When it comes to making movies, there is a lot I want to know.
First, why is the 1-2-8-7 sword fighting choreography so often used? If you don't know what that is, here is a clip: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OFVX-JKdYVo (between the seconds of 45-48 is where you can see it best), or I could simply say that a 1-2--8-7 is basically the circle around and over that swordsmen make with cutting over the right shoulder, bringing it back over the left and cutting down and then going down from the left knee to cut up and switching to the right knee and cutting up. Anyway, it tends to be seen in a lot more than just the Pirates of the Caribbean movies, and I would like to know why it is so often used when there is far better choreography out there.
The next thing I would like to know is how do you get one effect to happen within a condensed place. (example: Hellboy where Liz is on fire but not the whole scene). Within the movie I'm creating, that would be pretty nice to have for a small area, but again, not the whole scene.
When it comes to other ideas, what can you do to make your storyline better?
There is one last thing I would like to know, and that is what makes one movie more memorable than another. I've always wondered, what made Bruce Almighty more exciting to people than say Evan Almighty, or Sin City over the Watchmen? I understand with the Watchmen the Graphic Novel was never as big as Frank Miller's Sin City, but the plot for me is the same: Good versus Evil. Sort of like comparing any super hero movie to any other super hero movie. What makes them different?
It is something that has bothered me for a long time.
I suppose when it comes right down to it I just want to know why one thing is better than the next. What makes a film so special that people are willing to spend 20 bucks at a Regal to see it, when most will refuse to spend 10 dollars on the book that the movie is based on?
First, why is the 1-2-8-7 sword fighting choreography so often used? If you don't know what that is, here is a clip: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OFVX-JKdYVo (between the seconds of 45-48 is where you can see it best), or I could simply say that a 1-2--8-7 is basically the circle around and over that swordsmen make with cutting over the right shoulder, bringing it back over the left and cutting down and then going down from the left knee to cut up and switching to the right knee and cutting up. Anyway, it tends to be seen in a lot more than just the Pirates of the Caribbean movies, and I would like to know why it is so often used when there is far better choreography out there.
The next thing I would like to know is how do you get one effect to happen within a condensed place. (example: Hellboy where Liz is on fire but not the whole scene). Within the movie I'm creating, that would be pretty nice to have for a small area, but again, not the whole scene.
When it comes to other ideas, what can you do to make your storyline better?
There is one last thing I would like to know, and that is what makes one movie more memorable than another. I've always wondered, what made Bruce Almighty more exciting to people than say Evan Almighty, or Sin City over the Watchmen? I understand with the Watchmen the Graphic Novel was never as big as Frank Miller's Sin City, but the plot for me is the same: Good versus Evil. Sort of like comparing any super hero movie to any other super hero movie. What makes them different?
It is something that has bothered me for a long time.
I suppose when it comes right down to it I just want to know why one thing is better than the next. What makes a film so special that people are willing to spend 20 bucks at a Regal to see it, when most will refuse to spend 10 dollars on the book that the movie is based on?
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