503 - Idea Development 2

Following the tutor feedback, I wrote out some more bits on our group document, adding a project outline with all the tasks needed for our short. Our group then had another call as I wanted to carry out my "Next steps" section on the previous blog post. Here is the stage of the document after the discussion, with the changed points highlighted in red:

(Everything from "Tutor Feedback" is new)

I started this call by asking if I could be the director as Mike mentioned we really should appoint one, and Kahenya and Ceylin agreed. We then went through Mike's feedback with Kahenya as he wasn't there.

When the topic of sound design was brought up, Ceylin mentioned that her Mum is a professional dub artist, so she may be able to record some tailored sounds for us which would be very good.

I thought it'd then be good to start finalising details, so we went through the document, deciding on details. We came up with the location order, as well as the possible actions the girl could be doing while the creep watches. For the ending, we had 2 possible options. The first was that the girl could be killing and sacrificing a baby, where we can use baby noises to help sell it and make it more horrific. The second was to have a friend come in instead. Preferrably a male, as this would increase the tension due to their being a potential threat to the creep. This option could also show more of the girl's ruthless personality, as they could be having a normal conversation when his voice would suddenly cut out as he gets stabbed out of the blue. I preferred the second option, however this would need some strong sound design and 2 voice actors.

Once that was done, I went through the Project Outline section with them, showing the overall project broken down into tasks. We then delegated the tasks among us based on our interests. Finally, I wrote the Next Steps section, so that we knew exactly what we were doing for the next few days.

This planning made me feel a lot better about the project, as it gives us more focus and if we stick to the schedule we'll have a well developed project. I definitely think having a director works better, as it made tasks more definitive and wasted less time during the discussion.

The next steps for me specifically, are to write out the script, key dates for a production schedule, and finally add to the moodboards.