''Rouge'' Update - A lot of information
I think it's time for y'all to get some more insight about what's happening with "Rouge", my TG movie.
First, the bad news: I am nowhere near where I want to be with the script. I've been hammering away at it and nothing seems to be working. This has made me incredibly anxious and upset that what I'm doing does not seem to be working. I essentially felt like a failure.
Until I watched a behind-the-scenes/making-of featurette for Pixar's "Inside Out", last night. In the featurette, Pete Docter, the director of Inside Out, spoke about the creation of the story. He spoke about how the many things they've tried (including making the character of Joy into a mean person) "just wasn't working". In the words of Docter, "As you're starting a project, it's kind of unknown. It's not like, 'Oh there's the land over there. We just go that way.' It's a big, foggy mess. The major elements in a story, you don't really know where those are going to come from, and sometimes, it's not so much the concept as it is people."
These words hit me like a sack of bricks. These professionals were having a very difficult time with turning the character of Joy into a likable, believable character, and it took a lot of work to even get the story down, and I'm no professional!
Believe it or not, I feel a lot more rejuvenated and revitalized after hearing these words and I think I know now what I need to do.
Right now, I've been in that "fog" for about two years over Rouge. I know the story I want to tell, but getting there is my main block.
So, here's where I'm going from here:
I need help. Help from YOU all. I would like to take on at least one more person onto the Rouge team (a team of one right now), someone who would like to get onto the project and help to make Rouge a reality.
The main thing I will need from you is your brain so that we can brainstorm ideas and get Rouge into working condition. The second main thing I need from you is confidentiality. I don't want the story of Rouge to be released to the public yet until I'm ready to go into pre-production.
If you'd like to help, please drop me a line here (or privately) and let's discuss things! Right now, this would be an unpaid gig (I am not getting paid, either!), but it could lead to something in the future.
Let me know! And thank you so much for reading!
Rouge Update - A lot of information
Greetings, folks!
I think it's time for y'all to get some more insight about what's happening with "Rouge", my TG movie.
First, the bad news: I am nowhere near where I want to be with the script. I've been hammering away at it and nothing seems to be working. This has made me incredibly anxious and upset that what I'm doing does not seem to be working. I essentially felt like a failure.
Until I watched a behind-the-scenes/making-of featurette for Pixar's "Inside Out", last night. In the featurette, Pete Docter, the director of Inside Out, spoke about the creation of the story. He spoke about how the many things they've tried (including making the character of Joy into a mean person) "just wasn't working". In the words of Docter, "As you're starting a project, it's kind of unknown. It's not like, 'Oh there's the land over there. We just go that way.' It's a big, foggy mess. The major elements in a story, you don't really know where those are going to come from, and sometimes, it's not so much the concept as it is people."
These words hit me like a sack of bricks. These professionals were having a very difficult time with turning the character of Joy into a likable, believable character, and it took a lot of work to even get the story down, and I'm no professional!
Believe it or not, I feel a lot more rejuvenated and revitalized after hearing these words and I think I know now what I need to do.
Right now, I've been in that "fog" for about two years over Rouge. I know the story I want to tell, but getting there is my main block.
So, here's where I'm going from here:
I need help. Help from YOU all. I would like to take on at least one more person onto the Rouge team (a team of one right now), someone who would like to get onto the project and help to make Rouge a reality.
The main thing I will need from you is your brain so that we can brainstorm ideas and get Rouge into working condition. The second main thing I need from you is confidentiality. I don't want the story of Rouge to be released to the public yet until I'm ready to go into pre-production.
If you'd like to help, please drop me a line here (or privately) and let's discuss things! Right now, this would be an unpaid gig (I am not getting paid, either!), but it could lead to something in the future.
Let me know! And thank you so much for reading!
Should I join social media?
I am curious as to whether I should join social media, such as Twitter, etc, for announcements and stuff.
What do you all think?
www.strawpoll.me/17504115
I don't know the best platforms to join so I'd love to hear y'all's take on this. Thanks!
2019
First, let me say that I sincerely and deeply appreciate everyone who has stuck by me, have liked my work in both the past and the present, and supported me throughout the years. You all are rockstars!
Second, as we wind down 2018 (some of you are already in 2019), I often reflect on my life. I am not happy with what I haven't accomplished in 2018. This is caused by a variety of factors, but the main problem is with me. I am too willing and too eager to get distracted by the shiny. I have spent months of 2018 not doing things that make me happy. To be frank, what I've done over 2018 was spent far too long debating politics and religion. This isn't productive and a huge waste of time. I've also spent far too long engaging in various Discord servers as well as other fora such as Picarto, imgur, and the like.
This has had the effect of, well, making me not do the things I've wanted to do. The script for Rouge has been shoved to the side and this makes me supremely unhappy.
A wakeup call happened to me a few days ago. I discussed the movie with a friend of mine and I realized I haven't done what I need to do to give the movie the edge it deserves. The edge it needs. The reasons for that are above. After watching both "Sintel" and the Blender teaser short for "Agent 327: Operation Barbershop", this has reinvigorated me and I've come to a decision:
My New Years resolution for 2019 is to cut back on as many distractions as possible. This unfortunately means I will be leaving several Discord servers I frequent. This means I will no longer be posting on politics and religion debate channels. My Picarto and otherwise livestreaming hangouts will be drastically curtailed--and I will only be going to these when I'm "off of work", as it were. I will change my "computer habits" to be one of work, not one of lazy recreation (I've seen enough cat videos!). For 2019, I'm buckling down, getting serious. During my free time, the only thing I will be working on is Seahorse and Rouge. The other recreational activities will be relegated to either early morning, late evening, or during short bits of time on the weekends.
I need to do this because procrastination is an ugly beast that I need to slay in 2019.
To everyone, I hope you understand if I am not as available as I used to be, but I need to do this. I will do this. I have to do this.
Thank you all once again for staying by me and hope you'll stick by me into the new year where I go more-or-less dark while I get Rouge off the ground. I love you all!
--Dan
Rouge - A call for help!
I have the basic skeleton down for the main character now, but there's one huge stumbling block that I need to hurdle to jump before I can move forward:
The main character's occupation.
I have been scouring the classified ads and job search sites for ideas for what the main character's job should be, but that's doing more harm than good, I fear. So, I'm throwing this to you all!
What is your occupation/profession?
The main character is in his early 30s, if that helps.
You don't have to answer if you don't feel comfortable answering, and if you don't want to answer publicly, you can send me a Note with what it is. I will keep any info you send me private. I'm just looking for occupation ideas. And hey, who knows, maybe I'll pick your occupation for how the main character makes money!
Thank you!