Hi everyone,
I went to see District-9. I won't go around and talk about the movie as it's still a new release, too early for the spoilers. However, I'll talk about one screenwriting feature that kept me thinking.
One can tell a story in many different ways. In District-9, it's done as a documentary. That's quite ambitious for a feature that can easily fit into the 'blockbuster' style when it comes to funding and producing-directing heads. Producer: Peter Jackson, director: Neill Blomkamp. Peter Jackson was enough of a sale argument to me but the concept of the movie, well, that was more than I needed to buy, run and watch.
The documentary format, for a story, it seems to work for 'The Office' and it works for 'District-9'. So when does one decide to write in this format? Right at the beginning or at the end, when the story's alright but something's missing: 'hey let's try it another way!'
What do you think?
