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    critique High-Octane Thrill-Ride, but grounded in reality. Feedback welcome.

    You make a good point and I want to heed this advice. Sorry if my information dump is kind of disjointed and out-of-order. I'm basically dumping 8 years of daydreams and ideas into a forum out of order (so I really need to lay this stuff out properly). Nearly every idea for this series came from...
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    critique High-Octane Thrill-Ride, but grounded in reality. Feedback welcome.

    Lets see. Season 1, in a way, is the prequel to season 2. Its the backstory to the actual stuff I care about. Because I dont have a budget, friends, or anyone to help me out for the time being, I was planning on shooting parts of Season 1 episodes by myself and/or with the help of one other...
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    critique High-Octane Thrill-Ride, but grounded in reality. Feedback welcome.

    Hello, I totally agree that humor should be incorporated. I have a few ideas but most dont come into play until season 2. I’m a little reluctant to bring it up now, so don’t tell my friends about it (not that you would). But season 2 is basically the real story I want to tell, and what has...
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    critique High-Octane Thrill-Ride, but grounded in reality. Feedback welcome.

    Yes. I guess he doesnt have to start out as a petty thief; but I want Fred to want the car even though he shouldnt have it. You guys are making me rethink a lot of things here. Hopefully I can come up with a good beginning; but I want it to mesh well with Season 2 (which is the good part).
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    critique High-Octane Thrill-Ride, but grounded in reality. Feedback welcome.

    Thanks. Now, I’m still thinking about alternative ways to get the ball rolling, but I just remembered how I want the series to end in the finale (after the second or third season). It ends with Columbia getting wrecked (while Fred is doing something heroic). Fred survives but the car goes to a...
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    critique High-Octane Thrill-Ride, but grounded in reality. Feedback welcome.

    Thank you so much. I entertained the idea of there being a second Cash4Clunkers, but decided that would be unnecessary. We’re a whole decade away from that first one, so its not that relevant anymore. Ive owned my car since 2012, so the Cash4Clunker idea was way more fresh when I was initially...
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    critique High-Octane Thrill-Ride, but grounded in reality. Feedback welcome.

    I will think about this. I agree the way my series starts seems a little wobbly. Its more about the bad decisions catching up with him and getting worse than it is a direct conflict between Fred and law enforcement. In season: 2, the relationship between Fred and law enforcement becomes much...
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    critique High-Octane Thrill-Ride, but grounded in reality. Feedback welcome.

    Wow, thanks for the reply. Ok, the junkyard not being able to sell a car system is going to be something I'm going to need to address. I did not actually know how it worked; I was somewhat still running off of the Cash4Clunkers rules which were that no cars or car parts were ever supposed to...
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    critique High-Octane Thrill-Ride, but grounded in reality. Feedback welcome.

    Hello, Here is my response with more time and more clear thought (I typed the other response on my phone on my way to and from a bathroom at work). While I know some people like seeing over-the-top movies like the Meg, or any superhero movie, I don't want to throw science and physiscs out the...
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    critique High-Octane Thrill-Ride, but grounded in reality. Feedback welcome.

    Hello, Now that I have a bit more time, I can answer in complete sentences. I was just surprised that after not getting any feedback for so long, all of a sudden I had 3-4 people say something and I got really excited. For starters, the car he steals is not valuable but he thinks it is. Fred has...
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    critique High-Octane Thrill-Ride, but grounded in reality. Feedback welcome.

    Thank you for your reply, ill go in mor depth later, but this series is inspired by things like Smokey and the Bandit, Bullitt, Gone in 60 Seconds, and Dukes of Hazard. Fast and Furious largely anoys me, so not going there. But I am filming to appeal to the people I know (my car forum guys...
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    critique High-Octane Thrill-Ride, but grounded in reality. Feedback welcome.

    Thankyou for your feedback, ill reply later. I just used my whole lunchbreak replying to three people kind enough to read my thing. And I want to thank you all and to hear me out when I address some of these issues. Some of them could be tweaked a little and others could be explained better with...
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    critique High-Octane Thrill-Ride, but grounded in reality. Feedback welcome.

    Thank you so much for your response, I will reply after work and go into detail on this. I will say that I did have a more realistic concept in mind, but it was boring and had almost no emotional connection; i may share some of it later. I ultimately decided that a little embellishment and drama...
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    critique High-Octane Thrill-Ride, but grounded in reality. Feedback welcome.

    I want to say thank you so much for reading my synopsis and giving me thorough feedback. I will reply today after work to go into some of the things in more detail. Perhaps one issue this story has is that the original concept was that Fred steals the car from the Cash4Clunker program; which...
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    I want to work with other people

    Hey, I haven’t met any other filmmakers yet, due to certain circumstances, but I have joined a handful of Facebook groups and made a few friends. I can’t wait to help other people on their projects, but I cant really do that right now. I tried working on my project but I keep hitting roadblocks...
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    New here and hoping to expand my creative abilities

    Hey, I'm also a mid-twenties guy who hopes to learn a lot about filmmaking. I'm hoping to get the ball rolling and to actually start filming some of the dreams I've been sitting on for a few years. I'm totally new at this, but super excited.
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    I want to work with other people

    I’ll try that and see what happens. Thanks :)
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    I want to work with other people

    Hello again. You make very good points and I have considered that. I joined a couple Facebook groups and have read articles/watched videos about becoming a production assistant. I didnt mind the idea of being a PA a few months ago, but I now have a full-time job and a part-time job (with...
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    I want to work with other people

    Thanks for the quick reply. I have a few practice videos that Ill probably never finish. I have learned from some of my mistakes, and Ill probably keep making little practice videos, but I’d really like to work with someone else who could teach me a lot about filmmaking. I feel like I would get...
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    I want to work with other people

    Hello, I’ve posted a few things before, but I’d like to make a serious effort to reach out to other budding filmmakers who are struggling to get off the ground and to make something happen. I do have movie plans of my own (such as they are), but I am willing to put my projects on hold in order...
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