How To Develop A Movie Idea In 10 Minutes - Van Ditthavong
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- Writer/Director/Photographer Van Ditthavong is the founding partner and executive producer of goPOP FILMS - a creative content studio and production company. He has taught at the New York Film Academy (Los Angeles) and UCLA Extension - where he received the 2015 Outstanding Instructor of the Year honor for the Visual Arts Department. His latest project is his feature directing debut, ALL ROADS TO PEARLA (starring Alex MacNicoll, Addison Timlin, Nick Chinlund, and Dash Mihok) and produced by Red Entertainment and goPOP FILMS.
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The hardest part about writing for me is selecting an idea to focus on. I know that a lot of people like to talk about writer’s block, but I often have the problem of having too many ideas. Regardless of which idea I choose, I’ll probably get a better idea halfway through writing a story, but if I keep abandoning and restarting projects, I’ll never finish anything.
True story
Me too.
I would try copying whatever documents you already have, and then force yourself to fill in the blanks between what you were inspired to write. Just keep putting words down no matter how mediocre or cliche they are, give it a rest for a few days, and come back to give it another edit and see how you feel. I always find it better to crap out something pretty mediocre that I can study and refine through edits and peer feedback, then allow myself to jump to another story that I find more interesting. If your initial ideas were good, what you’ll have after just one rewrite has a pretty low chance of being downright bad.
Same
Good point. All great stories are explorations into the human condition.
If you know what themes you're trying to explore it should help drive you down the right path and have you finishing your script on the best note. But only one of those hypothetical endings were any good because they didn't challenge any of the notions that people struggle with.
Aristotle figured it out millennias ago. Every story needs to have *pity* *fear* then *catharsis*
Make sure the story you're telling is so relatable to people's own lives that you get them so invested in your character fixing their problem they almost feel like it would be the answer to their own life's challenges.
I can always think of a logline, but get stuck as far as writing a plot from start to finish. Watching this a 2nd time will help me :)
Great, practical advice!
That's an awesome straight to the point answer. I really liked it.
Lots of good information. This was good 👍🏼
This was super helpful, I used the first 2 minutes and boom I got the major ideas of my script done! Thanks guys!
Nice! Glad this one gave you a boost JT.
Very good tips. Its hard for me to find good ideas for a film. To start with a character and three words sound much more easy. Thanks!
How did you like this one?
I loved it very much. Surprisingly, I can come up with 2 ideas fir shorts and features in half the time. :-)
I love how this guy is so gently creative
@@probi99 Thank you. :)
You two thinking together was fantastic!
Everything he said made perfect sense to me...
He wasn't direct with his opinion, but everything he says counts 🙏
thankyou I'm not trying to write a screen play but this is very helpful
Cheers!
Right. It's not about idea . It's about the EXECUTION on the idea . Many ideas are alike , but the execution is what makes it great .
Nice Vid
I couldn't resist: in 10 minutes? This video is over 13 minutes! 😉
Just want to make sure all of our bases are covered. :)
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I like second idea. Why negative ending, why not a road movie with them two (or at least one) visiting her daughter. During the ride you can develop both characters, their history, cause robbing and mam/daughter separation seems interesting.
A kind sweet person
Wow
interesting, thanks,. how about "The Art of Waiting."
Great suggestion! Thank you.
Im not sure I agree with the hat-pick for an ending. As a writer, your ending should motivate you so if you must have an ending at the start, let it be one that satisfies your soul.
I think it’s best to start with a great ending, too, but if you love an idea you didn’t find an ending for, the hat trick would force you to come up with something inspired
I love to write and create imaginary people.
Oh my gosh. Karen, if that’s your name? Ive seen it around here. “Joline” oh my gosh. Oh my gosh. I want to see JOLINE. Please watch this vid again if you don’t rmbr it.
People defending thier country threatening to launch a.i. programed to destroy earth if they aren't left in peace. After 200 years.. idk
Largest modern battle combat scenes. Race of fast battleships at the end. They defend the control center while launching. Enemy pursues into space. A.i. core gaining momentum and fighting both teams. Only as plot developes over 3 films.
