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Post 2- 2/28/18, Dilemma

I am having a dilemma. I was watching one of my favorite films, "Home Again" starring Reese Witherspoon, and took inspiration from one scene of the movie. In the film, there is a scene where three filmmakers are meeting with a potential producer of their film, and the producer tells the men what sort of movie he's interested in making: A female-centric comedy (been done), a REALLY GOOD MOVIE (duh [spoiler: that's the one the boys want to make]), or a "found footage love story". Here's the transcript of the scene: JUSTIN: Here's something else that might work for you guys. What about a found footage love story, you know? I mean, like, no one's ever done that before. GEORGE: You mean, like somebody found footage of Sam and Jane's love story? I mean, why would they have been... Filming themselves. JUSTIN: Filming, yeah, exactly. I have no idea, you know. Just a thought. Just a thought. Here's something else that might w

Post 1, 2/25/18- First ideas

Ever since finding out about the foundation portfolio, I have been more excited than nervous. I've had a singular idea buzzing around my head for my film opening, and I couldn’t be more excited to execute it. Genre wise, the idea I have fits under the Suspense/Thriller/Action. The movie I want to create has very similar genre blending and storytelling techniques to Baby Driver (2017). This  article  accurately depicts the styles and choices of Edgar Wright, and in turn how I will take inspiration from them. The idea itself centers around a couple of juvenile delinquents, who have been arrested for various crimes, and how they all meet once a week at a court mandated support group- of sorts. When initially coming up with the idea, the support group was going to be a book club. The book club's purpose was to enrich the delinquent's lives with literature and provide a distraction from crime for them. The books they were to read each week would parallel the cases/lives of e