I Wonder...

 A little update...

When I first started thinking about this project, I had absolutely no idea of what I was going to do. I thought of doing a mystery again, but I wasn't really into that idea. So, I did what I usually do when I need inspiration. I took to Pinterest. I mostly just scrolled through, falling down multiple rabbit holes, trying to find something that would spark an idea, anything really.

And it worked.

As I mentioned in my last post, I have a few ideas for this project (thank you, Pinterest).

I also mentioned that the majority of my ideas were along the lines of a hero vs. villain storyline; I really enjoy comics, superheroes, and supervillains. I had quite of few ideas along that line, but not all of them are very feasible fo this project. So, I narrowed it down to two. 

I also came up with a few different ideas. I had a lot of ideas in general, but I managed to narrow it down to the four that I thought were best.

The first idea is a hero vs. villain storyline. Hero and Villain are friends and unaware of the other's alter ego. The film would chronicle their day. It would be of a similar structure to the movie Last Five Years. Hero's storyline would start at the beginning of their day and end at the end of it. Villain's storyline would start at the end and end at the beginning. The scenes would alternate, with one shared scene in the middle. I was playing around with the idea of doing it with some sort of animation.

The second idea is also a hero vs. villain storyline, but focusing on the villain. Villain would be trying really hard to be evil or bad, but their deeds are seen as good instead. For example, Villain steals candy from a child, but the candy was actually poisoned/toxic, so they end up saving the child's life.

The third idea is an interaction between a personification of death and a guardian angel. They're arguing about whether or not Death should claim the Angel's charge... again. It's a recurring conversation as the charge always seems to be doing something that they either shouldn't be doing or something that could potentially be dangerous to them. In the end, the Angel wins... again.

The fourth, and last, idea is about the process of writing a story. Every time the author makes an edit to the document, it would be reflected in the scenes of the characters (if that makes sense). So there would be two aspects to it: the author (live action) and the characters of the story the author is writing (animated). Every time the author is seen seen making a change, we see the effect that it has on the characters.

I was originally thinking of doing one of the Hero vs. Villain storylines, but I'm not sure I'd be able to do either effectively. The third idea would rely heavily on the dialogue being amazing (it would really make or break the film), and I don't think my writing ability is good enough. 

At the moment, I'm leaning more towards the fourth idea of the writing process. I think it could turn out either really great or potentially really boring. I'm hoping for really great.

I'm kind of excited to explore this idea further, so we'll see how it turns out. There's still a lot to do.

Anyway, that's all for today.

Until next time...