Inspiration has just struck me. Okay this is probably going to sound really lame, but it's something that I really really want to do. Obviously, the imaginary friend movie is first (a new source of inspiration has struck me for that, but I have to talk to nate first to make sure its cool) But anyway, I want my first full script to be a high school teen epic, it will be the teen movie to end all teen movies, okay maybe not but I'll try. The main conceit will be about a relationship (obviously) that rises and falls, that's all I got. And it will be a combination of say anything, chasing amy, and all the real girls, three of the greatest romance/couple movies ever made. But what's really getting me going is the totally unoriginal plan I have for the music and soundtrack. If anybody has seen american graffiti, and they should its basically dazed and confused but instead of drugs its about cars. The soundtrack though is incredible, even though I really don't dig any of that late 50's early 60's rock and roll music, but it's wall to wall pop songs, no score, just songs. I heard Lucas even wrote the script to certain songs and with certain songs in mind. So with this teen epic, the one i would like to write, I'm going to completely ape off of that concept, and forsake a score in favor of wall to wall emo type music. Now this will either be the most embarassing thing ever made, or slightly better than that. But my thinking is people who hate emo type music will at least accept the fact that this is part of the culture of the movie, kind of like the rock and roll of graffiti. So there we go, that's all i got, music and a main plot but that should be enough to get me going. I've always wanted to make a teen movie, I feel like they're such fertile ground for a really emotional story but they always get bogged down by mtv shit and demographics, they always feel the need to be hip and now. I don't want none of that shit, and who knows if it can be pulled of, but the idea would be to go for the big T-word, timeless. Kind of like American Graffiti, weird that the lucas movie that inspired me in this way isn't star wars, what does that mean? Diddly shit, star wars will always rock my socks. And the movie will have soo many references....
Hey man, I'm sorry if I scared ya!
You're gonna hafta do one hell of a lot more than that to scare me!
Hey I've been lookin' all over for ya man. Didn't nobody tell ya I was lookin' for ya?
Man, I can't keep track of all you punks runnin' 'round here backwards.
Hey you're s'posed to be the fastest thing in the Valley man, but that can't be your car. It must be your mama's car! I'm sorta' embarrassed to be this close to ya!
Yeah, well I'm not surprised, drivin' a field car!
Field car? What's a field car?
:A field car runs through the fields, droppin' cow shit all over the place to make the lettuce grow.
Ha ha! That's pretty good! Say, I like the color of your car there. What's that s'posed to be? Sort of a cross between piss yella' and puke green ain't it?
Well, you call that a paint job, but it's pretty ugly. I bet you got to sneak up on the pumps just to get a little air in your tires!
Well at least I don't have to pull over to the side just to let a funeral go by man.
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just don't forget to include emo hip-hop music as well. independent hip-hop music always seems to get the short end of the stick when it comes to the emo movement/culture. recognize beotchs!
It will be done.
What is this idea? Put a one and two zeroes in front of that and you got yourself a deal.
Once again I must use your blog for my thoughts or quotes since mine is retired. Sorry to waste space, I just wanted this quote on record since I found it funny:
"Ha! I got your hat! Take that hatless! Now go back to the Quad and resume your hackey-sack tourney. I'm not gonna lie down for some frat boy bastard with his damn Teva sandals and his Skoal Bandits and his Abercrombie & Fitch long-sleeved, open-stitched crew neck henley smoking his sticky buds out of a soda can while watching his favorite downloaded Simpsons episodes every night. Yes we all love Mr. Plow. Oh you've got the song memorized, do you? So does everyone else! That is exactly the kind of idiot you see at Taco Bell at one in the morning; the guy that just wiffed his way down the bar-skank ladder."
Right On!
Actually I take that right on back, since that shit is from family guy. Stupid ass show.
High School movie? I'm trying to think of some part of high school that hasn't been covered. Something that will ring true, but hasn't been touched on..... I got nothing. Just make sure your kids go to class. I hate it when tv shows and movies have teen characters that almost never go to class.
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