Hidden Script Review

Hidden Script Review

The script for Hidden actually started out as a different film entirely, called Hidden in Plain Sight. After the director stood down from the role and I took over we decided a re-write was in order and set about changing it to appeal to a more modern audience. After the script was written the ending needed changing to better finish the story and so I asked the assistant director, Amy Archer, to write this to get a different perspective on the story. After the ending was changed and the script was re-read again, we decided that the beginning could be changed to grab the audience more at the start of the film, so I asked the DOP, Andrew Coates to look at it and see what he could do, and after some deliberation we decided that the film was ready to go. Unfortunately it never got made, but the script still remains and is simply being put on an indefinite hiatus currently. Personally, I am not that big a fan of the script for Hidden, I think it tries to hit too many bases in not enough time, and it could benefit greatly from being made into a longer than 10 minute short film. If in the future we are given the chance to create a longer film then it may work. The actors who were involved have said they would be up for doing a full version of Hidden if the chance arose, so I am keeping hold of the script in case that chance does come up.