Inspirtation.

RylenolFlu · Jan 16, 2008

Hey everyone, so I was in the theatres watching the Golden Compass with the gal a few weeks ago and was inspired. Although I thought the movie wasn't too good, the fantastical nature of it inspired my mind in coming up with my own fantasy based film idea. Do any of you find that just watching a film inspires you to write a film in the same genre? also, is this considered legit in terms with coming up with your own story? I hear often than "this book, this film, this piece of literature" inspired me to write this film. If one is inspired off of someone else's work, and wants to, say, make a better film, is that considered to be a form of plagiarism? Anyway, just an idea I thought would be interesting to discuss here on the forums.

Plot Device · Jan 16, 2008

I think it's legit. No, it's not plagerism. When M Night wrote and directed Signs he borrowed heavilly from The Birds, Jaws, and Night of the Living Dead. And the word that's used to describe such borrowing is "homage." Just be careful that "inspired" doesn't turn out to be "re-hashing." M Night's inspired bits and pieces from all those films are evident in Signs, and yet Signs still stands as an original work.

Meanwhile, Battlestar Galactica was "inspired" by Star Wars. But Eragon was a blatant rip off of Star Wars. One critic who panned Eragon even went so far as to say "I liked this movie a lot better when it was Star Wars." And that critic was not alone in lamenting how shamelessly similar to Star Wars that Eragon was.

LIVIN · Jan 16, 2008

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preyer · Jan 19, 2008

happens to me all the time. music is good like this. a good song comes on, i get an image or an idea. research/'history of' do this for me, too. those damn time-life books they used to make have sent moi on more stories than i care to admit. (damn you 'gunslingers' with that fake leather cover that winks at me!)

no, it's not thievery.

Inspirtation.

RylenolFlu

Plot Device

A woman said to write like a man.

LIVIN

preyer

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