For my script I have things happen in it, to suit a low budget shoot, but readers will say this can cause plot holes to happen in my story.
For example, one 'plot hole' I was told about why does the villain choose to keep his incriminating materials, in a self storage facility, when he can just keep them in a much better guarded safe deposit box in a bank? And I wrote it that way for two reasons.
1. Since I want the villains incriminating materials to be stolen, it's easier to rob a self-storage facility than a bank, and it's just much simpler to write. I wanted it to be stolen without the anyone noticing right away and without the authorities being called right away. It's easier to rob a storage unit, while all alone, compared to breaking into a bank, which is much more complicated to do, and it just over complicates the plot.
and 2. It's less budget to shoot, because it's easier to shoot in a self storage facility, than an actual bank, or building a bank and a bank vault set.
Or another plot hole is, why would the villains wipe down a hideout with bleach to get rid of DNA, when that is not enough, and you have to actually set fire to the building, even though I don't want to spend extra money on something like that.
Or why does a cop enter a building without back up? He hears someone screaming that could be in danger, but that is not enough, he still has to wait for back up, readers say. I don't want to have to pay for extra actors to be his back up.
Things like that? So what's the trick to writing a low budget script that still makes logical sense, even if money will not allow for the most ideal plot scenarios to take place?
For example, one 'plot hole' I was told about why does the villain choose to keep his incriminating materials, in a self storage facility, when he can just keep them in a much better guarded safe deposit box in a bank? And I wrote it that way for two reasons.
1. Since I want the villains incriminating materials to be stolen, it's easier to rob a self-storage facility than a bank, and it's just much simpler to write. I wanted it to be stolen without the anyone noticing right away and without the authorities being called right away. It's easier to rob a storage unit, while all alone, compared to breaking into a bank, which is much more complicated to do, and it just over complicates the plot.
and 2. It's less budget to shoot, because it's easier to shoot in a self storage facility, than an actual bank, or building a bank and a bank vault set.
Or another plot hole is, why would the villains wipe down a hideout with bleach to get rid of DNA, when that is not enough, and you have to actually set fire to the building, even though I don't want to spend extra money on something like that.
Or why does a cop enter a building without back up? He hears someone screaming that could be in danger, but that is not enough, he still has to wait for back up, readers say. I don't want to have to pay for extra actors to be his back up.
Things like that? So what's the trick to writing a low budget script that still makes logical sense, even if money will not allow for the most ideal plot scenarios to take place?
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