The Wide Platform
January 10, 2010 in ALIENS!, Cinema, television
NOTE: A modest cinematic proposal, reposted from the blog at FilmFreakCentral.net.
The term “high concept” never made much sense to me as story terminology. The popularly accepted definition is a story idea that can be encapsulated in a single sentence — preferably one without too many modifiers or commas. You reel it off to a producer and he screams with glee, throws money at you, and sets you up with an office at Paramount. In TV, “‘Wagon Train’ to the stars” was the high-concept core of “Star Trek.”ยน Toss a lemon peel in your martini instead of an olive, and suddenly it’s a whole new drink that still proffers the same comforts.
The day the Earth stood as still as Keanu Reeves’ face, the continents fractured and the seas were flung boiling into the vacuum. ‘Cause that’s how still Keanu Reeves’ face is.
