Sadly, in many instances, once the script is done and the cast is in place, the writer’s job is pretty much done and they become redundant for the producers/director. We feel when a director is not the writer himself/herself, the writers ought to be there at every step of the process – otherwise, there’s a loss in translation and it reflects on the project. As a process, we both believe in being there for our scripts right from the germination to the shoots to the post-production (or until when a film releases). They are the ones who make it a film from a blank page. The thing is that the writer is the first person to be hired on a film. Of late, there have been several instances of such confrontations between writers and film-makers. Writers and lyricists are increasingly raising voice against the alleged mistreatment toward them in the film industry. The industry can certainly do with many more original content creators. Fasterclass comes from a place where we only talk about creating from a scratch in every capsule that we design. Though there are enough and more producers now who are willing to back original content and there are writers/creators who believe in originality. Meaning there’s a ‘source of inspiration’. We feel remakes come from a place where the producers feel safe when there’s a reference point to any new idea. While our filmography is a mix of some remake-dialogues and some original stories, we feel for every remake that we write, if we get to make even one original screenplay film, it's worth the effort (so, of the 6 that we have done so far 4 are our very own original scripts).
We are willing to fight as many battles and cross hurdles to mount original stories. We strongly stand by original content and creation. Will there be a focus on encouraging these budding writers to write original content?
We have witnessed so many remakes, sequels, and films inspired by true events in recent times.