The reason I want to write stories is to move people in some way, the way I’ve been moved by others’ stories, and to give them entertainment and enjoyment as well. For most of my life, I’ve loved books, T.V., movies, games – anything with a good story. I’ve always wanted to be an author, however more recently, I discovered a new desire to write for T.V. and/or film. I have always watched T.V. and movies, but the idea to write for them never occurred to me until three years ago, during the Junior year of my High School. That year, I took the class “Video Production”, because I thought it’d be easy and fun. Well, it was both those things, but also so much more. It awoke a passion in me to write stories for T.V. and/or film, where my ideas and passions would reach even more people. The medium of T.V. and film itself is extremely different from that of books, and I find myself drawn to writing for T.V. and films even more than books; in T.V. and films you can be more expressive in both a visual and audio sense, and you can do many things one can’t do in books. It is also easier to make people feel emotion, and to move people, with video rather than with words on a page, due to the visual and audio connection people can make with characters on a T.V. show or movie. In books they never get to see or hear the characters, and being able to see and hear them makes it a much more visceral experience.
Another facet of this are my inspirations, of which there are numerous. One specific inspiration I suppose would be the write/director Edgar Wright. I love his writing and directing style - seen in movies such as Shaun of the Dead, Hot Fuzz, Scott Pilgrim vs. the World, The World's End, and more. Another inspiration is Joss Whedon (Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Firefly, Dollhouse, The Avengers), J.J. Abrams (Alias, LOST, Fringe, Mission Impossible 3, Super 8, Star Trek), and yet another is Christopher Nolan (The Dark Knight Trilogy, Memento, Inception). My writing will probably incorporate aspects of these directors/writers, although I hope to distinguish my own writing from others, and maybe even make a good name for myself as well. The kind of movies or shows I would like to write are varied, as can be seen from my inspirations, but the most common genre among them would definitely be sci-fi. I love sci-fi, and to write something sci-fi, whether it be a T.V. show or movie, would be amazing.
There is one last thing I'd like to mention here: my true goal and dream of writing an anime. I love anime, more than anything else, and to be able to write one, and give others the joy anime has given to me, would be just too good to be true. Anime, above anything else, is the art form which has most inspired me and my writing. Unfortunately, anime is a notoriously hard area for foreigners (non-Japanese) to break into, and so more likely than not, I will never achieve this goal of mine. But that is ok; I will still always work towards that goal most of all, but that does not mean my other goal of writing for [live-action] T.V. and/or film is any less important to me. That T.V. and film goal is the one I am currently working towards, and one I will achieve, no matter what.
Another facet of this are my inspirations, of which there are numerous. One specific inspiration I suppose would be the write/director Edgar Wright. I love his writing and directing style - seen in movies such as Shaun of the Dead, Hot Fuzz, Scott Pilgrim vs. the World, The World's End, and more. Another inspiration is Joss Whedon (Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Firefly, Dollhouse, The Avengers), J.J. Abrams (Alias, LOST, Fringe, Mission Impossible 3, Super 8, Star Trek), and yet another is Christopher Nolan (The Dark Knight Trilogy, Memento, Inception). My writing will probably incorporate aspects of these directors/writers, although I hope to distinguish my own writing from others, and maybe even make a good name for myself as well. The kind of movies or shows I would like to write are varied, as can be seen from my inspirations, but the most common genre among them would definitely be sci-fi. I love sci-fi, and to write something sci-fi, whether it be a T.V. show or movie, would be amazing.
There is one last thing I'd like to mention here: my true goal and dream of writing an anime. I love anime, more than anything else, and to be able to write one, and give others the joy anime has given to me, would be just too good to be true. Anime, above anything else, is the art form which has most inspired me and my writing. Unfortunately, anime is a notoriously hard area for foreigners (non-Japanese) to break into, and so more likely than not, I will never achieve this goal of mine. But that is ok; I will still always work towards that goal most of all, but that does not mean my other goal of writing for [live-action] T.V. and/or film is any less important to me. That T.V. and film goal is the one I am currently working towards, and one I will achieve, no matter what.
No matter what kind of fictional story writing I end up doing as a career, the most important thing is that I’m able to write stories for a living, which is my dream. To be able to move people - that is what I want to do. And it is this goal I will be working towards during my time hear in FILMP/MEDP 160, as well as for the rest of my life, even after I finally accomplish it – for there will always be more people to move, more people to amaze.
