More Scripting Fun!

I had another idea for a script that may make a good film, about a guy who feels the music scene in his town is sorely lacking, and goes about putting on a gig to showcase local talent. However, the only venue he is able to secure is an old lecture theatre, which is less than ideal, and all the bands he wants to book are unavailable, leaving him with several poor, but well meaning bands. The gig looks like it's going to be an absolute disaster, with members of the different bands not getting on well, the music sounding generally terrible, deadlines looming and a mountain of logistical nightmares. Eventually however, the gig turns out to be shambolic fun and is enjoyed by all.
This is just the bare bones of the story at the moment, there needs to be several good obstacles in the man's way, and the bands also need to have their own distinct character, and be bad in a so-bad-it's-good kind of way. I was thinking sort of like the battle of the bands scene in Cheech and Chong's Up In Smoke mixed with Spinal Tap, but with contemporary sounding bands. At the moment, some of my ideas include an aggressive but woefully out of time straight-edge hardcore band, a drug guzzling drone/doom band that are more than happy to let a single sustained note ring out for about 50 minutes, an pretentious art-rock kinda band, and a kind of gabba or breakcore DJ. These characters would all find conflict with each other, but eventually find a kind of middle ground to all get along...possibly? Still needs a LOT of work, but I'll keep thinking about it!

I've been reading 'Adventures In The Screen Trade' by William Goldman to help me with the scripting, and it's been really useful. There's a chapter where he takes an old short story he's written, and then tries to adapt it into a screenplay. Seeing the thought processes he goes through and the changes he makes the initial story is really interesting, and I'll apply some of the questions he asks about his own work to my scripts. I'd recommend this book and it's sequel ('Which Lie Did I Tell? More Adventures In The Screen Trade') to everyone on the AV course!