Cliches

In producing the film, we attempted to avoid using cliches, and sometimes when we had an idea and found it un original upon completion, and disregarded it so as to avoid using these cliches. In the particular genre that we were operating in, these are often plentiful and hard to avoid, and we were anxious to not succomb to this stereotype.

We did not accomplish this one hundred percent however, as a certain amount of cliches are necesary.

In our eagerness, we also discovered a paradoxical situation: we were trying so hard to avoid including stereotypes, that we were rejecting ideas not on their merit or what they would bring to the film, but on their lack of uniqeness. This led to a situation in which our film actually did become a stereotypical "convention-less" film. In the end, we decided to try and better meter the amount of stereotypes and cliches, so the audience has clues as to identities of characters, and can follow the plot easily, but at the same time, ensure that the film does not become stale and boring.

Posted by Duncan Morrison