27/10/2017
How can we find ideas for films and stories? Probably you’ve already read some books about scriptwriting. And you’ve found out, that the topic of finding ideas is generally not treated very well. One or two pages at best and the recommendations are most of the time the same.
This book is about how to find ideas. Mainly for films, but it also can be used for storytelling in general and other creative work. It is about learning how to train this muscle, which we call imagination, on a daily basis, as Jean-Claude Carriére once put it. Moreover, this book is a practical guide with a lot of exercises and films I would like you to watch. Take your time, do the exercises, watch as many of the films mentioned as possible. The latter will broaden your horizon and show you, that there are as many possibilities to tell a story than stars in the sky. The goal is to give your ideas a chance to live and to survive beyond all the templates, rules and formulas used in all the “traditional“ books about scriptwriting.
How can we find ideas for films and stories? Probably you’ve already read some books about scriptwriting. And you’ve found out, that the topic of finding ideas is generally not treated very well. One or two pages at best and the recommendations are most of the time the same. Further...
