Film Writing
As most of you know I have been interesting in making a film for some time. The particular story I started writing was a zombie movie that has evolved and still would technically be something of a "zombie" or "infected" story but has become much more ambitious than the initial project. It is become more character/story driven and much less about crappy special effects and absurd grotesque incidents (although they still exist very much). I know the creative process has been fun but now putting pen to paper (or finger to keyboard) I'm finding to be very frustrating and much less enjoyable. There few creative minds that follow this blog and I wondered what it was that kept you all motivated once conceptualizing something ended and making it began?
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I've found that things early on are often just a difficult up hill push. It is exciting at first but as you start it is easy to be judgemental of your ability level (you are just getting started/learning after all). For me one of the best ways to get past it is to just put in the time. My method is usually just a little time every day, and after a while you start to get better (as does the product) and you get excited again. The in between part is crummy though.
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geemus, at 1:41 PM
My advise is don't write it beginning to end, but write the parts of the story you want to do. A lot of times with my projects, I draw the parts I want to draw and fill in the blanks later. I am writing a comic at the moment and I have found it much easier to do the parts that I want to do first. It actually helps fill in the blanks, too, as you are doing the fun parts to get the mind going. It also helps to have a lot of notes and ideas written down so it's not all back logged in memory. Rome wasn't built in a day, but it was built.
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Dave, at 7:01 PM
Thanks guys. Initially I thought heck I could leave the dialog alone and just let the actors do the work. I'm not realizing once you truly start to "own" something it's hard to let the little things be up to somebody else. I really appreciate your genuine advice. Here is quote I found that I think is really going to help. Especially coming from someone whom I admire.
"Nobody tells this to people who are beginners, I wish someone told me. All of us who do creative work, we get into it because we have good taste. But there is this gap. For the first couple years you make stuff, it’s just not that good. It’s trying to be good, it has potential, but it’s not. But your taste, the thing that got you into the game, is still killer. And your taste is why your work disappoints you. A lot of people never get past this phase, they quit. Most people I know who do interesting, creative work went through years of this. We know our work doesn’t have this special thing that we want it to have. We all go through this. And if you are just starting out or you are still in this phase, you gotta know its normal and the most important thing you can do is do a lot of work. Put yourself on a deadline so that every week you will finish one story. It is only by going through a volume of work that you will close that gap, and your work will be as good as your ambitions. And I took longer to figure out how to do this than anyone I’ve ever met. It’s gonna take awhile. It’s normal to take awhile. You’ve just gotta fight your way through."
-Ira Glass
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Kevin, at 10:11 AM
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