USING THE 💕 WHEEL OF LOVE 💕 TO WRITE A HALLMARK MOVIE // writing vlog
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- Опубликовано: 7 фев 2020
- Happy (early) Valentine's Day! I'm attempting to crack the Hallmark movie formula and create my own by using ~the wheel of love~! I hope y'all enjoy this challenge that none of y'all asked for bahaha. 💕
☟↓ QUESTIONS FOR YOU BELOOOOOW! ↓☟
D I S C U S S I O N Q U E S T I O N S :
Did I miss anything as part of the basic Hallmark movie formula?
Would you watch my movie? Bahaha.
Would you try this sort of wheel generator for your stories? OOOR what do you think would need to be included in other genres (not romance)?
Do you have a favorite romance novel or movie? What is it? Do you have any fun plans for Valentine's Day?
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0:06 Intro to the ~wheel of love~ concept and why I think Hallmark's formulaic movies are perfect for this.
1:32 Using the wheel! 🎅❤️
5:39 Researching & brainstorming for my own story and how I can incorporate everything I spun
8:45 The outlining of a "typical" Hallmark movie & writing my own scenes to fit them!
9:48 Here's my story + the Hallmark formula, side-by-side :)
18:12 Wrap-up & questions for youuuuuu!
This was hilarious, but you forgot the part where the florist is also a widower and has a young child (likely a daughter) who is also trying to push them to be a couple 😂😂
YOU ARE SO RIGHT. How could I forget the sad dad backstory and adorable child??
... and also: this super adorable little daughter was mocked in class when she said she believed in Santa - and then Santa's actually gonna be her new mum!
Ohh! And the kid is the first to realize that her dad's new girlfriend is Santa claus
This sounds like a bad remake of the Santa clause movie with Tim Allen... lol.
...which would make it perfect for Hallmark, right? :-D
I love that you mention gender stereotypes and how Hallmark plays into it so much and then the guy is a florist (which is stereotypically a female job) and the girl is Santa Claus (who is always seen as male). I love it
"Because it's Hallmark." Is one of the many quotable quotes of this video XD
Fun fact about me: in fifth grade I was Mrs. Clause in a play where Santa, Mrs. Clause, and Christmas elves went to Mexico for a vacation!
NO WAY!!! What are the odds?? Also please tell me you have pictures of you as Mrs. Claus!
Well that's awesome. How did it end?
I wish we could tag Hallmark. I really want to see this movie. 😂😂
"Hallmark needs to hire me" lol omg same my old stories are literally their children. lollllllllllll
RIIIIIIGHT. Hello, all the romance and cute tropes.
I'm pretty sure Hallmark said they were going to start having more LGBTQ+ couples in their movies as main characters. So, that's fun.
HELL YEAH!
I love this so much! When I went to film school, actual advice we got was, if you were struggling to get a gig and needed to turn something out fast, was to write a Hallmark, or some other Made-For-TV Movie, because they're so formulaic. As soon as you talked about how Hallmark often does male/female stereotypes, I thought it would be neat if they're each doing a more "man/woman" job because their spouse died. Like, it was his wife's flower shop, and the OG Santa passed away a few Christmases ago, so Mrs. Santa took on the task. Could be a cool bonding thing, too. This is such a fun exercise, even just to get your creativity going, if you're not looking to sell a Hallmark Movie. I really like what you did with your version!
Write it! Send it into Hallmark! The world needs this movie!
When we see an ad for Christmas In July on Hallmark in 2021we'll know they thought this was great too! hahaha This was great, it definitely hit all of the hallmark staples and I can definitely see my mom watching it (she's the Hallmark watcher in our family).
"Flowershop. Distance. It wont work." My favioute quote ever and i dont know why
I am totally in love with the whole randomly generated plot idea, and I'm kind of tempted to try it out myself. Maybe something superhero-esque would work nice?
YES YES YES! I feel like superheroes would fit super well! You could generate their origin story and their superpower and the villain's issue! Please let me know if you end up trying it! :)
I'll be home for Christmas has to be THE love song!
ALSO, a red convertible mustang with white trim that has sparkly flecking in the paint and Santa is in a smoken hot red dress that magically sparkles with a touch of white snowflake lace. Maybe the florist sees this as he is delivering flowers?
"Vaguely titled marketing executive" 😂
Update: I loved this video so much!
BAHAHA thanks Amruta! :) They're always so vaguely titled!
Just getting caught up on my fav RUclipsrs. This video is funny cause I love cheesy Hallmark movies. Your story wheel cracks me up and the story is classic Hallmark lol
Christmas in July, followed by the sequels Christmas In August, and Christmas in September!!!!
Also petition for a spin off featuring the elf friend and the hotel worker because that sounded cute as heck!!!
