I got bored and wrote the first 45-minutes of a Zombie Film - General

epic Should be called White Wedding or something along those lines.

But what could the budget be?

[QUOTE=codenamecueball;18150841]But what could the budget be?[/QUOTE] If this was an actual movie, it would probably be rather low budget. It was well written though.

Cool stuff man. Like the (I think) second poster said, it wouldn't equate to fourty five minutes. Fourty five minutes of that would be really boring. You want to introduce the characters in the beginning and then get the action going. Me and my friends film production company wanted to make a film like this. One of the spots we scouted was a shopping plaza at 2 in the morning. The best part about it was that it was very cheery even in that hour of the morning. There would be happy music on the speakers and there were lights strung up around the plants and what not. In the middle of the plaza was a long strip where you could see all the way to the end.

Who here has a decent camera? I'm talking one of these beauties [IMG]http://www.broadcastor.fr/boutique/images/new_sony_hdv.jpg[/IMG]

Fabulous! This is almost Hollywood material! All it needs is a scene where Ninjas start attacking the Zombies but then a firebreathing Dragon comes out and slays the Ninjas. Of course we'd have to put the Spanish Inquisition Conquering the Dragon right after. Yes.... Yes..... I can see it now.

That sounds awesome. If you want a hand scriptwriting or anything i'd be up for helping. [editline]07:02PM[/editline] [QUOTE=codenamecueball;18151209]Who here has a decent camera? I'm talking one of these beauties [IMG]http://www.broadcastor.fr/boutique/images/new_sony_hdv.jpg[/IMG][/QUOTE] My dad has one of them, but without the big microphone on the top, it's a smaller one built onto the end of that handle thing on the top.

Nice script, bro, I'd like to see it completed. Would like to see where the tape is retrieved, if the government is the actual holder of it, fate of survivors, etc. The world needs more [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Camcorder_films]Camcorder films[/url], there aren't that many. Anyone who disagrees is something not good.

Maybe it could begin like with goverment officals in a room, saying they found a camera, and they play the tape, that then it begins the main plot

[QUOTE=codenamecueball;18153588]Maybe it could begin like with goverment officals in a room, saying they found a camera, and they play the tape, that then it begins the main plot[/QUOTE] cliche

[media]http://i33.tinypic.com/33p6avk.png[/media] C&C please

haha, i'd watch this.

The lenght of your script is maybe enough for 45 seconds to 4,5 minutes film (depending on the production). Hardly a 45 min thing. You should google some real movie scripts and see how they are written.

[QUOTE=PLing;18154387]The lenght of your script is maybe enough for 45 seconds to 4,5 minutes film (depending on the production). Hardly a 45 min thing. You should google some real movie scripts and see how they are written.[/QUOTE] killjoy

Enh, I guess it's a bit long. Around 20 minutes would be a more appropriate time, seeing as how that would give enough time to introduce all the characters and their personalities, and hint that something is just not right. I haven't decided the cause of the virus yet, or if it even [i]is[/i] a virus. Many ways I can approach this. I've been writing some more to it, starting to think of an actual script with talking and whatnot. [b]Edit:[/b] And, that Poster, it's okay... but I'd rather not make it have any puns. I just want it to look innocent. It's a wedding. Good time, right? Wrong. I just want it to be clear that it's a handheld film and that something will go bump in the night. If you decide to continue with that poster thing, change my credit to "Void" or "Aeon 'Void' Bollig" as those are the names I'm known as 'round the 'nets. I'd change it on FP if I could, but alas, I cannot.

[QUOTE=PLing;18154387]The lenght of your script is maybe enough for 45 seconds to 4,5 minutes film (depending on the production). Hardly a 45 min thing. You should google some real movie scripts and see how they are written.[/QUOTE] Pretty much. Why do people totally misunderstand script writing? There should be no disagrees on your post seeing as that's exactly how it is.

