Ok I can;t seem tot hink of a movie to make... its so hard i have all these sweet ideas but i cannot do them right now.. Im not in the right location... i dont have the right actors... this is basicly what i have:

a camera

Mac g5 with final cut express

various locations in a small northern canadian town. (School, stores, restraunts...)

Actors- mostly kid actors.. ages 14-18

springtime setting. unlimited time to film...

i was tihnking maybe an idea about 4 real good highschool friends who are about to grad and tihnking about what theryre gonna do with their lives but something terrible happens to one of them that will change the rest forever...? i dunno its an alright kinda idea but it needs to be supported.... that's where you guys come in.... CAN YOU PLEASE HELP ME?!

Action, horror, comedy... what genre?

One thing that's helped me write stories in my creative writing class is to create a character first. You could come up with all this funky stuff about a character. Maybe he or she has a wierd physical trait or something different about their personality that you don't see too often. Once you know your character a little better you can put him or her in random situations that could turn out to be a good story. Also, try describing a setting. Use something local or familiar but add things to it. Sometimes ideas will just come out from these little exercises. Just remember to add some kind of conflict. Good luck. It's given me some ideas lately.

Hey thanks for the ideas! I've been thinking lots about what you said and have came up with some decent ideas. i usually focus on action or comedy and dramatic genres. deifnitly no horror's.

Do lots of drugs.

do lots and lots of drugs spend your budget on drugs then watch some porn then climb a tree and howl at people when they walk by finally eat food sleep and after all thats over die

have four friends one of them a star athlete then have one be a lady's man another a stoner and a regular guy the narrator then have them one night at a party and the stoner and the jock get into the car and the pull out and get hit by an oncoming truck the football player loses his football scholarship to that ivy league school because of an unrepairable spine injury and the stoner dies then end it with them all around 40 seeing each other at least three of the four. thats about it like my run on sentence.

hey just to update, I've tried that creating a character idea and it has been working really good! I actually have a deadly ass Idea thoight out that I'm already writing! should be good ill let you know more about it. visit the site for more information about this one and other projects> www.poplarparkfilms.tk

I wouldn't say no horror. It can be a really good genre to practice different camera moves, lighting, and pacing. And if you can make a horror film that actually scares people, it's quite satisfying. It's a lot harder than it sounds.

yeah i know.. that's what im affraid of! making a horror movie that's just lame.. like I've seen so many rotten scary movies that just don't work.. and yeah its alla bout lighint and sound but im not sure if im ready to tackel a full on horror movie yet.

you're horrifying. for god's sake what are you doing in that corpse!

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you're horrifying. for god's sake what are you doing in that corpse!

ha?

look into yourself, you already ARE a movie!

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affraid of! making a horror movie that's just lamee

Beleive me it's very easy to get that right...

hahaha

Like Kyle said, you are a movie and life is a movie. Wrap your mind around storytelling, keep a notebook on hand, and write down anything and everything that sparks even an once of curiosity or interest.

You know those books with writing prompts that barely help and frustrate you even more during times of the inevitable 'block'? Well a notebook of your ideas is like one of those but full of prompts that are within your range of thinking, within your interest.