Stop-Motion and Pilot Script

UPDATE: NOV.3/13

So, i was thinking about the stop-motion thing recently, and then it hit me, looking at the newest Jeff Lindsay book, 'Dexters Final Cut' ...and it hit me, take a good scene from Dexter and turn it into stop-motion, so im going to start writing some stuff out and see what happens, and then hopefully storyboard it. :)

As far as the Pilot script, it took looking at things that already exist to get me going with my own, now i will most likely continue or revisit the Gorgo script i started, but for now im moving on.

I also have plenty of other projects to do, personal projects, school projects and other ones.

JW:)

'Pilot'

The first of what will hopefully be many Pilot scripts is underway. The idea is to get the first ten pages of each one written, 10 should be enough pages to decide which is the best to then rewrite and continue with.

I started the outline for the first one, with roughly what will go on each page.

JW:)

Twisted Tales of Torture

TWISTED TALES OF TORTURE

So, as the link at the side will indicate i am working on some new 'tales'. These ones , as i said will be a lot different from the others. These ones are pretty dark and gruesome. The ones i have planned are listed below.

1 - Swinging Death
2 - The Demon Dwelling
3 - The Demon Dwelling 2: Return of The Entity
4 - Death by Design

Lets Get Going!

There are two links below, one is a link to the career opportunities at Rockstar Games, the other is a link to an article from a Pixar Exacutive, whgo gives advice to budding animators.

Why these two links? ...well its simple, im anxious and eager to get going, I've already sent some feelers out to companies, and ive already started thinking about and trying to acquire freelance work, I've been doing my own personal projects forever, and my Youtube account is proof of that.

Everytime i sit in class and hear the teacher talk about doing work outside of school projects, it just makes me get more excited and more anxious to do this. Everything that i do will give me more experience, and be another step towards getting that first real job in the field.

Is Rockstar Games on my radar? ... Sure, its a starting point, i will see where my experience and skills are at in 3-5 years.

 

https://www.rockstargames.com/jobs/openings

http://www.creativebloq.com/animation/job-at-pixar-10121018

"Creation is an act of sheer will."

--- John Hammond, 'Jurassic Park'

JW:)

It Keeps Happening ....

The same thing keeps happening, im not sure if there is an actual word for it, but every time i try to sit and create an idea and start writing it, i don't, i freeze and stop, mostly because im thinking 'this is terrible and wont work'. If im using something that already exists, i stop because i don't think my direction will live up to whats been done already.

The stop-motion is different, the story is not so hard, because once i get going with this, these videos will only be 5 minutes long, maybe 10. The thing stopping me with stop-motion is the lack of materials and the tight budget .... and i really, really want to do this, so its very frustrating.

I recently thought that maybe a novel or short novel would be a better starting point, and if i can get a solid idea going, and get it written, maybe it would turn into a Pilot idea or a Screenplay, i also tried looking up screenplays that were never made into movies, but the ones i found were garbage. I would love to make a comedy based idea, comedy is tricky, and is probably the hardest genre to write. I've even thought of writing a stage play or theater play, and seeing if maybe it would come to me from that angle.

I will not give up on doing these things, at some point, everything will click, and work. Its going to be the most unlikely time when it happens, one moment will occur and it will be the one that gives me the perfect idea. I've been trying to do this for almost 2 years now, and ive gone through A LOT of ideas, and plenty of stories, none that would have grabbed any attention.

'Never Give Up'

JW:)

3 Things

so, in an effort to keep busy, and becuase i have a very big interest in ther writing part of this. I am , and have been trying to write a Pilot for a long time, and recently i was trying to write a screenplay, the one i had has been put aside, and i am starting over.

The Pilot will be based on something that already exists, The Screenplay is my own idea, and the Novel idea is in progress.

The Pilot, Stop-Motion and More

I remember watching a video with Everett Peck, he said one thing with a career in animation is ... always keep busy, always have plenty to do, different areas to keep busy with, and that is indeed what i try to do.

Obviously , there is the school projects, which are priority number one, always ... then there are the 2 independant projects i aquired, which are coming along .....

Third, there is the 'Pilot' script i have been trying to do for what seems like ages, there is also the stop-motion, and there is one other idea ive been tossing around in my head, and that is  .... a novel idea, i certainly have plenty of reference, and there is no shortage of material to look up on the Internet.

Keeping busy is good, Exploring is even better!

JW:)

2 Cool Stop-Motion Links

Below are 2 cool links. Two people who mastered the word of special effects and stop-motion, the stop motion is the one i have the most interest in.



http://www.harryhausen.com/

http://www.tippett.com/