Used to be called the "ELEVATOR PITCH"... You're in an elevator. The door opens and in pops the "Oh My God" person. Make eye contact. Start to pitch. You have 3 seconds before the door opens and he/she exits.
You have AT MOST 3-seconds... to grab his/her attention... So for 2 Seconds Pitch... Then the 3rd Second you say "And Complications arise when..." and grab his/her attention that he says, as door opens, "Step Out... Please tell me more"
Now with Vertical Serials and Micro-Dramas you really only have 2 seconds.
I hear what's being said but this kind of thing can devolve into horrific spectacle with no meaning if the goal is to hook them. I see what people are saying at this app and that they want the slower life. Does that mean more gore, more explosions, more of the worst of humanity? No. This is why my AI generated movies are not about "robots coming to enslave humanity" bc we've had enough of that. I'm writing scripts based on what I'm seeing them talk about here. We will know how serious they are.
When I got a review of my most recent film and they lauded the fact that I did not attempt to grab the audience’s attention with horrific spectacle, a crazy hook, gratuitous sex or violence, but took them by the hand and introduced them to a new and interesting world, made the film more interesting and inspiring.
Learning more every single day. Attention, Hooks, Micro-second impressions that last forever. Besides the fact that filmmaking has pretty much always been difficult, now there's the next wave. I'm seeing a reversal happen in another decade. A decade where patience might take over and rule this beautiful dystopia.
Used to be called the "ELEVATOR PITCH"... You're in an elevator. The door opens and in pops the "Oh My God" person. Make eye contact. Start to pitch. You have 3 seconds before the door opens and he/she exits.
You have AT MOST 3-seconds... to grab his/her attention... So for 2 Seconds Pitch... Then the 3rd Second you say "And Complications arise when..." and grab his/her attention that he says, as door opens, "Step Out... Please tell me more"
Now with Vertical Serials and Micro-Dramas you really only have 2 seconds.
Keep going Mr Grove
God Bless. Enjoy today
I hear what's being said but this kind of thing can devolve into horrific spectacle with no meaning if the goal is to hook them. I see what people are saying at this app and that they want the slower life. Does that mean more gore, more explosions, more of the worst of humanity? No. This is why my AI generated movies are not about "robots coming to enslave humanity" bc we've had enough of that. I'm writing scripts based on what I'm seeing them talk about here. We will know how serious they are.
When I got a review of my most recent film and they lauded the fact that I did not attempt to grab the audience’s attention with horrific spectacle, a crazy hook, gratuitous sex or violence, but took them by the hand and introduced them to a new and interesting world, made the film more interesting and inspiring.
that’s what’s up, FF
if people are already so bombarded, why add to the bombardment? is that the kind of audience we want? I don’t, so that’s not the movies i’m making.
Here's my answer to "The 3-Second War"
The 1st Second: Don't give examples and show trailers of films that cost millions of dollars.
The 2nd Second: When you talk about a micro-budget film make sure the trailer is from that film and not a 2016 remake.
The 3rd Second: Make sure you show the "openings" of micro-budget films, as examples, preferably ones from the students of your classes.
And 4 your information, the trailer, itself, may be in its final days and could soon be replaced by something much more moving and crowd pleasing.
This is absolutely, absolutely, ABSOLUTELY the most important advice on openings I have ever seen, Elliot.
Pxxx
Learning more every single day. Attention, Hooks, Micro-second impressions that last forever. Besides the fact that filmmaking has pretty much always been difficult, now there's the next wave. I'm seeing a reversal happen in another decade. A decade where patience might take over and rule this beautiful dystopia.