Forum:Ideas for a Fallout based fan "film".

Hi. So i am considering to make a Fallout based fanmovie. It will be in "episodes" that last about 10-30 minutes or so.

Im now asking you, the true knowers of the fallout universe to help me with the main idea, i have only scratched the surface of the Fallout universe by playing Fallout 2, 3 and Tactics.

Please keep the ideas reasonable, not like "DUDE! YOU SHOULD MAKE THEM FIGHT A BEHEMOTH!" Remember, it's a fan movie with almost none budget.

This will be a serious movie, not a parody. I have figured that the story will take place in Finland. The country in Northern-Europe, the Scandinavia. Finland is trashed by atomic bombs so there will be somesort of mutations and radiation. Who dropped the bombs? I don't know, you could give me some ideas about that. The story will be taking place between the happenings of Fallout 2 and Fallout 3 (2241-2277). The main character will be a Raider/Scavenger of some sort, and since it's winter now, and Finland is full of snow, the first episodes should take place in the winter. Later on if the this project will get started and gets a good reception from the internet, there could be more episodes taking place in spring, summer and autumn. And i am an airsofter, so the arsenal and military gear should not be a problem. I am also pretty good at special effects and video editing so that makes up the editing. No problems there.

Main ideas that i need help with are: The influence of the superpowers (Russia, China, the EC and USA). What kind of mutants, weapons and technology there should there be in Finland? What caused to get Finland bombed? If you got some good ideas for the movie, post them here. Let your ideas lush and remember, keep them reasonable.

I truly hope that i can sum up a good backstory for the movie, and i can get some friends to help me.

Oh. And here is Finland on the map and where will be the movie taking place (the red circle). The actual place is in Pohjois-Savo (Northern-Savo), a province in middle Finland. http://img75.imageshack.us/img75/8663/eulocationfinpb6.png


 * Hi, I've got an idea. how about Russia wants to annexe Finland and use the country as an ambassador of russia in the EU. But, Finland refuses so Russia nukes them and invades with thousands of troops wearing power armour. (like the BoS but different design). There are freedom fighters who work in secret under Soviet rule disrupting comm. and ops. A bit like the french resistance in WWII. Mabye the film could have two parallel plots. One plot line would be about a group of freedom fighters and other about a few russian officers and their men who realise Russia's true intention which is to use Finland as the launch pad for hundreds of nuclear bombers. When everyone gets bombed Finland is blamed and Russia is laughing. When the Soviet officers realise this they work from the inside to bring the Russian war machine to its kneas. What do you think ? plz bear in mind that this is just an idea.


 * Alright Bud, I read your forum and I may be able to extrapulate a bit, bearing in mind Im unaware of your resources or capabilities. Im a moderate when it comes to the Fallout world, by no means an expert, but I have been keeping my info fairly up to date. Regarding my ideas, take it or leave it in a nut-shell.


 * 1. Scandinavia, I'd look up their primary exports for ideas on why they were attacked. If nothing arises it could always have housed warheads and WMD's. One or numerous underground bunkers and research facilities could be bred from this as well as the base for a pre-existing gonvernment and its pre-war agenda. Also, the fact that you'll be filming in winter could add the element of "nuclear winter" That'd be an interesting idea I've yet to see in Fallout.


 * 2. The involvment of surrounding countries. Naturally this isn't "our" world modified persay, yet it does capture elements of our 1950's era. Ergo The Red Scare, Communism, The reign of Joseph Stalin (or a dictator like him). Communist Russia and their underlying occupancies (USSR) is a perverbial untapped treasure trove as far as weapon types, pre or post-war common clothing, geological sights and landmarks, vehicles, etc. You can decide what side they were on, if any, at the time of the Great war. The U.S. and China were attacking one another over the oil in Alaska just prior to the bombs dropping.


 * 3. Lastly, for now anyway, the setting is most dire. Fallout fans will not buy it as a serious dipiction without a convincing post-war atmosphere. Every bit of trash has a use, anything that can be used as shelter is or was at some point and anything completely intact is far and few in between as well as coveted by anyone owning or existing in such a thing. I don't know your full "plan of attack" as far as tackling this project but I wish you luck and more importantly I wish you creative enginuity. An independant version of a subject with such a large fan base is never an easy task. I'll most likely post again later on. Hope my input helped. Alaster Stromgate

♠ I'm not sure about this, but I'll get back to the page once I've done some better research. But as far as I can remember, in the Fallout world the 'Red Scare' never occured. In fact, I believe one game source actually says that the United States and the Soviet Union had a consular relationship. In the Fallout World you see, the Soviet Union outlasted even the United Nations, and it was still a major power when the war in 2077 broke out. It is unknown how the Soviet Union viewed China at this time, but it is mentioned in a few sources that the US and the Soviets had an amicable, if not friendly relationship. I'll do some more research and get back to you on this. Magnum101 00:30, 8 February 2009 (UTC)

♠ Oh, just thought of something. Super mutants are a result of the FEV virus. Since the FEV virus was never weaponized nor was it ever taken off American soil, it would only be logical that Super mutants don't exist anywhere off of North America. In fact, it is even mentioned in the history of Fallout that the FEV only mutated into an airborne strain years after the war, and the airborne strain of FEV was not only nonmutagenic, but also served to inoculate humans against the more potent form of the original FEV, making them immune. Magnum101 08:47, 10 February 2009 (UTC)

Now I have another Idea Why not keep to the More known Fallout universe And set it in alaska. See this will be able to bring in the most notable part of The Fallout universe Power armor see the overall setting is the same a cold horrible wasteland that is far from the other fallout settings. the character is first trying to save his wife from a powerful group of raiders but soon finds out that not only have they killed them but they are actually working for an evergrowing power of chinese remnants armed armed with not only military equipment and training of their ancestors but a small percentage of salvaged american power armor and combat armor. their gaol is the same as there anscetors destroy all americans and at their pace THEY COULD DO IT. But hope is not lost for lost hills sent a detachment of BOS to scavenge the Anchorage Line but when this threat was discovered they immediately started fighting them. The main character is important because he's gained massive insight in the raider base and the Chinese base that captured him. Along the way he get's admitted to the Brotherhood and soon after discover what is really going on they are looking for an unlauched missile base the base is heavily defendable and has working factory equipment meaning they could produce power amour, stealth suits, robots, and weapons they'd become unstoppable. and you can finsh the rest.Bolo33 01:21, 12 February 2009 (UTC)

chinese remnant soilders against the outcasts.Maccy Man the man with no plan. 19:55, 23 February 2009 (UTC)