Structure
Something I am having a hard time adapting is structure... without structure you will not only take more time to get something done but you will make enormous mistakes along your path.
Along my postings I will be referring a lot to this funny how-to video tutorial I found, starting Jack Black, on how to create, develop, shoot...your short movie.
In building your story, to quote Jack Black: "you always start in a situation and end up in a new situation, we call that Crossing the Threshold"
"All stories...have 8 things in common. Someone or Something, with a Need, Enter's a New Situation, Adapts to it, Find what they Need, and Takes it back To its Original situation"
Screenshot of the 8 things a story has in common
reference: acceptable.tv
But this doesn't mean you have to follow these rules completely, sometimes, to captivate the viewer in your story even more you can bend these rules and the surprise element comes along... I love it when a movie has tons of twists and turns, its not good to be too predictable. At least I don't like predictable movies. I like to be puzzled, I like it when the movie makes me think at the end, makes me wonder why? what if?
How do you like your movie endings? How do you like its unfolding story?
Wednesday, September 24, 2008
Tuesday, September 23, 2008
A little video Inspiration
Some Inspiration
I've been checking out a few websites to see whats going out there on the web.
Turns out there's alot of video out there. Most of which seem to be online episodes which you can't find on regular tv.
Most of you know TetesAClaques.tv
The famous French Canadian humour which was at some point the most visited website in quebec's history, has now turned .... English?
Yes, well if you are not too familiar with our french slang you'll find an English version of most of the first episodes.
I'd love to hear your comments on these english episodes... Do you think they are funny?
Especially, I'd like to hear from those english speaking people who never saw this online tv show.
Other Stupid/Funny comedy episodes:
Gorgeous tiny
MediocreFilms
Film Your Issue
Here's a chance for all you amateur and non amateur film makers that are between the age of 14 and 24 to make a movie that matters. There is a competition for best films and the jury cast is pretty famous... you'll get a chance to be seen by the top of the industry.
FilmYourIssue.com
I've been checking out a few websites to see whats going out there on the web.
Turns out there's alot of video out there. Most of which seem to be online episodes which you can't find on regular tv.
Most of you know TetesAClaques.tv
The famous French Canadian humour which was at some point the most visited website in quebec's history, has now turned .... English?
Yes, well if you are not too familiar with our french slang you'll find an English version of most of the first episodes.
I'd love to hear your comments on these english episodes... Do you think they are funny?
Especially, I'd like to hear from those english speaking people who never saw this online tv show.
Other Stupid/Funny comedy episodes:
Gorgeous tiny
MediocreFilms
Film Your Issue
Here's a chance for all you amateur and non amateur film makers that are between the age of 14 and 24 to make a movie that matters. There is a competition for best films and the jury cast is pretty famous... you'll get a chance to be seen by the top of the industry.
FilmYourIssue.com
Saturday, September 20, 2008
Welcome
Hi Everyone,
Ever wanted to make a movie? Well here's your chance.
Who are we and what do we want to do?
Simply said, we are a bunch of young adults who decided to film whats on our mind.
When you were a kid,
Haven't you ever acted one of your favorite cartoon or movie character ?
Haven't you ever sang the movie's main Theme while you were acting it out?
Haven't you ever built a movie scene out of your household items?
A little about me,
I still dream of making a movie. I never went to film school, or any technical video school.
I studied in Computer Science and Computation Arts at Concordia University. Learned how to use multimedia technology to interpret an idea. I had no ambition in getting into video until I decided to take 1 year of video classes, and it was the best courses I had ever taken. I learned the basics but not enough to get comfortable with video. I started a dream...
That dream was dormant inside of me for a while.
I had completed my degree in University and started working as a web designer/developer.
In 2007, I traveled to Western Europe with a small digital camera, I snapped away and filmed alot of great moments. Made a video and photo montage, and so my dream continued...
I recently had an opportunity to join a Canadian telecommunication company which believed in using video to promote their services and so I incorporated my video skills into the company's interest making video technical documents, advertisements. It awoke my dream yet again and now I wish to push it even further.
Bring your ideas together
Everyone is more then welcome to post their comments, ideas, and suggestions.
Wanna join the team? Email us at: Ace.MovieBlog@gmail.com
Thanks for reading this blog, come back soon, we'll keep you up to date with the latest updates.
Take good care,
Patrick Saad
Ever wanted to make a movie? Well here's your chance.
Who are we and what do we want to do?
Simply said, we are a bunch of young adults who decided to film whats on our mind.
When you were a kid,
Haven't you ever acted one of your favorite cartoon or movie character ?
Haven't you ever sang the movie's main Theme while you were acting it out?
Haven't you ever built a movie scene out of your household items?
A little about me,
I still dream of making a movie. I never went to film school, or any technical video school.
I studied in Computer Science and Computation Arts at Concordia University. Learned how to use multimedia technology to interpret an idea. I had no ambition in getting into video until I decided to take 1 year of video classes, and it was the best courses I had ever taken. I learned the basics but not enough to get comfortable with video. I started a dream...
That dream was dormant inside of me for a while.
I had completed my degree in University and started working as a web designer/developer.
In 2007, I traveled to Western Europe with a small digital camera, I snapped away and filmed alot of great moments. Made a video and photo montage, and so my dream continued...
I recently had an opportunity to join a Canadian telecommunication company which believed in using video to promote their services and so I incorporated my video skills into the company's interest making video technical documents, advertisements. It awoke my dream yet again and now I wish to push it even further.
Bring your ideas together
Everyone is more then welcome to post their comments, ideas, and suggestions.
Wanna join the team? Email us at: Ace.MovieBlog@gmail.com
Thanks for reading this blog, come back soon, we'll keep you up to date with the latest updates.
Take good care,
Patrick Saad
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