This was a very busy yet productive week for me because I was trying to quickly put a production/ film plan together before we start filming in week 4. First I started by using our storyboards as a guide to write our script. This was helpful so we could see exactly how many scenes and shots we had.
Filming
Before I started making our film schedule, I created a call sheet where I listed each scene with the following information:
Place of scene, time, weather, film location, props and equipment.
This ensured that we had notes of everything we needed for each scene and therefore could plan accordingly. Then I made a film schedule for Friday and Saturday (week 4) so we can stay organised on film day. Initially we wanted to start filming in week 5 but due to our actor being busy between week 5 - 6, we are aiming to film most of our scenes in week 4 now. However there are 3 scenes that we won't be able to film this weekend due to difficulty filming at some locations (it will take more time to plan out). We plan on filming these scenes toward the end of week 6 / mid-sem break.
Sound Design
Once Emily turned our storyboard into an animatic I then added the sound. Since there were was a lot of sound effects to consider, I started by making a plan where I noted down the sounds needed for each scene and ticked them off once I sourced them.
Final Animatic with sound:
(Note: This is not a polished sound design but will be adjusted for final)
Creature Design
This week we started drawing up some concepts for our creature. Since our story was inspired by my friend Edyn, we thought it would be a good idea to also base the creature off of her. It would also help the creature feel more like it has a human soul rather than it just 'existing' in our short film. We really want it to have a personality so we will take certain characteristics of Edyn as inspiration for our creature.
I drew up a few initial concepts and tried my best to incorporate certain traits of Edyn. For one of them, I based it off of a creature Edyn made out of a purple sock - however I wasn't super fond of my concept because I felt the purple felt too cold and kind of reminds me of characters from the game 'Among Us'. However some concepts I did like more were the 'bear-like' creatures. This was inspired by that fact that Edyn gave off the vibe of a big friendly bear and gave really good bear hug. I also tried to incorporate a red scarf since she always used to wear one around her head. We intend to use my height (176cm) as reference for the character.
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