I DID IT! I PRODUCED A MOVIE BIBLE!

I really laughed, okay? Thinking about the person who will see this photo next to ANGELITA and ANTHONY. This woman ain’t Brazilian, obviously, she’s Mexican, but I can’t help that. She’s supposed to be Brazilian.

Here’s first Bible draft… aesthetically, I didn’t know what to do. I have to clarify some things, evidently. I’ve never done one before. They are FIRST a tennis family, so the Bible doesn’t reflect that.

I’m so happy. I have to make sure I’m presenting this idea that is developing fast — correctly. I have to keep looking for imagery because I’m not there yet…I have to look for the right…references…but here we go…

I did three mock ups for title pages — WHOOSH.

This is the closet for me. The chandelier. Not the right one, but that’s…not an easy image, I came to find, but I’ll try to manifest it. I found one crystal ball though that was attractive.

As I was writing this I thought, oh, a house becomes a stage, obviously, but house also becomes mysterious…I saw ANTHONY emerging from the darkness… I saw the camera turned out the front door, it’s either moving up, or pulling him out, something, but the backyard and lawn are deep, so it’s pitch black. I was thinking about that, simply, so I put that up, crudely.

I can’t get caught up in the font, so I’m just leaving it as is for the moment. Lol. I know, the tennis and soccer balls.

Prepare to laugh, okay? I hope, at least.

I found a way to mock up the grass, I had that in my head. So, The Hand that Rocks the Cradle is not Dr. J, but there is a manipulation game, and Angelita is dancing regardless. That’s basically it. And that’s a Parenthood house. This part I’ll figure out. I just have to keep watching.

I found this background image, I can’t take out the grey, just getting the first draft done. I looked for rainbows. I originally put the grass on these, keep it super clean and white, but I just tried this. Stranger Things is a simple treatment, that’s it. I have to watch a movie with candlelight dinners, that’s what we did. Something elegant.

I’m just reflecting on the screenshots I took.

I’ll cut this.

I suppose upon first glance, it makes sense, feels literary, doesn’t it? The color frames, I just did something fast, since I don’t know how to work with imagery. Maybe I’ll take a YouTube class. That might be good. I suppose there’s drama, more drama here, since that’s the appeal — yeah, I’ll watch some dramas, baby. It is comedic, too, comedic is epic, Aristophanes knows. Sorry, but I’ll pitch it this way. I’ll look for more fairytale touches…I’ll watch more Spielberg. Maybe put more in here.

These take work, don’t they? Story, structure, just how to move through it. Lynch did a whole TV show season in less space. I think in my case, I might break this situation down, since that’s the intrigue, then I can dig into tone and style…that might be easier, since…sometimes, I want to be “ooohhhh” music, sounds, and start laughing over this. But, probably, I’ll have to thrust the performance, which was the case anyway, to the point of laughter. This is all bright. You see, I think that’s good, the image I have of Dr. J’s limo windows — dark — reflecting a bright day. Clouds. A bit other. Since this story was. So I’ll watch more films in that genre.

Shelley Long is Troop Beverly Hills. Grand Total. Dr. J is not a housewife, she’s an executive. But she is a fashionista. Anyway, how to even begin with that person…

Right now, the spin out with the lambada parties isn’t clear…so I have to clarify that…what I’m picturing….I was a four year old…so my sense of space and time…five, six. But why not? I looked up films that don’t cut to another scene type of deal, that might have the past in the same space as the present… I’ll think… it’s more to do with the movement…there’s so much of it. And that’s something else...that’s fun, it all is, but I can move through a series of images…like a dance, so maybe I’ll tap that into google, give it whirl. “So bring down the kiddies…why don’t you?” What movie is that? A League of Their Own?! OMG. This was my dream!! It’s happening!

I can’t even believe that I’m still awake, I stayed up all night, finished this morning, and I’m tired, but I’ve never been happier. But this is I think a better attempt at structure. Luckily, in a sense, there was SO much going on, and with ANTHONY now in the play…I’m figuring it all out. I might lean on this, right? As my Bible perhaps, so you get that I know the steps…the manipulation game. The psychological drama. I’ll change that. It’s a psychological drama/comedy, fairytale…I’ll keep refining.

The cool thing about Dr. J…she’s already a style. Not realistic. I could show months in one conversation. Spin her round, rip some calendar pages stupidly, like this, that’s Dr. J. So that’s fun, I changed her personality somewhat, or put an actress in who wouldn’t play Dr. J, but I would write anything — lol — for her. Hilarious. She came into my mind to help me find the art…in it…since it is fast, mysterious, all sorts of things. She’s not naturalistic. I mean, the psychological scenes — I’ll watch psychological dramas, I’m rolling my eyes at myself. Truly. Isn’t it always that? You go, hm, what is this? I said psychological drama 15 times, at least, never thought once to put one on. Check.

Okay, lol, don’t laugh at my images right now, but…Nina is definitely dancing in her room. This, Nina, makes me laugh. Angelita is dancing regardless.

Not sure if I need to describe the house…

I suppose this slide is probably the most successful. The top picture. The dark side of light, bright, trying to find the words to describe the play between the two. So the next one needs some work.

I’ll cut all fat. I’ll figure this part out. Some things I have in my head…I don’t know what it even means yet…but these parties…or the way the story flows…there’s so much movement in a section…as NICK begins to act bizarrely…and the dance takes off. I had the phone call. I didn’t just go into him knocking on the door. Where he asks to come visit…and she preps us for this show. You’ll probably want to see that, right? Probably. Though it’s fun to think about creative ways to move through time? It’s more the music. I’m not making that a problem. I have to keep the ensemble together…it’s a good question actually…where was everyone? For these knocks. Practice? Nicole remembers that, imagine? Just — wish it wasn’t my story haha.