[QUOTE=Void Skull;18155810]Enh, I guess it's a bit long. Around 20 minutes would be a more appropriate time, seeing as how that would give enough time to introduce all the characters and their personalities, and hint that something is just not right. I haven't decided the cause of the virus yet, or if it even [i]is[/i] a virus. Many ways I can approach this. I've been writing some more to it, starting to think of an actual script with talking and whatnot. [b]Edit:[/b] And, that Poster, it's okay... but I'd rather not make it have any puns. I just want it to look innocent. It's a wedding. Good time, right? Wrong. I just want it to be clear that it's a handheld film and that something will go bump in the night. If you decide to continue with that poster thing, change my credit to "Void" or "Aeon 'Void' Bollig" as those are the names I'm known as 'round the 'nets. I'd change it on FP if I could, but alas, I cannot.[/QUOTE] You should have it from the point of view of two professional videographers who were paid to film the wedding, could make for interesting bond creation later on in the film.

I think the circumstances at the beginning are too much like Cloverfield. Like how the person with the camera ends up using it. Seems a bit of a stretch. Works well for exposition though. During this exposition in the detour part if the situation had already gotten so bad that they started setting up barricades everyone would have known about exactly what was happening. Those barricades should be replaced with police roadblocks. Like one car parked sideways across a street with it's light bar on (not siren). IE the kind of cordon they put around an area where something messy happened. It may not seem as subtle as a bunch of fences with detour signs, but those would only happen during the later stages of a breakout. That church seems to have an awful lot of security. And armed? With guns? Even in America that's pretty darn rare. I've never heard of such a thing. Private security only carries firearms in very high risk areas. A church is seldom such a place. There are two ways you can get around this. 1)Slowly unravel that this stuff has been going on in this town for a week now and the security guards working here pack heat for their own protection (even then there wouldn't be more than two of them, it's just a church). This could also explain the more established detours and cordons. But it would compromise the "didn't see it coming" element significantly. 2)Have the one or two security guards unarmed. One of the wedding guests (like a crazy uncle or something) carries a concealed handgun and it is a Checkov's Gun kind of deal where for the most part they're either running, barricading themselves or dispatching zombies with melee weapons if necessary (like a fire axe or something) since the ammunition available to them is very scarce. The reason for that crazy uncle character carrying that gun could also elaborate on the "Weird shit has been happening in this town all week." element. IE he heard about weird stuff going down a day or so before the wedding so he brought a small handgun just in case. Or just have him be a crazy uncle. Heck he could turn into a power-hungry villain character. That would be a weird twist.

[QUOTE=Bean-O;18166893]I think the circumstances at the beginning are too much like Cloverfield. Like how the person with the camera ends up using it. Seems a bit of a stretch. Works well for exposition though. During this exposition in the detour part if the situation had already gotten so bad that they started setting up barricades everyone would have known about exactly what was happening. Those barricades should be replaced with police roadblocks. Like one car parked sideways across a street with it's light bar on (not siren). IE the kind of cordon they put around an area where something messy happened. It may not seem as subtle as a bunch of fences with detour signs, but those would only happen during the later stages of a breakout. That church seems to have an awful lot of security. And armed? With guns? Even in America that's pretty darn rare. I've never heard of such a thing. Private security only carries firearms in very high risk areas. A church is seldom such a place. There are two ways you can get around this. 1)Slowly unravel that this stuff has been going on in this town for a week now and the security guards working here pack heat for their own protection (even then there wouldn't be more than two of them, it's just a church). This could also explain the more established detours and cordons. But it would compromise the "didn't see it coming" element significantly. 2)Have the one or two security guards unarmed. One of the wedding guests (like a crazy uncle or something) carries a concealed handgun and it is a Checkov's Gun kind of deal where for the most part they're either running, barricading themselves or dispatching zombies with melee weapons if necessary (like a fire axe or something) since the ammunition available to them is very scarce. The reason for that crazy uncle character carrying that gun could also elaborate on the "Weird shit has been happening in this town all week." element. IE he heard about weird stuff going down a day or so before the wedding so he brought a small handgun just in case. Or just have him be a crazy uncle. Heck he could turn into a power-hungry villain character. That would be a weird twist.[/QUOTE] I quite like the second idea. Perhaps have the "werid shit" as some werid kidnappings or break-in's or something? Something that involves people getting killed / going missing.

[QUOTE=Deadollie;18166952]I quite like the second idea. Perhaps have the "werid shit" as some werid kidnappings or break-in's or something? Something that involves people getting killed / going missing.[/QUOTE] Like I said, police cordons around residential blocks with a couple onlookers where something really messy JUST happened.

Yep. I'd watch this. I'd watch the shit out of it.

