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Lesson 5
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My Vision – To create commercial studio size films that move people. To create characters that can live forever and bring moving memories to those that have watched one of my films.
What I learned from doing this assignment – On to Act 2…
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MY VISION – To write cutting edge, unique, human, soul-inspiring, Oscar-winning scripts that have commercial success and that producers line up to buy and make into multi-million dollar movies. With me in important leading roles. Which makes me a Force in the Hollywood Entertainment industry – as a writer, actor, producer, and director.
WHAT I LEARNED FROM DOING THIS ASSIGNMENT IS… I finished Act 2! I have a love-hate relationship with high speed writing. I feel it takes away some of my joy in writing and expressing exactly what I want. Plus I don’t alway utilize all my Intrigues and character traits when I write fast, settling for some kind of stereotypical response from characters. Other times it feels freeing to write fast. So I think I am settling into a happy medium for myself – to write without stalling or pausing too much, to not stop to ‘look things up’, but to take my time when I need to, and even re-write some sections when I think they are totally off or if I feel I’m not voicing the character’s true traits and character. BUT I do not hammer it for perfection. That’s where I am with high speed writing right now. I am obviously moving forward at a pretty good clip, seeing I have already written the first two acts and about half of the screenplay in about a week!
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Cameron Martin’s Finished Act 1
Vision: Write a story that connects with audiences on a spiritual level, while prioritizing quality time with family.
What I learned doing this assignment is…So, this this going to be a bit of copy and paste in the forums, since I’m writing this after finishing Act 1. I can’t remember the last time I wrote like this. Might’ve been high school or early college. Regardless, it was fun to rediscover my confidence in writing fast and getting a lot of content down. Separate from that, I also discovered, in spite of the amount of crap I put on paper, there’s a lot of ideas I got to explore that my outline didn’t initially convey, and I have a more cohesive story to follow from page to page, all in less than a week’s time. I just kept reminding myself that quality is for another draft. This is about getting words down so that they can be rewritten. So, forget spelling, good scene descriptions, or proper pacing…for now. All that comes in the next draft. Godspeed.
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Vision: Professional. Produced. Prolific. Popular
It is a life lesson for me to discipline myself to do the assignment – not veer off into things that amuse me alone.
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