And the florists role somehow merging into a gardener but it's like 'eh Hallmark doesn't care' is brilliant!!! I would totally watch this movie!! Hallmark needs to hire you, then you can infiltrate from within and start improving their storytelling even faster!!!
Hi, Kate! This is my first time watching one of your videos. This is hilarious! I love everything about this - the wheel of love, how you know the timing down to the minute of all the plot turns, and your delivery. I hate Hallmark, Christmas and love (well, romance, at least), but thanks to you I'm going to challenge myself to write the anti-Hallmark-Christmas-romance idea that's been floating around in my head for some time now. Thank you for this fun post!
Also, Santa took over the job from her dad, and every Santa has to have a mate. What if Santa ran off to Mexico to avoid an arranged marriage to another man. He'll show up in Mexico and be a perfect match for the florist's ex-wife. I love this video and laughed so hard during it. Happy writing.
Lmao I was shouting at the screen with ideas. He’s a florist for the resort she’s staying at in Mexico. They are having drinks in the resort lounge and there is a piano player who is taking song requests. The guy asks the pianist to play a show tune and asks the woman to dance. She says it is her favorite song! Instant hit! 😂😂😂
I WANT TO WATCH CHRISTMAS IN JULY PLEAASEEEEEEE MAKE IT
BAHAHAH THANK YOUUUUUUU! 😂 I'm just waiting for Hallmark's call.
@@KateCavanaugh it'll come faster than my laughter 😂🤣
I loved this so much!! It's great to see how even with a random selection of elements you pulled those things together so well to create something really cute... goes to show how good your writer brain is that you find all those neat connections !
I imagine the elf friend being played by a child because kids are short but really the character is thousands of years old.
I need to use this method for my next romance novel!!! Absolutely perfect! :) A production company rep once told me she’d read my whole series and thought it was perfect for Hallmark, … happy, happy… then she fell off the edge of the world. Ha, ha, ha! C’est la vie.
But your method is so much fun.
What the literally f*ck! This is freaking amazing! Like, I'm actually upset this isn't a movie already. Like, I feel that the final song that they could end up singing together is, "All I Want For Christmas Is You." Omg I am thinking about how iconic this movie would be like wow. Just wow. 💞
I love your wheel and how it SO WORKED to create the bones of your Hallmark story.
Have you ever seen the "Signed, Sealed, Delivered" series and movies. They are not conventional Hallmark characters, and the love does not come to full bloom in 2 hours. In fact, it takes YEARS for the relationship to truly develop, and of course there are all kinds of bumps along the way. But I so dig how quirky the 4 main characters are, how they support one another and how their relationships seem so much more realistic, since they develop so slowly. If you haven't seen them, check them out. Hallmark recently had a marathon with the series and a final, culminating movie. (Although, I have to admit they find some way to come back and make one more movie!!)
I really enjoyed that! It does make for a great story. You should write it out and find a way to send it to them. I love Hallmark movies. But, I honestly get bored of the same old things, I would love to see more to their movies! Have at least one movie where the characters don’t fall in love, but become great friends. Amazing story and thank you for sharing!
This idea is ridiculous, and so much fun! Can't wait to try this method 😂
Bahahah those are exactly the words I'd use! Pleeeease let me know when you give it a go and what your wheel decides haha. :)
I love the "Wheel of Love" and would definitely watch this movie! :)
I would definitely watch Christmas in July, you had me at “she’s actually Santa Claus” XD tbh I’d watch way more hallmark movies if there were cute lesbian elves in them
Do it again, we need another movie! Spin the wheel girl!
Omg, I love this.
Did you know there was a table that was all over Twitter this past holiday, that summed up all Hallmark-Movie-Plots into one graphic?!
I LOVED it so much, I wanted to write my own cheap romance SO DAMN MUCH! 🤩♥️
I'd love to watch your movie!!
(and more wheel based stuff would be awesome 🤠)
MAKE. THIS. HAPPEN!!! I don't even watch hallmark that much but I'm on board with Christmas in July. 😄
A couple years ago, I wrote a book with the idea of it being right at home on the Hallmark channel. The year I published, Hallmark came out with a movie titled and had the same basic premise as my book. I thought it was hilarious.
This was such a cute idea and I loved watching what you came up with! 🤣🙌🏽
I love the wheel idea!! I hope you do another one!!
To be perfectly honest, I don't like Hallmark movies, but most mainstream movies have a formula. They play with it a bit, but they are pretty much all the same formula. This could actually be a fun way to come up with a short story sort of thing which I guess is actually very similar to shows/tv movies. At the very least, it would be a fun way to generate ideas. I'd probably watch a Hallmark movie if you wrote it. Yours sounds more interesting than most of them even following their formula. I might have to try this for high fantasy. Might take some planning just because I can't throw together a plot/story nearly as quickly but it could definitely be fun.
