Ideas

These were the various ideas that we came up with for the teaser trailer. Some have been accepted whilst others have been modified or rejected.

School has been taken over and someone has to come and save the day. Hero has to be a bloke for comic effect, complete idiot. This is the centre of planning for the teaser and this is where further ideas have come from.
Bad guy defeated in a really odd way. Although this would be a good idea, a trailer isn't meant to show the outcome, so this had to be rejected.
Set in a school. This makes the shoot simple, as this makes arranging the shoots easier, finding locations is easier, there's no requirement to shoot on location and arranging the cast is much easier. Because the task of filming is much easier, a higher standard product can be produced. This was therefore accepted.
Must be funny and random over having a sophisticated plot. This is essential in all spoof comedies, the main focus is not on the plot but on characters dealing with their surroundings. This is a major influence in the creation of the treatment.
Villain is Austrian/Eastern European. At first this seemed a funny idea, as one of areas which spoof comedies draw humour from is regional accents, but we couldn't find anyone who would be able to do a convincing Eastern European accent and so this idea was swiftly dropped in favour of having evil students as the villains.
Borrow well knows lines from other films. This was discussed briefly during planning meetings and this has led to the idea for a James Bond style 'gun barrel sequence' with a comedic twist. Although this idea was good as spoofs do borrow features from other films of the genre they are intending to spoof, we were doubtful about whether we would be able to produce such a scene, and so the idea was quietly dropped.
Intelligent sidekick. From the start, this was our intention, the sidekick is intended to show up the main character for comedic effect, and the character of Smith the sidekick will be used to full effect in a number of scenes for this reason.
Couple of ‘agents’ in the school doing a talk when terrorist take over the school and they kick into action and save the day. Although there is nothing wrong with this idea, we came up with ideas for scenes which involved the agents arriving at the school, so this idea was dropped.
Roll a Mini. An idea put forward on a number occasions which was dropped due to lack of financially viability and possible health & safety issues.
Hero: Pierce Valentine. We wanted our hero to have a cool name which would contrast well to his nature, so this idea was accepted.
Sidekick: Ben Smith. This character is not meant to be significant and so therefore has a simple name, which, like in the case of Valentine, contrasts with his nature and personality, giving comic value to both characters.
Villain: Vladimir Cockoskii. Idea dropped with the creation of the evil students.
Valentine gets the woman at the end. An idea that commonly features in action movies which should therefore feature in our action-movie spoof, although with a few twists. The woman which Valentine gets in the end is featured in the trailer, but the two will not meet on screen.

R.K.