The initial idea of my screenplay is based on a boy meeting a girl, but all is not as simple as it seems. This basic idea appears in many popular films including 'Shrek', where Shrek meets Princess Fiona and '500 days of summer', for example. With this idea, there are many different things that could happen to make the relationship complicated. How the problem is solved is what keeps the audience entertained whilst watching your short or feature length film. Although I have already developed my final idea, the article written by Christopher Fowler I have looked at elaborates on how a simple scenario can become a big idea.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pwYYpg0My8Y - This link is for the trailer of 'Shrek'. The first 15 seconds of the trailer, informs the audience that Shrek is trying to save to princess, a simple fairytale idea of a princess being saved, but there is something preventing this from happening. In this case, the dragon.
http://www.christopherfowler.co.uk/blog/how-to-write-a-short-story/2-the-idea/
This link is basically an explanation/advice on how to come up with a 'BIG' idea for a screen play. Christopher Fowler talks about how it is not an idea as such, but making a simple scenario interesting for the target audience.
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