Documentary, Sci-Fi or Drama?

Documentary, Sci-Fi or Drama? Why not go with both.


The Documentary idea came to me within the past few days, i've spent all my time on this project thinking about a Sci-Fi/Drama involving a couple of young adults who find a capsule and uncover it's origins slowly and surely, eventually finding material inside the capsule. How would a couple of people know how to do this? Would they be on University courses which helps them, heavily involved in Alien conspiracies or both? Well, the easy way around it would to have the experts uncovering everything. And of course the public interest in such a discovery would be immense, so due to these idea's i've decided (for now) to make it in a documentary style.


I'm not sure of the plot. I've not yet started to write the script but it does help to make some rough attempts to help you figure out what could go on in the final piece. Here is short sample i currently have in mind for the beginning of the film:


Start off with a voiceover, News program in full swing with volume turned down.
"At the beginning of 2010, their was one story that encapsulated the world"
News volume rises. Newscaster: "Last night a strange capsule was found outside yadda yadda. It was been taken away to be examined by experts. It is said to be made of material not known to man" Yadda Yadda
"This is the documentary of how it all started"
Documentary starts, follow the whole story.


It has just dawned on me that this could be similar to District 9 (although i've yet to see it), with my initial reaction being ... Ah well, i'll get on with it anyway!

Starting with the end

Starting to write for a film is always exciting when it gets going. Getting it going is the tricky part, right now i'm starting to write a screenplay for a film about Aliens. Not the film, but the actual conspiray of it. Now i have some great idea's for shots and storylines in my head - but then, unlike my last film i'm taking into consideration of how realistic it will be to shoot. So no spaceships, no actual aliens and especially - no bloody shootouts. This was my failing for Revelation 20:12 (my previous film), it was too ambitious - everybody told me so and i stubbornly went ahead with it anyway. It was supposed to be a half hour film and it ended up just being the following trailer:



I have more or less just begun the writing process and i've decided to keep a small blog about any major events in the film-making process. So here is the first blog, the start.