March 18, 2009

After Monday's class
On msn, Raphael and Ashley were not online, therefore, Adrian, Sarah and I discussed on the ideas.
We discussed beforehand that the previous idea we had is impractical, therefore we had to think of another idea. I proposed to do a swimming pool chase scene as it may be quite interesting, however, I had my doubts whether it will be possible to do well as it may consist of only simple shots. So, Adrian decided to write an email to Ms. Wong to ask for some directions, and it was actually okay! Then, once we started to develop our ideas, we did not want to do the swimming shot, instead, a thriller-scary film of a stalker chasing after a girl. Adrian already found a soundtrack called "Deceptive Appearances" from Freeplaymusic.com and after listening to it, I thought it was pretty good and fits what we want. As I was the screenwriter, I started having some ideas in my mind and wanted as little dialogue as possible. I decided that the stalker caught the girl in the end and he should only say one line, being his only dialogue in the script. Then we thought we should have sounds of bell ringing to foreshadow death and to show a sense of fear. As Adrian has bells on his crutches, they can be rather freaky and symbolizes death and the stalker's existence. Adrian showed us a video on youtube, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qORG40N1_Lg&feature=related. The bell ringings on 2:51 is what our group hopes to achieve.

I was very happy that we came up with a lot of ideas and we were very dedicated to the group. However, all we worry is that the script should not be cliched or melodramatic. Therefore, being the screenwriter, I have to overcome this challenge.

Class

Today in class, as I have already finished the script, I showed it to the rest of my group members and asked for their opinions. Ashley was sick therefore she could not come to school. After reading my script, my group members thought it has good portals. However, after talking to Ms. Wong, we realize we have to add in a few more bits and pieces to make this film believable. Therefore, we listened to the sound track once again. The sound track is 2 minutes and it will start once the female starts running. When we were deciding on the roles of the characters, my group members thought I should be the female as keeping characters in our group will be easier for us as a group to work together, making things more organized at the same time. As for the man, Adrian will take the role as he is the only one with crutches! I thought as the verses repeats over and over again, with transitions in the middle (e.g. glockenspiel/snare drums), then we should have change of portals whenever we reach the transition. Adrian, the sound director, therefore noted down the times for the transitions, so we can figure out the amount of portals we will need to fit the music.