http://www.cinemablend.com/new/Twilight-Coming-Back-Very-Cool-Way-Get-Details-69582.html
This article is about the future plans for the high-grossing film franchise based off Stephanie Meyer's book series called Twilight. It's going to make its return with several short films and screenplays that you can actually read right now. Stephanie Meyer announced her new project that she launched called "The Storytellers: New voices of the Twilight Saga" This project will allow female filmmakers to direct their very own short film based on a character from Twilight. As the process continues with the search of directors for the project, The Hollywood Reporter states that six screenplays have been done and are online and ready to download. Of course there were rules that went along the making of the screenplay, which included the already mentioned: be based off a character from twilight, must take place before Bella moved to Forks and changed the character Edward and his life. The reason I chose this article is because Iv'e never heard of a director allowing filmmakers from anywhere to incorporate their own ideas into something she created in the first place. This is important to me as a filmmaker and student because it shows me that opportunities like these are now known to come up. This could be a chance to be recognized not only as a fan, but a new director in the film industry. You never know, this could just be a major step forward in your future film career. As a consumer, I guess for those who love the Twilight franchise will enjoy seeing what other female directors/fans come up with story/plot wise of the short films. If it were some other franchise like Harry Potter, then I could understand what that fan base would be feeling because I'm a huge fan of that. Some questions that could come out of this is: Will other film franchises give the opportunity for filmmakers to do the same thing? Will these short films be screened? Is it competition where the best one wins something?
I never really thought that the Director would allow other filmmakers incorporate their ideas in something that is already created, especially because many like the original better but new ideas can also help.
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