503 - Idea Development 3

 script feedback, next steps, room layout planning

On our final call before we start the designing elemtent of pre-production, we first discussed the script as both KK and Ceylin need to understand this properly for the next stages. I talked them through it and the decisions I made with certain elements, such as why the girl gets off the bed and leaves the room in the scene where the Creep is on the balcony (to make it more digestible for the audience and to avoid confusion with where the Girl is). Kahenya was worried, as he said that now the idea is written down in full it looks quite long, and I share this concern. I think it'll end up being quite a long film, maybe 3 minutes long, however we can always cut things down or change them in the animatic. Furthermore, a lot of the shots need to be long for atmosphere, but there won't need to be too much animation within them, or the animation that is there can be looped. In this sense, I think it's going to be a challenge but still manageable.

Next, Kahenya shared his screen and we went through his moodboard and initial room layout. We discussed roughly how the buildings will look, as well as the style of the interior decor. The main focus was on the room layout however as this is essential for the storyboard. We spent about an hour on this, directing Kahenya and discussing what would work with the script as well as what would look the best. This is what we ended up with: 

(The balcony is on the bottom, which is the side the Creep will look in through)

We decided on making it a semi studio apartment, with the kitchen being a separate room with a doorway just to break it up and make it more interesting. We also made the closet a full-wall walk in one so the creep has enough space to crouch in there. The x is where the friend will be killed and then dragged to the pentagon/human symbol. I think this layout works really well, and has enough bare space for unique design elements but not too much.

Finally, I talked through the pre-production schedule with them:

I just outlined some deadlines in order for us to be finished with pre-production by the end of the month. 

Finally, I wrote out our current tasks (and greyed out our previous ones) and immediate deadlines so each of us know exactly what we're doing:

My worries currently are with time, as we only have 18 days for the whole of preproduction, and it's something that I want to be quite thorough. I think our productivity and organisation is working well currently though.