A Level Portfolio Project: Initial Thoughts - Part 1

     So I am going to be one hundred percent honest right now, I have been drawing a blank this entire weekend. I even had an extra day to think about it and I still just wasn't sure what to do. My process of thinking when it comes to a project like this is usually just having the idea pop into my head and go from there. But the thing is when that happens I get hung up on it so I have been stuck going back to my poker idea (which I realize I can use the game itself as a metaphor for the unpredictability and unreliability of life) when I know it most likely won't work in the time I have, at least I don't think so. This means I have to go backwards and be more I think put in more specifications because my random ideas are a variety of genres, one of them of a noir comedy, one was a sci-fi thriller, and one was a drama.

    I realize I'm going to have to work backwards in a way, at least from the way I normally think. I also have to remember that being simple is ok and it can be done well, that is something I struggle with a lot. Let's start simple, what do I like and what do I not? I like strong characters, I like things that are well shot (like I have probably too much importance on it), I like things that don't mind being slow, I like films with introspection. Funnily enough as I'm writing this another piece of information popped into my head about the poker story, I am actually going insane.

    My teacher told me to start thinking of something more personal... it seems like a good idea, I'm just not sure how I am going to go about with this idea.

    Ok this section of the blog is actually coming a few hours later and I realized that I do like the loss of purpose thing. I want to work with that and try and make a simpler story that speaks about it in a different way. That last part is probably adding too much to do but I don't know, I really like that storyline and I still want to do it. Plus I feel like this loss of purpose or sense of doing has some real Truman Show existential vibes, not to that extent but still.