Help! What is my scripts genra? I wrote a script that involves a doupleganger. It is based in present time. But after a car wreck a man sees his double leading an alternate life. Is this a Sci-Fi? or a Fantasy genra? most contest submissions want you to choose one. But its also a Drama!?
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DAvid Rorie I'd lean on the side of Sci-fi since deals in an alternate universe (life). Onward and upward.
Nice story, is it finished?
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I think it would depend on why there’s a double. Sci-fi normally deals with things which are set in a world of science… a scientific reason for the double. Like an experiment gone bad for instance. Fantasy usually relies on magic or some supernatural force behind it… let’s say an evil warlock creates the double. Hope that helps.
Also just a note, and I’m not trying to be petty, but you’ll want to use the term “genre” not “genra” it may be just simple typo, Lord knows I’ve made my share of those, but every little bit helps.
yep. finished it in 2020
Marcus Leighton thanks!
What are your plans for it?
Billy Kwack oh you know the usual. sell it for $100k, then they hire me to direct it. lol
Nice plan, hope you get it
DAvid Rorie it's a superhero / romcom admit it !
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I could write that as anything. The double may not exist and it is a result of mental illness. That could be a thriller, like Shutter Island.
@Dsvid HYBRID GENRE!
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It is definitely a Fantasy/Drama, more information is necessary to determine if it is a SciFi. Looper is a great example of a SciFi/Fantasy, Sliding Doors is a good example of a Fantasy/Romantic Comedy/Drama.
most of these contest make me pick just 1 genre. so no /
My first idea was thriller - SciFi might be misleading allthough it could be somekind of alternate universe overlapping - or a problem in the matrix
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You must clarify the rules and the premise of your particular world first! This will automatically describe your genre, like so: How did the doppelganger story come about? Magic? DNA cloning? did he have a TWIN but didn't know? is the protag in a coma, cryostasis, and dreaming from the accident like in the movie "Vanilla Sky?"? Is it a parallel universe? Btw, what are the rules?