The Average American Summer

I’m getting rid of my brain crack in chunks, hoping I will be forced to eventually complete my project.

I was inspired by Elsa’s comment: “the average american summer”.

With my very vague post I think the people that read it all had a different concept of what kind of show I wanted to do.

I figure Elsa might have meant some kind of documentary, which I’ve been filming a lot of anyway.

But that doesn’t matter, because I was inspired.

I wanted to film a drama, not a soap opera, but a legitimate show.

This is what it’s going to be centered on:

The Average American Summer.

There’s a lot that happens in three months. There’s a lot that can change in three months. There’s a lot that stays the same in three months. There’s a lot of free time in three months.

When school doesn’t take up 7 hours of your day and then more because of homework, there is a lot more quality human interaction. Even someone with a job probably feels freer just because they’re not doing the same thing everyone else is.

The problem is we’re still bound by the same system. Summer is just a function of school, even if the goal is to have as little to do with school as possible.

There’s a lot that goes back to normal after three months. There’s a lot of nothing that happens in three months.

This is about kids having their own unique Summers in the same way.  This is the average American Summer.

The story will be centered on unique characters so that there is a plot. The events taking place will be average in that they aren’t spectacular, but not average in that everyone does them. Sure, there will be events that most people expect, but I’m not going to be taking a poll on what the most average activities are.

I haven’t decided anything about the characters yet, because I don’t want to force it. I want to have these sudden great bursts of inspiration I’ve been having, and let those guide my work. That’s no way to get work done on time, but so far this has been moving faster than other ideas I’ve had.

So this is my way of doing as little school as possible—my own Average American Summer.