Love this! Great idea, so fun!
This was such a fun video. I hope they do hire you.
So hallmark yet so kate ahhaha 100% would watch
This would make a really cute holiday novella! :)
I might turn it into one at some point!! :)
@@KateCavanaugh Yes please! I'd totally buy it! ❤️ I love your videos 😍 can't wait to read one of your books!
I would totally watch Christmas in July!
YES I want to see that movie!
This has made my life!!!! You and Brooke Passmore should do the hallmark drinking game 😂
I wish that Hallmark existed in Canada! I'd love to watch cheesy movies like these. That's where Netflix comes in for me (especially with all the cheesy Christmas romances haha). Also, I would watch the HECK out of Christmas in July! It sounds so cute!)
I’ve never seen a hallmark movie but after watching this video I went to find the channel and saw one. I enjoyed it.
This was so much fun! I've never actually seen a hallmark movie (I thought I had but I described it to my roommate and apparently it definitely wasn't) but now I kind of feel like I have.
Oh my gosh! This is so funny! You need to write this!!! I think that it would very much be worth your time... 😂😂😂
I have an entire "Hallmark Christmas movie" outlined, and my Hallmark-obsessed husband says it's too dark 😭
Omg what part of it is dark?? I've noticed Hallmark Movies & Mysteries gets away with sadder stuff. 😂
@@KateCavanaugh It started with a tragedy, the death of a brother, opening up a position for the love interest. I might compromise and deploy him with the Army instead.
You should turn this Into a mass market paper back romance novel!
Lol I love this. I genuinely do not like neither Hallmark movies OR Christmas romance movies, but I really love this concept and I want to see it.
Also, on the subject of concepts, I love this video concept. You giving us quick stories based on some studios formula or other. Similar to your “I Tried Writing Like...” videos. 10/10 would watch again 😅💕
Also also, you’re great 😅 In my head, we’re friends 😂 you make me want to start an authortube.
Hello Kate! Im a sucker for the Hallmark Channel ugh...That's really good I would look at it. You should send it to them and see what happens!
This is a fun video. I'd totally watch your movie.
Christmas in July is the reason I'm writing my lesbian Hallmark novel for Camp NaNoWriMo.
My choice came from talking to my mom who's an expert on those movies.
this was so funny and I thought this would make a hilarious book normally I scroll through the comments during many videos but I was so glued in this one thank you! you have sparked my interest to write today!
Ohmygoodness, this is the PERFECT Hallmark movie! Lol. Loved it!
I'd watch the HECK outta that movie
BAHAHAHA YESSSSS! Hallmark, call me, I've got something great here! 😂
6 options and a dice. Worth trying if the spinner thing sounds like too much effort. I'm all for methods where the equipment preparation doesn't get in the way of the actual writing preparation so I'm going to try the dice.
This seems so much fun!Love your videos
I had a freaking blast filming this! :) And thank you so much!!
I would totally watch this movie! 🎄😂 This is my favorite video of yours.
Loved this ahaha would totally watch a christmas in July!
I would definitely watch your movie- and any other movie you make.
Sometimes I use a wheel of fortune to choose characteristics for my story characters cause its fun. My favourite movie is Me Before You- I always cry- and The Fault in Our Stars makes me believe that romance is still alive.
Keep doing that great job here inspiring us to write and be who we are.
I’d watch Christmas in July!
Tardis cushion!
Love this 😍😍😍😍
Thank you Claire!! :)
This was so much fun! 😂 I'd love to watch this movie, please pitch it!
Man, I feel you on Riverdale. I could hardly make myself watch season 3 to the end
Some part of me wants to try again but it just was sooooo painful, I dunno that I could do it. I think I've officially given up on it bahaha.
Kate Cavanaugh watch it. I only watch it because it’s so stupid and funny but somehow addictive
I'm barely halfway through this video and I'm laughing my ass off! If Hallmark won't take it, maybe Comedy Central will! I can see the guy from Zoolander as the florist...
She's actually Santa Klaus. I just burst out laughing.
I would read and watch the crap out of that because I love hallmark movies 😂
Yes I would
Yes but also it ends with the agreement that half the year when it’s closer to Christmas time Santa and florist will live at the North Pole and florist can help with...the pointsettas? Or some sort of new initiative relating to decorating with flowers at the north pole idk it’s very legit and then the other half of the year Santa will be out resting with florist wherever florist normally lives I guess Mexico and Santa will leave best friend elf in charge because she’s good with leadership and management and always secretly dreamed of an opportunity like this and hotel worker can come with her because hotel worker has always dreamed of ? idk doing something with her life that relates to the North Pole doesn’t matter
Lol. I totally started writing a Hallmark -style Christmas novel for NaNo last year. Problem: the best laid plans of mice and men oft gang aglee. There were explosions and dark elves and quests. It was a riot and I loved it! But - the relevant point now - I started by writing all the Christmas movie tropes and had a great time doing it. You should definitely write this! P.S Is Santa magic not powerful enough for the florist to commute to work part time from the North Pole? (The person left in charge the rest of the time being his hard working, very deserving single mom friend who may/may not fall in love with an elf in the sequal)
Who needs cable when we have Kate 💕
Okay Swapping the wheel for a dice generator - www.random.org/dice/ , and using a random prompt generator - www.squibler.io/plot-generator, I got this:
Prompt: She suddenly realised she might be alone for the rest of her life.
