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Originally posted by oddguy
I agree with you PA. I like thining out of the box and doing new stuff, like OW. I'm getting tired of the same stock characters in different situations. Have you seen commercials for the new show called "Skin." It's going to be on Fox. It's pretty much a modern version of Romeo and Juliet. I looked at the preview and was like, "Can't we think of any new ideas instead of just redoing old ones?!" I'm going to start a Movie/TV/Music/Book/VideoGame company with new ideas that have never been seen before. It's my dream.
-oddguy
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Yeah Ive seen that and I know what you mean. Even films are like that nowadays. Its companys like OWI, ILM, which give us the originality in thinking out of the box.
All these places started out as one man with a dream and ambition and a rather sloppy approach. ILM in its beginnings was so disorganised but look what came out of it. They practically invented new forms of art in film makeing that practically all film companies base them selves by, then OWI I mean need I say more. There is a silent achiever right there. I mean something in the nature of Oddworld definatly involved thinking out of the box with disorganisation in the sence of conceptualiseing ideas.
You will notice how these places are sloppy but organised in the sense of thinking out of the box. Where its imperfect. If it was perfect then these things would be dull. Thinking out of the box and being sloppy or messy or disorganised go together successfully. Thats where everything original comes from. Basically it allows you to be loose and open to possabilities. Like "what if" My Graphic design drawing instructer is like this. He is always saying to me be loose and always rely on "what if?" Because in film and art and design being loose and relying on the "What ifs" is what you need to be original. Its all building your idea on "What ifs." OWI did that I am sure. They come up with this cool idea for a game and then all of a sudden Lanning is like "What if?" You see how that works? before you know it you have something.
Thats imperfect and thinking out of the box.