Inspiration – seasons

Inspiration has many forms. When writing, I can be inspired by scenery, people and their behaviour or appearance, encounters with anyone, really. Often, I have an image in my head before I write a scene for my film. The same goes for creating a character. He or she reveals him or herself to me in fragments. Who is she? Where does she come from? What has she been through? To get to know the character better I have to delve deep. At some stage, they start revealing their character, likes, dislikes, strengths and weaknesses, fears and dreams to me. That’ s when they become tangible.

Anna – Maria (played by Sandra Zellweger) and Antonio (played by Silvio Wey) from my film “All In” bond over Salsa. She likes to gamble, while he’ s not a player in any sense of the word.

Everyone can create a character, make an image come alive. I’ ve been amazed at how kids come up with characters in my classes, where I teach them how to create a character and develop them into a film. How do you create? Through writing? music? painting? movement? How do you get inspired? Let me know in the comments!

Travel is a big inspiration for me, as I’ m sure for many of you, too. This cave in the vietnamese jungle has found itself in a scene I wrote for an upcoming project…more soon.

Would you like to know more about my creative process while creating a film? Leave me a comment with your questions below! I’ d love to read and reply to them in the next post!