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Film Courage, How do you know you have a good concept for a movie?

I asked my manager I don't know I think I do have to kind of bounce

that idea off of people I always think I have a great concept

but from what I've learned is I have to let

that settle a little bit and then really kind of just keep thinking about

that idea and now I have a manager so he will tell me

if he's seen like a thousand of these ideas already or not

but yeah so do you think

that you also have to know for yourself though I mean what

if your manager says oh this is great

but you don't feel committed to the work yeah I mean first

and foremost you have to believe in it right

but for me I always believe in my concept

so my problem is more like I always believe in it

so I need somebody else to tell me if it's actually not

that great and not everything my manager would say I agree with

so and there are some well one film

that I want to do where I know it's a great story and concept

so that's the one I'm going to do not as a

live action oh with unreal engine yeah you're going to do it with

like using real people in real time okay yeah interesting do writers come up with ideas

or are ideas just revealed to them I think the ideas are revealed

because and that goes into like creativity right like where does imagination come from

and I don't think it'll be very egotistical to say

that oh I'm the one that comes up with an idea because if you think about thought

thoughts thoughts just pop into your head

and sometimes just random thoughts would come from out of nowhere

so it's like where do those thoughts come from it's coming

from the same source where your imagination your creativity will come from so it's really just about you

capturing that and being open to it

when it arrives yeah I think there's a book thoughts are things

and so yeah just that it's thoughts or energy of course

and yeah that we could be you know you know

when they they we pick up things that are in the zeitgeist

or whatever it's it's you know this energy

that we're tapping into yeah why do you have a hard time coming up with ideas

so I think I I don't have a hard time coming up with ideas

because I get a bunch of ideas all the time

but it's really about me choosing the right idea that I'm interested in and

a lot of times I just have to let it marinate

a little bit until I it's the ideas I keep going back to those are the ones

that ultimately I'll write a script for do you think in

some ways you might be stopping yourself from coming up with ideas or or maybe too critical judging them too

I think a lot of times I come up with an idea that is really just

there's not enough substance to it it's just like a gimmick idea like oh what

if one day you wake up

and the world is upside down say okay then what like what is your actual story like who's your character

because there has to be more than just like the concept

and a lot of times I get stuck on that

which is like I have like maybe a gimmicky kind of idea or interesting idea but it's like

what is the actual story so that's usually where I get stuck like I need that story

to fit into that idea

so it's it's one thing to have like a cool movie idea we talked about one

that I had off camera but it's another to actually flush it out

and spend time on yeah like what is the actual story like what is it really about the character

and the journey of this character so a lot of times like

that takes a lot of time to really bring out

and for me it takes like multiple rewrites before I actually see what the story is about oh

so you may not even have an idea of the ending

or the whole character arc until you actually start the writing

process I might have kind of an idea of what the ending is going to be like

but sometimes I have to just start writing

and then more of it will come to me like in the middle of typing

as I'm typing a scene out it'll start going in a different direction

and I'll just okay I'll go in that direction and then later

when I look back on that scene I'm like oh wow

this is like what the movie is about like it kind

of just came out you know as I was typing it Film Courage, How do you know an idea is yours that you were the one to bring it to life?

I don't think I'm the one to…I don't think any ideas are mine.

I think they come from this other realm,

this other place and I'm just the one that's

interpreting that idea and bringing it out, expressing it

and that's why a lot of times they say there's no

original idea anymore like every story has been told already

but it's like how you tell that same story

because everything really comes from just like a human nature aspect

but we retell it in the context of like a modern society

or retell it in the context of a science fiction world so yeah if an idea comes too easy

do you trust it yeah I think I think if it's a good idea it doesn't matter how this idea comes because

if it pops in your head and it's and you'll know

when it's like oh wow there's there's something to this like it speaks to you

but it doesn't matter how it came about

and a lot of times for me I have to put myself in an environment where the ideas can come

so for me it's like

as I'm writing ideas will come to me

so that's like a meditative state as I'm writing

or I go for a walk or if I travel somewhere

or if I go to a park

and just sit there surfing like just gotta find a place where your thoughts can move freely

and you're able to really be in tune with

that do you think there's a correlation between sort of like navigating waves

and and thoughts

and writing is there like a hmm I mean I've always thought of surfing as a great analogy for life

so I think there's something to what you just said

because the waves will keep coming right but you kind of have to be ready first of all for the wave

and second of all you have to pick the right wave like if you try to paddle for every wave

you'll just eat it maybe on a few of them

but you got to pick the right wave the right shape

and you have to be in the right position to get

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that wave and then you'll ride like a really nice wave

