Finshaggy
Well-Known Member
I wrote a thread to create a plot for this movie, but I have the plot now, so this thread is to discuss the Screenplay/Script and Pyrotechnics. That way people don't have to go through pages and pages of the old thread to get to the important discussion.
Resources:
A Pyrotechnician, Explosives & a few boxes of ammunition with a bunch of empty or fake boxes to go with them, a few Bank scenes, a Jail pod, a Farm House, an Armored truck or 2 repainted a few times, Protest Equipment, a giant Print shop (they have the same Machines basically as Mints), a Camera crew to play the media & a news desk, and Extras with Protest/Police Equipment. Then like 10 central characters. As well as shots of like a Mint or the US Treasury from the outside, and offices for the people playing FBI agents.
Explosives to be used by Pyrotechnician:
Certification needed: http://www.pgi.org/training/
Thermite, Nitrogen Triiodide, Napalm, Gun powder, Isopropyl Nitrate, Nitramide, Firework Materials (Calcium, Chlorine derivatives, Sodium, Strontium, Copper, Iron, Titanium, Zinc, Magnesium, Aluminum, Potassium Chlorate, Lactose), etc. all of these are pretty simple and safe for theatrical use. And Blasting Caps/Detenators.
Plus either these or theatrical versions of these: Fulminated Mercury, Binary Liquid Explosives (ANFO, Kinestik, PLX)
As well as something that looks like Scopolamine and maybe hangs in the air for theatrical effect.
Culture:
Black Panther/Yippie/Federalist ideology
Bundy Ranch/Oath Keepers/Anti-Federalist ideology
Haka
Attica style negotiations
Phreaking (Phone Hacking)
Opening Scene:
[Anchor at a News Desk] Anchor: Protesters have gathered around the (city) Police Department to protest the death of (name), an unarmed 18 year old who was gunned down by Police last night. [Dark video shot on a cell phone in a poor neighborhood comes onto the screen] What you are seeing on your screen now is cell phone video of last night’s shooting.
Person Holding camera: These Cops out here harassing us. Look. [A police car is slowly, with its lights on, following a man on a bike who is riding down the street]. *Yells* HE DIDN’T DO NOTHIN! [The police stop their car and get out]
Police: Get off the bike! [as he pulls his gun] Get off the bike!
Person on bike: [Stops and looks back at Police] I’m just going home.
Police: Get off the bike, why are you in the road?
Person on bike: Ain’t no law against riding my bike in the road.
Police: Get off the bike!
Person on bike: [Throwing down his bike, then reaching to pull up his pants] This is some bull-
[Police fire 10 shots]
Person holding camera: Holy shit, they just shot him. Holy shit. STOP SHOOTING HIM!... Oh my God. I think he’s dead. WHY YA’LL DOING THIS TO US? HE WAS JUST RIDING HIS BIKE!
[Back to Anchor at news desk] Anchor: Police claim that he was reaching for his waistband, Officers (name & name) have been put on administrative leave, and an investigation has been opened, but no indictment is expected.
[Screen splits to show a reporter standing outside the Police station with protesters] Anchor: The protests started this morning just before noon and have been growing for the past 6 hours. There are now about 500 people gathered around the Police station, our (name) is there covering the protest, we’ll take you there now.
[Screen goes to the reporter] Reporter: We’re here at the (city) Police station where people have been gathering since this morning, and things are heating up. [Camera pans around crowd] as you can see there are people carrying signs with (shooting victims) name, and various slogans.
[Crowd Chanting] Hey ho, hey ho. These killer cops have got to go.
[Screen goes back to reporter] Reporter: As you can see things are still peaceful, but there are a few protesters who seem to be getting ready for it to escalate after nightfall [Camera pans to a few people throughout the crowd with bandanas on their faces or gas masks on their heads, then goes back to the reporter]. We’ll keep you updated throughout the rest of the evening.
[Shot is no longer a news camera, and follows a guy in a gas mask who walks up to a group of about 8 people wearing gas masks and bandanas] Person the camera is on (1st group member) : The media is here.
[Shot switches to a second person in the group] 2nd group member: Let’s start getting everyone together.
3rd group member: We need the Police to come out.
2nd group member: Don’t worry, they’ll come out.
1st group member: How many people have masks?
2nd group member: Nearly 100, do you have the rope?
1st group member: Yeah [Takes off backpack and pulls out a large length of rope]. How many more people are supposed to show up?
2nd group member: Maybe another 500. Around 6, it’s 5:15 right now. We’ve got less than an hour. Make sure we are going to have everything.
[Camera switches to a few Police officers standing outside the Police Station, their boss walks up to them] Higher ranking officer: We are about to start. [They nod]
One of the officers (Officer 1) : They haven’t done anything.
Higher ranking officers: We can’t have everyone standing here, something bad could happen. [Walks back inside as some officers in riot gear start to come out]
[Officer 1 looks out at the crowd]
[Camera switches back to the reporter] Reporter: A few Police officers have started coming out in riot gear, it seems like they want to show a presence in this protest and try to get people to start leaving. [Camera pans to the officers who are lining up in front of the Police Station, some of the protesters move further back in the crowd, some of the protesters move towards the police].