That’s dark time. Also, right? He does these visits…at night. But the tensions need to rise within the family…that’s gotta play out. Thumbs up. I don’t know how those parties function…but it doesn’t mean they can’t serve that purpose. Thus far, my favorite is Building up a Mystery, I think. Just cause JOSE is funny. He cuts the track. 5 women scream JOSE!

I think the interplay between the performances happening in life and the show everyone is putting on to be working.

This look. This is the JOSE and LOUISE — she can stay here… until he figures this out.

I’ll shorten these.

That’s it.

LOL.

LOL. I don’t know…but that’s basically what it is.

I’m still working out their ages in the top tier. It might be fun to have everyone in the house. The oldest has to have kids, so there will be more kids around, that’s part of the point — there’s so much going on around Angelita that it’s funny. I just have to find some movie with someone surrounding by people in that Spielberg light.

This is a hilarious Bible…

The ANTHONY and ANGELITA section is funny, I think. Not sure. But. I got a good laugh at least.

I tried to find a family party.

I’ll try to not think too literally. I looked up movies with good party scenes. Heck, I gotta have a listicle to pitch by the end of this Bible, hilarious. I’ll think about it. There are a lot of people in Parenthood. I don’t see it quite like that, though, which is true, actually, I see it more like at the opposite angle a long table with candelabras. Sweeping. Maybe that’s a better word. I like how the camera can move, however, following the characters through a party…maybe I’ll end up doing a music video, eventually, I’m getting that hit…since MUSIC, it’s true, it takes you on a ride, that’s why I never write to music, it’s so so rare. I might have a song in my head or a feeling, but that’s distant. I don’t have an image for the yard yet. The girls in their world. The “dark looming figure, too,” maybe I can find a Hitchcock.

I don’t know how to use photoshop.

Spielberg: I’ll grab that image has those spots of color in the frame…since I was thinking about…a word I don’t have. Distortion…focus… I’m hearing Dido now for unknown reasons.

I’ll skip the last page.

I added a small note about needing to do some research for the last section…around social services… again, the specifics of the story, I’ll figure out. I do like the idea of doing some research though, if they did call… what would have happened? What — I. can already feel that the likelihood that this family could have gotten custody of me would have been really small. But then, there are always cases no? It’s one of those, so I'll definitely do it. It could be rather riveting…

I also get, I’m not inside yet. I’ll have more scenes than I’ll need. I like, swallowing, scenes…I feel as thought that social services section — whoosh — might just be the most terrifying…which is what hear and expect, and that’s the reason why I took this story in that direction…okay, so in my case, what would have happened? So, walk me through this, I’ll gladly do that for someone, as well, you see. I think that’s wise. And then, I’ll see how this could go.

Feel great. I need to eat something. I need to maybe do a little photoshop tutorial. I need to watch more movies and reorganize this Bible so it will be easier to put together. Thrilled to be here.

So I did it. I just completed the thing! Whoosh. Jesus Christ. You see this weird photo op? Yeah.

I had a moment this week. I got scared because the producer disappeared. He was busy. I know that. I didn’t do anything wrong. We were supposed to talk 8 days ago and then he had a meeting with someone important and then……..he had to leave on urgent business, he texted me back today, abroad. Perfect timing!

You can’t wait. It’s really true. Executive decision time. So this is it. He just got back, he’s super excited, he’s ready to read it all. That’s fantastic. I’m already onto the next draft, so I might tell him that. I did.

I’m glad I’m doing this manifestation workshop to support me through this month. Nothing is impossible, that’s it, just get out of the way.

So this threw me, right? I looked up what 1200 US dollars was worth in 1990, I don’t know. 3,000! That threw me. I launched an undercover investigation, in reality, after all this, and I remember that figure. 12,000 dollars a month. Over. And, this photo was taken at the Lycée Francaise — Nicole and I both went there for a couple of years… at least, she was there for one? Right? Did Dr. J pay for that? And then, crazy, I looked it up, how much does it cost to go there. Now, it’s 24,000 dollars, and the figure dropped — 11,000 — was it that? That would be impressive if I picked that out. Well, she 15,000 dollars out of her sister… maybe that covered it. I was always good at languages.

It’s better to not be attached to the first draft. It’s the first translation. For some, at some point, that might be a different story, but one of the biggest writers of his generation told me the same thing, he’s written like 27 books. Just get it on the page. Make it good later. I’m so excited! He’s EXCITED! We’re excited. I’ll design this…I’ll figure out the right journey to take the reader on. It’s a fascinating story, so maybe there’s a better way to organize the same sections differently…does Nina stay?

It’s funny right?

Push the drama. The psychological drama. Do the fairytale opening… since these are the words that I used.

Does this look like a TV show? Huh. Fun. Wouldn’t that be fun? I was sitting with this, since I just grabbed it off some real estate site. Film. Okay. I’m going to go for another ride. Right. I see it. I do. Music, I’m telling ya, it can really take you down tracks, it really can. And there’s so much music in that house.

Probably, in a sense, le regard de Tom Cruise at the end of Edge of Tomorrow is probably closer to sentiment, tearful joy. We’ve been through so much. Hm. I’m sure I can find something. I just have to watch the right movies.

Yes. Yes. Yes. This goal — one week — is to produce something that gets to the next step. Because that’s just a step. I know that. And I keep feeling into how good it’s going to feel, truly, though I won’t tell anyone, not at this point, but just for me, wow, what a deep breath of relief. I have never been happier. I think have XMAS in NAPLES as a book… so… that’s a longer goal…is to have a book deal…get that this year. XMAS in NAPLES, I think, would sell as a movie, no? My cuz’s texted. I can feel they’re like…what is going on? But I ain’t saying shit.

I gotta eat, and I gotta get back to work.