I'm going to make a movie!

Mark · 04-18-2011, 07:05 PM

I wanted to make a movie for a very long time.. and now the time has finally been there that I thought of a great storyline worth turning into one! The only question is when I have enough time to work it out.

I can't tell you much about it but it's not really magic-related, although it comes close in a way.

Albert · 04-18-2011, 09:16 PM

Ohhhh that would be awesome to see. Are you going to be acting too or just directing?

TheMisdirectingHand · 04-19-2011, 12:46 AM

I still think the idea with the train was okay.

la0o9 · 04-19-2011, 01:48 AM

Can't wait for Mark's movie/video to come out, wonder what topic it is...

Kieran Oloughlin · 04-19-2011, 08:36 AM

Will it be a short movie uploaded to youtube or a long movie that you see somwhere else? Will it have any magic in it also is this what you have been studying at uni?

Mark · 04-19-2011, 09:16 AM

It will be a long movie uploaded to YouTube. There will be the slightest bit of magic in it, but it's not the focus at all as said in the main post. I may be acting a little but probably I'll just be directing.

And no, I haven't been studying this at the university. I did however follow a film making course some years ago but it's not that I learnt a lot at it.

TheMisdirectingHand · 04-20-2011, 02:52 AM

So will we see Mark dodging bullets?

Albert · 04-20-2011, 02:56 AM

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Originally Posted by TheMisdirectingHand

So will we see Mark dodging bullets?

Ditto!

Kieran Oloughlin · 04-20-2011, 04:57 AM

Ditto!?!

la0o9 · 04-20-2011, 05:09 AM

That means "same here" i think

Kieran Oloughlin · 04-20-2011, 07:38 AM

that would make sense

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I want to see mark as a vampire macigian how goes around and drinks the blood of migians how have done magic wrong such as revelers.

Mark · 04-20-2011, 12:36 PM

I have actually been asked by friends what a movie with me would be like, but I just can't think of a decent script for that so I rather make a movie with a character I feel somewhat related to. You could actually see the main character as me, yet he's an expert in another field, going another road.

TheMisdirectingHand · 04-20-2011, 04:13 PM

Strangely... the only name that comes to mind right now would be... "Morpheus"...

Mark · 04-21-2011, 12:27 PM

Actually, I just had a great idea for a magic/DarkSleightZ-related movie, although it may be a bit too much of a cliché. Fact is that it won't ever be as good as my all-time favorite, 'The Prestige'. But yeah, maybe I should make two movies.

TheMisdirectingHand · 04-21-2011, 03:45 PM

How small is your budget?

la0o9 · 04-21-2011, 05:42 PM

hmmm, "The Prestige", still love it, takes deception to a whole new level( the fact that they manage to hide the secret while they grow up is kinda scary)

s13zeTheDay · 04-25-2011, 04:51 AM

the prestige was really good but reeeeeeeeeeally weird.

Alexander · 07-22-2011, 02:22 PM

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Originally Posted by s13zeTheDay

the prestige was really good but reeeeeeeeeeally weird.

Why so? Do you mean because of the beginning and the ending? If so essentially it was a cool movie twist, man

Fin · 07-23-2011, 05:47 AM

I found that the "twist" didn't quite fit with the rest of the movie, it was like I thought we were in "basic realistic fiction" land for most of the film and I was quite happy; and then suddenly we went into "x-files meets Frankenstein" land and I was thinking "just what is this film?" and it threw me for a loop in all the wrong ways. Basically, the twist felt a bit too bizarre for the atmosphere and set-up before it. But I thought many parts of the film were great. Maybe I was in the wrong mood :S

Mark · 07-23-2011, 12:49 PM

That's quite an overreaction, Fin. 'The Prestige' is so amazingly well thought out. However, a little bit of your reaction makes sense because the makers had the purpose of leaving the viewers with the thought "I really have to see this movie again now".

It's a bit like 'Hoodwinked (1)' (a really ingenious animation), a puzzle that comes together in the end. I doubt that there could've been a better end to 'The Prestige'.

04-18-2011, 07:05 PM	#1
Mark Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: The Netherlands Posts: 935	I'm going to make a movie! I wanted to make a movie for a very long time.. and now the time has finally been there that I thought of a great storyline worth turning into one! The only question is when I have enough time to work it out. I can't tell you much about it but it's not really magic-related, although it comes close in a way.

04-18-2011, 09:16 PM	#2
Albert DarkSleightZ Artist Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Canada Posts: 671 Donor Score: 110	Ohhhh that would be awesome to see. Are you going to be acting too or just directing? __________________ "Bluffing is an important act to all strategies." - Lelouch Lamperouge

04-19-2011, 12:46 AM	#3
TheMisdirectingHand David Nguyen Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Rosemead, California Posts: 406	I still think the idea with the train was okay. __________________ "There are three types of people in this world; •People who talk and never do: The Lower Class •People who talk and do at the same time: The Middle Class •People who do before they ever talk: The Upper Class A real man does not need to talk. We are the upper class." -Joseph Lau

04-19-2011, 01:48 AM	#4
la0o9 Move monkey atm Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Not where you'd want to go :P Posts: 747	Can't wait for Mark's movie/video to come out, wonder what topic it is... __________________ "Doubt isn't the same as saying people are bad, it simply means you actually care, 100% trust is nothing more than ignorance"~ Akiyama Shinichi- Liar Game "It's not the destination but the road to it that is worth the trip" "Be careful what you wish for... it might just come true"~ old saying "It's a small world, but only relatively" "Reality is not the world, it is the way humankind depicts the world, thus when you alter a person's way of seeing the world, you alter reality itself"

04-20-2011, 02:52 AM	#7
TheMisdirectingHand David Nguyen Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Rosemead, California Posts: 406	So will we see Mark dodging bullets? __________________ "There are three types of people in this world; •People who talk and never do: The Lower Class •People who talk and do at the same time: The Middle Class •People who do before they ever talk: The Upper Class A real man does not need to talk. We are the upper class." -Joseph Lau

04-19-2011, 08:36 AM	#5
Kieran Oloughlin Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Australia Posts: 414	Will it be a short movie uploaded to youtube or a long movie that you see somwhere else? Will it have any magic in it also is this what you have been studying at uni?

