Movie trailers are like little perfect movies.
The first line of a good movie trailer is my favorite thing to listen to.
This doesnt include narration.
Just, the first line of dialogue, puzzle pieced out of context onto the beginning of a new tiny movie.
its like finding one word that completely explains something huge and complex and beautiful.
i was brainstorming ideas for my junior film when i got frustrated and instead began a list of the first lines of the movie trailers of movies that i love.
I think its a good writer's block exercise- made me pay attention to why the lines were perfect for the films- what is the line saying that the film is saying?- and then i could think of my own work that way. and find my one lines that mean what my film wants to mean and then, backwawrds i know, and i then, find what my film means... and then maybe i could write something.
but in the meantime, enjoy these:
"I don't really know where I am." -MirrorMask
"I didn't wanna wake you up, but I really wanna show you something." -Where the Wild Things Are
"Your aunt is a very lucky woman Angelica because she has two lives. she has the life she is living, and also the book she's writing." -The Hours
"This is a hoax right?" "I assure you, no." "Is there any risk of brain damage?" "...nothing you'll miss." "Ahhhhhh!!!!" -Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
"Excuse me sir, you're standing on my sleeve." "I might point out that you're lying under my bench." -Finding Neverland
"I wanna know what it feels like to care about something passionately." -Adaptation
"There's no story!" "make one up." -Adaptation
"Where you going?" "To sea. I'll send you a postcard." "Send me a postcard from everywhere." -The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
"I can't believe I'm sittin' here with none other than Jesse James... many's the night I'd stayed up, my eyes open and my mouth open, just readin' about your escapades..."
ReplyDelete"They're all lies, you know."