"It'd Make a Great Movie" = "I Have Unrealistic Expectations" - CrimeSpace2024-03-29T06:07:53Zhttp://crimespace.ning.com/forum/topics/itd-make-a-great-movie-i-have?commentId=537324%3AComment%3A249849&feed=yes&xn_auth=noProbably very few, which spea…tag:crimespace.ning.com,2011-06-11:537324:Comment:2944332011-06-11T21:06:42.644ZBenjamin Sobieckhttp://crimespace.ning.com/profile/BenjaminSobieck
Probably very few, which speaks to something about authors needing validation for their work. Why isn't print good enough? Why is a movie the be all and end all of success? For me, the ultimate validation would be to have my novel be considered a classic or required reading.
Probably very few, which speaks to something about authors needing validation for their work. Why isn't print good enough? Why is a movie the be all and end all of success? For me, the ultimate validation would be to have my novel be considered a classic or required reading. Some novels, because of their…tag:crimespace.ning.com,2011-06-11:537324:Comment:2944212011-06-11T20:21:20.248ZTL Pouliothttp://crimespace.ning.com/profile/TLPouliot
<p>Some novels, because of their structure or dialogue or the premise, make excellent movies. A lot depends on the director, screenwriter, actors, and the others working on the project.</p>
<p>A writer-turned screenwriter would have no control over anything, even the final version of their own screenplay, unless they were already very powerful like the case of J.K. Rowling and the Harry Potter books. She had control and she didn't even write the screenplays.</p>
<p>Nothing wrong with an author…</p>
<p>Some novels, because of their structure or dialogue or the premise, make excellent movies. A lot depends on the director, screenwriter, actors, and the others working on the project.</p>
<p>A writer-turned screenwriter would have no control over anything, even the final version of their own screenplay, unless they were already very powerful like the case of J.K. Rowling and the Harry Potter books. She had control and she didn't even write the screenplays.</p>
<p>Nothing wrong with an author wanting their book turned into a film or tv mini series. I wonder how many screenwriters dream of their movie being turned into a book? </p> As you sketch out your ideas,…tag:crimespace.ning.com,2011-06-11:537324:Comment:2944322011-06-11T20:14:00.884ZTL Pouliothttp://crimespace.ning.com/profile/TLPouliot
<p>As you sketch out your ideas, yes. But then you must decide what you are writing. There are writers who write books, movies, games, poetry, and so on. They work on their ideas and decide for what type of fiction each idea is best suited.</p>
<p>My point was that writing novels is worthy in itself, it is not just an entry into the movie business.</p>
<p>As you sketch out your ideas, yes. But then you must decide what you are writing. There are writers who write books, movies, games, poetry, and so on. They work on their ideas and decide for what type of fiction each idea is best suited.</p>
<p>My point was that writing novels is worthy in itself, it is not just an entry into the movie business.</p> It's too bad. I would love t…tag:crimespace.ning.com,2011-06-11:537324:Comment:2942782011-06-11T05:28:53.039ZStuart Matthew Davishttp://crimespace.ning.com/profile/StuartMatthewDavis
<p>It's too bad. I would love to see an Elvis Cole movie...with Stallone as Joe Pike....yeah, I said it.</p>
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<p><a target="_blank" href="http://www.fiveaweekfiction.blogspot.com">Five-A-Week Fiction</a></p>
<p>It's too bad. I would love to see an Elvis Cole movie...with Stallone as Joe Pike....yeah, I said it.</p>
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<p>Stuart Davis</p>
<p><a target="_blank" href="http://www.fiveaweekfiction.blogspot.com">Five-A-Week Fiction</a></p> Okay, maybe someone someday w…tag:crimespace.ning.com,2010-12-15:537324:Comment:2584442010-12-15T23:08:23.546ZSusanhttp://crimespace.ning.com/profile/Susan
<p>Okay, maybe someone someday will stumble upon my suspense thriller, ABSOLUTION, maybe they'll see my</p>
<p><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ixtfyV2J3mc" target="_blank">ABSOLUTION video trailer</a> think it's so thrilling and come calling.</p>
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<p>I didn't write it with the idea it might become a movie, but I will say that while writing, it helps a lot to visualize the scenes in your mind, and when thinking of characters, it often helps to think about an actor that he/she…</p>
<p>Okay, maybe someone someday will stumble upon my suspense thriller, ABSOLUTION, maybe they'll see my</p>
<p><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ixtfyV2J3mc" target="_blank">ABSOLUTION video trailer</a> think it's so thrilling and come calling.</p>
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<p>I didn't write it with the idea it might become a movie, but I will say that while writing, it helps a lot to visualize the scenes in your mind, and when thinking of characters, it often helps to think about an actor that he/she might resemble and throw in some quirks to differentiate therefrom.</p>
