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It worked for Forrest Gump. Lennon had a photo shoot that day (day before?) with Annie Liebowitz -- I'll bet if you did your research you could make a compelling story about the surrounding people, about the Dakota, about the park... Don't let the lawyers stop you from writing, just be aware...

Introducing a crucial character in the last act seems pretty darned capricious. Like I said, too passive. Little did I know -- except for the final lines your entire tale could be summed up "I used to be brilliant the cruel world doesn't appreciate me boo hoo" which I am absolutely sure is the...

I've never seen one, but I would surely love to have a laptop that could take HDMI in Would be incredibly useful, not just as a camera monitor.

I dunno....

Truer words rarely typed-out. Wheat, you should go ahead & make that! Will cost $20 in in props and maybe another fiver in donuts. Straight to (youtube) vid. You can probably get the $20 back after shooting, too. Dee, the general theme of drugs (and crime) is verrry tricky, if you don't want...

I am a very fast typist. Much faster than my handwriting, and more legible. But... I'm a much faster "brainist" than that. So I keep multiple small moleskine-style notebooks in my pockets. Before I start a new one I number the pages and I keep an index at the back. I write with varying color...

Instead of looking for generic ideas about time, you should really be thinking about ways that suit the material. (The Shawshank example does this) Is a year a long time (for an argument, maybe), or a short one (because I will love you forever)? Should dandelions blossom in time-lapse, or the...

...from...? That's theme. What's the story (or the tease of one)? ...where there are no stories. That's a character challenge: "guy is jerk, acts like one." There are TV commercials with more progression. (Besides the fact that there's a TV series with this name...) Gets a second chance to...

Too long, and the first clause is too passive. I'm guessing here as to why this woman has to clean the garage: A young woman is forced to face the painful secrets of her self-destructive teen years in the aftermath of her mother's death. THe second issue is that it's all aimed at the self...

Stop whining and count your blessings. If you can recognize the crap, that's a huge first step towards making something good.

I know the OP kgasser2 has already abdicated this thread. Just the same, I think the real dilemna with the question is not "what is a generic situation" but "how can I start a story that doesn't lead anywhere." In other words, I ask: WHERE IS THIS SUPPOSED TO LEAD? One can assume from the...

The more specific you make it, the more people can relate and generalize it. Also, don't confuse bored with boring. Boring means no one cares about him or his actions. The audience can care, but other characters don't.

With a single exception: if the whole point is to obtain "forbidden" views -- say, to expose criminal behavior. Not as an "extra" bit, but the real core of your project. In which case you need to depend on your own charm, luck, courage, stealth, or arrogance -- depending on your supply and the...

Try "Painting with Light" - also the video "Visions of Light" (also on youtube in bits) - the book "Light Science and Magic" (aimed at still shooters) and really prowl Amazon starting from those titles. If you have a library, see what they have and also what they can get on library loan (the...

THis has been a successful strategy. It's not the only one, but it has worked at least as far back as "THX1138" (was that the first short to be expanded into a feature?) (btw, to get that short done, Lucas had to assigned the rights for it to USC) I've noticed recently that almost all shared...

I'd go a step farther and say: "the characters' actions are the story." Be careful wheatgrinder about "situations," they can lead to two kinds of exposition: one is merely boring, the other... much worse. Exposition of situation at the beginning of a story -- yeah, you often need it, but be...

>> You can replace "scary future" with any pending unknown event PLEASE pick one and tell that story. If people can spin-off one-liner log lines for a 2-hour movie, you should at least be able to say clearly what your message is here in a 300-second short. What I meant by ascribing actions to...

>> ...our "man" is living a typical party life style... Now *that's* character development. Might I suggest you just replace him wth a cardboard cutout? It's simpler, doesn't eat, and can be transported in a suitcase. I'd also be wary of trying to show, say, Christ's arrival etc because who...

I'm sorry, did you think there was only ONE kind of film? As much as writers may voice contempt for nearly-story-free pictures like Transformers or pandering treacle like Twilight, we still have the Informant, we still have Batman and District 9 and Pirate Radio. Look back 50 years, We had...