Location: High School
Occupation: Barista + Florist
Complication Jealous Ex
Quirks: Mismatched socks + Loves to garden
This will be fun.
Great video 😳 great game
GIRL, I love this. 😂 😂
BAHAHAH THANKS JAMES. All the (ridiculous) romance. 💙😂
Loved this! I seriously think you could sell this to Hallmark! 🤣🤣🤣
It was great!
I wish i came up with my stories this fast.... Write the script and put it on your website, so we can read and learn something.
This sounds really close to Noelle (definitely not the same story but somewhat similar)
Literally havent laughed at something this much in a while 😂😂❤
I need to watch this movie
That is genius! Your wheel ideas are so funny :D And it totally works for the *ahem* formulaic *ahem* Hallmark movies (and somehow I love them because of it...)
Hard same! I don't even care, I love them so much. They are terrible and wonderful at the same time and I can't be convinced otherwise hahah. And thank youuuu! :)
@@KateCavanaugh Sometimes I want to watch movies that make me think. And sometimes I just want to sit back, relax and know exactly what I am getting. And for that Hallmark movies are ideal!
Lol! This was hilarious!
Yeah, he's "trimming the hedges"
I've never been this early. Love your Vids. (My main source of inspiration for productivity.) Lol
Awww, thank you! I don't know if this particular video will help inspire productivity, but I'll keep my fingers crossed bahah. AND YOU ARE SO EARLY OMG.
@@KateCavanaugh lol. I don't normally comment but I felt like I had to. I miss those "I tried writing like videos." That's how I discovered your channel. To be honest, I feel like these videos should be more popular.
@@katarakitten9088 I'm still working on them! :) I had hopes to get out one each month but my January video ran into an issue so I'm having to redo it. 😭 Hopefully there will be a new one soon!
would watch
Im dying hahaha i loved this
I gave up on Riverdale half way thru season 3 too. I couldn’t take it anymore. It was just too much and yet not enough.
Also that sounds like a perfect Hallmark movie! They should hire you.
The wheel was cool!
Did you see the movie Noelle? I think it's on the Disney App.
The elf HAS to be played by Wee Man.
OMG, that was hilarious!!! :-D
Rewatching because it is Hallmark Christmas Movie season
I think a solution could be that in the end of the movie Mr. Florist goes with her and becomes the first florist in the North Pole with like a greenhouse full of different flowers--mostly christmasy but a few more "exotic" flowers like the first type of flower Santa found in the hotel. They could kiss in front of the flowers and everything is happy.
The sequel could be the chaos of Santa and Mr. Florist trying to get married or just get engaged but Christmas is coming and they keep getting pulled apart for business and stuff... Maybe someone like the Tooth Fairy or a Halloween Queen or someone is trying to seduce Mr. Florist away from Santa to distract her so they can swoop in and become the top holiday. There could be one of those misunderstanding scenes where the evil seductress kisses Mr. Florist and Santa comes in before he could pull away and she's all heartbroken and stuff. (Another possibility is that this concept is flipped so someone is actually trying to seduce Santa and Mr. Florist feels upset and leaves the North Pole because he just wants Santa to be happy but she still likes him and goes to find him). Lots of drama and misunderstandings later, they end up saying they still love each other and get married.
Lol I guess you can tell from my rambling that I really love your idea and I really hope you'll write a sequel for this! You did a fantastic job capturing the perfect blend of cheesy and fun that Hallmark movies always have.
I need this movie to happen
Hi Kate, this is probably more effort than hallmark puts into all of its movies combined. 😂
P.S: are you doing any live-streams anytime soon?
I really want to see this in novel form lol
I have a female relative with the first name Santa and I think you have to cast her in this movie :P
Where can i read this? I love this idea and i love you
I live in a small town in ohio and a few years ago they actually filmed a hallmark movie in our town! this video is so funny and also very accurate lol
SHUT UP NO WAY. I would love to see that!!
@@KateCavanaugh I think it was called The Christmas spirit. It has all the workings of a great story: two rivals get in a car accident, fall into comas, and then fall in love in the spirit world. mainly it was just great because we got a few days off of school so they could film :)
I don't watch hallmark films, but i would totally watch this movie