Wickedfacts - Part 19

Movie Genre Icons

April 19, 2012 Comments Off

How Important Is Movie Genre Icons in Screenplay Writing?

Many people mistake a genre for a Movie Genre Icons idea. They’ll say, “I have a great idea for a movie, it’s a romantic comedy.” Unfortunately, a romantic comedy is not a movie idea, it’s a movie genre. The difference between the two is actually quite simple.
It is in the human nature to classify things and to put them into categories. We’ve done it with animals, plants, molecules, clouds, automobile, and pretty much anything else that you can think of. Movies have also been categorized. A Movie Genre Icons is simply a category of movies. There are several different genres and sub-genres. Some of the most common movie genres are comedies, action movies, horror movies, animated films, dramas, family comedies, family dramas, romantic comedies, science fiction, and etcetera. A movie is considered to be in a genre if it has certain elements that it shares with other movies in that genre. While some movies may clearly be part of one genre, others may be more difficult to place, and some movies could be considered as belonging to multiple genres.
Genre is an important part of almost any movie description; you probably wouldn’t describe a movie without it. Knowing a film’s genre tells you a great deal of what you should expect from a film. You would expect dramatically different things from the same movie description with different genres. For example, you would expect something very different from a comedy about a boy trying to become a man despite his controlling mother’s best attempts to thwart him than you would from a drama about a boy trying to become a man despite his controlling mother’s best attempts to thwart him. Notice however, that genre alone was not the movie idea, a boy trying to become a man despite his controlling mother’s best attempts to thwart him was.

Three Elements That are Much More Basic and Important

Despite genre’s importance, there are three elements that are much more basic and important. Without these three elements, you don’t have a true Movie Genre Icons concept. You need to have a character who is your main protagonist. Your character can be pretty much anyone that you choose. However, the best characters are liked, loved, and recognized in real life, even if they are evil. Your character must have a goal that they are trying to achieve. Again, your character can have pretty much any goal that you set out for them, but it helps if the audience can sympathize and relate to it on some level. Finally, there must be some obstacle that the character must overcome before he can reach his goal. The obstacle must be enough to prevent the character from reaching his goal for quite some time, for most of the movie in fact.
If you don’t have a character, a goal, and an obstacle, you don’t have a grim movie genre idea. In fact, you’re probably not even ready to write your first logline. You’re definitely not ready to start writing your script. This is true for all movie genres.…

Star Trek Movie Premier

April 4, 2012 Comments Off

Motivational Stories Star Trek Movie Premier: The Story of Gene Roddenberry (Creator of Star Trek)

Eugene Gene Roddenberry is best known as the creator of the Star Trek Movie Premier universe. When he approached television executives with his concept for a show, they were not impressed. They called his proposed series “a childish concept” about unrealistic, unexciting aliens. They did not even like the name of the show, Star Trek. About two years later, the executives finally approved Roddenberry’s “crazy idea” for television. During its run, Star Trek was twice nominated for two Emmy Awards – Best Dramatic Series, but somehow, it had terrible ratings. Only its extremely loyal and supportive fans kept it on life-support for three years before it was finally cancelled in 1969. Gene became known as “the guy who made an expensive flop” and found it difficult to work.

Working with MGM Studios on a New Movie

By 1970, Gene was working with MGM Studios on a new movie, Pretty Maids All in a Row, a romantic comedy far removed from science fiction. The movie was expected to be one of the biggest blockbusters of 1971, but when it barely broke even, MGM terminated its relationship with Roddenberry. By 1973, Roddenberry had begun working on a new television series, Genesis II, for CBS. At the last moment, CBS pulled it from the schedule and replaced it with Planet of the Apes. During the next two years, Gene pitched three other sci-fi television series without success. He also served as an executive consultant for an animated version of Star Trek Movie Premier, which was even less successful than its predecessor.
The original show, however had developed a growing cult following. By 1972, Star Trek Movie Premier fan conventions had begun to spring up, and Gene became a popular lecturer at colleges. A measure of the show’s popularity was revealed when, in 1976, the first U.S. space shuttle was named Enterprise after the fictional Star Trek spaceship. NASA officials invited Roddenberry to attend the space shuttle launch.
About the same period of time, Paramount executives are desperately looking for more unique shows for their newly proposed network, Paramount Television Service. With that being said, they are willing to give Gene the green light to develop a continuation to the original ST. This was the birth of Star Trek: Phase II, it was aired in 1978 before the entire network was scuffled.
Caustically, Gene had proposed a Star Trek movie to the network several more times, but the idea had been rejected again and again. It was only after the success of Star Wars that they were convinced that science fiction could have a lot of potential to being extremely successful.
Star Trek: The Motion Picture premiered in 1979, grossed more than $80 million, and spawned four sequels. Its success led to five new television series and five additional over the top movie. In addition, fans can choose from myriad Star Trek novels, books, comics, video games, trading cards, and other merchandise.
There’s a saying “the harder I work, the luckier I get.” It’s extremely true. Hard work always pay off in the end. It’s only a matter of time! Never give up, never back down, keep working hard towards your dream and I’m sure you’ll reach your destination sooner than you think.…

Best Movie Remakes

March 18, 2012 Comments Off

Childhood Movie Memories – Best Movie Remakes

It’s the American mantra, bigger is better. From the way we communicate to the cars we drive, it seems we have a need for bigger Best Movie Remakes, faster, and shinier toys. As the phrase “keeping up with the Jones” becomes more and more relevant, major product markets are fighting each other to be the next big thing. Your cell phone for instance has become more than just a device for communicating, and now doubles as a media player that is capable of streaming video and music wherever you may be at any time.

