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From: "Chris White"  <[log in to unmask]>
Organization: Research Information Systems
Date:         10 Nov 93 08:04:41 PST
Subject:      Re: Scifi script
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> I'm doing a script for a short scifi film about a future revolutionary
> guerrilla warfare in Northern Europe. My problem is how to show
> to the audience in a simple way that the things are happening in the future
> (yes, I know that a guerrilla war itself is a sign, but..). The main
> character sits in covered ditch in the woods, where he's planning the
> attacks to an area nearby. I would like to add to the setting something
> simple (but not too obvious like clothes) that gives the audience a
> quick clue that he's living in the future. I was thinking that he might
> have a small TV-set to pick up news and information, where the situation
> is being explained.
>
> Does anybody have some experience on this matter? Have you seen a film where
> this "futurizing" was done in an elegant way?
>
>
> Jukka Aronen
> Dept. of Pol. Science
> Helsinki University
>
 
The small TV set would work well, because it lets you sneak in a
little exposition without it being overtly obvious that you're doing
so.  Maybe you could put the TV in a walkee-talkee type device (or
maybe even a wristwatch) and have it also display reconnaissance
maps, etc.
 
On the lighter side, how about a Swiss Army knife with a laser blade?
Good luck.
 
 
 
 
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