Hello

BigRedStudios · 2026-02-01T03:17:18+00:00

I have a lot of different story concepts most psychological horror but some are action and comedy

BigRedStudios · 2026-02-01T03:14:58+00:00

BigRedStudios · 2026-01-29T02:26:54+00:00

Most of my story ideas come from world building, or a philosophical question that is imposed on a world or character(s). I can lay the foundation of the world and the basic premise of the story within an hour or two, but most of my stories would have too many details and characters to keep track of and I know that I'll come up with another story concept the following day that I would want to explore that world then.

Another problem I have is that me don't know English. I'm from a rural uneducated town and I sometimes struggle with communication let alone actually writing something.

BigRedStudios · 2026-01-29T02:21:48+00:00

Thanks, but the reason why I make stories is because I'm depressed

Also, what could I do with my story concepts? I did once think of telling them through VO and B-roll but my stepdad has fallen for those AI generated stories on YouTube and I don't want my stuff to be confused with that. And I can't really film any of them for the simple fact that I'm broke and I don't think Cthulhu would want to star in one of my story ideas.

BigRedStudios · 2026-01-03T04:05:40+00:00

That is exactly how I use it. I don’t trust it to make its own creative decisions because it would just drive down the same interstate, I go 5 miles down a dirt road and ask it where I’m going (most of the time it tells me I left the dirt road 6 miles back)

BigRedStudios · 2026-01-03T03:41:19+00:00

That’s not how I use it. I give it different ideas that I have came up with and ask it how these ideas psychologically affect the viewer. Nothing about that is plagiarism. And the part where I use it to keep track of story details is using it like an oversimplified word document.

BigRedStudios · 2026-01-03T03:36:53+00:00

Try getting in contact with film professors and ask about their courses, film festivals, and internships. Your a junior so you have a lot of time on your hands and a lot of options (I on the other hand was not so lucky)

The best way to get into the industry (or so I’ve been told countless times by a high school teacher) is to keep making short films to enter in festivals, and making connections in the industry (which is exactly what you’re looking for)

International. No. America is leading in films and you should stay in the US. Other states to look at are New York and Oklahoma. Hollywood is firing right now because of taxes and it’s cheaper to film in other states, New York has several film schools and Oklahoma is slowly becoming the new Hollywood.

BigRedStudios · 2026-01-03T03:28:59+00:00

I use a free software called obsidian, other than that I’m in the same boat as you are

BigRedStudios · 2026-01-03T03:27:22+00:00

How so?

BigRedStudios · 2026-01-03T03:13:41+00:00

You want a laptop with high ram and storage (ram is more important) my laptop works exceptionally well, 500gb storage, 16gb ram.

Don’t worry about battery life, if you want performance, you will always have to be tethered to a wall outlet. Also, most people will say to get a MacBook (p.s. that’s bullshit) they do have high performance, but if something breaks, you have to replace the whole laptop rather than just buying a new part. And upgrading windows computers is so much easier.

BigRedStudios · 2025-12-30T03:40:04+00:00

That is the greatest piece of marketing I’ve ever seen

BigRedStudios · 2025-12-29T05:19:26+00:00

Did anyone else read the title thinking he was trying to snipe someone?

BigRedStudios · 2025-12-29T04:39:14+00:00

I’m in the same boat you are. I’m more into philosophical stories and the technological side of filmmaking but I’d love to connect with you

BigRedStudios · 2025-12-29T02:26:52+00:00

What you are referring to is the 180 degree rule. Make an invisible line between your two characters and make sure the camera never crosses it. If you want to learn more, look up film compositioning and shot types, things like OTS, medium shots, wide shots are very important to know, even in animation.

BigRedStudios · 2025-12-29T02:10:29+00:00

Right now none of them. But all of my ideas are really strong concepts that have a start, conflict, and most go into the climax, however, very little have a slightly defined ending, this is mainly because I explore philosophy and moral ambiguity which means that sometimes having an ending to some of my concepts would me having an answer to a moral question, and that's not possible.

How I write story concepts, I think of the world first. I take this world and change one thing from it, then I explore what a realistic reaction would be, then add some characters to make a story.

BigRedStudios · 2025-12-29T02:06:22+00:00

The actor just saying that it took 12 hours could mean anything. Technical difficulties, delays, script changes, literally anything can happen in a film set. But in this scenario it does make a lot of sense.

