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Trevor
About the most originality that any writer can hope to achieve honestly is to steal with good judgment.
- Josh Billings
The Year is 30,000 B.C.
Otok and Glart have returned from a successful hunting trip (i.e. they didn’t catch anything, but both survived).
Otok, captivates his fellow cavemen by retelling the story of the hunt… with certain embellishments to minimize Glart’s role in the heroics.
Glart, gets back at Otok by painting representations of the hunt on a cave wall. He makes his stick man twice as tall as Otok’s.
As Otok lies dying, he uses his powers of language to spin a convincing tale of Glart’s treachery. On the day Otok is buried, Glart is fed to a saber-toothed tiger as punishment for his crime.
Since that day, the war between artwork and storytelling has been raging.
Unfortunately for us screenwriters, on the battle front for originality, artwork appears to be winning.
They’re making Godzilla again? Now they’re recycling their own recycled regurgitations! Just like the burst housing bubble, this one’s going to blow. Only a matter of time before the snake realizes it’s eating itself. Or does the youth market always forgive?
- Anonymous Scriptwrecked reader
Originality
As screenwriting descendants of Otok, we’ve all heard the mantra that, “there are no more original stories.” Well I’m not buying it! The art world certainly doesn’t adopt that philosophy.
In the last few months alone, take a look below at some original works of art that have been produced, 32,000 years after Glart first scrawled on a cave wall.
May they inspire you in your storytelling endeavors when you search for your own original idea. Because if they can do it, so can we!
Aggravure by Baptiste Debombourg
Click the photo or link to see more pics, and closeups. You’ll never guess what this masterwork was created with.
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Egg Art Master Franc Grom
This guy makes beautiful artwork from eggs by creating approximately 2500 to 3500 holes in each shell! Click the photo or link for more pictures.
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Jimi Hendrix by Erika Simmons
This artist has created some highly original works of art out of cassette tape. Worth clicking the photo or this link to see more examples.
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Muhammad Ali and Bob Marley by Mark Evans
Click the photo or link to see more of Mark Evans’ amazing work. Can you guess what medium he uses?
Who says there are no more original ideas out there? If artists are still coming up with new ways to make artwork after 32,000 years, we screenwriters have lots of time left to explore exciting new stories and possibilities.
“The greatest trick Glart ever pulled was convincing the followers of Otok that there were no more original story ideas.”
- Verbal Otok
Dig deep and find your original idea or vision. I know it’s in there. I believe cinematic originality is about to make a resurgence in Hollywood… Riiight after I sell my screenplay adaptation of Tick Tack Toe. 
Do you think originality is dead in Hollywood or is it ready to thrive once again? Any non-film sources inspire you?
Can you tell a satisfying story in five seconds? I’m a believer after watching this hilarious collection of the top twenty 5-second films. (This video is NSFW.)
Via: Neatorama
This photo comes courtesy of my mom’s blog Proverbial Beauty. Despite her very busy schedule, she finds a way to post one of her marvelous pictures, complete with an appropriately thought-provoking quote, every single day.
As a writer, I am particularly inspired by today’s quote (and my mom’s work ethic — go mom!).
How about you? Are you making the time to write?
In anticipation of the 82nd Academy Awards celebration tonight, I’ve collected a few cool Oscar themed links:
* Tavis Coburn, of The Dutch Uncle Agency, created vintage style movie posters for all the British Academy Film Awards nominees (which are also up for Oscars).
* All of the Oscar nominated Animated Shorts are online. In my opinion, Logorama gets top marks for a highly original, hilarious, and sometimes shocking, tale. This movie may result in a lifetime of trademark infringement lawsuits for the creator, but that’s a small price to pay for an Academy Award nomination right?
Listed according to my ranking:
1) “Logorama” Nicolas Schmerkin (Part 2 here)
2) “A Matter of Loaf and Death” Nick Park
3) “Granny O’Grimm’s Sleeping Beauty” Nicky Phelan and Darragh O’Connell
4) “French Roast” Fabrice O. Joubert
5) “The Lady and the Reaper (La Dama y la Muerte)” Javier Recio Gracia
* Sandra Bullock (nominated for a Best Actress Oscar) brings humor and perspective to the Razzies by showing up to accept her award for Worst Actress.
* There were two trilogies in which all three films were nominated for Best Picture. Can you name them? Here are 10 of the “Best Facts about the Best Pictures.”