Capture Our Imaginations

Hollywood has by no means become an exception, as the latest movies move to capture our imaginations with bigger special effects and computer graphics that have become more advanced. With generation X slowly approaching middle age, Hollywood is moving forward with a new batch of Best Movie Remakes to offer up a fresh look at the films we fell in love with growing up, and to give generation Y a chance to enjoy those same films.
Take for example director John G. Avildsens 1984 film The Karate Kid. A film depicting the relationship between a handyman/martial arts master Mr. Kesuke Miyagi (Pat Morita) and his student Daniel Larusso (Ralph Macchio). Moving from New Jersey to California, Daniel finds it hard to fit in with his new surroundings, and finds himself at odds with the local bullies. Miyagi steps in to teach Daniel how to fight back, and a story about perseverance unfolds. But is this a personal best movie that should be remade and will it make the older version seem less magical after it receives a 2010 facelift?
Take in account John Carpenters 1980 film The Fog, a film that hit the mark in the genre of horror that left your mind to wander into dark, nail biting parts of your imagination with help from the writers quiet subtleties. The original offered up just enough details to keep you guessing, which gave you a sense of how the characters felt on screen, but didn’t you show so much as to make you feel like the third wheel peering in on the unsuspecting victims of Antonio Bay. The remake brought in special effects and more detailed story lines that made the 2005 film miss the marker with some critics.
But is this what the new generation of movie lovers need, or are the days of physiological horror films just fading as time moves on? Perhaps audiences today don’t need ominous cello music or spine tingling sound effects to let them know something sinister is around the next corner, but instead a fast shock to the senses as our villain jumps out onto the screen before us. Although those audio hints will always be synonyms with the giant tourist eating shark from Jaws and the devil in the hockey mask in Friday The 13th, the new round of horror Best Movie Remakes offer up something visual that sticks out in our minds even after we close our eyes to sleep at night.
So which side of the fence do you fall upon? Whether we like it or not generation X, the movies we used to watch are showing up on classic movie channels just as our music is close to being referred to as oldies, and whether or not it’s the late Patrick Swazye fighting Soviet forces in the 1984 film Red Dawn, or Chris Hemsworth in the 2010 remake, I myself will always route for the Wolverines.…

New Harry Potter Movie 2020

March 4, 2012 Comments Off

New Harry Potter Movie 2020 the Famous Series of Eight Films

Everything went on very slowly for New Harry Potter Movie 2020 at the beginning. When a copy of the first book of the series was received in the office of film producer David Heyman, he left it in a low priority bookshelf. It was seen by a secretary and she read it. Impressed by the book she informed Heyman about it. Heyman read the book and realized its potential. This is where things started rolling on.

The Enthusiasm Shown by Heyman, J. K. Rowling

Due to the enthusiasm shown by Heyman, J. K. Rowling the author of the series of books decided to sell over the top movie rights for her first four books to Warner Brothers for a reported sum of one million pounds. The next challenge was to find a director. Steven Spielberg was the first man to have been approached but he has declined the offer. After going through lots of searches Chris Columbus was appointed to direct the first film and the appointment was made on March 28, 2000.
The next big hurdle was to find the two boys and the girl to be in the cast of the first film. While David Heyman was seated in a theater, he saw Daniel Radcliffe sitting just behind him. He was picked up and tested in the studio to find that he was the perfect fit for the lead role. Emma Watson and Rupert Grint were selected later and the cast was ready.
All the films of the New Harry Potter Movie 2020 series were produced by David Heyman. Chris Columbus directed the first two of the series. Tanya Seghatchian was the director for the next two. Chris Columbus has become a co-producer by this time. Lionel Wilgram was the director for the final three films. Half-Blood Prince was the sixth in the series and it was the most expensive one to produce.
Except the fifth film, the screen plays of all the New Harry Potter Movie 2020 films were written by Steve Kloves. The same for the fifth one was written by Michael Goldenberg. Though there were minor differences between the book and the screenplay, all three, book, screenplay and the movie were all the same all the time. In interviews with the press and websites David Heyman has appreciated the support given by Rowling to make it so.
Stuart Craig was the production designer and he did the job for all eight films. Photography was looked after by eight different directors. Music for the series was produced by four composers. June 12, 2010 was the day the last Harry Potter film was finished with its filming.…

Best Movie Trilogies

February 17, 2012 Comments Off

A List of Some of My Favorite Best Movie Trilogies of All Time

If you are looking for a solid list of Best Movie Trilogies, you have come to the right place. Movie threequels have become commonplace in recent years, partly due to the rise in superhero films as well as the lack of confidence in Hollywood of original scripts. Movie studios often would rather go with an established brand, a sure thing.
But that is not to say there have not been some fantastic trilogies over the years. Here are some of the greatest ones.
Any list of personal best movie trilogies would have to include Indiana Jones. My personal favorite is The Temple Of Doom, but many people swear by Raiders Of The Lost Ark as their favorite film from this franchise. Even twenty years after it was completed, this film was able to release a fourth installment, which made serious money.