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because you said that some of these ideas were just gimmicks

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so is that almost like you're also picking the wave you're trying to decide what's what's a gimmick

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and what's actually a good

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yeah that's it right

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so idea is too glassy you can't I don't know I don't know the surfing metaphor okay

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but is that something that you really took partake is

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that something you did lot

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when you were in san diego you were surfing in san diego

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but also out here yeah I live pretty close to the beach

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so I can surf I'm like 10 minutes from the beach

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is there a difference in the in the san diego surf

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community versus la yeah I think la they're a little bit more aggressive

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oh really in terms of like getting their little spot in

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the water yeah yeah oh wow okay san diego it's more

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like hey man yeah it's all good okay yeah I think

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that's sort of a metaphor for the area too yeah

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but do you prefer being around an energy where you kind of have to fight for your spot

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or do you like to be more in a harmonious I

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I tend to stay away from the other surfers I mean I really don't care

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if the waves are good in one spot I'll be where those waves are

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but generally like

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and I think for most surfers you kind of want to

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have your space yeah most people probably don't go into the water just to you know be social it's more about

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finding something in them some kind of interesting

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but do you do you see that same analogy in in the film world

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because you know there's a lot of judgment on oh well this film

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and these credentials from this festival do you think you take

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that same like I just want to find my little spot

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in the film world

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and just make my movies yeah I mean I really don't like going out to the film events

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and doing that whole thing and I do think there is a lot of like judgment and

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this idea of like oh they got an award and this film didn't get an award

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like with the oscars and all that so for me now

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I just want to focus on why I initially got into filmmaking

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which is like to be creative to tell stories

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and that's the part that I like I don't like the aspect of like outside validation

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and having festivals or like critics approve your film as like a good film

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or not you know you can put it out to the audience

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and the audience can tell you if like they like it

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or not I guess that goes back to the original question

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when we first asked you when we first started rolling

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which was why do you stop or or why did you stop chasing success

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which sort of ties into

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that maybe yeah yeah festivals are great for watching other films sorry yeah I love festivals

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but you gotta recognize them for what they are

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which is it's just a celebration of films it's not like a place where you get validated although it's become

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that in the industry for sure especially with places like Sundance or Cannes

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but yeah you kind of have to I mean at least

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for me maybe some other filmmakers are really gunning for that

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but for me like I'm just really focused on creating something

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that is interesting for me and something that I think a specific audience might like

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what's fascinating about the surfing the nature of the mindset in one area versus another

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yeah there's a lot of analogy with surfing

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and life have you ever been told to like you're in my little area I'm trying to catch this wave

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or I'm trying to do no mostly most times people will just

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if you drop in on someone when they're surfing

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or they'll drop in on you that's usually when there's some conflict that happens but I've definitely had some

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run -ins with surfers but I think after a few experiences like

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that it's like hey I'm just trying to go out

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and surf I don't want to go out surf

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and then come back feeling like I just had argument with someone

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because then both people don't feel great for the rest of the day

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I'll rather just like ignore you

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if you drop in I'll be like okay I'll just paddle away I don't care what does

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that mean to drop in like if somebody's on the wave already

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and then you paddle for the wave

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and kind of like dropping in front of them like cut them off ah okay I drop in

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gotcha okay interesting how common is it for you to work

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on a movie idea only to abandon it months later you

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said sometimes you you get it out of your system when you write a script

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yeah I've definitely done

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that a lot I would say I've had few scripts where I wrote maybe a draft

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or two and then kind of just left it

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yeah I would say a lot of projects kind of go through a few drafts and then get left aside so

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yeah but that's kind of like my process like I have to write

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that story for me to realize oh this is like wasn't really it

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and and for me like it's the process of discovery

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like what was I interested in with

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that story once I write it then maybe there wasn't something

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that was that interesting anymore

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so I go to the next thing how long does it

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take you to write the first draft it could be like well

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because it takes some time for me to get to

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that first draft like I first have to like write a treatment

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or an outline and that process would take a

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while it could take like two months maybe

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but to write the actual draft once I have my outline it could just be like maybe a couple weeks

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so it's worth it to you to spend that much time

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and decide okay I've gone through a couple drafts I'm actually not sure about this story

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it's okay yeah yeah for me I like the process of writing

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so I don't mind doing that and And I am getting better as a writer when I do that.

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It's like practicing, it's like you're going to the gym.

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I don't go to the gym, I hate going to the gym but it's kind of like

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that idea you're just exercising your muscles so

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that you can write the next script that will be a great script that you're really passionate about.

