Many movie goers and movie lovers always have a desire to develop a good story. These talents can be easily achieved, in a meanwhile many could have easily given up too.
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HOW YOU CAN GET AN IDEA FOR YOUR MOVIE?
The first thing as film screen writer, you are looking for is a really good "hook" idea for a movie. That memorable one-liner that everyone will tell their friends the next day after seeing your movie.
Get paper and a pencil. Here are some ways to find hooks.
Keep a journal.
Most writers keep journals of their thoughts and ideas. Over time you will develop a rich storehouse of ideas that you can go back to again and again.
Practice.
You may not have exercised your "idea muscle" for years. The more you try to come up with ideas the more ideas you will come up with.
Write down the first thing that comes into your mind.
Do it right now. Then keep writing. Give it at least five minutes, and write something. Most people give up much too quickly ... or never get started.
The daily newspaper.
There are at least five good ideas in every single daily issue of any big city newspaper.
Read obituaries.
Newspapers try to include the occasional obituary of people who weren't famous but lived amazing or at least interesting lives.
Look at cartoons.
I think the New Yorker is especially good. Their cartoons often have a delicious blend of irony, naivety and sophistication that can spark new ideas.
Listen to your family.
Those funny and embarrassing old family stories might start you on your way to a funny family comedy.
Listen to your friends.
One person's problems, issues, solutions and triumphs are interesting to all people.
Go for a walk.
You might see something funny or ironic, along the way and just the act of getting out of the house may open your eyes to new things.
Take a shower.
Relaxing in the shower or a bath is a great way to open the channels to your subconscious.
Turn off your inner critic.
Your goal is to come up with lots of ideas and most of them won't be very good but if you start trying to sort out the good from the bad at this point you'll block all new ideas.
Find a time and place.
If you set aside a time and place for writing your subconscious will start to automatically go into creative mode. You have the power to control some part of your time. Take the phone off the hook. Get up earlier. Stay up later. Explain to your children and spouse that you need some time to yourself. Stop doing something that isn't really important.
Turn off the television. You do not need to see the latest installment of whatever is your favorite TV show at the moment. Most people have been brainwashed into being compulsive consumers of entertainment. Time to shift gears into being a creator of entertainment.
Write words.
Any words. The next word that pops into your head ... write it down. Keep doing it for a while then stop and look for patterns and themes.
Read the classics. Project Gutenberg has 17,000 literary works that are generally out of copyright and free to use. How many time has Romeo and Juliet been rewritten into a new book or movie? If you can't come up with an original idea, copy an old idea. It's done all the time.
Watch an old movie.
You may not be able to get permission to remake the entire film, but ideas aren't protected. You can incorporate a few plot devices, concepts, character types and many other things from other works into yours. Just do it in an original way.
List the ten most important events in your life.
What changed you? What made you the person you are? Pick the most interesting one.
Remember someone you hurt.
Maybe you did it on purpose or maybe it was accidental. Put yourself in their shoes. What would you have done.
Think about someone you hate.
This should be the most despicable human being you have ever run against. Make up a story of how they got to be that way.
Write what you know.
Your world may seem pretty dull to you but it may seem very exotic to the rest of the world, especially if you can find offbeat characters and situations.
In Facebook, I came across this wonderful article and had a thought to share it here.
This Article is originally created in : https://www.facebook.com/Clipoon
HOW YOU CAN GET AN IDEA FOR YOUR MOVIE?
The first thing as film screen writer, you are looking for is a really good "hook" idea for a movie. That memorable one-liner that everyone will tell their friends the next day after seeing your movie.
Get paper and a pencil. Here are some ways to find hooks.
Keep a journal.
Most writers keep journals of their thoughts and ideas. Over time you will develop a rich storehouse of ideas that you can go back to again and again.
Practice.
You may not have exercised your "idea muscle" for years. The more you try to come up with ideas the more ideas you will come up with.
Write down the first thing that comes into your mind.
Do it right now. Then keep writing. Give it at least five minutes, and write something. Most people give up much too quickly ... or never get started.
The daily newspaper.
There are at least five good ideas in every single daily issue of any big city newspaper.
Read obituaries.
Newspapers try to include the occasional obituary of people who weren't famous but lived amazing or at least interesting lives.
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Look at cartoons.
I think the New Yorker is especially good. Their cartoons often have a delicious blend of irony, naivety and sophistication that can spark new ideas.
Listen to your family.
Those funny and embarrassing old family stories might start you on your way to a funny family comedy.
Listen to your friends.
One person's problems, issues, solutions and triumphs are interesting to all people.
Go for a walk.
You might see something funny or ironic, along the way and just the act of getting out of the house may open your eyes to new things.
Take a shower.
Relaxing in the shower or a bath is a great way to open the channels to your subconscious.
Turn off your inner critic.
Your goal is to come up with lots of ideas and most of them won't be very good but if you start trying to sort out the good from the bad at this point you'll block all new ideas.
Find a time and place.
If you set aside a time and place for writing your subconscious will start to automatically go into creative mode. You have the power to control some part of your time. Take the phone off the hook. Get up earlier. Stay up later. Explain to your children and spouse that you need some time to yourself. Stop doing something that isn't really important.
Turn off the television. You do not need to see the latest installment of whatever is your favorite TV show at the moment. Most people have been brainwashed into being compulsive consumers of entertainment. Time to shift gears into being a creator of entertainment.
Write words.
Any words. The next word that pops into your head ... write it down. Keep doing it for a while then stop and look for patterns and themes.
Read the classics. Project Gutenberg has 17,000 literary works that are generally out of copyright and free to use. How many time has Romeo and Juliet been rewritten into a new book or movie? If you can't come up with an original idea, copy an old idea. It's done all the time.
Watch an old movie.
You may not be able to get permission to remake the entire film, but ideas aren't protected. You can incorporate a few plot devices, concepts, character types and many other things from other works into yours. Just do it in an original way.
List the ten most important events in your life.
What changed you? What made you the person you are? Pick the most interesting one.
Remember someone you hurt.
Maybe you did it on purpose or maybe it was accidental. Put yourself in their shoes. What would you have done.
Think about someone you hate.
This should be the most despicable human being you have ever run against. Make up a story of how they got to be that way.
Write what you know.
Your world may seem pretty dull to you but it may seem very exotic to the rest of the world, especially if you can find offbeat characters and situations.
ALL THE BEST!!!
*************HAPPY FILM MAKING*************
