The whole 'genre' thing has provided templates or molds for people to juggle and just insert character names, plot incidents and place holders for special effects, chase sequences, explosions or gags.
We attend courses by renowned gurus on the subjects of structure, genre, writing scripts that Hollywood will make you rich and successful for, and the whole time are told that creativity can't be taught but successful filmmaking is a learnable craft.
All of this seems to take us further and further away from what we loved about films in the first place, the story.
What had inspired me most is that tingle of excitement and catharsis I feel at the end of a good story, whether it be on screen or on the page.
Wanting to tell stories we will enjoy watching should be the only reason to write and for that matter direct a movie, in my honest opinion.
We strive for success, and ambition can be a healthy thing, but how should we feel if our work is compromised or driven by the budget or the marketplace?
If you are happy just to be a part of the 'industry', step away from this blog NOW!
Ok if you are still there, lets talk some more.
I love movies, not all of them but will give almost all a viewing that cross my path. I even recently tried to watch the Da Vinci Code, and lasted 27 minutes before needing to kick something.
Now just to get this straight, if anyone can raise the necessary resources to get a film made and exhibited regardless of quality then so be it. I have no desire to bitch and moan about the wastefulness and insanity of big budgets overriding good story- telling. I mean if you have big names, big locations and high concepts, why worry about engaging your audience right?
No here i would like to vamp on what makes a film so compelling and inspiring that we don't even know or care about the budget, the structural analysis or the genre.
In the next few blogs i am gonna let loose on my pet subject, the collective unconscious and why we need well told stories to keep us sane.
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