Help Needed - Death Scenes For A Screenplay
Gavin
MemberTrilobiteMay 15, 20122324 Views20 RepliesHave you got a creative imagination, wanna assist with some gruesome deaths or suugestions...
Heres the deal, among others, I am working on an AVP screenplay, which takes place on Bouvet Island in 1904. Think of John Carpenters The Thing that plays to the strengths of the original Alien and Predator films, less is more with progressive layers of reveal. In the premise, the synopsis I now have a numbers game going on...
- 6 human survivors (starts at 15)
- 7 Aliens
- 3 Predators
[u]Humans[/u]
Now, the fate of 1 of the human survives is already decided (guy seen at beginning of AVP on DVD), and of the remaining 5 one is to be abducted, but the remaining 4 are fair game.
[u]Aliens[/u]
The fate of 2 of the Aliens is already determined, but the remaining 5 are fair game. Maybe the humans could kill one?
[u]Predators[/u]
Sorry the fate of all 3 Predators is already decided.
Remember Razorback Point Whaling Station, Bouvet Island, Antarctica, October 1904 is the setting. The humans are all male and Norwegian. 6 of the Aliens are Drones (smooth carapace) the 7th a warrior (ridged carapace) whose fate is already decided.
Hoping for some good and clever suggestions here...
May 15, 2012
LOL David 1...
May 15, 2012
In AVP it is established that in 1904 a team of Norwegians stationed at the Whaling Station disappeared overnight, then in the DVD release we saw a small bit of footage. The screenplay I'm working on starts with 14 humans, (eventually) 7 Aliens and 3 Predators. The setting can be seen at the start of AVP (bottom portion of image)...
[img]http://silverfluff.files.wordpress.com/2012/01/arrive.jpg[/img]
May 15, 2012
Also by this point in the story we are about half way through and building up towards the climax.
May 15, 2012
Nasty little fish, useless for this screenplay but and interesting concept I may use elsewhere.
May 15, 2012
The Pyramid does feature, but not as much as it did in AVP - most of story actually takes place within the station. First half of the story is mostly about the aliens amassing at the expense of some of the humans, with the Predators coming into play in the second half of the story leading towards the climax.
June 26, 2012
@ Shinobi,
Don't worry, this screenplay is going back to what made 1979's Alien and 1987's Predator work so well - layers of reveal, hiding in the shadows -- old school shocks, none of this new fangled slasher/shocker rubbish.
@ tha Pig,
There is a fight at the end between a ridged head Xenomorph and a Predator, but the Predator is/has to be the victor - can't say why (hehehe)!!!
@ Hadleys Hope,
harpoon seems a bit obviously but the whale oil/fat idea is a good one, has my imagination working overtime, thanks
August 25, 2012
@ djress56,
Ironically I have a scene in the screenplay that does just that.
August 26, 2012
Okay guys here's an update on the deaths established so far...
[u]Humans[/u]
15 in total...
1. Hung and skinned, Predator style
2. Found dead on the toilet with a Chestburster hole
3. Dramatic Chestburster scene
4. Pulled under a building by a Xeno
5, 6, 7, 8 & 9. Facehugged all at the same time
10. Pulled up into the loft by a Xeno
11. Hung upside down, burnt and sprayed with acid from a dying Xeno (Xeno 1).
12. Skewered to a wall by a Predators fired wrist-blades
13 & 14. ?????
15. Bleeds out while watching the last Xeno and Pred fight.
[u]Xenomorphs[/u]
1. Explodes after being burnt alive in whale oil ignited by a Pred's cannon.
2. 3. 4. 5. ?????
6. Head blown apart by a Preds cannon
7. Finally killed after and epic battle with the last Pred.
[u]Predators[/u]
1. Outsmarted by 3 Xeno's minutes after starting his hunt
2. Killed by the acid of the Xeno whom head it blows off (Xeno 6).
3. Doesn't die.
February 07, 2013
Ironically a treatment for an AVP prequel is 99% complete but has since been abandoned, due to the fans actually being more interested in a possible reboot, as per our [url=http://www.facebook.com/AvPSpectrum][b]FB Page[/b][/url], where fans are choosing from 3 possible scenarios.
Any suitable ideas from the prequel treatment will be transferred into a reboot treatment, but the reboot treatment will be an all new story which will be unveiled on our new, forthcoming [b]AVP[/b] site, of which will also have links to our soon to be updated [url=http://www.predators2-movie.com/][b]Predators Site[/b][/url] and a whole new [b]Alien Site[/b].
But shush, moms the word.
