Have you ever seen that show Entourage? (We'll label how often I watch the show variable x and the show itself variable z) The one about an up-and-coming Hollywood movie star living with his washed-out former-actor brother, his bestfriend/manager, and his driver/childhood friend/pot dealer?
This is gonna sound stupid, but since this is one of the new shows I've gotten into heavily, I've learned a lot about the actor/manager/agent/director/writer relationship(s). Granted, it is a TV show, but nonetheless it is supposed to generate a simplified portrayal of the backstages of show biz.
Now cut to Kenny Stewart. We'll label him variable y. Straight A's. FCAT Writes 6.0. Writer of the Year in 8th grade. For as long as I can remember, I've been told I have a skill with words. I'm not being pompous, I'm just stating that as a fact. I HAVE been told that since for as long as my memory will let me to recall. I've always had an intrinsic motivation to write creatively, to write elaborately, to write. (Hence this blog.)
Now, the math lesson begins. What happens when you perform the function y varies directly as Kenny watches (x) Entourage (z)? You get y=kxz. This means that the more I watch the show (x) combined with the show itself (z), the more I (y) want to become a screenwriter.
I feel like because I was granted the gift of vocabulary, syntax, and grammar, I have to apply it toward something. However, I've noticed that the best films are the independent ones that not many people have seen or the ones that feel independent but everybody's seen them. Another way that great movies are made is when the writers themselves are in the movie, because they feel more of a connection to the characters. My favorite movie is Good Will Hunting. Matt Damon and Ben Affleck wrote this movie, and they both played lead roles. Though an award-winning film, every time I watch it, I feel as if it's something only I've seen and I'm special enough to watch. This is what a good movie is supposed to do. This is why indie flicks are the best flicks. Not to say that I don't like hyped up movies like Step Brothers, The Hangover, 300, etc. But they don't have the same quality of plot that indies have, the same texture. So in a way, I'm saying I wouldn't want my films to be mass-produced.Oh yeah, I'm also kind of a math wiz. Congratulations, you now understand the show Entourage in terms of algebraic variation functions.
