Chapter 4
The Elusive Idea: Film Ideas
In This Chapter
• Pulling ideas from your own life
• Expressing your point of view
• Why do you want to make this film?
• Seeing is believing: why films are visual
• Your responsibilities when basing stories on real people or events
Being a filmmaker starts the moment you have an idea that can become a film—and you do something about it. Having the idea is not enough. A filmmaker is someone who has the commitment and ambition to see that idea emerge into a series of moving images that other people will watch.
Finding an idea that has visual story potential is as close as what you can see, touch, and hear. We’ve been conditioned to see the world and our lives in a particular way. The key, as always, is to look ...
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