Week Three

Well, after studio last week, I was completely undecided about my script, and the whole idea for the film in general. So, for some inspiration, I found a Tropfest DVD (from 2006) and sat down to do some observation in regards to structure and story. It was a fantastic wake up call. While admittedly I wasn't too fond of most of the films, it allowed me to really understand what Mark was talking about last week in Studio when he said short films need a real 'twist' at the end of them. I thought about it long and hard, but I simply couldn't think of a twist that I liked for the end of '20 Good Reasons' and that was the reason it was failing.

I then started to think about what it was I liked about the ones I really liked, and realised it is when the ordinary is made extraordinary. One that inspired me in particular was called Glitch. It was about a guy who calls in a professional to look at his house, where everything seems to be going wrong. Water pours into the sink and turns red, drawers make strange noises when they open, his housemate is stuck in a constant loop, and so on. I had no idea where it was going - until the professional says to the guy - 'I'm sorry, we're going to have to wipe it and start again, and we'll set you up with Norton' that I realised that the house was affected by a computer virus!

This led to me thinking of ways that the virtual world could be transposed onto the real world, and what sort of effects could occur. After a few minutes, I realised the answer was staring at me in the face - Facebook! Or social networking in general. I immediately sat down and starting writing a list of the sort of things one does on Facebook or Myspace, and how those could occur in a 'real-life' situation. It didn't take me long to come up with ideas, and I spent a few hours over the next few days writing a draft script, and tried not to get too attached to it in case no one liked it!

I got to Studio today, feeling a touch nervous again. I hadn't mentioned to Jeremie that I was trying a completely new idea whe I said last week that I would rewrite our old idea. I came slightly more prepared this time, with a printed copy of the draft, and was so relieved when he said he preferred it. I then felt even more relieved when Mark really liked it as well and where it was going, as long as we were able to tread the fine line of not giving to little or too much away. He gave us a few more useful ideas to add and left us on our way. Jeremie and I then finished most of the plan, and he took it home to tidy up which is good so I can get some of my other assignments out of the way and we hope to make a good start on the storyboarding.