The Wide Platform
By Sproing
Published: January 10, 2010
Published: January 10, 2010
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.”¹ 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.