This is very good.. You need a job in the film industry.. BE RICH! FINISH THE SCRIPT IT HAS SO MUCH POTENTIAL MAN! Although its a bit short..

Why are you bored?! Get back in your lair and finish scoville!

I actually like the idea of the recorders having no connection to the family at all... It would make sense for them to have an HD Camera if they were professionals, as well. I like most of the ideas here, and I'll modify accordingly to make it unlike other films. [b]Edit:[/b] Also I guess it wasn't clear enough that the reception wasn't held in the church aswell, but more of a Community Center, where I can play off of ideas like... say, someone believes someone ill was in the pool and it spread, or something obscure like that.

What kind of zombies are they? Crappy slow ones? Razer fast ones? Lazy ones?

I guess it would all depend on what ways they got infected. They'd have the same limitations as the uninfected, but more... angry will-power. Think of them as the zombies from Zombieland or REC/Quarantine. Yeah, they're angry and want to eat you. But if they get crippled like the other firefighter in Quarantine, they'll still come after you. When there's a will there's a way. But if there's no brain, there's no way in hell. Also, new writing. The film now follows 2 Film Professionals that were paid to film the wedding and the events that follow. Because the cameramen know nothing of anyone at the wedding, they don't differ much from the original idea of distant friends. The "Film Professional" trait now makes the "HD" look of the film believable, as a normal group of friends are likely to not have one, thus making the film seem lower quality. Other characters have been thought up, such as the guy-you-all-know that has too much to drink at a wedding. This character would likely be the fall guy and display the first attack and zombification, replacing the Security Guard in the earlier write-up. Since it wasn't too defined of a location in the early writing, the Wedding Reception takes place at a Community Center down the road from the church. This allows for other locations within the Community Center to make critical story moments. The swimming pool may be referred to by some startled guests as a carrier of the sickness. Like a bandaid in a pool or the urban legend of impregnating sperm in the water, the sickness may be believed to have been spread through an ill-informed swimmer. One scene I thought up would take place during the actual Wedding, perhaps during the exchanging of vows or any other vital moment. Not sure yet. It would involve a guest hacking into a coughing fit, eventually leaving the room - still coughing - with a handkerchief over his face, with a few guests overheard, commenting on blood on the handkerchief. This guest would likely return later as a pure zombification of himself, and may or may not have relations to Patient Zero. Another scene would take place during the drive to the Reception. Earlier, it was written as a scene involving several detours, but somewhat by peer review, that's been changed to a Police Barricade surrounding a gruesome scene. Not much would be shown except for a group of citizens hugging around the Police Line and looking onward at the unknown scene. This causes the two cameramen to be late to the Reception and already have missed some of the Guests that left due to an illness. Be advised that nothing is set in stone yet, and things will change as time goes on.

Void, you're really good at this.

Thanks, oh and... [b]New content[/b] On the photographers' way to the wedding, its about a day and a half worth of driving, so one point along, they end up driving in the middle of nowhere where streetlights are almost absent. At this point, they're already both stressed out from the drive and just want to get it over with. The driver looks to the camera for a second, commenting on their current drive, and as he turns back to look at the road, he hits something. Something big. Both men scream and then the driver holds a blank, startled face. He gets out and the camera picks up his faint voice asking "You... you alright? Hey... ?" After about 10 or so seconds of the camera sitting in the other photograher's lap, with him whispering "What... what was that... ?" The driver returns, with about as blank of a face as he left the car with. The other photographer asks "What was that? Is it okay?" The driver replies with "Yeah... it's fine... it's alive..." "What was it?" "A... person" "Oh god... are you sure they're okay? Or like... do you have to exchange insuran-" "He's fine, he's fine... just very angry." The driver hastily starts the car and the camera is placed in the backseat and turned off.

How many pages is the script so far? My own script (which happens to be a romance/drama with an action setpiece at the end) is 37 pages. This translates to about 37 or so minutes. A page is supposed to be a minute in a script. Around there. A horror movie is usually about 90 pages or so. [editline]04:40PM[/editline] I also wrote a zombie film script once. It was 10 pages. FUCK.

[QUOTE=codenamecueball;18153892][media]http://i33.tinypic.com/33p6avk.png[/media] C&C please[/QUOTE] I lol'd at delayed by. Pretty nice, could be less generic though