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Bài luyện nói trình độ B2 này dựa trên video “How Does A Writer Find The Right Idea? - Byron Q”. Video này có 195 câu và 2394 từ để luyện shadowing. Phần lời nói dài 14:49. Người nói nói với tốc độ tự nhiên, khoảng 162 từ mỗi phút, gần với hội thoại hằng ngày. 87% số từ nằm trong 3.000 từ tiếng Anh thông dụng nhất, nên từ vựng dễ theo.

Từ vựng quan trọng trong video

15 từ khó nhất trong video, kèm phiên âm và nghĩa:

Từ	Phiên âm	Nghĩa
surf động từ	/sɝf/	lướt sóng
paddle danh từ	/ˈpædl̩/	chèo
analogy danh từ	/əˈnæləd͡ʒi/	loại suy
metaphor danh từ	/ˈmɛt.ə.fɚ/	ẩn dụ, phép ẩn dụ
creativity danh từ	/kri.eɪˈtɪv.ᵻ.ti/	óc sáng tạo, tính sáng tạo
credential danh từ	/kɹɪˈdɛnʃəl/	giấy chứng nhận
marinate động từ	/ˈmæɹɪneɪt/	ướp
flush động từ	/ˈflʌʃ/	xả
interpret động từ	/ɪnˈtɜː.pɹɪt/	diễn giải
mindset danh từ	/ˈmaɪn(d)ˌsɛt/	tư duy, tư tưởng
critic danh từ	/ˈkɹɪt.ɪk/	nhà phê bình
bounce động từ	/baʊns/	nảy
abandon động từ	/əˈbæn.dən/	bỏ, từ bỏ
approve động từ	/əˈpɹuːv/	phê duyệt
passionate tính từ	/ˈpæʃənɪt/	đam mê, dể giận

Cụm động từ bạn sẽ nghe

Từ	Phiên âm	Nghĩa
go out động từ		ra, chết
come back động từ		trở lại, trở về
pick up động từ		nhặt, lượm
wake up động từ	/ˌweɪk ˈʌp/	thức dậy, dậy lên

Ngữ pháp trong video

Những cấu trúc người nói dùng nhiều nhất, kèm đúng cụm từ trong video:

Cấu trúc	Trong video
Câu điều kiện if + mệnh đề, will/would + động từ — điều kiện và kết quả	if you drop in I'll be
Thì hiện tại hoàn thành have/has + quá khứ phân từ — việc đã xảy ra nhưng còn liên quan đến hiện tại	I've learned · has been told · I've always thought
Câu bị động be + quá khứ phân từ — nhấn vào việc xảy ra, không phải người làm	are revealed · has been told · been told

Phát âm cần chú ý

Người nói dùng 70 dạng rút gọn, ví dụ don't, I'm, you're. Hãy nói theo dạng ngắn đúng như bạn nghe.

Âm “sh” và “zh”: credential /kɹɪˈdɛnʃəl/, validation /ˌvæl.əˈdeɪ.ʃən/, flush /ˈflʌʃ/, correlation /ˌkɔɹ.əˈleɪ.ʃən/, passionate /ˈpæʃənɪt/
Từ dài — đặt trọng âm cho đúng: analogy /əˈnæləd͡ʒi/, creativity /kri.eɪˈtɪv.ᵻ.ti/, egotistical /ˌi.ɡoʊˈtɪs.tɪk.(ə)l/, harmonious /hɑɹˈmoʊni.əs/, meditative /ˈmɛdɪˌteɪtɪv/

Những âm người Việt thường gặp khó:

Cụm phụ âm cuối — đọc đủ từng âm, đừng nuốt âm cuối: zeitgeist /ˈzaɪtˌɡaɪst/, foremost /ˈfɔː.məʊst/, bounce /baʊns/
Âm /tʃ/, /dʒ/ và /ʒ/ — tiếng Việt không có, đừng đọc thành “ch” hay “gi”: analogy /əˈnæləd͡ʒi/, gotcha /ˈɡɑ.tʃə/
Âm /æ/ — mở miệng rộng hơn âm “e”: paddle /ˈpædl̩/, analogy /əˈnæləd͡ʒi/, fascinate /ˈfæsɪneɪt/, glassy /ˈɡlæsi/, marinate /ˈmæɹɪneɪt/

Cách luyện với video này

Nghe hết video một lần, chưa cần nói, và ghi lại những từ bạn chưa biết.
Bắt đầu ở tốc độ 0,75×, nói đuổi từng câu, rồi quay lại tốc độ bình thường khi đã quen.
Ghi âm giọng mình rồi so với bản gốc, chú ý các từ như surf, paddle, analogy.

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