Week 1
Initial Idea
After contemplating a number of ideas, Starting with some sort of documentary or music video as these types of videos are about finding a subject or band to film, A short film has the added pressure of finding actors who you then rely on and rehearsals and costumes and makup etc. Even with all these factors I decided that I would prefer to produce a short film to enter into a festival rather than a documentary, music video or factual piece.
The idea for the short film came from something I read about a mythical creature called a 'Devas' also known as a 'Fairy' the general idea is that these creatures are expelled by God from heaven to earth. This is how my idea came about.
Week 2
The plot will either revolve around a couple maybe moving in together, or a family who have been living in the house for some time but now are noticing the effects of the 'Devas'.
Week 3
The plot has not really developed, Instead I have been looking at other ideas in the outcome that the CGI modeller cannot create the characters in the time frame.
Back Up Ideas
1. A short documentary on the subject of free-running and the integration with gymnastics.
2. A short drama film.
Week 4
After discussing further with the CGI modeller who was designing the 'Devas' for the short film his timeling for initial drawings, then modelling and texture and then putting the 3D elements into live action footage would be possible but very labour intensive and the results may not be that great and with no time to re-do 3D models or re-shoot it appears to be too much of a challenge in the time frame. I will have to look at back up ideas and see which one is more feasible in the time.
Week 5
I have decided to stay on the film side rather than the documentary route as I feel a short film will be more challenging and is an area I am interested in. I am working on a script about two brothers, one being a heroin addict. The whole story takes place in a house which makes locations and filming slightly easier as all the action will take place in a controlled environment.
Week 6
The script is just about finished after three re-writes and I'm now looking for actors. I've posted on a few websites and because my location is now secured and is in Leeds I'm hopeful of some local acting talent might be interested in the script.
Week 7
One actor secured and he has a close friend who is also an actor who is interested in playing James. The filming dates will be the 5th and 7th December. This leaves me four weeks to edit and re-shoot any shots if required.
Week 9
Disaster my actors have let me down four days before filming which totally ruins the project. With Christmas looming it's becoming difficult to find actors with the time before Christmas and the deadline is the 6th of January. The solution is a fellow student who also acts. I'm currently writing a script for one character I'm trying to keep elements of the original script if possible.
Week 10
So a new script has been written and my actor and crew are all available it is unfortunately going to be close to the deadline filming on the Tuesday the 20th Dec and on the 2nd of Jan leaving myself a few days to edit and hand it in. I feel as long as I can film majority on the 20th and have it edited and ready just for the last of the footage to be dropped in I can get everything and keep the standard high.
Week 11
Filming on the 20th December went okay apart from I didn't get as much filmed as originally planned, because the film revolves around on actor playing different characters it is the set up time and the process of filming is quite difficult. It will be a busy few days before the hand in.
Week 12
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