For my script, I’d like to create something that’s thought provoking, that plays with some interesting film techniques. I don’t want the script to be too ridiculous and out of this world, but rather, it be a normal interaction that people might see differently. I want to take inspiration from a movie called “Waking Life” which is basically a filmed movie with art drawn over it. Mostly, I just like the way that the lines are delivered, and I like the interactions between the characters, because it seems so fresh and natural, although very deep and thought provoking.

In this scene from Waking Life, the two characters are just discussing a trip to Vegas and an encounter with a murderer, the moral of the story being to always carry a gun. The scene ends with one man testing his gun on the bartender, and ends up shooting and killing him.

Despite the fact that the film is technically animation, the shot construction is that of a real life film, and has been an inspiration to my filmmaking for years.

Location 

I would like my script to be set somewhere unorthodox, like in the middle of a quiet road, or on a roof, or on the branches of a tree,  or in a lit alleyway.

Sounds 

Occasional passing car

Crickets chirping (if dusk) or

Birds Chirping (if morning).

I don’t want to film in the middle of the day

Actions

Pacing uncomfortably contrasted to very relaxed and laid back

Climbing up something in an attempt to leave

A premise of what I’d like to write.

“Two chracters are seen in an alleyway, an occasional police car is heard driving by. One of the characters looks very panicked, pacing up and down the alley nervously, the other is sitting down against the ground, as if prepared for the consequences that are about to come.”