At the beginning of this project, me and my partner were so caught up with building the plot of the story that we would totally forget to write about movies and documentaries that inspired us to write it. This is mainly because we were very focused on getting the important stuff down on the other blog posts, and didn't think writing about the inspirations was crucial at the beginning. But in reality, it is. One movie that we thought about at the end of our plot was the movie Beats- directed by Chris Robinson. Once we finished writing the story, I told him “Hey, this idea sounds similar to the plot for the movie Beats” and my partner nodded his head agreeing with me. Funny thing is, while we wrote the plot we were not aware the plot of Beats was in the back of our minds. Both of us enjoy documentaries and movies about music and musicians, so we stuck with what we knew and wrote the plot for our drama.
Another movie that I thought about at the beginning was the movie 21.For those of you reading that have never watched this movie, its about a young brilliant college student who is in need of money to pay his college tuition. He joins a group of people under an unorthodox college professor who teaches them how to count cards to win money at casinos. The money made the protagonist greedy, selfish and narcissistic, who made his life worse ever since he became full of himself. On top of that, he loses everything thanks to his vengeful professor – who steals most of that money after the protagonist disrespects him.
What grabbed my attention was the protagonist’s negative traits becoming more apparent as the movie progressed. It was this kind of behavior I wanted to highlight in our film. The arrogant, narcissistic character someone can turn into after they gain enough money and fame. 21’s protagonist heavily inspired our’s.
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