The 600-Second Film Challenge
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@mistersisu
Feb 2014 / Jaana Hein / Head of Production
The 600-Second Film Challenge
Meet Jaana, Jazz
& sisu
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Your Own Idea Bank
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News
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Drama Romance Comedy
Sports Action Topical Issues
➔ Look what’s happening around you
The basic question in idea creation. Take your idea and twist it. Think ‘what if?’ about everything you encounter.
What if?
Central Conflict
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Identify a problem, then figure out different ways it will affect your characters (physically & emotionally).
Physical Emotional
Science Combine what you find with
Discovery Channel.
News websites.
Trade magazines.
‘What if?’
Issues
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Classic sci-fi stories discuss social, moral or political issues in the safety of fantasy.
Image source: http://www.behance.net/Gallery/Films-Posters/470711
History
History is full of inspiration! Heroes. Wars. Villains. Strange events. Death.
Image sources:http://www.impawards.com/2008/frost_nixon_ver3_xlg.htmlhttp://www.wallpaperfo.com/
Fears
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What scares you and other people? Think of both physical and emotional fears.
True Stories1
Events you have seen, heard, read about, witnessed or experienced.
Arena
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The world where a story takes place. The possibilities are endless.
High school sports Hospitals
Boot camp
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Ask: What is the worst or best
thing that could happen to someone?
Cousins
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Take an existing story and change one central element.
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Let your ideas build on each other.
One idea will trigger another. Other Ideas
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Take an idea and do the exact opposite.
Flip an idea
Other Films
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Watch a film
Try to predict the outcome
Guess a good plot twist in an upcoming scene.
Updated Classics
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Fairy tales. Shakespeare. Greek plays. Novels. Disney films. Classic films.
Image source: http://magicblood.tumblr.com/tagged/poster
THE CHALLENGE
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➔ Pick your own genre
➔ Pick a location that you have access to
➔ Prop: skipping rope
➔ Inspiration: newspaper
Literature
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