Comments on: The Reality of Real http://www.red40entertainment.com/the-reality-of-real/ Fri, 04 Jun 2010 17:08:36 -0400 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.2 By: Todd http://www.red40entertainment.com/the-reality-of-real/comment-page-1/#comment-4 Todd Tue, 04 Jan 2005 03:09:54 +0000 http://www.red40entertainment.com/?p=11#comment-4 Hi Grace! Yes, I agree completely with what you’re saying, and that’s really my point. Lots of wanna-be filmmakers (like me) get so caught up in what “looks better” that they lose sight of the important stuff—the story, the characters. They raise money to build a set instead of just finding a suitable location. Or spend cash for expensive editing and effects software and spend so much time tinkering the picture—when they should REALLY be tinkering their scripts and making their CHARACTERS more real.<br /> <br /> Movies are “real” if we can identify with their characters and see that they react in believable ways. I’m not complaining about CGI—I’m just trying to point out that, for all its brilliance, you can still make a terrific film without the razzle-dazzle. Hi Grace! Yes, I agree completely with what you’re saying, and that’s really my point. Lots of wanna-be filmmakers (like me) get so caught up in what “looks better” that they lose sight of the important stuff—the story, the characters. They raise money to build a set instead of just finding a suitable location. Or spend cash for expensive editing and effects software and spend so much time tinkering the picture—when they should REALLY be tinkering their scripts and making their CHARACTERS more real.

Movies are “real” if we can identify with their characters and see that they react in believable ways. I’m not complaining about CGI—I’m just trying to point out that, for all its brilliance, you can still make a terrific film without the razzle-dazzle.

]]> By: Grace http://www.red40entertainment.com/the-reality-of-real/comment-page-1/#comment-3 Grace Fri, 31 Dec 2004 07:18:45 +0000 http://www.red40entertainment.com/?p=11#comment-3 Hey Todd, nice site. So there’s my compliment, here’s my gripe. Come on, you knew it was coming. I’ve read your other blog entries and I’m not sure if this comment goes here specifically or is just more general. I understand where you’re coming from your a filmmaker with no budget so you’re making movies on the fly and all that, which is cool. Movies aren’t about being real. They are fake just like your mom’s flowers. I understand that what your saying is reality is flawed, but sometimes that’s not the point. I think it’s less about which Yoda you think is more charming and which story is better. Film is all about the suspension of disbelief. For most people like me, who aren’t filmmakers it’s an escape, so if we are into it we don’t even think about Tobey Maguire, we are watching Spiderman. No, CGI isn’t perfect, it’s not human, but if the plot is interesting, the writing is good and the acting isn’t distracting who cares… Movies aren’t about showing reality the way it is. Its about creating your own, or at least thats why I watch them. Hey Todd, nice site. So there’s my compliment, here’s my gripe. Come on, you knew it was coming. I’ve read your other blog entries and I’m not sure if this comment goes here specifically or is just more general. I understand where you’re coming from your a filmmaker with no budget so you’re making movies on the fly and all that, which is cool. Movies aren’t about being real. They are fake just like your mom’s flowers. I understand that what your saying is reality is flawed, but sometimes that’s not the point. I think it’s less about which Yoda you think is more charming and which story is better. Film is all about the suspension of disbelief. For most people like me, who aren’t filmmakers it’s an escape, so if we are into it we don’t even think about Tobey Maguire, we are watching Spiderman. No, CGI isn’t perfect, it’s not human, but if the plot is interesting, the writing is good and the acting isn’t distracting who cares… Movies aren’t about showing reality the way it is. Its about creating your own, or at least thats why I watch them.

]]> By: Ed abobo http://www.red40entertainment.com/the-reality-of-real/comment-page-1/#comment-2 Ed abobo Sat, 11 Dec 2004 15:50:09 +0000 http://www.red40entertainment.com/?p=11#comment-2 Yes! You’re right! Yes! You’re right!

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