{"id":68,"date":"2012-01-21T14:49:00","date_gmt":"2012-01-21T14:49:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rachelhorwitz.com\/blog\/2012\/01\/21\/unorthodox-idols\/"},"modified":"2012-01-21T14:49:00","modified_gmt":"2012-01-21T14:49:00","slug":"unorthodox-idols","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rachelhorwitz.com\/blog\/2012\/01\/21\/unorthodox-idols\/","title":{"rendered":"Unorthodox Idols"},"content":{"rendered":"
I felt it was important to explain why my greatest idols are not other writers. Don\u2019t get me wrong, I admire many writers, but I find myself more drawn to film and television masterminds. I would say this is because when I read, I see a movie.  <\/span>When I write, I write a movie. Not a screenplay (I\u2019ve tried that), but how a film would read in novel form. Even before getting a scene down on paper, I have to act it out. See how the dialogue flows. Imagine the position of the characters and a 360 degree setting. I try my best to create a moving picture. So, I suppose my admiration speaks for itself.  <\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
 <\/span>J.J. Abrams, James Cameron, Christopher Nolan. LOST, Avatar, Inception. <\/span><\/div>\n
Their originality and unique transformation of old ideas is exactly the style I aim to achieve. The manner in which their stories are told holds the audience\u2019s attention in an otherwise complex narrative. Their use of the camera is stunning. Perspective can have personality and these artists prove it. It doesn\u2019t hurt they\u2019re box-office favorites. I often gather inspiration from these three and after reviewing their work, I\u2019ve found it comes down to another three simple factors:<\/span><\/div>\n
Characters:<\/strong> Relatable no matter who, where or when they are. <\/span><\/div>\n
Questions:<\/strong> Keep the audience on their toes. Get them invested. <\/span><\/div>\n
Challenging Concepts:<\/strong> Simple should be made complicated. <\/span><\/div>\n
Instead of awaiting a tome from my favorite authors (well, they\u2019re either dead or done writing) I eagerly anticipate new shows or films from these innovative storytellers. I will review JJ\u2019s newest program Alcatraz soon. Waiting for the Avatar sequels with bated breath. And July CANNOT bring the Dark Knight Rises here soon enough. <\/span><\/div>\n
Even though these insights come from individuals involved in a different aspect of art, I feel many of the skills one creative employs can be transferred to the style of another. Whether it\u2019s an episodic series, a canvas drawing or a spectacle on the silver screen, we\u2019re all storytellers. <\/span><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I felt it was important to explain why my greatest idols are not other writers. Don\u2019t get me wrong, I admire many writers, but I find myself more drawn to film and television masterminds. I would say this is because when I read, I see a movie.  When I write, I write a movie. Not […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[61,34],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-68","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-idols","category-inspiration"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2YHlB-16","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rachelhorwitz.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rachelhorwitz.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rachelhorwitz.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rachelhorwitz.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rachelhorwitz.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=68"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.rachelhorwitz.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":678,"href":"https:\/\/www.rachelhorwitz.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68\/revisions\/678"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rachelhorwitz.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=68"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rachelhorwitz.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=68"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rachelhorwitz.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=68"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}