The Competitive Personality
August 17th 2007 02:51
Strolling through the local video store, I come across a brand new release - Reign Over Me. I think back to the reviews from when it was at the movies, and even just looking at the cover of it, my writers voice comes into play.
As often happens with me, it is in the form of a narrative. What I was thinking of was distinctly Australian, ie not industrious enough to be for Hollywood. But then the inspiration came from this film churned out of the industry that is Hollywood. Instead of walking straight out the door and writing a new (possibly inproduceable) screenplay, I decide to find what makes this movie a hit. Maybe provide a refreshing formula to what makes a movie a surety across the Pacific.
One thing I notice is that there is no narrative. Damn it, that disqualifies just about anything I've ever written.
But then I notice the score has lyrics to it...
Ha!
Now I can definitely say that instrumentals are ideal for most movie scenes, and I write these babies with my instrumentals in mind. Who needs a score that acts like narrative?Note 'How Much Do You Love Me' (the leading film for Sydney's French Film Festival 2006) for universal appeal in this topic. One can see how the interweaving instrumental throughout the movie adds to the mood.
Now you can see how I just took upon myself another could-be profession in order to compete my raw script with a fully produced hollywood movie. I'm sure I'm not the only one to do this. But I come across other flaws, such as the played out "girl and a gun" formula - which leads to the climax of Reign Over Me. Typical. Would you like some Bruce Springsteen with that? Upsize to Billy Joel?
Problem being, about three quarters of the international film community has done the same thing. I am almost one of them - but then the only time I have used a gun is for a vigilante bus driver who definitely doesn't need anybody riding shotgun. And it definitely isn't the climax of the movie. Unless, of course, I made it into a short. Hmmm...
So I quote the token old man from The Prestige: "Obsession is a young man's game." It would be nice to think that as I get older I'll be more content with comparing my creations to other things I have done, rather than compete with the incompareable.
It is nice to be inspired though.
As often happens with me, it is in the form of a narrative. What I was thinking of was distinctly Australian, ie not industrious enough to be for Hollywood. But then the inspiration came from this film churned out of the industry that is Hollywood. Instead of walking straight out the door and writing a new (possibly inproduceable) screenplay, I decide to find what makes this movie a hit. Maybe provide a refreshing formula to what makes a movie a surety across the Pacific.
One thing I notice is that there is no narrative. Damn it, that disqualifies just about anything I've ever written.
But then I notice the score has lyrics to it...
Ha!
Now I can definitely say that instrumentals are ideal for most movie scenes, and I write these babies with my instrumentals in mind. Who needs a score that acts like narrative?Note 'How Much Do You Love Me' (the leading film for Sydney's French Film Festival 2006) for universal appeal in this topic. One can see how the interweaving instrumental throughout the movie adds to the mood.
Now you can see how I just took upon myself another could-be profession in order to compete my raw script with a fully produced hollywood movie. I'm sure I'm not the only one to do this. But I come across other flaws, such as the played out "girl and a gun" formula - which leads to the climax of Reign Over Me. Typical. Would you like some Bruce Springsteen with that? Upsize to Billy Joel?
Problem being, about three quarters of the international film community has done the same thing. I am almost one of them - but then the only time I have used a gun is for a vigilante bus driver who definitely doesn't need anybody riding shotgun. And it definitely isn't the climax of the movie. Unless, of course, I made it into a short. Hmmm...
So I quote the token old man from The Prestige: "Obsession is a young man's game." It would be nice to think that as I get older I'll be more content with comparing my creations to other things I have done, rather than compete with the incompareable.
It is nice to be inspired though.
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Comment by Rinse Digital
Didn't get what was happening for awhile and then BOOM steamtrain.
I want to upsize to Billy Joel.
Rinse
Comment by Optomistic Opportunism
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Optomystic Opportunism
Keep packin a pickle rns diggital
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