The Twenty-Second: WriteRightRite

So, I've been playing with words lately. I'm sure I've mentioned it somewhere before, but if I haven't, then here it is. I'm writing a script. I've actually got a few script ideas on the go, but I'm really just working on the one. It's been working titled "Surf" for months and months now. It started off as a uni assignment, where we had to script the opening 5 minutes of a larger production. I liked mine so much (modest), that I decided to keep writing it.

For years now, I've dreamed of going back to the UK or the US and starting a film career. Now, for the first time, I'm seeing myself staying here in Australia and trying to bust out Aussie films. Is there anything wrong with not wanting to be in Hollywood, but wanting to be on the "Hollywood scene"? I definitely don't want to stay in Perth, not necessarily because of the lack of film work, but simply because I do need a scene change. "Surf" is set in Queensland and is essentially about the dynamics of a group of teenagers living on their own. I'm not giving too much away (mainly because I'm not too sure where it's going at this point), but I like the idea that if this film were to get made and I were to direct it, I'd be filming in Australia and it would be credited as an Australian production.

I just finished watching the Matrix trilogy for the umpteenth time. I find those films incredible. They're groundbreaking in terms of how they mixed genres, worked the plot, used combinations of technology and explored themes, but to me, the scriptwriting was beyond brilliant. Listening to the words come out of the mouths of the actors, I just can't fathom how the scriptwriters even came up with them. I gather inspiration from a lot of places and people, and this is just another one. Watching the DVD extras of Matrix Revolutions only made me think more and more about how I were to construct my own film.

I really do hope that one day soon, I can start my career. It's such a tentative industry, but the drive that I have is exceptional. I hope to refer to this blog in years to come in an interview, and say, "See? I've wanted to do this for a long time. Now, here I am."

Variations of the following quote were said in several scenes between Morpheus and Naiobe during the Matrix trilogy. It's simple. Not hugely insightful, yet it doesn't need to be. It's just, nice.

"Some things never change."

"And some things do."