I’m still mentally plotting my second screenplay (I have to know exactly how it will end before I begin writing), but I’m thinking it will be called THE SHADOW PRINCE. Doesn’t that sound exciting? Of course it does. I’m not quite ready to say what it’s about; that will have to wait until I’m completely done plotting. But daydreaming of the plot has been very fun.
Anyway, the more I think about films, the more I daydream about really being the one in creative control. I guess that’s everyone’s dream, though, huh? Earlier today I was browsing Amazon for some professional but cheap camcorders in $1000 to $3000 range. You see, part of me is saying “Yes! Buy a camera and make some shorts! Maybe even film a simple feature! Why wait until you have $100,000 to invest in production? Just buy a decent enough camera and start now! Experiment!” And it’s very tempting. But then the other part of me says “A couple thousand dollars?! Are you crazy? You need to be saving your money! And it’s not like you’d be able to make anything that you could sell to help you regain your loss! Even with a nice camera, what are you going to film, the family dog?! You’ll have no sets, no lighting, no actors, no big group of friends that will do as you say for no payment… you’re really gonna have to wait until you have more $$$$… a LOT more…” and then the other side says “But it would be so much fun!” and the other side “But at what cost?” So the internal battle rages on.
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S P Hannifin · January 19, 2010 at 6:58 AM
By the way, in my web travels I read somewhere that not only are spec scripts almost impossible to sell (duh), but that sci-fi and fantasy are one of the worst the genres to write a spec script in. So I’m really really doomed, I guess. Then again, it’s all about the story, isn’t it?
LanthonyS · January 19, 2010 at 9:21 PM
What are you saving your money for? The anti-fulfillment of your dreams?
S P Hannifin · January 19, 2010 at 9:37 PM
you are tempting me… 🙂