[Camera switches back to the bandana/gas mask group, some of the members are missing] 2nd group member: It’s starting. [Pulls out phone and sends a text] Everyone is coming right now.
1st group member: Should we signal everyone?
2nd group member: Not yet, let’s get closer to the Police.
1st group member: They are going to be so confused.
[Camera switches back to reporter] Reporter: It seems as if a large portion of the protesters are moving forward towards the officers. [About 50 Police are lined up with more standing behind them]. The crowd seems to be growing, maybe another 100-200 people have shown up in just the past 20 minutes, and most of them seem to be prepared for this to escalate.
[Police begin banging on their shields with batons]
2nd group member: *Yells* HAKAAAA!!
1st and 3rd group members: *Yells* HAKAAAA!!
Other group members: *Yells* HAKAAAA!!
[150+ people in the crowd start pounding their feet on the ground, then begin an organized Haka Dance, other people in the crowd get excited and start making random noises and yelling. A few people with gas masks on their heads make their way to the front of the crowd with bags of flour, they put it in their mouths and blow it towards the officers, but not at them, and light it on fire as it comes out of their mouths]
[The officers are all stepping back, and talking nervously to each other, the camera goes to the reporter] Reporter: This is crazy, the protesters are doing some kind of tribal dance and the Police seem to be confused. [The dance ends and the crowd cheers and yells] The Police seem to be preparing for something. [Gas canisters are launched into the crowd] The Police are launching tear gas towards the crowd and the media *coughing*, it seems like some people here were prepared for this and are putting on their gas masks. [Camera pans to crowd, protesters throw the gas canisters back at the police] The protesters are throwing the gas back at the Police. And it looks like there are people with ropes creating a barrier around the crowd [Camera pans to rope being held].
[Camera switches to Police, who are attempting to move forward but the crowd won’t budge, eventually the crowd pushes back on the Police and the Police begin to fall over and have to be helped up, so they start moving back towards the doors of the Police station]
[Camera shows the front line between the protesters and the Police, the Police begin to get frantic and desperate for something to do] Higher ranking officer on a megaphone: Anyone within 10 ft of this door is trespassing and is subject to arrest. [Off the megaphone to his officers] Grab whoever you can.
2nd group member: *Yells* Anyone who is not willing to go to jail stay where you are, everyone else move forward.
[The main group members and about 20 other people move forward, the Police grab people as they cross the front line into the area crowded by Police, about 10 people are arrested, including the 2nd group member]
[Camera fades to opening credits, Abbie Hoffman footage, Attica footage, 1968 DNC footage, etc play in the background]
Resources:
A Pyrotechnician, Explosives & a few boxes of ammunition with a bunch of empty or fake boxes to go with them, a few Bank scenes, a Jail pod, a Farm House, an Armored truck or 2 repainted a few times, Protest Equipment, a giant Print shop (they have the same Machines basically as Mints), a Camera crew to play the media & a news desk, and Extras with Protest/Police Equipment. Then like 10 central characters. As well as shots of like a Mint or the US Treasury from the outside, and offices for the people playing FBI agents.
Explosives to be used by Pyrotechnician:
Certification needed: http://www.pgi.org/training/
Thermite, Nitrogen Triiodide, Napalm, Gun powder, Isopropyl Nitrate, Nitramide, Firework Materials (Calcium, Chlorine derivatives, Sodium, Strontium, Copper, Iron, Titanium, Zinc, Magnesium, Aluminum, Potassium Chlorate, Lactose), etc. all of these are pretty simple and safe for theatrical use. And Blasting Caps/Detenators.
Plus either these or theatrical versions of these: Fulminated Mercury, Binary Liquid Explosives (ANFO, Kinestik, PLX)
As well as something that looks like Scopolamine and maybe hangs in the air for theatrical effect.
Culture:
Black Panther/Yippie/Federalist ideology
Bundy Ranch/Oath Keepers/Anti-Federalist ideology
Haka
Attica style negotiations
Phreaking (Phone Hacking)
Opening Scene:
[Anchor at a News Desk] Anchor: Protesters have gathered around the (city) Police Department to protest the death of (name), an unarmed 18 year old who was gunned down by Police last night. [Dark video shot on a cell phone in a poor neighborhood comes onto the screen] What you are seeing on your screen now is cell phone video of last night’s shooting.
Person Holding camera: These Cops out here harassing us. Look. [A police car is slowly, with its lights on, following a man on a bike who is riding down the street]. *Yells* HE DIDN’T DO NOTHIN! [The police stop their car and get out]
Police: Get off the bike! [as he pulls his gun] Get off the bike!
Person on bike: [Stops and looks back at Police] I’m just going home.
Police: Get off the bike, why are you in the road?
Person on bike: Ain’t no law against riding my bike in the road.
Police: Get off the bike!
Person on bike: [Throwing down his bike, then reaching to pull up his pants] This is some bull-
[Police fire 10 shots]
Person holding camera: Holy shit, they just shot him. Holy shit. STOP SHOOTING HIM!... Oh my God. I think he’s dead. WHY YA’LL DOING THIS TO US? HE WAS JUST RIDING HIS BIKE!