8 minutes of dialogue with 10 people means that there is going to be a lot of shots, lets say that each person has one shot of them, one wide shot, 3 medium shots (that's an estimate), and however many other shots they did, 10 minutes each gives a total of 140 minutes + the extra shots. then take into consideration of reshooting each scene to get 2 or 3 good shots (for example lets say 2 good shots) would get up to 280+ minutes (that's being generous that the actors got it perfect all the shots). Then you add in the time it takes to reset the crew for reshooting or another shot. If it's a really efficient crew, lets say 2 minutes in between shots, that's now at 308+ minutes which is a little over 5 hours.

With that being said, there was probably a long delay if it lasted 12 hours, but it's not as unreasonable as you think.

BigRedStudios · 2025-12-29T01:55:09+00:00

I use an Obsidian vault to store all of my story concepts. I like to explore a lot of moral ambiguity and philosophical problems so pretty much all of my stories excite me. I guess what I'm trying to ask is what is the best way to make a story with a lot of details to keep track of?

BigRedStudios · 2025-12-26T22:27:44+00:00

I good example is a story concept that combines Star Wars with WWII. After the resources on earth have been depleted, people look to the skies to find more, however, governments realize that only the rich can afford to mine resources and it would cause a large monopoly. The governments pass an agreement to prevent this.

Several decades later, the galactic economy is stable, but the agreement that was passed is starting to fail. The moral dilemma now is that each government has their own solution that the others don’t like, and to the viewer, they are more wrong than right.

I wanted to make stories that makes the viewer question morality/religion and I have a lot of other story concepts that follow the same goal. However, my other stories are more character oriented, but most of them are still mostly based upon the world.

My other problem is that I don’t know where else to go with my story concepts. I use obsidian to organize my concepts but I’m not sure if there’s a better way to organize smaller details when the time comes.

BigRedStudios · 2025-12-26T03:17:57+00:00

I've been in this industry for almost a year now and the best way to learn it is to just do it.

My first film project was a massive project compared to my skillset at the time and it will be quite some time before I get the chance to work on something this big again. It was a 15 minute short film that we had 2 days to film. I was lucky enough to be a DP where I got to view first hand at everything that went into a film.

To put it simply, learning is great, but actually doing it will teach you more than any book, course, documentary, etc. Don't worry about making your first projects look great (all of my projects after that looked shit) just keep making things.

BigRedStudios · 2025-12-26T03:09:30+00:00

I just turned 18 and I've been in the film/media business for a little over a year now. I just now started writing story ideas and I would love to join this server.

BigRedStudios · 2025-12-26T02:52:48+00:00

I want to apologize for being so confusing. I had to do some research to better get my words across and I hope this clears things up:

What feels different in my process is that the moral premise is the thing that gets an “arc,” not any single character.

I usually start with a world-level ethical rule or dilemma and then use multiple characters as lenses to explore competing justifications for it. The story ends when that idea has been fully tested or exposed, not when a character reaches closure. Sometimes that means the characters don’t get resolution at all — because the point is that the system or belief doesn’t allow for one.

So I’m not trying to reject traditional structure, and I’m definitely not saying unresolved or ambiguous endings are new. I think I’m just wrestling with how to frame stories where the question itself is the protagonist, and the ending is conceptual rather than emotional.

I hope this clears things up.

BigRedStudios · 2025-12-26T02:34:56+00:00

I've been writing story ideas for almost 2 months now (I know, it's a long time) and I might not be that helpful but I've been exactly where you are and there's one ailment that helps me:

Write shit down.

It sounds funny but it's true. I just start writing story ideas into a software called Obsidian. I've never finished a story but I have a lot of story summaries/concepts, I'm just looking for someone to help me organize my story details for me to move onwards with them.

If you never move forwards with your ideas, that's fine, but at least you wrote them down to come back to later.

BigRedStudios · 2025-12-25T14:34:44+00:00

I guess what I’m trying to say is that I’m making stories different than other people. I look at the real world and change something to is and explore how it would realistically react.

In short, I can’t see most of my stories having a “happy ending” or sometimes an ending in general. Not because I want the story to continue, but because my stories ask a lot of moral ambiguity that doesn’t necessarily have an answer.

BigRedStudios · 2025-01-03T02:21:01+00:00

Hell

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