Week 6

So I've been away for the last week off on a short film shoot. The Ballad of Maddog Quinn. WOW what a fun and rewarding experience. I learn't so much working with the many different departments on the shoot. Lots of lessons learn't about crewing, producing etc. Day one was rehearsals that was interesting to watch. Day two was the first day of the shoot I had to cover for the sound recordist because he couldn't be there was very stressful all the pressure to get the good sound. Day three was an epic day of wrangling extras and cast members etc. Day four was another interesting experience because I was thrust into the camera dept as Second Assistant Camera. Scary working under such a great and professional DOP and a very experienced 1st AC. The fifth day was much the same as the fouth but man how many different set ups we had to do was unreal but we did it and everything went well and looked amazing. The sixth day of shooting was wicked because I was tasked with shooting the BTS (Behind the Scenes) which was so much fun with all the awesome things happening on set. The seventh and final day was the best it went off with a bang. Sorry I can't go into detail as it's confidential the script etc. But that was my fun and crazy and learning filled week. BYE

The Fifth Post Week Five

So Week five has come about. We are trying to finalise the script. In it's third draft now. The problem we have is that we have taken away the prophecy element and trying to rework it so that the slaver has a reason to save a Kid in a post apocalyptic wasteland. I see what the problem is but it is quite difficult to explain the backstory and the relationship with the kid and the slaver in such a short amount of time.

The Fourth Post. Week Four

So it is the fourth week of this project we are now down to two ideas. Competing with each other. The writing teams task was to smash the two ideas/concepts together in order to create a new Idea from the inital concepts incorporating themes codes ideas images into what would finally be the game we make.

Third Post week three

As we move on from week to week our ideas are slowly being dwindled down. We are now down to two concepts. We must all go off and expand on these concepts and pitch them back to the group. I have a very cool idea in mind for one of the concepts but I'm not sure how much we can divulge on the net. So far there isn't a great amount that we can do until the idea is selected and the writing team can get on with writing the script. Signing off for this week. Tune in again next week for more updates hopefully there will be more progression. :)