My Idea

I worry about divulging my actual idea for my first film. I guess I should actually say my “fan-film”.

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I know, slightly pathetic? Perhaps, but with all the fan-films currently out there I truly want to do this franchise justice. Now I really can’t blame the creators of some of these films for their work, after all they have inspired me to follow my childhood dreams long forgotten.  What I want to do is bring in an educated eye and a desire for professionalism in the preproduction techniques, the acting, the sound, the post production and finally on the end product itself.

The franchise I talk of is of course “Ghostbusters”. If you haven’t already seen Freddy vs. Ghostbusters or Return of the Ghostbusters, I do suggest you check them out. You’ll see what I mean. The series doesn’t quite take itself seriously and the professionalism doesn’t quite meet par.

Currently, I am in early preproduction on my first of these films. I have several different scripts written at least to their first draft. Each of these have a connection and I would love to make all of them. I’ve always loved the old radio serials long forgotten and I think, with todays technology and attention span, it is time for the serial to make a comeback.

You may ask yourself “don’t they have serials now?” and “aren’t they just called episodes of a SERIES?”. While that is correct, my aim is to tell a story, much like a movie does nowadays, yet break it up in instalments. Think of the film “Pulp Fiction”. In that film there were chapters, and they were told in a fluctuating order. Those are serials, albeit out of order. That is how I view this idea. I have many scripts and outlines, 3 of those whom exist as one congruent story, as if I wrote an entire action sequence 30 min long, and only released them in 3×10 minute instalments.

I or my benifactors only need invest little amounts of money, and potentially time, to do anyone of my serial scripts. Whith only a tiny section of the full story to produce, we will have an easier time dealing with all the little details that may otherwise be overlooked.  Quality over quantity. This is very good for me, for I work 5 days a week and have very little time to myself, let alone much time to dedicate to any large production, and the time that I do spend on this project is very concentrated. I think that’s why it will work so well, I never work on it too long to get bored with it. I can always put all my effort in at every facet.

In the near future I will start posting some story boards for my FX test, possibly script excerpts and most, if not all, other progressions in my endevour. Including the making of the Tucker Proton Pack!