In my script, the villains want to screw over two people in a sex tape scandal. They want ruin their credibility, which will get them out of their political jobs, so to speak.
However, in order to force two people to have sex at gunpoint (or to fake it), they would have to kidnap the two people and force them to do it in front of the camera. However, they would then have to take the footage and cut out the parts where it shows them forcing the couple with guns. They could only show the sex only.
Now if the sex tape scandal went to court, would a judge believe they were actually having sex on the tape, if parts where cut out conveniently? Could the victims argue that men with guns cut out the beginning and end of the video in order to erase themselves from it? Plus the judge would be wondering that if two people were having sex, and their political careers were on the line because of it, why would they tape it? It doesn't make any sense to tape it. So how do you get a sex scandal to work if:
A. Why would you tape yourself having sex and ruin your career?
and B. Why would parts of the video be suspiciously cut out, unless it was criminals erasing their actions? The video has to be found in the camera, next to the bed, in order for the plot to work, so why would they edit it still in camera. Can this idea for a story make sense or be believable?
However, in order to force two people to have sex at gunpoint (or to fake it), they would have to kidnap the two people and force them to do it in front of the camera. However, they would then have to take the footage and cut out the parts where it shows them forcing the couple with guns. They could only show the sex only.
Now if the sex tape scandal went to court, would a judge believe they were actually having sex on the tape, if parts where cut out conveniently? Could the victims argue that men with guns cut out the beginning and end of the video in order to erase themselves from it? Plus the judge would be wondering that if two people were having sex, and their political careers were on the line because of it, why would they tape it? It doesn't make any sense to tape it. So how do you get a sex scandal to work if:
A. Why would you tape yourself having sex and ruin your career?
and B. Why would parts of the video be suspiciously cut out, unless it was criminals erasing their actions? The video has to be found in the camera, next to the bed, in order for the plot to work, so why would they edit it still in camera. Can this idea for a story make sense or be believable?