Stargate style HBO ring of fire dramatic special. Clean dad jokes, dry humor, no foul language of any kind. Story focus.. character development.
Nukes don't work due to the technology that cleans up radiation is so effective amd they harm launching country. Bots cleaning.
Epic music score like battlefield 1 with some synthwave maybe.. over lotr ambiance. Instead of constant story progression there's moments of relaxing and enjoying scenery.. intermission for restroom. Have character walk off screen.
CZcams community would have a hay day with sleep videos.
The ships racing through space launching all missles they have. Desperate fight with each ship falling to pieces amd more showing up.. viewer experiencing the fatigue of the battle.
A.i. growing stronger collecting ship debree from battle.
Characters you like the most don't make.. not because plot but from the situation.
Epic tank land battles. Infantry and helicopters. Super class battleships bombarding landing areas amd while infantry runs forward. Like ww1 rush only it's no not going forward.
Talk to battlefield 4 community for help planning insane scenes.. Arma and squad guys have see some wild stuff..
Close up of battleships, over the top land invasions. Jets that fly to low..scene cut short by a tank flying over a small hedge on a hill firing cannon.. followed by other tanks.
Smoke.. lots of smoke, huge forest fire..
I'm out of ideas.
Late into series maybe extratersials but not scary looking or humans. Like startrek on a humanitarian mission.. like that show and other. You have to put references in to the stuff that inspired it all. G8ve credit to where the credit is due.
Tropes in there but more casually as joke.. like tv on in background of diffrent show. Start the film with that show on to confuse audience. Wholesome.
No united earth but sovereign nations working for the better intrests.. like these days. Complicated politics viewer know happen but not making a 30 minute episode of just talk. Music montage over meeting in places.. treaties promises broken.
Dark space age collapse of earth late story.. integaltic fight against machine a.i.
Serious film.. overall. Show war for what is is. Not ultimate John wick destruction but internal struggle of people who go through it. War attrition.
Reddit histyoy members could write an interesting story. With wholesome crap poster to.
Here’s my idea for a movie that I probably shouldn’t say or else someone reading this comment will steal it but I’m gonna explain it anyway.
It’s about a guy who is lying down on his bed typing a CZcams comment on his phone to explain the premise of the movie he’s in.
Might have already been made...but I'd probably buy tickets for that one. :)
Simpson's did it
homie absolutely abandoned the initial premise but my noggin is working on it
so first of all I think we need to establish how this ends. does she spy for the boss all the way to the bitter end? or does she turn on him and help the workers? if she never turns on him, why? is she just a selfish person, or does she desperately need the money for something? what is that something? what if she needs the money desperately, but still turns on him? do the workers help her achieve her goal somehow? does the boss make her goal impossible before he goes down, just to spite her? how involved does she get with the workers? is she always a spy, but still falls in love with one of them? is achieving her goal still satisfying after sacrificing so much of herself?
Seriously, hear me out on this one..
There needs to be an army romance movie about a girl that goes into the army at 18 and meets 2 guys that she becomes best friends with that are in her unit (and they always have the same missions together) and over the next 3 years she falls in love with one of her two best friends and he of course loves her back but they don't tell each other or anyone else. Then on a mission in Afghanistan or Iraq the girl that is now 21 gets separated from the group and captured and gets beaten up a little bit by the bad guys and then obviously gets saved while she's unconscious. When she wakes up she's in the hospital back on the army base and her two boy best friends are there and they talk, then 2 days later once she gets out of the hospital, her and her boy best friend that she likes see each other while she's on her way to talk to the general (about literally anything) and then they kiss.
Like honestly, doesn't that seem like a good movie?!
You should write it yourself!!
@@teddysmith2002 really, you think?
Hell no
Fuck no
I have a hard hitting comedy idea. The entire comedy takes place in Cell Block D full of hard pipe hitting thugs and it is a musical based
around the other musical THE SOUND OF MUSIC but it is a thug version. Pure comedy gold
A broadway musical based on Paddington 2
I just had the scariest dream of my life it’d scare you.
I honestly let weed decided what I’m writing today 🤔