LinkTheGameFreak
12-14-2007, 6:13 AM
Sorry for the long absence, been quite busy lately with school and work and such
One of the things I've been trying to occupy the little downtime I've been getting is working on character development and a script I'm writing entitled "HOAX."
I don't really want to reveal too much here but here's what I've got in the way of base character development
AREN, 23, is a conspiracy theorist who can't keep his mouth shut. If you talked to him, you either immediately love him or hate him - there really is no middle ground.
GAR, 22, AREN's only constant friend since middle school - the only voice of reason in AREN's life. Has been having sex with AREN's mother JULIA since he was 18.
JULIA, 46, AREN's mother who is one of the people who hates him. She directs all of her attention on her DAUGHTER rather than AREN, who is far more competent in most respects
STACY, 17, AREN’S SISTER, succinctly described as an underachieving slut (not that she underachieves in being a slut, but she does poorly in school and her parents are simply proud that she hasn’t gotten pregnant yet, despite the fact that they don’t know she got an abortion at 16)
Spoilers ahead:
SEPTEMBER 2001, AREN works at the WORLD TRADE CENTER (North Tower, lower levels maintenance)
Story to be told via a series of flashbacks, starting immediately from the morning of SEPTEMBER 11TH when AREN takes advantage of the opportunity and falls off the grid for several years to resurface a few years later, after he thinks the third world war has started (a bit ala "Blast From The Past")
NOTE: not sure where this is going yet, I've only really worked out the before SEPT 11TH and immediately after SEPT 11TH stuff. Anything in the further future I'm still unclear on.
Sample scene / dialogue:
[AREN's basement room. PINK FLOYD's "DARK SIDE OF THE MOON" album is playing the song "ON THE RUN", helping to set a bit of a paranoid mood]
GAR: ...what do you mean that Kennedy was killed by some conspiracy? Wasn't he shot by Orson Welles or some shit? [takes a drag off his marijuana cigarette]
AREN: First off, it was Oswald you're thinking of. One was charged with lone homicide & the other caused mass suicide - give credit where credit is due... And second, Oswald couldn't have killed Kennedy alone, just watch the Zapruder film - back and to the left...
GAR: [cuts off AREN] [laughter] ...is what your mom said last night! [smug smile]
AREN: Jesus! You can't take anything seriously can you? [exhales loudly and deeply] I'm talking about THE most important event in history and you can't stop talking about the least significant event of last night... [motions GAR to pass the joint and takes a drag off it] Sometimes I wish you would cool it with that shit. I could care less that you do fuck Julia, but you don't need to tell me how good she was and to top it off she's always floating around the fuckin place on air, thinking I don't know. It's the only reason she talks to me anymore.
GAR: Can I help it that I know how to please the ladies? [puts hands above his head and makes a vague gyrating motion] OWWWW!
AREN: Yeah, well, regardless of that it doesn't solve our problem of who shot JFK.
GAR: Who cares who shot him. Does it matter if it was a conspiracy or just one guy with a faulty Manlicher Carcano rifle who managed to get off a few lucky shots?
AREN: [visibly aggitated] ...fucking YES.
GAR: [drags off his joint] All I'm trying to say is you should stop it with the conspiracy bullshit. You piss people off. ALOT of people off. Shit, you'll probably get shot one day. Hell, it'll probably be me who does it. [exhales smoke and laughs inwardly as he imagines what it would be like to shoot his friend over something ridiculous such as the JFK assassination, as well as the irony]
One of the things I've been trying to occupy the little downtime I've been getting is working on character development and a script I'm writing entitled "HOAX."
I don't really want to reveal too much here but here's what I've got in the way of base character development
AREN, 23, is a conspiracy theorist who can't keep his mouth shut. If you talked to him, you either immediately love him or hate him - there really is no middle ground.
GAR, 22, AREN's only constant friend since middle school - the only voice of reason in AREN's life. Has been having sex with AREN's mother JULIA since he was 18.
JULIA, 46, AREN's mother who is one of the people who hates him. She directs all of her attention on her DAUGHTER rather than AREN, who is far more competent in most respects
STACY, 17, AREN’S SISTER, succinctly described as an underachieving slut (not that she underachieves in being a slut, but she does poorly in school and her parents are simply proud that she hasn’t gotten pregnant yet, despite the fact that they don’t know she got an abortion at 16)
Spoilers ahead:
SEPTEMBER 2001, AREN works at the WORLD TRADE CENTER (North Tower, lower levels maintenance)
Story to be told via a series of flashbacks, starting immediately from the morning of SEPTEMBER 11TH when AREN takes advantage of the opportunity and falls off the grid for several years to resurface a few years later, after he thinks the third world war has started (a bit ala "Blast From The Past")
NOTE: not sure where this is going yet, I've only really worked out the before SEPT 11TH and immediately after SEPT 11TH stuff. Anything in the further future I'm still unclear on.
Sample scene / dialogue:
[AREN's basement room. PINK FLOYD's "DARK SIDE OF THE MOON" album is playing the song "ON THE RUN", helping to set a bit of a paranoid mood]
GAR: ...what do you mean that Kennedy was killed by some conspiracy? Wasn't he shot by Orson Welles or some shit? [takes a drag off his marijuana cigarette]
AREN: First off, it was Oswald you're thinking of. One was charged with lone homicide & the other caused mass suicide - give credit where credit is due... And second, Oswald couldn't have killed Kennedy alone, just watch the Zapruder film - back and to the left...
GAR: [cuts off AREN] [laughter] ...is what your mom said last night! [smug smile]
AREN: Jesus! You can't take anything seriously can you? [exhales loudly and deeply] I'm talking about THE most important event in history and you can't stop talking about the least significant event of last night... [motions GAR to pass the joint and takes a drag off it] Sometimes I wish you would cool it with that shit. I could care less that you do fuck Julia, but you don't need to tell me how good she was and to top it off she's always floating around the fuckin place on air, thinking I don't know. It's the only reason she talks to me anymore.
GAR: Can I help it that I know how to please the ladies? [puts hands above his head and makes a vague gyrating motion] OWWWW!
AREN: Yeah, well, regardless of that it doesn't solve our problem of who shot JFK.
GAR: Who cares who shot him. Does it matter if it was a conspiracy or just one guy with a faulty Manlicher Carcano rifle who managed to get off a few lucky shots?
AREN: [visibly aggitated] ...fucking YES.
GAR: [drags off his joint] All I'm trying to say is you should stop it with the conspiracy bullshit. You piss people off. ALOT of people off. Shit, you'll probably get shot one day. Hell, it'll probably be me who does it. [exhales smoke and laughs inwardly as he imagines what it would be like to shoot his friend over something ridiculous such as the JFK assassination, as well as the irony]