[Back to Anchor at news desk] Anchor: Police claim that he was reaching for his waistband, Officers (name & name) have been put on administrative leave, and an investigation has been opened, but no indictment is expected.
[Screen splits to show a reporter standing outside the Police station with protesters] Anchor: The protests started this morning just before noon and have been growing for the past 6 hours. There are now about 500 people gathered around the Police station, our (name) is there covering the protest, we’ll take you there now.
[Screen goes to the reporter] Reporter: We’re here at the (city) Police station where people have been gathering since this morning, and things are heating up. [Camera pans around crowd] as you can see there are people carrying signs with (shooting victims) name, and various slogans.
[Crowd Chanting] Hey ho, hey ho. These killer cops have got to go.
[Screen goes back to reporter] Reporter: As you can see things are still peaceful, but there are a few protesters who seem to be getting ready for it to escalate after nightfall [Camera pans to a few people throughout the crowd with bandanas on their faces or gas masks on their heads, then goes back to the reporter]. We’ll keep you updated throughout the rest of the evening.
[Shot is no longer a news camera, and follows a guy in a gas mask who walks up to a group of about 8 people wearing gas masks and bandanas] Person the camera is on (1st group member) : The media is here.
[Shot switches to a second person in the group] 2nd group member: Let’s start getting everyone together.
3rd group member: We need the Police to come out.
2nd group member: Don’t worry, they’ll come out.
1st group member: How many people have masks?
2nd group member: Nearly 100, do you have the rope?
1st group member: Yeah [Takes off backpack and pulls out a large length of rope]. How many more people are supposed to show up?
2nd group member: Maybe another 500. Around 6, it’s 5:15 right now. We’ve got less than an hour. Make sure we are going to have everything.
[Camera switches to a few Police officers standing outside the Police Station, their boss walks up to them] Higher ranking officer: We are about to start. [They nod]
One of the officers (Officer 1) : They haven’t done anything.
Higher ranking officers: We can’t have everyone standing here, something bad could happen. [Walks back inside as some officers in riot gear start to come out]
[Officer 1 looks out at the crowd]
[Camera switches back to the reporter] Reporter: A few Police officers have started coming out in riot gear, it seems like they want to show a presence in this protest and try to get people to start leaving. [Camera pans to the officers who are lining up in front of the Police Station, some of the protesters move further back in the crowd, some of the protesters move towards the police].
[Camera switches back to the bandana/gas mask group, some of the members are missing] 2nd group member: It’s starting. [Pulls out phone and sends a text] Everyone is coming right now.
1st group member: Should we signal everyone?
2nd group member: Not yet, let’s get closer to the Police.
1st group member: They are going to be so confused.
[Camera switches back to reporter] Reporter: It seems as if a large portion of the protesters are moving forward towards the officers. [About 50 Police are lined up with more standing behind them]. The crowd seems to be growing, maybe another 100-200 people have shown up in just the past 20 minutes, and most of them seem to be prepared for this to escalate.
[Police begin banging on their shields with batons]
2nd group member: *Yells* HAKAAAA!!
1st and 3rd group members: *Yells* HAKAAAA!!
Other group members: *Yells* HAKAAAA!!
[150+ people in the crowd start pounding their feet on the ground, then begin an organized Haka Dance, other people in the crowd get excited and start making random noises and yelling. A few people with gas masks on their heads make their way to the front of the crowd with bags of flour, they put it in their mouths and blow it towards the officers, but not at them, and light it on fire as it comes out of their mouths]
[The officers are all stepping back, and talking nervously to each other, the camera goes to the reporter] Reporter: This is crazy, the protesters are doing some kind of tribal dance and the Police seem to be confused. [The dance ends and the crowd cheers and yells] The Police seem to be preparing for something. [Gas canisters are launched into the crowd] The Police are launching tear gas towards the crowd and the media *coughing*, it seems like some people here were prepared for this and are putting on their gas masks. [Camera pans to crowd, protesters throw the gas canisters back at the police] The protesters are throwing the gas back at the Police. And it looks like there are people with ropes creating a barrier around the crowd [Camera pans to rope being held].
[Camera switches to Police, who are attempting to move forward but the crowd won’t budge, eventually the crowd pushes back on the Police and the Police begin to fall over and have to be helped up, so they start moving back towards the doors of the Police station]
[Camera shows the front line between the protesters and the Police, the Police begin to get frantic and desperate for something to do] Higher ranking officer on a megaphone: Anyone within 10 ft of this door is trespassing and is subject to arrest. [Off the megaphone to his officers] Grab whoever you can.
2nd group member: *Yells* Anyone who is not willing to go to jail stay where you are, everyone else move forward.
[The main group members and about 20 other people move forward, the Police grab people as they cross the front line into the area crowded by Police, about 10 people are arrested, including the 2nd group member]
[Camera fades to opening credits, Abbie Hoffman footage, Attica footage, 1968 DNC footage, etc play in the background]
