> Zombies
>Supermarket shoot-out
>Trivial showdown. (Fight scene over something trivial E.G. last cookie in cookie jar.)
> ZOMBIE COWBOYS! :D
In the end we chose to set our film (which will be comedic) in the middle of a zombie apocalypse, and include western themes. We will use western music and extreme close-ups of eyes conventional of western films.
Characters:
Hero:
> Archetype of a hero
> Stereotypical Texan (Cowboy)
> He has a horse.
> On a journey to find salvation because all of his family are dead.
> He takes the little guy on as a "partner" because he misses the company and he secretly sees
a little of himself in him. (Although he doesn't show this and is quite standoffish)
> He always wears a hat, and makes a point of not losing it despite their situation.
> He used to smoke, and is saving his last cigarette for in case he is in a situation he cannot
escape.
Little guy:
> Stereotypical nerd (Obsessive over Warhammer and worked in Games Workshop)
> Didn't have much of a life, he lost contact with his family, so there is still hope, but not much.
> He's been hiding out in Games Workshop with his nerdy Warhammer friends ever since the
apocalypse started. All of his workmates tried to barricade the shop, they held out for a while,
but in the end they too fell to the power of the zombies, only the little guy escaped.
> He is particularly good at strategy because of his years of playing Warhammer.
> He is needy and weak despite his intellect.
> He has a slight obsession with hygiene and therefore feels the need to wash all wounds with
surgical spirit or antiseptic of some sort.
Story: (In 3 act structure.)
ACT 1:
1. Opening: Intro to zombie apocalypse, hero saves little guy from zombies, they become
friends.
2. The little guy follows the hero to his hide-out, and they establish a fairly mutual partnership
where they can work together fairly well.
ACT 2:
3. The little guy is injured, so begins cleaning out his wound with some surgical spirit. Although
they don't know this yet, the surgical spirit is what attracts the zombies to their hide-out, thus
there is a zombie invasion.
4. After battling and escaping, the hero and the little guy run to the nearest hospital to find more
provisions.
ACT 3:
5. They search for surgical spirit, among other things, but all of the bottles are smashed and/or
empty. While searching they walk in on a room full of zombies smelling and ingesting surgical
spirit.
6. The zombies chase them, and as they are running they talk about what they have just seen,
they realise, however ridiculous it may seem, the zombies are attracted to surgical spirit.
Eventually they are surrounded so they run into a cupboard which is the only option, it is full of
surgical spirit.
7. The hero and the little guy run out of the cupboard poring surgical spirit over every zombie in
sight and over the whole hospital, when they have sufficiently covered it the hero lights a
cigarette, takes a drag and then throws it into the flammable chemicals. The hospital
explodes just as the pair leap out James Bond-esquely. (Note the use of the last-chance
cigarette, foreshadows his death! :D)
8. When outside, the hero, who has never given the little guy his full respect, declares his
acceptance of him, and gives him his hat in a last gesture of approval before an unexpected
flaming zombie mauls him. From here-on the little guy takes on the roll of hero and fights off
the remaining zombies present, saving an even littler guy in the process. Thus allowing the
film to come full-circle, ending in the same way as the start.
(Alternatively the Hero stays in the hospital, smokes and explodes the hospital with him inside it, in order to save the little guy. In this instance he gives the hat to the little guy, thus passing on his role as hero. The little guy does a solitary James Bond-jump. Outside he saves the littler guy from a flaming zombie, still allowing the film to come full circle.)
There is a narrative arc from the little guy being rescued to the little guy rescuing the littler guy.
The Opening:
1. The little guy is running through the zombie wasteland of a city. (Pay extra attention to zombie
warning posters and blood splatters in the scenery.)
2. The little guy looks behind him just in time to run straight into a lamp-post and knock himself
out. (Bird's eye view [or maybe reverse zoom?] shot)
3. 2 zombies step into the scene. (Crab shot, 1 zombie visible in the background, 1 steps into
the foreground, conventional of western films)
4. Very high tension, loud escalating western music, lots of close-ups (eyes narrowing, hands
flexing [if applicable] etc.)
5. Intense music and tension build up, breaks into only dietetic sound and zombie amble
towards each other in that charming way only a zombie can.
6. Establishing shot to add humor. (Zombies ambling towards each other, little guy lying in the
middle for zombies to fight over.)
7. Medium shot of 1 zombie, he stops, eyes widen, "Uuuuughhhh!" and collapses dead. He falls
to reveal the hero standing behind him, having stabbed him.
8. Pan and tilt upwards simultaneously into a low-angle shot of the hero, silhouetted slightly by
the sun.
9. Hero takes off his hat, rubs his head, replaces the hat and says a very cool zombie-related
pun. (We're still working on the pun.)
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