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Here's the deal. I'm writing a script for morgan creek, and dreamworks, that I hope to turn in the first draft of in a week or two for review. I however have hit a roadblock on one of the finishing touches of the movie. I could use any help, ideas, collaborative efforts, etc, to help me figure out what to do. If any of your ideas make it into the script, I will be sure if and when the movie is made to have your name(s) put into the special thanks category on the credits. I appreciate any help you might be able to offer. Heres a quick snyopsis of the part of the script I need help with:

This guy named Archer has broken into this complex, sort of a complex of the brain if you will. He has the capability to see subliminal messages and must descypher various codes and messages on each floor of the complex to gain access to the next floor. There are 53 floors in the building, the 53rd floor contains the man that Archer set out to find in the beginning of the movie, the man that controls society with these messages. He's made it past 49 levels so far and is stuck on the 50th. I need an idea of how he can solve a puzzle or message to escape to the 51st, and 52nd floors.

Here is an example of what I used as on of the easier puzzles down on the 1st floor:
3 computer screens show subliminal pictures of: a box of quaker oatmeal, a hoover vacuum, and a race car crash, hence leading Archer to figure out that president hoover, who was a quaker, and the stock market crash coincided with the other images, thus leading him to enter 1929 into the keypad for entry to the first level.

So you get the jist, some of the upper levels contained mathematic algorithms and human based genetic algorithmic puzzles that took me a long time to conjure, but i'm running thin on ideas, oh and just for those wondering, he can skip levels, so there aren't 53 puzzles, there are more like 6 right now. Thanks for any help I can get. Give me a good idea and you just might see it on the silver screen in a year or two.

Cheers.


-Joe

should just write it yourself

mo wrote:should just write it yourself

Oh, come on. Asking for help now and then is perfectly valid.

hobojobozo: Nothing comes to mind at the moment, but I'll post here if I think of anything you might be able to use.

It would be cool to have a puzzle involving music theory.

mo wrote:should just write it yourself

Haha, i've tried, thats why I said I'm stuck! Ever try writing a 120 page script on a deadline? Anyway, everyone always complains when they see movies that they could've done something better or whatever, well here's your chance. I could always come up with the run of the mill crap, but I want something stunning for the final puzzle.

To the person who said music theory. That might be something to run with. I'll keep my wheels turning. Thanks

It's not the script that makes a movie boring. It's the fact that it's a movie

When all else fails, montage!!

But I will have a serious aul think aboot it and maybe get back to you if anything pops into my head..

im not baggin u out or anything, maybe you need some time to do stuff in life to inspire you more, keep it pure man, keep it up tho

have you considered NotPr0n? http://deathball.net/notpron/

i mean, it's a hard as fuck puzzle, but who knows, might give you some ideas while you try to go through it

and man, this sounds pretty cool, is the script actually gonna be filmed or it's just a project still?

anyway, good luck! If i manage to cook up any other ideas, i'll drop by =)

And the one about music history is actually pretty cool

Yanko wrote:have you considered NotPr0n? http://deathball.net/notpron/

i mean, it's a hard as fuck puzzle, but who knows, might give you some ideas while you try to go through it

and man, this sounds pretty cool, is the script actually gonna be filmed or it's just a project still?

anyway, good luck! If i manage to cook up any other ideas, i'll drop by =)

And the one about music history is actually pretty cool

Hey thanks for the interest. That is one crazy puzzle, I wonder what I could do that captures that same type of feel. I got a great idea involving an out of the ordinary rubik's cube from another person which will make a cool little puzzle as well.

There are 2 stages as far as the script and the movie getting made go.
First I'm in the process of selling it, which is a big part, cause there are factors that the various studios might include that secure that it be made into a movie or I get paid more, so thats what I'm looking into right now. I'm also just putting the finishing touches before I send them a final draft, thats why I thought I might come and try to spark some fresh ideas for a few scenes. I've started on the music puzzle but I'm not sure yet how to relate it to the subliminal stuff. Anyway, I'll post an update as soon as I know more about the progress of the movie, and if you have any more cool ideas let me know, it could just end up in there