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In this Film Courage video interview, Writer/Instructor and Script Consultant Shannan E. Johnson shares 10 ways to generate original movie ideas. These methods offer writers a variety of ways to generate original movie ideas. The first method is to start with personal experiences and emotions. Expands on this by suggesting that personal experiences can also include the experiences of people around you. The second method is to combine two seemingly unrelated concepts or genres. This allows for the creation of unique ideas by placing familiar characters or elements in different worlds. The third method involves creating a unique world or alternate universe as a starting point for storytelling. The fourth method is to take a familiar story and add a new twist or perspective, offering a fresh take on a known concept. The fifth method is to…(Watch the video interview on Youtube here).
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About Shannan:
After grad school I became a junior creative executive at NBCUniversal at the Syfy Channel. I was there for the rebrand. Remember Sci Fi? Yeah, not really. Anywho, it was my job to help writers and producers take their ideas from pitch to production. I co-exec’d on Alphas, Being Human, Haven, Sanctuary, Warehouse 13, and more Syfy dramedies. This is how I honed my skill in all stages of the screenwriting process…(read more here).
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