Searching Inspiration: Best Places to Find Your Next Film Topic
When you are a budding screen writer or filmmaker, it can be easy to feel like you are in a slump. When you have a film in your head but you’re not quite sure where to go for inspiration, we’ve got a few suggestions for you.
When we think that we’re struggling with a block, these are a few places that we go to get inspiration:
Public Parks
Public Parks are a great way to observe people as they go through the motions of their lives. There are families that legitimately enjoy picnics, there are couples who are better off getting a room, there are people who are trying their hardest to be healthy, and so many more.
You will never run out of people to observe regardless of the season or the weather. If you aren’t in it to observe people, you can watch nature quietly and see how you can apply color palettes to your film.
Casinos
If you ever wanted to see a place where people were honest and simultaneously dishonest, a casino is where you go. You get to watch poker players put on their best faces; you get to see devastation as it happens when someone realizes they’ve played too much on the craps table, and you get to see the absolute celebration when someone wins at the slot machines.
Casinos are often a hotbed of human emotions and a wonderful place to obtain ideas for characters and the subjects of films. It is worth mentioning that a lot of films surround casinos!
Malls
If you aim to catch the everyday people, the mall is where you should go. You get to watch people who live to shop, you get to see people who have more nefarious reasons for being there (shoplifters), and you get to watch a lot of the youth going about their days in groups.
Much of popular culture can be picked up from a mall and you would be crazy to miss it. If you need further inspiration, you can always catch the newest flick—you never know when it might change your life.
These are just some of the places where we go to get inspiration for films or scripts. Where do you go?