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I'm a first-time filmmaker embarking on my first short film. I come from a digital art / technical background, so I think achieving a high quality image will not be the main challenge to me, as I have a strong background in photography and overall visual composition rules (rule of thirds, tenebrism, etc.) and I've found film shares a ton of the same rules. However....
My Challenge:
The part of this that is challenging me the most is to invent a premise, a context for a script. My heart is in sci-fi, and I'd really like to create a sci-fi script that really speaks to me, I'm just running into cliches everywhere I go. I fell in love with the look & feeling of Blade Runner, the pacing of Christopher Nolan's batman series, and the visual style & film score choices of Joseph Kosinski.
My Question
Should I collaborate to break past this barrier, and find someone who's strengths lay in the core of screen writing? Or should I suck it up and keep wracking my brain for ideas? I feel like at some point I just need to shutup and start shooting, but I'd prefer not to spend my time shooting something I wasn't completely satisfied with..
This short is ultimately going to be part of my application to film school as well, but that's an after thought at the moment.
Thoughts?
I'm a first-time filmmaker embarking on my first short film. I come from a digital art / technical background, so I think achieving a high quality image will not be the main challenge to me, as I have a strong background in photography and overall visual composition rules (rule of thirds, tenebrism, etc.) and I've found film shares a ton of the same rules. However....
My Challenge:
The part of this that is challenging me the most is to invent a premise, a context for a script. My heart is in sci-fi, and I'd really like to create a sci-fi script that really speaks to me, I'm just running into cliches everywhere I go. I fell in love with the look & feeling of Blade Runner, the pacing of Christopher Nolan's batman series, and the visual style & film score choices of Joseph Kosinski.
My Question
Should I collaborate to break past this barrier, and find someone who's strengths lay in the core of screen writing? Or should I suck it up and keep wracking my brain for ideas? I feel like at some point I just need to shutup and start shooting, but I'd prefer not to spend my time shooting something I wasn't completely satisfied with..
This short is ultimately going to be part of my application to film school as well, but that's an after thought at the moment.
Thoughts?