the audience hostage with a shotgun and forces them to provide honest feedback.
One more thing, if you want the audience to root for the director to succeed (Assuming he is the lead) then you need to give us sympathetic stakes. The lead needs to have a good screen test or his entire world will come crashing down. What will the lead lose if the screen test fails, what is the dirRead more
One more thing, if you want the audience to root for the director to succeed (Assuming he is the lead) then you need to give us sympathetic stakes.
The lead needs to have a good screen test or his entire world will come crashing down.
What will the lead lose if the screen test fails, what is the director fighting to save? His marriage? His home? Custody of his five-year-old daughter? His job? Does he owe money to the mob? Will he be forced to sell oranges at the freeway on-ramp???
The bigger the stakes, the more the audience will sympathize?with the leads unsympathetic?actions.
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