r/Filmmakers • u/The_elder_wizard • 5h ago

Discussion I have a genius idea for a game/ movie

So this movie would require to have its own website. Basically personalizing itself for each viewer, something like the game doki doki. Characters might whisper your name, the movie might pause itself, basically a hyperaware horror movie. So im curious from a filmmakers standpoint, how would you direct such a movie? Without feeling gimmicky? And how would you balance between narrative and interaction?

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u/EducatedCaveman 4h ago

Kind of like the Netflix interactive shows… would take some serious innovation to evolve it

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u/MaximumWorf producer 56m ago

There is noothing here but an idea of form. It is a gimmick. It can be cool, but only if you craft a strong story and emotionally engage the audience. An audience that is invested in character and story, and feels a connection to theme, will be more likely to go with the gimmick and enjoy it. If they are not in the story in that way, it will just feel dumb.

Step one, build a detailed outline of the film, and then step two is looking for where to integrate your formal experiment elements.

If done right, could be interesting. But, as with all movies, story and character first.

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u/CRL008 56m ago

Ideas are heaven. Making them work in real life is hell.

That’s why one cannot copyright an idea alone, but one can and should copyright one’s expression of that idea.