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Ideas required  [message #39944] Thu, 14 December 2006 15:53 Go to previous message
Deeej is currently offline  Deeej

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Hi all,

I've posted in the past about my interest in short film-making. I'm temporarily postponing one production ("Far Above the Clouds") in favour of another, in the hope that I will be able to raise £10,000+ to shoot it on film and with a proper crew next summer when I finish university.

In the meantime I'm looking around for simpler ideas, so as to come up with a project that can be made easily and cheaply (but nevertheless well). The emphasis is sound rather than picture (like a radio play, but more immersive); I am, for instance, considering using real locations, but shooting 35mm stills, and producing a soundtrack afterwards in post-production.

I am toying with the idea of a gay story; I have never written one in the past (I did write a full-length treatment that might qualify as one about a year ago, but it's not really a "gay" story), as most of my characters have been based on life, and I don't know many gay people (aside from myself, and I'm very peculiar). It can't be a teen story because it's not easy to find younger actors (except university students, 18+). And it needs to have a fairly ordinary setting (any of rural/urban Somerset/Surrey/London institutional/domestic/city, but definitely UK -- unless I can mock up sets for a different location easily).

Anyway, if there's anyone here who'd be interested in allowing me to bounce some ideas off them, or contributing, or has a suggestion for a story that I should read or look into because they think it might work well on film or as a radio play, please let me know. Thanks!

I ought to add that I can and do write stuff on my own, but sometimes it helps me to discuss things with other people, especially if there's a detail missing from a plot and I can't quite work out what it is.

David

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