Missing Actress

This has been the second lesson that Claudia has been away, i believe she might be sick. There are only two or three shots without her in them but they are either in the boarding house or the establishing shot off campus so we are unable to film. This weekend Rebecca and I will film all boarding house shots that we don't need Claudia in, so that we stay on top of our filming. Also on Thursday afternoon we have planned to shoot the establishing shot which is of the gold coast hospital.

Filming Mistakes

Filming is taking longer than expected, so far we have filmed two out of the nine scenes; however, there are two aspects of both scenes that need redoing.  The chapel scene wasn't correctly filmed. Firstly the rule of thirds wasn't applied so the long shot will need redoing. Secondly when we did the close up shot the camera setting wasn't set on the flower, it was on the mountain which means the close up was pix- elated which means we will have to redo that as well. In the flower scene, we filmed everything properly and we were all happy with it but in the process of taking the footage off the camera a shot was lost. We need to film the close up shot of the flower in the hand again as its a important aspect of the story.

Creating The Shot List

The whole process of creating a shot list was annoying. For this list Bec was typing as i did the prop list. I was talking to her about the different shots i was planing to have, then we would discuss how we could make them better (if it needed it). It was basically a huge brain storm, that had a very good outcome.  Just by making the shot list, everything is now more clear and we know exactly what we are doing in each scene. It's weird to see my idea completely planned out, and every single shot mentioned. But by brain storming we have already improved certain aspets and its good to have an over side veiw of it because no matter what it will always make sense to me as i created it but it may not make sense to someone else.

My Thought Process

Here's the way things work.
When I'm trying to think of an idea, thoughts are just moving around really fast; the ones I'm interested in stop and then if there's one I'm particularly interested in, i will started to develop it; if not the idea will move on and another one will replace  it. I thought of my idea whilst driving around the hills on my property when i was doing cattle work, then i had to walk a kilometre and by that stage i had an idea i liked so i just started developing in my head. The first thing i actually came up with was the main characters name - thats how back to front i think. Anyway, i had no paper or pens in the paddock therefore i don't have any notes, that i could share. Also this whole thought development happens extremely quick for me, for example i came up with a whole short story for my English test within 5 minutes (and it was rather good, in my opinion). So, having as much documented evidence of my thoughts as there is on this blog is amazing considering the different way i think. So hopefully, you will won't mark me down for thinking differently considering i just explained myself.

Rough Treatment

I am lead to believe that i attached a hard, rough treatment in with my easy, so if you were wondering, that's where i believe it is.

Reflection/Evaluation

I had a lot of trouble with the story boarding task. The synopsis and the rest of the treatment didn’t cause me any worries. It was only the drawing aspect of the story boarding that was my problem though. I can’t draw and any drawing skill I might have doesn’t apply when I have to draw in perspective. I’ve never been able to draw prospectively or 3D, my mind just doesn’t work like that. I can’t even draw a 3D cube, so I was way out of my depth with the storyboard drawing. However, if I don’t get an A- on it at least it would be incredibly unfair because the descriptions and information on the side of the board was really good. My planning and drafting helped a lot for my treatment, though not really for my story boarding. The activities didn’t help with my story boarding or treatment but the templates were an amazing help. Without the templates I wouldn’t have been able to remember what was said in class. I think the templates made my treatment extremely effective (A standard). I have discovered that i can write to engage an audience without writing in a story style. The trick i have learnt is to use blackboard as surprisingly enough Mr Andrews puts a lot of helpful stuff on there. I have learnt how to use the Macbook word as well which is a handy little thing to have considering our whole school is Mac based. I have developed many skills which include correct formatting of treatments and SOME perspective drawing techniques. I have discovered that my creative process in which i create story's and ideas isn't ideal for assessment pieces as people might be inclined to believe that i haven't do the proper work. i didn't enjoy storyboarding at all and I'm not happy with my finished product. If i could start again, i wouldn't do a storyboard. Writing and describing the pictures in my head is no easy task and the storyboard doesn't accurately portray my idea; however, i left it more open to changes so that the group and i can easily change aspects of the story. The treatment i am completely satisfied with though. The treatment is completely A standard. the only problem with my treatment was that i set my synopsis on the same page as my key locations and character profile though this only happened due to miscommunication. I did manage my time effectively with the treatment though not with the storyboard, i ran out time to do a photo story board which meant i had to draw it and i had to combine shots as it was going to be far to long otherwise. i would only change my synopsis placing in the treatment if i was to start again. I think the treatment and story board is a worthwhile assessment though it would have been easier if we were taken through how to draw the story boards, and yes i tried the Internet.

My Storys Genre

I wrote my story as a tragedy/thriller, though after completing my storyboard and treatment, i now believe it has an amazing potential to be an effective thriller. This is because of how suspenseful my story is, even if it didn't come across in my storyboard.

Title Choice

I thought the title for my film would make the most sense if it was the name of the flower that is a large part of my story. I wanted the freedom to change the type of flower used in my story so i decied to make up a name for a flower which is why my movie is now called Dossquell.