The Chain

Yes this post has something to do with the awesome Fleetwood Mac song but more on that later. First of all, Otis is finished! It feels like such an achievement to have written a feature screenplay and one that I actually feel is reasonably good. I'm going to miss writing about all of the characters, especially Laurence, but now is time to move onto...more screenplays. First on my list is to complete the trilogy, yes Otis is part of a trilogy. The trilogy is more about theme than actual sequential story lines. It is called the Road trilogy, where the main characters go on a journey in relation to losing the most important woman in their lives. The other two films that complete the trilogy are Rabbit In Your Headlights and Eye For An Eye.

Rabbit In Your Headlights is the next tick box on my screenplay list. I'm looking forward to setting my own deadlines for that film and having the time to give my work to people with them not being rushed for feedback. Devon and Cornwall won't know what hits it when zombies arrive and bring carnage to the sleepy west country. I want to avoid having comedy involved in this film and it be really emotionally involving for the audience.

Eye For An Eye, the Western I spoke about in an earlier post, has it's opening scene. I'm so excited by this because it just sounds awesome to me. Here it goes: The saloon is completely rammed and the local drunks are shouting abuse, singing songs and smashing glasses. The anti-hero steps into the saloon and The Chain starts to play but it's only instrumental. He asks for a drink but the barman has to have a look for it when one of the drunkards starts on him. The protagonist tells him that he shouldn't have done that. The drunkard smashes a glass on the table and says that he wants a fight. The protagonist turns his head sharply and everything goes slow motion. The bass kicks in and he starts to tear apart the bar, beating up and killing everyone in the saloon before leaving. The barman returns with everyone unconscious. We see the protagonist riding off in the plains. This is going to be a sprawling epic and highly stylised. Going to have to watch a lot of zombie films and Westerns for research in the coming months. Not such a bad thing.