Comments on: Sunday Picture Post 37 — Music

By: Jaden

Jaden — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 15:49:11 +0000

I blame my mother’s mother. *wink*

By: Adam

Adam — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 06:00:16 +0000

I apologize this post makes me look like a dumb asshole, but again I blame my mother. Haha, I think Freud could write a series on me.

By: Adam

Adam — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 05:47:42 +0000

I agree with you Jaden, although, I do crave approval, I blame my mother. The things I put on here I never really consider for actual material, more so to keep me on my toes, which is why we (by we I mean I) need more picture posts.

By: t.sterling

t.sterling — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 23:31:19 +0000

That’s a great idea and I appreciate and thank you for that information and looking out for me. Usually I’m a bit more cautious sharing my ideas because of that very reason, I think I just got excited and started babbling.

By: Jaden

Jaden — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 20:39:14 +0000

t.sterling — If I may give you some professional advice, I think you have a great idea here and should write at least a 2 page rough treatment and register it through WGA because as long as it is public here on my site, it is at risk of theft. I can tell you from my stats that hundreds of people per day / thousands per month read this site, including people in Hollywood. I can delete out key words from your comments or, like I say, you should register it, so if nothing else, they ought to pay you something if they do produce it before you ever get around to writing it.

I only post ideas on here that I am pretty sure I will never get around to writing or ideas and scripts that I have already registered. I advise the same.

By: t. sterling

t. sterling — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 19:46:17 +0000

Adam – Unfortunately, “part 2″ of my Cupid “trilogy” is actually titled “Valentine’s Day” and based on the premise, it’s almost the same thing I envisioned. The only difference is my story would feature Cupid’s character.

But since reading this post, I considered combining a couple ideas I had for one movie: a movie about Cupid that would ultimately be a musical made up of classic R&B songs. Probably easier said than done, so I’d have to find someone who is much better at writing music to help make this dream come true, or have enough money for royalties and permission or whatever.

By: Adam

Adam — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 17:14:01 +0000

Jaden, I’m thinking your response to my post is funnier then the actual thing. I can’t really get good inspiration from songs, they paint too good of a picture. Yes I see the irony of saying this in a picture post, but I’m better with single words or lines. I wrote a pretty long dialogue based off echolocation and now I have a blind zombie and sea bats.

t.sterling, I would watch a movie inspired by “Happy Valentine’s Day” I did see Idlewild after all.

By: Jaden

Jaden — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 04:35:16 +0000

Adam — Laughing here. Boy, and there I thought I was the drunk one reading that. I wouldn’t say it sucks; I’d say it is fabulously creative and heckah confusing to a sober person.

t.sterling — I love your ideas. Like me, I think you have a flood of ideas that you could never possibly have the time write. It’s painful, isn’t it? Yes, you, more than anyone, have shared how much music influences you. It’s a magical feeling. Music touches the soul directly, it’s wonderful.

Thanks for coming back gents.

By: t. sterling

t. sterling — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 18:50:09 +0000

I wrote a scene for a feature length movie that’s nowhere close to being completed (I’ve been stuck at a climatic scene and it’s been so long I think I will just reimagine the entire story) but the scene itself I wrote to last as long as an Al Green song that plays in the background… almost like a music video. But certain things are said or done and the music enhances the action… or maybe the action enhances the song. But the scene came to me when I first heard the song and wrote the scene without having a story to put it in. The song is “Simply Beautiful” and the scene involves a guy and girl on a first date. Coincidentally, the story I picked to add this scene to is a movie that feautres Cupid, and two songs that inspired said story are Sam Cooke’s “Cupid” and Andre 3000′s “Happy Valentine’s Day.” Ultimately, I’d plan to write a Cupid trilogy… but I’ve taken a break from the more involved longer projects so I can work on my short story idea. I do get nervous everytime I hear an idea for a modernized Greek/Roman mythology concept.

There is also the song “Payback” by James Brown that has inspired a revenge story. Something on the grundgy/violent side that really isn’t my writing style (I don’t think), but I think as long as the story is really good, I’ll let someone else worry about how it’s presented. What I need to do is rewatch Mel Gibson’s “Payback” to make sure I’m not rewriting the same movie, since that song and that movie are kinda similar.

Lastly, I’m always imagining certain songs as “road trip” songs (like “Magic Carpet Ride”) that have their own going-on-a-journey feel to it. Or maybe movie intro songs. An example of a favorite is “Too Hot to Stop” playing at the beginning of “Superbad” and the movie that started my idolization of Sam Cooke, “Ali.”

By: Adam

Adam — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 14:23:53 +0000

“Landlocked” Sorry pretty lame title

Scheme

I’m going to talk you into this.

“Yeah, probably haunted by your insecurities ya big puss.” . Kyle picks up mounted deer antlers from the floor and wonders “why the fuck are these on a boat?” His brother Casey forms a frame with his hands and imagines the possibilities. Casey, “we’d have to make up a phrase on urban dictionary to accurately describe the copious amounts of boobies we’ll see when this boat is rockin, a cornucopia of knocks if you will.” Kyle looks at Casey as if he were a huge jackass.

If this sucks, blame it on the alcohol.. still drunk from last night. Also good to see sunday picture post has made it back into the rotation.