Void got bored and decided to write a Film

Void

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Those of you who aren't frequently in the chat, I got bored and decided to work on a film concept.

No title thought up. Kind of a spin on all the recent "handheld films" such as Rec, Cloverfield, etc. This would take place during the events leading up to a Wedding and it's reception. A small group of friends are invited to an old friend's wedding. Having no connection with them over the past years. Unwillingly, they are chosen to film the Wedding and it's Reception for the Bride and Groom.

The first few scenes show one of the friends testing the camera in the car while driving to the Wedding. During this, the person holding the camera comments on the lack of cows in the area, and adds that since they're in the middle of nowhere just makes it eerier. The group reaches the Wedding which is held in a small town in the north, where it starts to lightly snow as they get out of the car. Various scenes that introduce the rest of the major characters occur as they wait for the Bride and Groom to arrive. Typical wedding shots are filmed, although the camera is slightly too low to catch the "You may kiss the bride" part.

Jump to the drive to the Reception. The group complains about all the sudden detour signs that litter the streets. They call another group on the way to the reception. No answer. "Maybe there's no signal out here?" Jump to when the group enters the Reception area. Everyone is still setting up, so the group heads outside for some air. They run into another group that is leaving the Reception because his wife complained of a headache. When asked about the group that they tried to reach earlier, they said that they couldn't reach them either, but were informed of an accident on the highway. The group assumes that to be the cause for all the detours.

The camera is now filming the first dance. Everyone's fine and happy, until one of the guests vomits on the dancefloor. Their husband escorts them out where the couple are never seen after. Reception continues and the camera picks up a conversation between a young couple, saying something about the wine being tainted and got some of the guests sick. The group start to go around asking other guests about the wine. Some heard nothing about it and assumed it was just the bad weather that picked up after the reception started. Upon resuming necessary filming, the Group set the camera on a tripod and let it record the dances as they go along.

The night goes on and the guests start to dwindle. The camera man picks up the camera from the tripod and carries it around, possibly to record a few more clips before packing up. He zooms in on one of the Bridesmaids who the camera man presumably has emotions for, and then notices that all of them are discussing something along with the Bride, some appearing in a form of emotional distress.

The camera man's friend tells him to start packing up, as the clock ticks close to 11 PM. As the camera man packs up, the camera records the best man falling to the floor. A security guard tends to the man, and the group continues to pack up and leave. As the group reaches the doors, they're locked. They go up to the front desk, only to see nobody there. A friend of the group sees them in the building and frantically tries to get their attention, panicking due to the locked doors. The friend runs out to the parking lot, where he disappears into the remaining group of cars, only to return a few minutes later. The group notices a limp in the friend and cues the necessary "Oh my God... is he okay?" line.

As the friend gets closer to the doors, the limp turns into a jagged sprint and he slams into the doors, vomiting blood against the glass. The group panics and runs back to the other guests. The Security denies access to the ballroom and a few shrieks are heard from within. One of the guests walks around frantically trying to get a signal on his phone. No luck. The group searches the building for employees. As a guest breaks through the wooden doors of the ballroom, they grab one of the security guards and begin clawing and biting them. The other guard panics and pulls out his gun, shooting his teammate and the guest in the torso.

The group are escorted to a security room by what now may be the last guard. Upon arrival, they see ravaged corpses of the other guards, with broken glass sprinkling the ground from the broken windows. They reach a security radio, where it plays a message from a local news broadcast. "Remain calm, we've been informed that all people within the building have been evacuated and anyone with ties to this current predicament have been apprehended." The group tries to access any other guards outside the building, with no luck. As the security camera shows the ballroom doors now lying on the floor and broken, the group notices no trace of the security guard and guest that were previously shot. The group is now left on their own, with their only goals being to find the Bride and Groom, evacuate the building, and do this all without losing a life.

That's the gist of the first 45 minutes or so of the film. I plan to continue writing whenever boredom strikes again.

Carry on.
 

Seba

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I'm still kinda confused :/
 

Dr. ROCKZO

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Have you seen District 9 yet? It's similar to this and quite good.

EDIT: Whoops, I meant this style.
 
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Shoomonger

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I remember a horror movie almost exactly the same with the camera and everything. Exactly the same except it was in an apartment (no marriage) and all the people were stuck in it. It was made in some other country.
 

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That's REC. It was a spanish film and one of the inspirations for this writing.

It was remade in America under the name Quarantine.
 
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No, i think its a good movie, but I'm too lazy to read it. :D
 

Cerious

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It's nice, but I wouldn't call it "win" at all to be honest. I had a film idea once myself and if I got off my lazy ass I'd probably write a little script or at the very least make a 5-page long screenplay excerpt.

My idea is Jaws... but instead of a shark it's a loan shark and instead of Amity Island that he's terrorizing, it's New York instead. It'll make millions.
 

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The film now follows 2 Film Professionals that were paid to film the wedding and the events that follow. Because the cameramen know nothing of anyone at the wedding, they don't differ much from the original idea of distant friends. The "Film Professional" trait now makes the "HD" look of the film believable, as a normal group of friends are likely to not have one, thus making the film seem lower quality.

Other characters have been thought up, such as the guy-you-all-know that has too much to drink at a wedding. This character would likely be the fall guy and display the first attack and zombification, replacing the Security Guard in the earlier write-up.

Since it wasn't too defined of a location in the early writing, the Wedding Reception takes place at a Community Center down the road from the church. This allows for other locations within the Community Center to make critical story moments. The swimming pool may be referred to by some startled guests as a carrier of the sickness. Like a bandaid in a pool or the urban legend of impregnating sperm in the water, the sickness may be believed to have been spread through an ill-informed swimmer.

One scene I thought up would take place during the actual Wedding, perhaps during the exchanging of vows or any other vital moment. Not sure yet. It would involve a guest hacking into a coughing fit, eventually leaving the room - still coughing - with a handkerchief over his face, with a few guests overheard, commenting on blood on the handkerchief. This guest would likely return later as a pure zombification of himself, and may or may not have relations to Patient Zero.

Another scene would take place during the drive to the Reception. Earlier, it was written as a scene involving several detours, but somewhat by peer review, that's been changed to a Police Barricade surrounding a gruesome scene. Not much would be shown except for a group of citizens hugging around the Police Line and looking onward at the unknown scene. This causes the two cameramen to be late to the Reception and already have missed some of the Guests that left due to an illness.

Be advised that nothing is set in stone yet, and things will change as time goes on.
 

lana

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"Film Professional" trait? What's their strength?