04-19-2011, 09:16 AM	#6
Mark Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: The Netherlands Posts: 935	It will be a long movie uploaded to YouTube. There will be the slightest bit of magic in it, but it's not the focus at all as said in the main post. I may be acting a little but probably I'll just be directing. And no, I haven't been studying this at the university. I did however follow a film making course some years ago but it's not that I learnt a lot at it.

04-20-2011, 04:57 AM	#9
Kieran Oloughlin Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Australia Posts: 414	Ditto!?!

04-20-2011, 05:09 AM	#10
la0o9 Move monkey atm Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Not where you'd want to go :P Posts: 747	That means "same here" i think __________________ "Doubt isn't the same as saying people are bad, it simply means you actually care, 100% trust is nothing more than ignorance"~ Akiyama Shinichi- Liar Game "It's not the destination but the road to it that is worth the trip" "Be careful what you wish for... it might just come true"~ old saying "It's a small world, but only relatively" "Reality is not the world, it is the way humankind depicts the world, thus when you alter a person's way of seeing the world, you alter reality itself"

04-20-2011, 07:38 AM	#11
Kieran Oloughlin Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Australia Posts: 414	that would make sense ---------- Post added at 03:08 PM ---------- Previous post was at 02:50 PM ---------- I want to see mark as a vampire macigian how goes around and drinks the blood of migians how have done magic wrong such as revelers.

04-20-2011, 12:36 PM	#12
Mark Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: The Netherlands Posts: 935	I have actually been asked by friends what a movie with me would be like, but I just can't think of a decent script for that so I rather make a movie with a character I feel somewhat related to. You could actually see the main character as me, yet he's an expert in another field, going another road.

04-20-2011, 04:13 PM	#13
TheMisdirectingHand David Nguyen Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Rosemead, California Posts: 406	Strangely... the only name that comes to mind right now would be... "Morpheus"... __________________ "There are three types of people in this world; •People who talk and never do: The Lower Class •People who talk and do at the same time: The Middle Class •People who do before they ever talk: The Upper Class A real man does not need to talk. We are the upper class." -Joseph Lau

04-21-2011, 12:27 PM	#14
Mark Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: The Netherlands Posts: 935	Actually, I just had a great idea for a magic/DarkSleightZ-related movie, although it may be a bit too much of a cliché. Fact is that it won't ever be as good as my all-time favorite, 'The Prestige'. But yeah, maybe I should make two movies.

04-21-2011, 03:45 PM	#15
TheMisdirectingHand David Nguyen Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Rosemead, California Posts: 406	How small is your budget? __________________ "There are three types of people in this world; •People who talk and never do: The Lower Class •People who talk and do at the same time: The Middle Class •People who do before they ever talk: The Upper Class A real man does not need to talk. We are the upper class." -Joseph Lau

04-21-2011, 05:42 PM	#16
la0o9 Move monkey atm Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Not where you'd want to go :P Posts: 747	hmmm, "The Prestige", still love it, takes deception to a whole new level( the fact that they manage to hide the secret while they grow up is kinda scary) __________________ "Doubt isn't the same as saying people are bad, it simply means you actually care, 100% trust is nothing more than ignorance"~ Akiyama Shinichi- Liar Game "It's not the destination but the road to it that is worth the trip" "Be careful what you wish for... it might just come true"~ old saying "It's a small world, but only relatively" "Reality is not the world, it is the way humankind depicts the world, thus when you alter a person's way of seeing the world, you alter reality itself"

04-25-2011, 04:51 AM	#17
s13zeTheDay Join Date: Feb 2010 Posts: 150	the prestige was really good but reeeeeeeeeeally weird. __________________ What you do in this world is a matter of no consequence. The question is, what can you make people believe you have done. --Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, A Study In Scarlet

07-23-2011, 05:47 AM	#19
Fin Join Date: Jun 2011 Posts: 530	I found that the "twist" didn't quite fit with the rest of the movie, it was like I thought we were in "basic realistic fiction" land for most of the film and I was quite happy; and then suddenly we went into "x-files meets Frankenstein" land and I was thinking "just what is this film?" and it threw me for a loop in all the wrong ways. Basically, the twist felt a bit too bizarre for the atmosphere and set-up before it. But I thought many parts of the film were great. Maybe I was in the wrong mood :S

07-23-2011, 12:49 PM	#20
Mark Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: The Netherlands Posts: 935	That's quite an overreaction, Fin. 'The Prestige' is so amazingly well thought out. However, a little bit of your reaction makes sense because the makers had the purpose of leaving the viewers with the thought "I really have to see this movie again now". It's a bit like 'Hoodwinked (1)' (a really ingenious animation), a puzzle that comes together in the end. I doubt that there could've been a better end to 'The Prestige'.