What's your ideation process like? For me, I try to come up with a problem and then figure out the characters that populate that world. Then I move more into putting the beats into the story. And I only dig into that if I know the ending up front, because otherwise, it feels like a waste of time.
But I am aware that everyone has their own process. Especially executives.
Today I wanted to look at one movie studio from the 1950s that had its own process. They did things backward. And it worked for them.
Check out this video from The Royal Ocean Film Society, and let's talk after the jump.
This 1950s Studio Came Up with Posters First, Then Adapted Movies from Them
What are some of your favorite movie posters? I have to admit, my office is covered in stuff from the 1950s. I am obsessed with those pulpy movies that had high concepts and salacious art to sell to us. Turns out, movie studios were very into them as well.
