SPIFF by Jacob Strawbridge

Speech

jakethestrawberry — 2025-02-15 04:06:52 UTC

"Stuttering was called until very recently a speech defect. If you had one you were a defective person."

I have a speech impediment, and this movie made me comfortable with my speech. I was happy to see David on the panel.

donor

jakethestrawberry — 2025-02-15 04:14:44 UTC

a story about a child searching for their sperm donor.

I was adopted and called my biological father my sperm donor. Sometimes searching and knowing who they are is not worth it.

Time

jakethestrawberry — 2025-02-15 04:17:11 UTC

"The authenticity, the level of understanding of your characters and your plot. Time is the thing that brings that into focus."

Time is a necessity, and patience is a virtue to all writers. No matter the craft.

Storytelling

jakethestrawberry — 2025-02-15 04:20:25 UTC

"As a storyteller you are looking for a problem to give to your character that the audience doesn't see a clear easy solution."

Rorschach test

jakethestrawberry — 2025-02-15 04:23:08 UTC

"how do people react to the characters."

Research

jakethestrawberry — 2025-02-15 04:28:45 UTC

Research can help you understand the characters. Help the audience truly see and understand the person/character.

Position

jakethestrawberry — 2025-02-15 04:32:56 UTC

The best movies, don't take a position, rather they let the audience make their own.

Real people

jakethestrawberry — 2025-02-15 04:38:05 UTC

When I first saw the fighter, I couldn't imagine seeing my own life in a film. With all the negative things one person committed, how does that sit as you watch it all unfold.

direct quotes

jakethestrawberry — 2025-02-15 04:44:20 UTC

If you got them, use them. Infuse the fiction and non-fiction characters. Some quotes will live through eternity.

Talking

jakethestrawberry — 2025-02-15 04:51:10 UTC

Some people understand the struggle to talk, but what can one do to help build that into dialogue. Express the words you cant say into your writing.

spotlight

jakethestrawberry — 2025-02-15 04:58:46 UTC

You never know when you will be the one under the spotlight. Let out those tears if you need to, let those emotions roll. Just make sure you aren't stuffing your face with food.

loaded up

jakethestrawberry — 2025-02-15 05:05:20 UTC

"Once I am loaded up, once I know what I am doing, I write with as much speed as I can."

I am a lore hog. I want to make sure I have everything planned and then let the brain blast into creativity.

Healthy competition

jakethestrawberry — 2025-02-15 05:16:48 UTC

To create the best, you have to work and compete with the best. You communicate your product, and others may compete against or add on to it.

composer

jakethestrawberry — 2025-02-15 05:17:58 UTC

Music makes the movie. Helps build emotion towards a scene.

location

jakethestrawberry — 2025-02-15 05:19:51 UTC

Your location sets the scene for the audience. How does this impact the characters and the story.

reality

jakethestrawberry — 2025-02-15 05:23:41 UTC

I write to make my movies historically accurate. Though it is a challenge that will face backlash, do not lose your motives. Challenge those who think a falsehood was the truth.

Funding

jakethestrawberry — 2025-02-15 05:24:37 UTC

Money is everything. Without it, your writing/dream may never come to film.

Relationship

jakethestrawberry — 2025-02-15 05:27:00 UTC

Understand each other, know their purpose. Build a relationship with the director or producer to create art.

Ratings

jakethestrawberry — 2025-02-15 05:29:46 UTC

Sometimes flexibility is necessary to help your films find a bigger audience. R rated films are hard to build a foundation, because it has a stricter audience.

Learning from my peers

jakethestrawberry — 2025-02-15 05:41:02 UTC

I find it interesting, how simple this could have been. How people have different minds when it comes to assignments and how they interpret their meaning.