So, we've really dug into fall semester. We still only have one class, Feature Writing, but it's a great class. Our professor, Julianna, is really great and really amazing.
I'm working on writing a dystopian story, an idea I came up with randomly when walking around London in March. I really like it. I'm working on the philosophical ideas I want to express right now, which is really different than usual, because usually I'm focusing on story first, but now, since dystopian stories always express some sort of philosophy on society and people, I'm working on that first. Well, I guess I technically had my story and plot down first, but anyway, right now I'm focusing on the philosophy of my world.
I love making up worlds. I know it makes things more challenging and difficult, but it's great, because I control everything. I can make things work for my characters or totally ruin my characters, because I own the world.
And if I want magic to happen, or something completely insane to happen, it can and it will, because it's not modern life. It's just a cool feeling. It's like ultimate control. So, anyway, I'm working on outlining and coming up with all my ideas for that right now.
We also did a crazy brainstorming game that gave me the most ridiculous story ideas ever. The five other writers and I each wrote 5 actors, 5 main genres, 5 sub-genres, 5 occupations, and 5 locations on index cards and picked them out of a bowl. Then, we flipped the cards over at random and we got the basis for our movie, which we had to make ideas from.
I think my favorite was Marky Mark in a comedy chick-flick that takes place inside the human body, and he's a mortician. It's definitely the craziest pitch I've ever had to come up with. It's really fun, and a great way to brainstorm if you're fresh out of ideas.
So yesterday, Reb sent out the D1 script pool to all the first years. I think I had a minor panic attack. My heart dropped to my feet. Seriously. It made me so nervous. They haven't been assigned their writers yet, but they read all the scripts. Oh boy.
Soon, 5 movies from my script are going to be made. This is the craziest feeling ever.
