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Old 03-18-2007, 03:44 PM
viddy
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Re: Advice needed
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Originally Posted by chino
I've always thought that making a short about common events on empty/melancholic citizens, may result something interesting... but I do not think this way anymore. Nowadays, young film students have exploited this very simple idea so much that this simple plot is like a plague.

I bet you must have an idea. It could be simple. Less is more.
I went to film shool in downtown Chicago, and I cannot tell you how many student films have been made about bums/heartbreak & immature relationships/loneliness/annoying apartment sounds (waking up to an alarm clock/dripping water). There's very few truely creative films that I saw in my four years there, and even less with adult themes (as most students are 18-23).

my $0.02