<p>It's hard work writing a novel. We need all the help we can get. Why not visualize it as a movie?</p>
<p> </p> I agree. I think if you want…tag:crimespace.ning.com,2010-11-06:537324:Comment:2551622010-11-06T01:37:33.793ZAnnie Doghttp://crimespace.ning.com/profile/AnnieDog
I agree. I think if you want your idea to be a movie, go that route. If you're writing a book, write a book!<br />
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You can tell, no matter how good a writer an author is, if they're secretly harboring aspirations (not wishing but <i>wanting</i>) for their book to be made into a movie, they leave things out. Little things, maybe, but important things that make a book... Hm. Books are intimate. In ways film can never be because you watch film, you view it, whereas you become what you're reading.<br />
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I'm…
I agree. I think if you want your idea to be a movie, go that route. If you're writing a book, write a book!<br />
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You can tell, no matter how good a writer an author is, if they're secretly harboring aspirations (not wishing but <i>wanting</i>) for their book to be made into a movie, they leave things out. Little things, maybe, but important things that make a book... Hm. Books are intimate. In ways film can never be because you watch film, you view it, whereas you become what you're reading.<br />
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I'm all for books being made into movies, but they should be books first. Thanks, Jude! Another myth de…tag:crimespace.ning.com,2010-09-13:537324:Comment:2499552010-09-13T15:49:06.986ZJ W Nelsonhttp://crimespace.ning.com/profile/JWNelson
Thanks, Jude! Another myth demolished. (The responses to that post at that link you shared are a howl!)<br />
The mature Leo D. might actually make a decent Trav' (if he gets himself in great shape). "The Deep Blue Good-by" is one of my favorites. Junior Allen is one of MacD's best sociopath villains.
Thanks, Jude! Another myth demolished. (The responses to that post at that link you shared are a howl!)<br />
The mature Leo D. might actually make a decent Trav' (if he gets himself in great shape). "The Deep Blue Good-by" is one of my favorites. Junior Allen is one of MacD's best sociopath villains. Nope.tag:crimespace.ning.com,2010-09-13:537324:Comment:2499402010-09-13T14:12:40.934ZJude Hardinhttp://crimespace.ning.com/profile/festus
<a href="http://www.deadline.com/2010/03/stone-dicaprio-on-deep-blue-goodbye/" target="_blank">Nope.</a>
<a href="http://www.deadline.com/2010/03/stone-dicaprio-on-deep-blue-goodbye/" target="_blank">Nope.</a> Ah. I didn't see the movie, t…tag:crimespace.ning.com,2010-09-13:537324:Comment:2499332010-09-13T13:44:08.486ZI. J. Parkerhttp://crimespace.ning.com/profile/Ingpark
Ah. I didn't see the movie, though I did read the book. A very saleable topic in the U.S.
Ah. I didn't see the movie, though I did read the book. A very saleable topic in the U.S. unless you get a really topno…tag:crimespace.ning.com,2010-09-13:537324:Comment:2499322010-09-13T10:56:57.887ZCaroline Trippehttp://crimespace.ning.com/profile/CarolineTrippe
<b>unless you get a really topnotch production.</b><br />
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"No Country for Old Men" was a Coen Brothers film, and of course "The Shining" came from the great Stanley Kubrick. So it really does help to have gifted filmmakers, writers and directors.<br />
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I <b>do write scenes that I visualize.</b><br />
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I would have guessed that, reading your books, because they ARE very visual. I think they would probably make very interesting movies.<br />
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Although there could be pitfalls. :) "Memoirs of a Geisha" was a fascinating…
<b>unless you get a really topnotch production.</b><br />
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"No Country for Old Men" was a Coen Brothers film, and of course "The Shining" came from the great Stanley Kubrick. So it really does help to have gifted filmmakers, writers and directors.<br />
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I <b>do write scenes that I visualize.</b><br />
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I would have guessed that, reading your books, because they ARE very visual. I think they would probably make very interesting movies.<br />
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Although there could be pitfalls. :) "Memoirs of a Geisha" was a fascinating novel, and got me very interested in the whole geisha culture, but the movie was an unqualified disaster. They used Chinese actresses, for Pete's sake, as if people couldn't tell the difference between one Asian and another, and that wasn't all....the dance performance was absolutely and totally WRONG---traditional geisha dancers were NOT doing flips and cartwheels, and they didn't take down their hair, either.<br />
But you wouldn't expect the average American audience to know THAT.