Film is not a novel. It is not a newspaper. It is not even a comic book. We can not compare these mediums as much as we would like to try. To source a film from any of them is maddening. Using a novel, you contend with interpretation. Using newspapers, you contend with facts. And using comic books you contend with style. Perhaps one of my biggest difficulties with fan-bases are these maligned comparisons. I do have preferences. I am a fan; but I will not fraternize with this common fallacy. The titan, Marvel, understands these concepts. I am a fan. They are not perfect. However, they dare to use their imagination - a five-syllable word here defined as: mass noun The ability of the mind to be creative or resourceful. ‘she was set in her ways and lacked imagination’ https://en.oxforddictionarie...
I want to meet a director. To be precise, I want to meet a director with artistic vision. While actors are important, I respect the direction needed to make a great film. I also want to meet the writers. To create a visual story requires dialogue, narrative, and similarly, a vision. But regarding the director, I understand a great cast and crew are a requirement, but without endless time to deal with the conflict of people, there must be mediation and direction. All these pieces require organization and a spark. They become the moving parts and organs to the envisioned organism. Thus, the director generates the pulse of the creature, driving it to action, and spurring it to life. To begin, there is the idea. Whether culture propelled it, or a book inspired it, an idea is required for all creative endeavors. The director’s duty is to effectively communicate the spirit of this idea to the cast and crew. It is set in motion, incarnate. If successful, it is transfigured, it becomes b...