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How to write a Semi Limited location movie without padding?

How do you write a Semi limited location film without it feeling like you're just trying to pad it out after scaling it down too much. Lets just say your FIRST HALF or so of the script takes place in a limited location, like a Plane, bus, yatch, train, or a cruise ship that got stranded on an island with people who survived a biological terror attack. everyone on board is dead except our main characters. Also there is some things shown happening on the ground, like Looting, CDC not knowing what to do, the lead character's sister trying to avoid getting killed, prepping a highway for the plane to land on because its running out of fuel etc.

The main character is the Captain, or conductor, and they are the only living authority figure, and they are having trouble controlling a specific character, who THINKS HE KNOWS, that they are the last people alive on earth, and that the apocalypse has happened, and that NO ONE will land the plane, or get back to the main land.
 
I agree with Sweetie - don't pad it out. If your limited location story only takes 15 minutes to tell, it's a short film. You don't want to add additional material just to extend the running time.
 
... And if the plane drops below 300ft, the bomb will detonate? ;)

As the others said - writ me what needs to be written and then assess from there

There is no bomb, the terrorists set off an aerosol in the cabin, and only a handful on the plane do not subcome to the virus. (the plane is not filled to capacity anyway). In the ground similar things have happened. Its basically like hurricane Katrina but on a National scale. We dont see ALL of it but we do see it on the news, and when it involves the main charachter's sister.

We then learn the origin of the virus, which was created by the british army During WWI to try to win the war early, and when it was stolen by the terrorists, and where the cure is located. In the cargo Hold of a sunken ship. the only way to get it out. Bring up the whole thing.

this is just one of the three ideas for the story i have, one plays out like Star trek the motion picture/2001/interstellar, and we follow the crew of an advanced research and salvage submarine during thier mission and all the things the AI computer wants to explore, despite the fact they need to get to the wreck before millions more die from the virus.

The third plays out like the TV show scorpion, and we follow the charachters from age 12 to adulthood in the first act.
 
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