The Idea

Hi Everyone,

People have been asking me to do another blog (they know who they are) so here it is.

I thought I would write about where I got the idea for the film and what kind of a film I set out to make.

I remember specifically when I got the idea for the story. I had just come out of the cinema after watching Mission Impossible 3. I thought the film was ok but the famous shot in the film of the explosion blowing Tom Cruise into the car really caught my attention.



 I remember thinking that it was a really cool moment and I wondered how I could ever find myself in that kind of situation. Since I'm not a secret agent or even a cop its unlikely criminal masterminds would ever try to blow me up.

I was in my hometown of Dublin at the time and the idea of the shot merged with an idea of having to run through the city while be chased. The idea suddenly struck me that the only thing in my life I would fight life and limb for was my girlfriend who I had been seeing for a few months at the time.

At the time I was a big fan of the film 'Shaun of the Dead'. What I liked the most about the film was how it manged to be both a 'send up' of zombie movies and a genuine zombie movie at the same time. I really loved how they put characters you wouldn't normally see in those kind of movies in it and gave them the chance to turn into action heroes.

I had all my influences in place and I knew I specifically didn't want there to be a standard 'action' plot (drug deal, terrorist attack etc.) and wanted the motivations for the action be completely personal between the main characters. With this in mind I hit on the idea of the villain and good guy being in love with the  same girl and the plot of the film came very quickly after that.

I hope to have the chance to do a feature length version of the film some day as I feel very close to the story as a lot of the feeling in it is very personal to me. The short version I am currently editing (its going well thanks for asking) is what you would call a distillation of the idea. Due to the time restraints of a short film some aspects of the story are very different to my original ideas.  I am very happy with the film as I am editing it and in making it I feel I have learned a lot about the characters and the tone of the story I want to achieve.
Ultimately I hope that people can identify with the characters in the film and that there is something for everyone in the film (romance for the girls and action for the boys!).

I will be doing further blogs about the film in the near future as soon as I have an edit of the film I am happy with.

In the meantime there is now a website for the film, although there is nothing of much interest on it at the moment. I am currently planning on having the finished film available for download from the site (yes for free) but I can't be certain at the moment so I will keep you posted.

http://www.somebodytolovemovie.com/

All the best,
Seamus