Start Travelling There

I can't get the blogging-novel idea out of my head, but I did quickly abandon the down/out poker player character. He wasn't working, never really did, and I certainly don't want to start walking down that path with a forced, unemployed character.

Another old character, storyline, that i've been toying with for awhile popped into mind and would probably work pretty well. the concept is titled "Reflections" (though that probably wouldn't be the final title), and is subtitled "A Fairy Tale for Grown-ups." Mostly it centers around the concept of a character who's mirror (and any other reflective surface nearby) doesn't reflect his own view--rather it reflects the view from someone else on the other side of the country. I think it could make for a fascinating movie--if i were doing it, i would actually film two movies, blue-out all the mirrors, glass, and reflective surfaces, and superimpose the second movie over the bluescreened reflective surfaces. Subtley, not so in-your-face like. Then, later, you could release the second movie (either to DVD or if you're lucky back in the theatres) with the first movie in the reflections. the trick would be to somehow make the two movies cross over in subtle ways that they would enhance each other in small bits and pieces but enough that it's worth doing.

Somehow the movie would be a lot more complex than the book.

I think that there's a lot of storytelling techniques out there still to be explored and discovered for television and movies. Some of them are simple, and some are a little bit crazy. I have one idea in my head (that i'm not ready to share yet) for two movies that I think would be completely unhearlded. Unfortunately, I lack the skill set capacity to accomplish the task at this time. If i get off my @$$, maybe i'll be able to change that but it'll be very difficult.

I think people look at movies (or tv) and books as two seperate venues that can't coexist. You either write a book, and someone adapts it into a (half-empty) movie, or someone takes a movie and turns it into a (usually) boring version of the movie. We need writers to start looking at both, together. Why not write them simultaneously? Use them to complement each other, to support each other. Add extra scenes to the novel that will add depth to the movie, and vice versa! Or make the novel from one character's point of view, and the movie from someone elses. There's so much unexplored territory out there! We should start travelling there.