mollyrulz9999
12-08-2008, 12:18 AM
At the moment I'm writing a book on how to increase confidence and creativity, so I thought I'd share some notes for the book with you to help you get some good ideas for movies. I've also got a tip or two here that can help you want to make more movies as well as other stuff. The full book will also be about how to increase confidence as well as creativity but hey, computers don't show confidence in people all too well, so I'll only stick the creativity notes in:
"No matter what other people negatively say about the things you do, don't pay much attention unless you think it's helpful to your self-esteem or your well-being, because you have to know that what you want to do is your choice, no-one elses."
"Most musicians, writers, filmmakers etc get their ideas from either a personal experience, portions of experiences put together to make something different, or an idea or a collection of ideas from other things than your personal options. These things can be arranged and combined in an almost infinite amount of ways. That is the magic of creativity."
"Watch others perform ideas (like watching a movie) and something might trigger an idea in your head that you can use to assist in your creative work."
"If your creative work involves a story, make sure you have as much depth as possible. For example, you want to write a book. Every single main character in the story must have loads of detain in them. Don't just focus on what's already in the story, but what you'll leave out of the story that is crucial to the personality of a character. For example "the evil guy is red in the face all the time, has a scar down his face and eyes that would make a fully grown adult run in terror".
This is a basic example, but it shows the personality you've got in your head, and it's being brought onto paper. Things that might/might not be included are crucial to the character and how the reader interprets it. The example I just made was telling you that the character isn't to be messed with. When you're writing a book, think about EVERYTHING the character is. For example "the evil guy has a scar dpwn his face" after a severe fight with a bouncer 20 years ago. "He has scary eyes" because he has never been scared since his father died in front of him, so he tought himself to overcome sad emotions. But just remember a book is meant to work the reader's imagination, that's why you're not you're not making a song or a movie about it, give the reader space to to put their own imagination into the presentation. Not only does it inspire people, but their thoughts on what their imagination is telling them could pop up something you haven't noticed,therefore inspiring you to make more."
"Some time ago I heard a song, and that song reminded me of a wonderful beach I went to. When you make a real work of art, find/make something that makes the work of art more thrilling. Video games use the right music to set the mood of the game or level. Musicians make music videos to express the same mood/feel of the song they wanted you to hear. When 2 things mix, you get a result (like mixing bi-carb soda and vinegar). Find something that mixes with your creative work to get a facinating result, like some choirs, when one section sings something, and the other section does the melody."
"Look in a mirror. Someone's looking back at you. That person has experienced alot. Look at their facial features. Why are their teeth like that? what's the benefit of that person having the hair that they have? What is it about the face that tells a story? After that, Ask ourself questions about the people around you. If there's someone around you, ask why you might hate them, or why they hate you. There's a story for any question you ask yourself about them."
"One way to come up with good ideas is by dreaming, epiphany or anything else that occurs inside of you. That's what creativity is, isn't it? Thinking of something good and taking action?"
"If you base a creative work on a real-life event, make sure you can bring real accuracy to the events. If not, just make sure other people can see the event in your eyes, and work from there."
"If you're in the middle of a project and you realised something's wrong, don't worry. Either make it blend in or, if it doesn't hurt, make the project again. This isn't a problem visually, especially when a computer can manipulate the project to suit you. I am talking about the message/story/sound etc of your work. Blend it in or change it. I'm sure you can think of other options, those two I mentioned are more common ways."
Let me remind you that these are notes, not from the actual book (I'm yet to begin it, but I just needs more notes), but expect the full book to sound more simple than this.
If you can think of any more tips to increase confidence or get unique ideas, post 'em here
Cheers,
MOLLYRULZ9999 <0>
"No matter what other people negatively say about the things you do, don't pay much attention unless you think it's helpful to your self-esteem or your well-being, because you have to know that what you want to do is your choice, no-one elses."
"Most musicians, writers, filmmakers etc get their ideas from either a personal experience, portions of experiences put together to make something different, or an idea or a collection of ideas from other things than your personal options. These things can be arranged and combined in an almost infinite amount of ways. That is the magic of creativity."
"Watch others perform ideas (like watching a movie) and something might trigger an idea in your head that you can use to assist in your creative work."
"If your creative work involves a story, make sure you have as much depth as possible. For example, you want to write a book. Every single main character in the story must have loads of detain in them. Don't just focus on what's already in the story, but what you'll leave out of the story that is crucial to the personality of a character. For example "the evil guy is red in the face all the time, has a scar down his face and eyes that would make a fully grown adult run in terror".
This is a basic example, but it shows the personality you've got in your head, and it's being brought onto paper. Things that might/might not be included are crucial to the character and how the reader interprets it. The example I just made was telling you that the character isn't to be messed with. When you're writing a book, think about EVERYTHING the character is. For example "the evil guy has a scar dpwn his face" after a severe fight with a bouncer 20 years ago. "He has scary eyes" because he has never been scared since his father died in front of him, so he tought himself to overcome sad emotions. But just remember a book is meant to work the reader's imagination, that's why you're not you're not making a song or a movie about it, give the reader space to to put their own imagination into the presentation. Not only does it inspire people, but their thoughts on what their imagination is telling them could pop up something you haven't noticed,therefore inspiring you to make more."
"Some time ago I heard a song, and that song reminded me of a wonderful beach I went to. When you make a real work of art, find/make something that makes the work of art more thrilling. Video games use the right music to set the mood of the game or level. Musicians make music videos to express the same mood/feel of the song they wanted you to hear. When 2 things mix, you get a result (like mixing bi-carb soda and vinegar). Find something that mixes with your creative work to get a facinating result, like some choirs, when one section sings something, and the other section does the melody."
"Look in a mirror. Someone's looking back at you. That person has experienced alot. Look at their facial features. Why are their teeth like that? what's the benefit of that person having the hair that they have? What is it about the face that tells a story? After that, Ask ourself questions about the people around you. If there's someone around you, ask why you might hate them, or why they hate you. There's a story for any question you ask yourself about them."
"One way to come up with good ideas is by dreaming, epiphany or anything else that occurs inside of you. That's what creativity is, isn't it? Thinking of something good and taking action?"
"If you base a creative work on a real-life event, make sure you can bring real accuracy to the events. If not, just make sure other people can see the event in your eyes, and work from there."
"If you're in the middle of a project and you realised something's wrong, don't worry. Either make it blend in or, if it doesn't hurt, make the project again. This isn't a problem visually, especially when a computer can manipulate the project to suit you. I am talking about the message/story/sound etc of your work. Blend it in or change it. I'm sure you can think of other options, those two I mentioned are more common ways."
Let me remind you that these are notes, not from the actual book (I'm yet to begin it, but I just needs more notes), but expect the full book to sound more simple than this.
If you can think of any more tips to increase confidence or get unique ideas, post 'em here
Cheers,
MOLLYRULZ9999 <0>