Wednesday, January 20, 2010

While you were at ICA :)

Why we watch movies:
Overcoming obstacles
Rituals Community
Narratve Questions? Puzzle
Narrative Closure - relief
Sharing emotions
Faith and Belief
Mastery - Voyeurism
Comedy
Learning
Escape
Excitement
Omniscient POV
Punishment / Justice
Fulfill fantasy
Musical / Beat support
Watching things Blow up
Chase / Violence
Role models
Empathy
Unexpected Expectations

Therefore as movie makers we have to satisfy certain qualities on this list :)

WHAT WE MUST DO :)
Clarity
Suprising
High Stakes
Goal Driven
Emotional
Action gets to point
Appealing characters
Show how it feels.

As Miyazaki would say " Stay true to what you want to say. What do you want to say? "

BIG NO-NOS :( "reasons of epic failure"
Confuse
predictable
off tangent
unfocused
unappealing
Holes in causality
Abstract motivations


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