Independent Blog Post 2/27

For my next film, instead of only doing a western I have thought of an idea that would be simpler and a little more unique. I thought I should do a film about how I am having trouble with coming up with stories for my film ideas. I can see particular scenes in my head that seem cool, but I have no idea of how to make an entire story surrounding it. I don't know how to get to that certain point. The scene I think of maybe in the middle or the beginning, I don't know. So, the film would be me and my thoughts coming up with these one-off scenes and it would cut to these scenes that would have no context for them. It's kind of a way for me to try different things all at once. Also, it seems like it could be funny.

Then this reminded me of a show I use to watch where they did something similar. In the show Community, they make fun of these things called "clip episodes." The episode would primarily consist of repurposed material from previous episodes, with a little amount of fresh video utilized as a framing technique, in order to save money. The humor in this Community episode is that all of the "clips" are completely new scenes that were recorded just for the episode. The clips showed the characters in bizarre scenarios which the audience didn't actually see how they got to that particular point.

Clip:

End of the episode (shows a little more different clips)

 

 

More about clips episodes: An episode that consists primarily of fragments (clips) from prior episodes, with narration inserted sometimes. Usually has a theme, such as highlighting a character's growth over time or demonstrating the interaction between characters. However, it is not always indicated that the events take place in the past, but rather that they occur one after the other. Clip shows are a good way to stretch a budget since they utilize material that has already been filmed, requiring just narrative glue money for the program. They're comparable to a Bottle Episode in that way. Clip shows are also common when a show's episode order is abruptly enlarged after its early episodes prove successful, but the authors don't have enough narrative to cover that many episodes.

Work Log:

Monday: No School

Tuesday: Started script

Wednesday: Worked on script 

Thursday: Worked on script

Friday: Script and a little bit of storyboard