What would happen if life was a movie? Would we realize all of our mistake and realize everything that we can't now? Could we see if we were being stupid or silly? All of these questions were running through my mind today as Luke gave out sheets explaining plot points and how they affect everything through the movie after. Is there a point in our life where we have our own plot points?
I started thinking back to a point in my life where there might have been a plot point and I definitely remembered a time in third grade where a girl use to bully me and call me stupid names that my innocent mind didn't know.That point in my life was definitely when I had became really loud, out-going, and being confident to stand up for myself. So basically I had became really aggressive. But I started thinking how in movies the plot points weren't really the obvious but they were the simplest and subtle actions. Maybe there was a point in my life where it was the fact that the girl bullied me but more of the fact that maybe I was just shy. How movies can be affected by the simplest action of throwing tacks mind boggles me but also gives me an appreciation towards film. Being able to make everything from plot to characters' actions alter because of a subtle move is powerful.
As every aspect of film that Luke had mentioned was familiar to me but when I turned around and saw the look on Matt's face you could see everything running threw his mind. My respect for film directors and any person that has to do something with film has increased to an enormous amount. They have to be one step ahead of everything and it is a really useful skill. Props to you film people!
"Is there a point in our life where we have our own plot points?"
ReplyDeleteIt does seem this way, doesn't it? That our lives are a movie, and we have some partial control of the script and direction, but it does seem at times we are not writing it, but that we are simply acting in it.
A most perceptive post. I love your description of watching Matt's face as he put things together. You're growing nicely.
L