@mark-kamibaya
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@dekreel Idk I guess I also have relatively selfish reasons for blogging. My blog is really just a filing cabinet full of stuff I’ve learned (that might be helpful for other people).
Whenever I learn some really cool insight on Scripture or life in general I write up a blog post about it. Or if I want to delve into story theory/mechanics then I blog about what I’ve learned. That’s basically it.
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@dekreel Yeah, film does rely heavily on the same concepts and theories as prose but I just prefer film. I actually wrote a short article on the main difference between book and film (shameless self-promotion there). And yes lol I see you like the nature/animated films. Personally, I prefer drama films that goes deep into character or pretty stylistic films with amazing editing, cinematography, and sound design.
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@dekreel Lol yes I’m still alive. I’ve sort of drifted away from KP because of the busyness of college but also because it’s mainly a novel/short story website and I’m a film guy. However, I do check out the KP forums whenever I’ve been tagged!
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@daeus Yeah, I’ve heard of that film festival! A couple of recent alumni from the college I go to had their short films screened at the CWVFF. The films were Who Is Jade, Grounded, Character Study, and Created and Redeemed.
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@warrioroftherealm Haven’t been on here for a while (thanks college), but I decided to give my two cents.
Yeah, elemental powers may seem pretty cliche at first glance. But there are many amazing stories that use potentially “cliched” premises as starting points. Cliche is usually a relative term. For example, revenge plots and the lovable scoundrel are popularly deemed cliche even though you can still glean a great story out of these “cliches” (Gladiator and True Grit are revenge stories while Jack Sparrow and Han Solo are classic lovable scoundrels).
Since cliches are relative, then don’t be worried about having a potentially cliched premise. Many premises can be accused of cliches. It’s the depth and dimensions you add later that really differentiate.
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Brutally honest post
A four. It’s sprawling and epic and boring. It seems like you want to tackle too many things at once. I wouldn’t worry about weirdness. But if you (personally) believe the story is as you described above, then I think it’ll be too big to handle. You can still keep (probably) all those elements, but if you think that’s what the story is about then I don’t think you’re in a good place. As the author, you should be able to focus the theme, main conflict, and premise in simple sentences. The cool animals can still be in the story, but not when you’re trying to solidify and focus on what type of story you’re telling.
My suggestion: don’t do what I said above. You can hone in on your story’s focus later on. Right now, write your sprawling, epic story. Get ideas out and explore every angle of your premise. Focusing it now would limit possibilities. Write it out now. Then, focus on the important stuff later.
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Only if you make it cliche. Cliche means it’s overdone. It’s something the audience has seen before. It’s predictable. So, sure, go ahead and start with a “cliche” premise. But as the story progresses make it unpredictable. Then those surprising moments will be what the audience will remember. Not your “cliche: premise.
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Random assorted thoughts.
She’s smarter, right?
Angel wings are big. Big disadvantage.
There has to be a way to fit parkour into this fight scene.
Acrobatic people make fight scenes cooler.
Can she put the angel into a condonrum? Like what bad guys do in action movies . . . but reversed.
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I haven’t frequented this website recently because . . . college. 🙁 But I when I logged in this morning, I was blown away by the new design. Dang, you guys did great!
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@epicaddie2 I think you should do a novel. Partly because everyone says it won’t work. I mean, Book Thief pulled off a book narrated by Death. Anyways, now that you gave me a great idea :D. I’ll brainstorm a little in this post so you can steal my ideas.
Brainstorming Session
-The biggest advantage is that trees are older than most people. 100s of years old.
-Biggest disadvantage is that trees can’t move around that well. 😀
-Would be cool to stick the tree in the middle of a town and be super prized possession. Then you can narrate the town’s life
-Or maybe a city like the white tree in Gondor in LOTR
-Or like a tree that two lovers met at and they come back to it throughout the years. Might write this one actually.
-I’m limiting myself to only a single tree. Why?
-Maybe I think I should use the POV of a tree as an advantage rather than the hindrance it may be if I switch POVs
-Really want to stay in the tree’s head (or branches? leaves? I guess it’s the trunk. Where does a tree think?)
-Don’t want to characterize a tree by how they look. Sounds stereotypical. And racist (tree-ist?). Reminds me of Alice in Wonderland
-I like writing about individuals, but a tree sees life longer. So it’d be hard. A tree’s advantage is to see how society develops.
-Maybe a generational thing. Like how a family’s relationship to each other. Then I could plant the tree right outside their house.
-The most important thing is to give the POV tree one great personality. Like a Bostonian stuck in the South or something.That’s my brainstorming session! Did it help any?
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@warrioroftherealm I’m late to the party so I’ll just grab a soda and some ice cream and leave. But not before I say this: I think it’s good to avoid evolution, but I believe that just as long as you focus on the elements of the story than the reader will be caught up enough in the story that she won’t notice. I mean, CS Lewis used mythological creatures and we don’t think he supported mythology as a relevant and true religion.
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First lemme tag everyone who participated @donyclark @kate-flournoy @charisetter @leumeister @cloudy @writefury.
Ok, I’ll try to make this short and sweet. Music videos are supposed to highlight two things: the artist and the song. Therefore, a good music video should make use of its cinematography and editing to highlight these two things.
With good cinematography/lighting, every shot has a purpose and adds perspective. Since music videos are supposed to highlight the artist, the majority of shots have to depict the artist as an amazing person. This can be done through hero shots, backlighting, and low angles. Cinematography also highlights the song through its subject matter (more on this later).
Editing is the most subtle but powerful way you can highlight the song. Editing should sync with the music. No, not in an overtly apparent way (like cutting on the downbeat all the time). While cutting on the beat is a tried and true method of emphasizing the song, a more subtextual method is using editing as a means of syncopation. This makes the music video even more electric (which is good even in slow songs). Also, you can complement the music by editing the buildup to the chorus with a editing build-up.
Now let’s talk about content. A good music video complements the subject matter of the song. This has been slowly phased away in modern music videos in favor of complementing the artist more than the song. This is simply because complementing the subject matter is quite hard. A lot of music videos favor a story that depicts the story of the music (or provides a situation in which the theme of the song rings true) or uses metaphors. However, the story always subtracts from the possibilities in which the music can be applied to, and most of the songs serve the metaphor instead of it being the other way around.
This is why I don’t normally watch music videos. It almost always subtracts from the experience of the song because it either emphasizes the artist too much or it desperately tries to complement the subject matter of the song which nearly always fails (sorry For King & Country, you failed me). I only watch music videos when I try to get editing and cinematography concepts. This is actually my favorite way to find examples of good and bad editing/cinematography.
So, basically, music videos rarely help the song. Music videos use the song to advertise the artist. Therefore, always always always listen to the song without the music video before watching the music video. That way you can appreciate two different art forms separately without letting one ruin the other (without letting the music video ruin the song).
Hope this helped. Cheers!
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Sorry, I guess this wasn’t short and sweet.I blog on story and spiritual things at mkami.weebly.com
@kate-flournoy Haha! I’ll be looking forward to it 😛
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@kate-flournoy Eh, I might be a perceiver, ’cause I like philosophy and stuff. But I’m a sensor for now I guess 😀 But I honestly think you can do an article pretty well. You have the knowledge. And I’m sure you can write one well. I mean, you’re writer! Just start with some stream-of-consciousness stuff and then make an outline. Then hang the stream onto the outline! 😛 I never knew my sister was that special. I’ll have to tell her lol. But it’s strange because I never found her hard to get along with or understand. Maybe it’s a sibling thing. And here’s chewbacca . . .
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