Idea Generation

In this Fridays session we began our first formal session on FMP (Final Major Project) one important part in FMP is the idea generation process, before we can get into post production, production or even pre production we must have an idea, generating a good and original idea is something that is hard to do however coming up with an idea that isn't necessarily original but adding your own twist or flair is something that is possible and could definitely be good.

We were given a few examples of tasks that could help during the idea generation process one of them was through the process of looking at an image and creating a story for example there was a picture of a family at a Christmas dinner and in groups we had to discuss potential character arcs and storylines that this family could've been involved in. For example in our group we established that the family was a group of psychopaths who had recently killed their parents for their inheritance money and one of the group is not as keen as the others in committing the act.

Another example of idea generation is to make a character using a character profile and then making a story out of the character you just made. So for example you could create an eccentric old man who has as an oddball personality, you may be able to place him in a drama piece but have him as a comedy relief character. Or have a character who is suffering from a terminal disease and wants to accomplish something before he or she dies. One of the important things for characters to have is to have a goal of some kind whether it be material or sentimental you want to be invested in this character and see him or her achieve this goal.

Below are a few concepts that I have come up with using my own idea generation processes none of these ideas are necessarily the final idea and these are just brief synopsis's as I whittle down the remaining ideas the stories will be expanded upon.

Three different people in three different locations experience a phenomenon in which they can see into each others minds.

 

A troubled teenager develops an extraordinary power but he would rather not use it.

3 friends 1 dead body a large sum of money.

A young man discovers he is going to die in a few days time and must decide what he wants to do wit his time left.

A guy in dead end job with no thrill in his life unknowingly befriends a serial killer.

A person begins receiving text messages with events that haven't happened yet.