Monday 26 January 2009

Voyaged!

I just finished writing the first script, which ends with Roger finding out the robot is the time machine, and then being sent back to the point in time just before he made the phone call to apply for the time travel experiment. He takes Laura's advice this time and doesn't phone them, and instead asks her out for a drink, which she agrees to!
I'll bring this finished script along to the script workshops and make some improvements to it, but the first draft is now complete.
I also started writing a script for an idea tentatively titled 'Kebab Quest'. This would start off with two students out on the town, who decide to head to a kebab shop after going on a brief bender. Once there, they're disappointed with the menu, saddened by the staff's uncaring manner, and sickened by the grotty mess of a kebab they receive. The pair decide in a drunken stupor to start their own kebab shop, which would be the greatest takeaway of them all in their minds, out of their own window. They set about ordering large ammounts of cheap meat and make a massive sign that says 'Kebab Quest'. They wake up the next day, open for business, and gradually become incredibly popular. The pressure begins to get to them however, and rival kebab shops try to buy them out and sabotage them, before eventually they pack the whole thing in and decide to go get a cheese burger instead.
I kinda like this idea but also think it's pretty stupid at the same time, haha! It'd need a good solid script to actually work, and a good chemistry between the two lead characters. Regardless of whether I actually decide to use this idea or not, it can't hurt to script it out and see how it goes.

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