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UPDATE: We have ditched this idea in favour of this one!<\/a><\/strong> I’ve taken a few different runs at plot lines, and have found one I like — it starts with the Advantaged kids unravelling a conspiracy only to find that the “bad guys” are normal humans just trying to keep their jobs. I’m excited about developing the characters of the shadowy surveillancers until they become just as fleshed out, and maybe even more likable, than the Advantaged. Certainly there’s more potential for them to be funny than the intense Advantaged.<\/p>\n On the issue of backstory, I’ve hit upon something modelled from the super 8 crowd: it starts with a party at a bar where Advantaged 20somethings are showing their home movies from when they were babies. This will deal with some of the exposition and establish the Advantaged “scene” at the same time.<\/p>\n Also, I finished watching the Up Series<\/a>, and have done some reading<\/a> about the interviewer Apted’s continuing and complex relationship with his subjects. I’m using this to inspire the character who is assigned to counsel the Advantaged kids after the recall, but instead of us seeing the actual interviews (difficult because we’d have to find kids who look like the 20something actors) I’m working with an audio voice over solution perhaps combined with photographs of the actors as children, or brain scan imagery.<\/p>\n Anyway, I’ll be doing an index card scene breakdown between now and Mar 2 to keep things in the non-specific until I get the location and actor potentials stirred into the mix. Then I’ll have a first draft of the script for March 23rd. I don’t want to give too much away until then, I have a lot of twists and turns that need to be told in a certain way to give them impact. But here’s the index cards I’ve written so far — and currently it’s breaking down into 4 key characters, which might mean a director attached to each as a structure contender.<\/p>\n 1. Home Movies at Drink’n<\/strong> 2. The Morning After – Alexander 3. The Morning After – Jessika 4. The Morning After – Carson 5. Alexander’s Power 6. Jessika’s Power 7. Carson’s Power<\/strong> 8. Testing Unit 9. Jessika’s Interview As usual, ideas are welcome!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" UPDATE: We have ditched this idea in favour of this one! I’ve taken a few different runs at plot lines, and have found one I like — it starts with the Advantaged kids unravelling a conspiracy … More
\nAn event screening childhood movies that
\nfeatures the Play’n Advantage toy with some
\nvintage ads and PSAs thrown in for extra
\nbackstory. We meet Alexander, the cognitive
\nAdvantaged, Jessika, the empath, and Carson,
\nthe dexterous bar owner. They are part of the
\nsame Advantaged scene and know each other but
\nare not together. Jessika sings a song called
\nRecall Blues.<\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>Hungover, Alexander stumbles into his work, a
\nmedical testing facility where he is a guinea
\npig. He’s chastised humourously by a worker
\nhe’s on good terms with, Will.<\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>Jessika has breakfast with her boyfriend, who
\nbreaks up with her — she sells access to her
\nlife to a few thousand subscribers, and the
\npressure to perform’s too much.<\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>Carson, cleaning up his bar explains to someone
\ntrying to book a show at his bar that he only
\nbooks Advantaged bands.<\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>Alexander is filling out crossword puzzles as
\nfast as he can write. Will, observing from a
\ndistance away, talks to a doctor saying that
\nbeing hung over doesn’t seem to affect his
\nabilities. The doctor says that killing a few
\nbraincells is probably good for Alexander.<\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>Jessika walks her ex to work, sympathizing with
\nhim to an almost insane degree. A guy suddenly
\nappears with flowers for her and is immediately
\nknocked out by a trank dart — she explains
\nthat her subscribers protect her from other
\nsubscribers who break the fourth wall, in order
\nto keep her willing to be online.<\/p>\n
\nCarson is on a chair, which is balanced on a
\nchair, writing tonight’s specials on the board.
\nHe’s being observed by two unseen people, who
\ncomment that he’s a hard worker, and
\npractically normal. Then he jumps down with
\nuncanny ease.<\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>Alexander is still working on the crossword
\nbook and conversing with a fellow test subject,
\nwho asks him why he’s doing this when he could
\nbe working for way more money. He explains that
\nthey’d want his brain, and here they just want
\nhis body.<\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>Jessika finishes walking her ex to work and
\ngives him a big hug. He is baffled. She walks
\nhome. In the background is the audio from Dr.
\nRobinett, talking to her about relationships.
\nShe says that the same thing that draws people
\nto her eventually pushes them away.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n