[David Hinders]

David’s Transformational Journey

I learned in this lesson, not only that characters are always changing, giving them a reason for the audience to engage and follow their different journeys, but also remembering the elation and new found self-esteem when my final film was shown before faculty, students, and guests with great applause, and remembering the hard work and dedication I put into making a kick-ass short film where even the actors present were able to receive the appreciation from the audience.

2. Reg is an adolescent elven boy that has awoken as a captive onboard a ship after being accused of bringing death and strife to his nomadic clan. Escaping into a new, strange world, Reg must not only try to correct things with his clan, but figure out how to remove this new shape-shifting curse he has been stricken with.

– The internal journey for Reg is finding his internal voice, and creating his own sense of right and wrong versus what has been preached over and over by the elders.

– The external journey is find a way to remove his curse, and discover new ways to blend in with the word around as he tries to rectify what has happened to his clan.

Old Ways – Children are only to be seen, not heard.

– The bigotries of the clan are to be accepted and followed by all, no questioning.

– The chieftain and council have final word.

New Ways – Reg starts to question the views and teachings of his clan.

– To not be heard is to not learn, so speak up to learn new things.

– Reg decides his own future, not based upon the whims of a relic chieftain that will not evolve.

[David Hinders]

David Hinders

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[David Hinders]

Hi everyone, I’m David.

While I have written 0 feature length films, I am currently working as both producer and screenwriter for a film based upon a true story. Because I am still researching and interviewing, I am not ready to start writing the screenplay, since it is still being discussed whether it is a single film, or possibly episodic. However, everything I learn from this class will be used toward that screenplay once I am ready.

In the meantime, I do have another story that I have been itching to get out over the past 10 years, and I find this to be the perfect place to do just that.

While my passion for filmmaking has always been editing and post production, I have had a drive to bring new fantasy and supernatural tales to the screen, and considering how bad things have become, some escapism is good every now and then.