Another Set of Films

Another set of films that certainly makes my list is J.R.R Tolkien’s Lord Of The Rings Best Movie Trilogies. The great Viggo Mortenson did as good a job as possible, playing the part of King Aragorn, and Elijah Wood played an incredibly memorable Frodo Baggins.
Of course, Luke Skywalker and crew have to be mentioned. Even over 30 years after their initial release, The Star Wars films are still celebrated the world over. George Lucas was even able to release a prequel Best Movie Trilogies.
The Godfather films are worth seeing for anyone who is a fan of mafia films, or great American cinema in general. No other films have Marlon Brando, Robert De Niro and Al Pacino cast together unless it is awesome.
Even though the last film did everything in its power to ruin the series, I feel an unexplainable loyalty to the Matrix films. I can’t argue that they do not touch any other set of films on this list, but nonetheless, I love them!
As it stands, this is my list. Let us reanalyze five years down the road, however, once we have three Avatar films to judge.…

Ward Theaters Movies

February 1, 2012 Comments Off

The Business of Movie Ward Theaters: Films or Food?

Not so long ago people went to the movies to, well, see the movie. Now it’s almost as if the movie has become secondary to the food and arcade games that most Ward Theaters have on offer. Montreal, as was the case in most cities, had its fair share of movie theaters – we didn’t call them cinemas, to us they were movie theaters, plain and simple – both in the downtown core and in the suburbs.

Single-Screen Theaters

These were often elaborately designed single-screen Ward Theaters showing films every night and offered matinees on the weekends and during school holidays. I recall the price being 75 cents before seven o’clock at which time the cost of admission shot up to a whopping $1.25! For that princely sum movie patrons were treated to a cartoon – usually a Blake Edwards’Pink Panther short which worked well in Montreal as it could be used in both French and English theaters given the lack of dialogue – in addition to the main feature.
But the price is not the issue; the price of everything has gone up over time. What has changed is the focus from movie house to all round food and entertainment center. Not all that long ago your admission fee got you into the Ward Theaters to see the movie. There were, of course, snack bars where you could buy soft drinks, popcorn, candies and chips. But these were just for convenience because many people, perhaps most, brought their own snacks to the movie. I’m not talking about smuggling in contraband Twizzlers or Reese’s Pieces, sneaking past ushers who look like they want to pat down movie goers. The goodies people brought to the theater were most welcome; after all they had paid their admission. It was a movie theater, not a restaurant – it was a Bring Your Own Food establishment
Movie goers would bring in, openly and honestly, snack items such as a box of a dozen Dunkin’ Donuts and Dairy Queen milkshakes. Others brought submarine sandwiches or even hamburgers. Some folks even made special snacks at home and, along with a thermos of coffee settled in to enjoy the movie and munch on a ham on rye.
These days the film is almost an afterthought; once you get past the vast array of food on offer at exorbitant prices and run the gamut of the umpteen video games in the lobby, you can finally settle down to watch the feature.
The Movie business has changed. Long gone are the days when movie allen theaters were in the business of selling admission to films and providing convenience snack bar counters, but were BYOF!…

Best Movie Titles

January 17, 2012 Comments Off

Best Movie Titles Resources

Every now and then we all like to enjoy a good movie at the theatre. New Best Movie Titles are coming out each week, so it’s easy to entertain over selves with a good movie.

Awesome Thing About the Internet World

The awesome thing about the internet world is just about anything can be found there. If you are looking for a particular movie, even locations where it is showing or a synopsis, you can search it online. You can find information on all kinds of genres from horror, dramas, comedy, action to suspense movies.
Things have really changed from way back then before the internet. You had a bit more work to do when searching Best Movie Titles times and locations.
Looking in the almost obsolete telephone book was where you started. You would look up each theatre to find numbers so that you could call the automated system to hear what is playing there and at what times before choosing which theatre you wanted to drive to.
This was a little irritating at times though. You had to keeping calling until the line was clear if it were a busy night like a weekend and if you called in and didn’t hear your personal best movie time, then you would have to wait on the line until the recording started all over again.
Now a days, you no longer need to worry about those automated services. You can search right on your home computer. All you need to do is search the Best Movie Titles, the theatre name, or just simply new releases and you will find what you need and so much more. And don’t worry, you can still find those show times.
You may also want to take a look at those movie trailers that will come up with your search as well. This way before you spend all your money on a movie you may not like or know anything else about, you should take a look at a few of the scenes so that you know what you are getting yourself into.
A good website to see trailers is: apple trailers. Here you can see the current films playing and decide which movie you would prefer to see.
Before you make your decision, look at how the Best Movie Titles is rated. This can help sway your decision to if you want to view it or not.…