Hi. I'm Bob and honestly, I don't work in the film industry at all. I hope I am not inappropriately inviting myself to the party. I had an idea for a movie (who hasn't?) years ago and have written a mix of dialogue and summary across 35 pages. I'm at a cross roads on how to take from 35 pages of some dude's movie idea to a worthwhile screenplay. Here's what I see as my options. Can you share some advice on where you think I should take it (assuming the movie idea is any good)? My options: 1. Hire a screenwriter to write/co-write the screenplay (I would try to raise funds via KickStarter for this). 2. Study/research/learn the art of screenwriting and writing in general and write the thing myself. 3. Learn the art of novel writing, write the idea into a novel and forget the screenplay idea. 4. Give up and watch more movies instead of trying to write them. My goal here is just to get to a final screenplay, then I'd figure things out after that. By the way, I'm guessing the the movie I want to write would have to have a very large budget because the two main characters during an important part of the movie are trapped in the middle of the Chicago fire of 1871, trying to escape. Cheers!
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If you are passionate about the movie idea go with option#2. After you have a rough draft you can get a professional to look at it and give you notes, make changes, etc...anyone can learn formatting. If you are passionate about telling a great story and really fleshing out your ideas - go with option #3. If you are not that passionate about the whole thing - go with option #4. :-)
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Hello Mr. Irish - You said you would raise the money for your movie on Kickstarter, therefore, if you have the experience doing that, and you want to be a hit in the movie bizz and everyone at Stage 32, help others raise the funds for there projects. - Thank you, - Robert Evan Howard - www.aclepd.com / Works best in FireFox - aclepd@aclepd.com - 1-801-856-3200 / U.S.A.
Option 2.
A few weeks ago, I posted a job opening for a co-writer for a movie I'm producing. I had a tremendous response. This could be because this movie is actually going to be made... I've worked hard to put myself in the position to make the movie (full time for the past 4 years). Raman, learn, raman, work on film... With that being said, everyone has an idea for a movie. Most are actually good stories. Few have the ability to be made into a film. ME, I'm going to make my story into film because I've chosen to be a film maker. I work with film more that I do anything else. That makes me a film maker. If you spend more time being an attorney, you're an attorney. I think you should really look into time management... And Alle's wrong, you can learn talent. If she thinks otherwise she should post the nursery rhyme she wrote in the third grade... It does however take time to build skills. I'm sure that Alle has spent over a decade building her skills... as well as the rest of us (USC Creative writing '94). So, I suggest #2. Put in the time and keep the faith! Good luck!!
... and be willing to take on a partner when the time is right... or pay money. lol, this second post is after my morning coffee... ;)