16 November 2012
TV Tropes on Chase Scenes
http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ChaseScene
This website is SUPER entertaining if you're bored, but also had a good compilation of commonly used tropes and examples of their use. This is their main page on cliches within Chase Scenes. VERY thorough!
Action Hero Montage
http://blog.moviefone.com/2010/06/08/watch-an-awesome-compilation-of-action-movie-cliches/
Montage of textbook action hero sequences, organized by type. Fantastic!
Chase Scene Cliches
http://guycodeblog.mtv.com/2012/10/25/car-chase-cliches-video/
We looked up action sequence and chase scene cliches in order to get some ideas for writing out our detective/assassin chase scene through the city. We knew where he started and that he ended up at warehouses then a pier, but needed some help filling in the rest.
08 November 2012
Clarification...
Hey folks, I'm just a little confused as to what stage we are supposed to be at with our project. Is there a class tomorrow? Are we to have scripts prepared? If someone could let me know what was going on that would be great!
Graeme
Graeme
25 October 2012
Patrick - Outline
Hi folks!
I'm liking Graeme's idea of the protagonist's fantasy version of the truth. It covers quite a lot of the recommended ideas from last weeks class like 'empathizing with the character', 'something unexpected happening', 'leaving the audience with an impression' and so on. It also gives us the opportunity to give discreet clues throughout (i think).
So here's a brief outline which mixes things up a bit, really just for for the purpose of the homework/class exercise, I'm not sure these ideas are any good :/
Boy finds father dead. (What can we do to trigger the fantasy? how can he begin to think his father's death was a result of something more dramatic?) Flash forward to young man. He is an FBI/CSI type guy at the peak of his career. Hiis dad was victim of a serial killer who is still on the loose. The serial killer taunts him. We find him very confident and courageous whilst he pursues his nemesis. He finally catches the killer but we then realize he actually works a very mundane office job, the serial killer is actually a bullying work colleague who he stands up to?
I'm liking Graeme's idea of the protagonist's fantasy version of the truth. It covers quite a lot of the recommended ideas from last weeks class like 'empathizing with the character', 'something unexpected happening', 'leaving the audience with an impression' and so on. It also gives us the opportunity to give discreet clues throughout (i think).
So here's a brief outline which mixes things up a bit, really just for for the purpose of the homework/class exercise, I'm not sure these ideas are any good :/
Boy finds father dead. (What can we do to trigger the fantasy? how can he begin to think his father's death was a result of something more dramatic?) Flash forward to young man. He is an FBI/CSI type guy at the peak of his career. Hiis dad was victim of a serial killer who is still on the loose. The serial killer taunts him. We find him very confident and courageous whilst he pursues his nemesis. He finally catches the killer but we then realize he actually works a very mundane office job, the serial killer is actually a bullying work colleague who he stands up to?
Possible twist on the original idea?
Hi everyone,
I'm aware that I'm the "new guy" so I'm not wanting to mess with the ideas that the group already had too much.
I had been thinking the story over all week, though, and an idea came to me which I quite like. If you think it sucks don't worry about hurting my feelings!
Basically, I feel if the story starts, as discussed, with a young boy discovering his father dead, we are then brought forward in time, somehow, to the point where the boy is now a young man, and a detective, tracking his father's killer.
WHAT IF!....the whole "detective story" is revealed to be a fantasy that the the young boy is having. In reality, his Dad died of natural causes, but it's easier for the boy to imagine an assasin than come to terms with the death?
We could still have a large detective story going on, but a lot of the trouble we were having resolving that could be taken away if the boy is just "shocked" out of the fantasy somehow.
I had a go at writing a quick treatment, but it doesn't go into any detail on the exposition of the plot, I need to work on that:
I'm aware that I'm the "new guy" so I'm not wanting to mess with the ideas that the group already had too much.
I had been thinking the story over all week, though, and an idea came to me which I quite like. If you think it sucks don't worry about hurting my feelings!
Basically, I feel if the story starts, as discussed, with a young boy discovering his father dead, we are then brought forward in time, somehow, to the point where the boy is now a young man, and a detective, tracking his father's killer.
WHAT IF!....the whole "detective story" is revealed to be a fantasy that the the young boy is having. In reality, his Dad died of natural causes, but it's easier for the boy to imagine an assasin than come to terms with the death?
We could still have a large detective story going on, but a lot of the trouble we were having resolving that could be taken away if the boy is just "shocked" out of the fantasy somehow.
I had a go at writing a quick treatment, but it doesn't go into any detail on the exposition of the plot, I need to work on that:
Brief Outline
A young boy finds his Father dead, we flash forward to the
boy now a young man and working as a detective tracking his father's killer, a
shadowy assassin. It is revealed that the the whole detective storyline is a
fantasy created by the boy, whose father in reality died of natural causes. The
detective fantasy is the boy's childlike way of trying to comprehend and
understand death.
Brief Character Outline
Boy (as boy) – naïve, idealistic, prone to childish
fantasy
Boy (as young man) - Tough, street smart, bitter, strong (exaggerated strength
as this is a boy's fantasy)
Assassin – One dimensional, pure evil, silent, ninja
like, dressed in black/darkness. (His name is C (cancer) or HD (heart
disease) or NC (natural causes).
Father – Warm, loving, playful
Female Doctor – Authorative, kind, maternal.
Genre – Melodramatic Thriller?!
Like I said, if you guys think it sucks or is cheesy or whatever, that's cool, just wanted to pitch in with an idea.
22 October 2012
Story
Hello everyone...
I am thinking if we edit Alexandra's story like...
starting with a man sitting on the desk, planning with the files ..and picture of a man on the wall whom he's going to kill...
and next day there is a big event and a man he is going to kill is giving speech...he shot him from the crowded people while the man is giving speech...and throwing something(a badge or handkerchief with a pic or name on it) to the floor after he shot that man..then showing that something and fade to black then go back to past....(maybe showing 15 years earlier)
a boy and father walking in the park...after walking a while, they sit on the bench and a man came to talk with father...during that time...a boy notices that something(a badge on man's cloth or handkerchief while that man wiping his face)..
and same like previous story, boy and father went back home..and father got killed....but boy got a killer's badge or handkerchief which's in his dead father's hand...boy...The end..
what do you think?
i think it's short..could be hard for 5mins?
I am thinking if we edit Alexandra's story like...
starting with a man sitting on the desk, planning with the files ..and picture of a man on the wall whom he's going to kill...
and next day there is a big event and a man he is going to kill is giving speech...he shot him from the crowded people while the man is giving speech...and throwing something(a badge or handkerchief with a pic or name on it) to the floor after he shot that man..then showing that something and fade to black then go back to past....(maybe showing 15 years earlier)
a boy and father walking in the park...after walking a while, they sit on the bench and a man came to talk with father...during that time...a boy notices that something(a badge on man's cloth or handkerchief while that man wiping his face)..
and same like previous story, boy and father went back home..and father got killed....but boy got a killer's badge or handkerchief which's in his dead father's hand...boy...The end..
what do you think?
i think it's short..could be hard for 5mins?
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