[Panthera Tigris] screenplay idea. Thoughts and advice?
* Panthera Tigris is a placeholder name.
If you've read my introductory post, you'll know I've been writing for five years, but never for a visual medium. I have experience with Celtx and understand the terminology. Here is my idea for my first test screenplay, what would be a short film.
"Adrian, a passionate but solitary conservation scientist is forced to choose between saving the life of an animal he has tracked for five years, or his lifelong friend."
Characters:
Adrian May - Protagonist with a solitary personality (perhaps a disorder) who has a background in biology and has worked as a conservation scientist for five years.
Marcus Hansson - A lifelong friend of Adrian who moved to England from Sweden when he was a child. He is an animal researcher.
Vitaly - A Russian national who acts as a guide.
I've got it all outlined, but my main concern at the moment is whether or not there is enough story here.
Act 1: Adrian meets Marcus at the airport and they both make their way to a village hostel where they meet their guide, Vitaly, a Russian national. The next morning, Adrian, Marcus and Vitaly plan their trip, study recent surveys, and prepare their equipment.
Act 2: They then make their way by rented vehicle to an isolated woodland in the mountains where there were said to be numerous sightings of the near extinct Siberian tiger. One particular tiger, a fully grown male that Adrian has been tracking since he started his work in the Russian Far East, needs to be re-tagged so that they can track its progress. Managing to tranquillize their target, Adrian and Marcus collar it and perform their usual routine before they are ready to set it free. However, due to the weaker potency of the paralysis drug which they used to put the animal to sleep, it begins to wake as they are finishing their work.
Act 3: [FLASHBACK] (yet to write)
The tiger attacks Marcus, but Adrian, almost unwillingly, takes a shot that kills the animal.
Theme: Death, the natural world and the relationship between human and animals.
It feels like there should be more to it than that, specifically in the last act.
Any thoughts?
* Panthera Tigris is a placeholder name.
If you've read my introductory post, you'll know I've been writing for five years, but never for a visual medium. I have experience with Celtx and understand the terminology. Here is my idea for my first test screenplay, what would be a short film.
"Adrian, a passionate but solitary conservation scientist is forced to choose between saving the life of an animal he has tracked for five years, or his lifelong friend."
Characters:
Adrian May - Protagonist with a solitary personality (perhaps a disorder) who has a background in biology and has worked as a conservation scientist for five years.
Marcus Hansson - A lifelong friend of Adrian who moved to England from Sweden when he was a child. He is an animal researcher.
Vitaly - A Russian national who acts as a guide.
I've got it all outlined, but my main concern at the moment is whether or not there is enough story here.
Act 1: Adrian meets Marcus at the airport and they both make their way to a village hostel where they meet their guide, Vitaly, a Russian national. The next morning, Adrian, Marcus and Vitaly plan their trip, study recent surveys, and prepare their equipment.
Act 2: They then make their way by rented vehicle to an isolated woodland in the mountains where there were said to be numerous sightings of the near extinct Siberian tiger. One particular tiger, a fully grown male that Adrian has been tracking since he started his work in the Russian Far East, needs to be re-tagged so that they can track its progress. Managing to tranquillize their target, Adrian and Marcus collar it and perform their usual routine before they are ready to set it free. However, due to the weaker potency of the paralysis drug which they used to put the animal to sleep, it begins to wake as they are finishing their work.
Act 3: [FLASHBACK] (yet to write)
The tiger attacks Marcus, but Adrian, almost unwillingly, takes a shot that kills the animal.
Theme: Death, the natural world and the relationship between human and animals.
It feels like there should be more to it than that, specifically in the last act.
Any thoughts?
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