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So the group meetings were a success!! We all benefited a lot from them. Everyone had really great ideas which made brainstorming so much better. Also, shoutout to you Stoklosa, for enjoying my blog. It was nice to hear :))))))
It took a while for people to figure out my long URL (woopsie) but I don't think I'll change it. Or actually I don't know, maybe it's a good idea. I could make so many people's lives easier.
Anyways.
I told them about my ideas (the ones that I had on my previous post) and they all liked the one about the artist the most. To them it was the most intriguing and had the most potential for an opening filled with thriller.
The problem is: this made me even more indecisive. Between yesterday and today, I had started visualizing the intro for 'Barely Legal'. I had even thought about the actors and started looking for the owner of the song I wanted to use.
Here's the thing: I really like the artist idea. But I feel like it's too complicated. I don't know how I could introduce the fact that he blacks out. Here's what I took notes on from the meeting. Raw and unedited. Somewhat questionable.
- wakes up and had paint in his hands
- him waking up
- voiceover
- drug controls his mind
- spinning after taking it, then blacks out then wakes up
- welcome to this new technology
Let me explain.
At first, I explained how I was picturing a very messy art studio. Almost kind of like a darker version of the opening credits from "Barbie as Rapunzel". The one movie opening I would never fast forward through as a 6 year old. It was magical. (This is the only link I could find but it's about the first minute or so).
AAaaanywaYS, the point is, it would kind of be like a montage of an art studio, showing tubes of paint and brushes, etc. They also had the idea that the blacking out is not a condition, but it's more like a drug that he takes??? Which explains the "welcome to this new technology"—someone from my group said there's a weird drug that people take and 90% of them hear a voice saying "welcome to this new technology".
Okay the drug is called DMT. Irrelevant fact of the day, I guess.
They also said that explaining the blacking out thing was too hard, so I could start the intro with him after the blackout. But I feel like by doing this, there wouldn't be too much to it. It would have no appeal or no hook. No intriguing factors.
Another idea was that I could have a voiceover explaining what it is that he does and what his condition is. But, in reference to my post on "How to begin a movie", explicitly explaining the entire plot: big nono.
In conclusion:
- I still don't know what I'm doing
- It's either 'Barely Legal' of the one about the artist
- I am stuck
- I promise I'll have a decision made by the next time I post
(hopefully)
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