However, after some discussion it was obvious that this story idea we initially agreed upon was not working. We came up with a few more ideas, one of which being a story about a robot and caveman. There are a few variations we are considering, the version on this post is just some ideas and some possible justifications behind the decisions (ex. why the robot stays at a distance, apart from it being a 'spy' genre). Hopefully some more variations and ideas will be posted up on the studio blog soon.
I'm just passing by here, but I thought I'd chuck some ideas in the air...
ReplyDeleteJust wondering is man vs time might be as easy - and as useful - as a 'ticking clock' device? I.e. it's basically a 'race against time'? I can easily imagine a scenario when a 'spy' in the most traditional sense is trying to do something/be somewhere/steal something within a constraining timeframe - maybe think about your 90 second duration as a 'real time' countdown, with your character racing against it in order to achieve something.
For me, there's an implied aggression in your final sentence: I can imagine it applying to two characters with guns pointed at each other's heads - you know there's that concept of 'mutually assured destruction' which was effectively the principle of the cold war between USA and USSR - they both had the atomic bomb, so they both understood that neither of them could/would press the big red button. I wonder if 'cold war' might be something to explore? Again, this radiates out from 'spy' in quite a traditional sense, but there's something about using your duration as the ticking clock itself (as the time conflict) that might be worth thinking about - if you haven't done so already - and you may have done :)
I shall discuss with my group ^_^ thanks for the input
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