What to make a movie about?

[prophet]

How does someone deside what to write about? there is so much out there?

[ono]

Heh, that's The silliest and most important question to ask, really: just think of something that pisses you off, and you have a story.  I can remember Reiner saying somewhere to think of how you think about something and push it out through the character.  This may make the character a puppet, though, so be wary of that, and remember not to make things too black and white.  Think of opposite and different in-between POVs, too.  I can't really answer this question for you.  If you want to make films, you've got to know why it is, and you've gotta have some things that interest you enough to tell a story about them.  Start there.

[prophet]

thanks!

[Pas]

You should write about the journey of a naive man who starve for success but is deceived by the cruelty of the american society, yet in the end gets the girl.

[prophet]

i dont like romance.

[Pubrick]

vaguest question ever.

if u don't know what to make a movie about, then u shouldn't make one. u should take a walk and experience things.

[prophet]

i agree it is vague im sorry what i ment to say is how do i deside what to do a movie on i have so many ideas?

[jokerspath]

how do i deside what to do a movie on i have so many ideas?

You should deside to do a comic strip about two naked eight-year-olds who aren't married.

aw

[chainsmoking insomniac]

[pete]

make a food movie, I have yet to see a bad food movie.

[chainsmoking insomniac]

What about Hamburger?  With that cheesy ass theme song "Hamburgers Across America".....

[markums2k]

Go with whatever idea you feel the most confident with... as far as, "nobody has ever seen this" or "people will get a kick out of this".  How do you want to make the audience feel?  How do you think the audience will describe this movie to their friends?

If you don't have ANY clue how your audience will respond, you might need to develop the idea more, until you know what it is you want to accomplish.

[TheVoiceOfNick]

To write a good movie, you have to have a voice and a point of view... what are you trying to say? If you don't know what you're trying to say, no one will give a shit about your movie. Figure out who you are and what you want to talk about. It sucks to make movies just to make movies. All of my scripts have a big part of me in them... i'm very cynical, philosophical, anti-big brother and media, and these things come out in my scripts somehow or another.


Nick

[Alethia]

put every single idea into that movie and surpriswe the fuck out nof everyone

[prophet]

thats what i was thinking but doesnt it have to make sence at the end i need to figure out howto tie all of these things into one
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