Gerry Posted March 5, 2012 Posted March 5, 2012 Really interesting story about a forgotten collection of fairy tales, newly discovered in Germany. Wonder how long it will take the big movie studios to copyright the whole bunch? http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2012/mar/0...covered-germany Quote
Hash Fellow robcat2075 Posted March 5, 2012 Hash Fellow Posted March 5, 2012 Slashing your way out of someone after you've been eaten is an oddly recurring theme in these things. Quote
Gerry Posted March 5, 2012 Author Posted March 5, 2012 Maybe has something to do with the rich food those Germans eat. Quote
NancyGormezano Posted March 5, 2012 Posted March 5, 2012 I'm always scouting fairy tales for ideas for stories. However I have never been sucessful in my attempts at plagiarism. I find that if get hooked by the premises, beginnings and middles, that more often than not, in most stories, scripts, fairy tale or not, that the endings are usually so icky lame. Hey! If ya want me to steal your ideas, couldn't ya make the endings more creative? I might have more luck, in my unsucessful quest, to start with a quirky ending (when fleshing out a story) and work backwards to an almost normalish but perhaps "won't see that ending coming" beginning. Quote
Gerry Posted March 11, 2012 Author Posted March 11, 2012 It may be that when these stories were written, the emphasis was on "the moral of the story". But now it may be more about having a great ending. If you have a great ending the audience will forgive almost anything else. You can't say that about any other part of a story, though I could be generalizing. Quote
NancyGormezano Posted March 11, 2012 Posted March 11, 2012 If you have a great ending the audience will forgive almost anything else. You can't say that about any other part of a story, though I could be generalizing. You also have to "hook them" from the beginning, and the entire way thru. Keep them always wondering "what happens next??" Especially in this day of on-demand streaming. Too easy to stop watching. Same goes for demo reels. However in the theatre, rarely have I walked out on something that I have paid an exorbitant ticket price. Quote
Hash Fellow robcat2075 Posted March 12, 2012 Hash Fellow Posted March 12, 2012 However in the theatre, rarely have I walked out on something that I have paid an exorbitant ticket price. Yup, I stick around until they turn the lights on just to make sure I get my full dose of credits and soundtrack music. Quote
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