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What is your proceedure for picking which idea you want to turn into a film?
after I've come up with an idea I'll freely tell my friends about it to see if I enjoy discussing it, then I usually let my better ideas gestate in my mind for many weeks before I pay them any real at...
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It has to be something I can't stop thinking about and ultimately have to put out into the world.
I once had a meeting with a veteran sitcom writer who told me, thanks to the internet, if you're inter...
Expand commentIt has to be something I can't stop thinking about and ultimately have to put out into the world.
I once had a meeting with a veteran sitcom writer who told me, thanks to the internet, if you're interested in something there's a big chance other people will be too. Find your audience and connect with them. There are communities being built around anything and everything.
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When I get an idea, I keep it to myself. Then, before it evaporates (it happens), I write down all my thoughts regarding story, character in point form. A creative dump. Then I write an outline. It works for me.
I try to forget it. If I can't, I write it.
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I have a filmmaker friend who says since things take so long to get going, he doesn't move on anything that he wouldn't want to live with for 5-10 years.
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For me it has to be funny, unique, and something I would spend $15 on to see in the theaters. And more importantly, something I feel passionate enough about to spend the next year of my life working on.