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Kane

Kane's basic character bio is as follows; Kane is sadistic young man in his twenties. He is new to the hitman gig, but he relishes in...

Sound For Taster

Juliet and I talked briefly about the sound in the film more generally, but we wanted to focus specifically on the taster. This...

Taster Film Production Design

Unfortunately there aren't very many production designers in our year, so we've had to look outside our class. However, we're excited to...

Paul Meeting

Aaron and I had another meeting with Paul where he offered us more feedback on the latest draft of the screenplay. We already knew that...

Auditions

We saw quite a few people in the auditions. Ryan was very kind and he volunteered to attend the auditions. He read opposite the auditions...

Screenwriting 434 - Part Three

- If your story doesn't work, then your screenplay won't work. Put the time in before you write. - In the first act you get your hero up...

Short Films With Paul

I think this week had my favourite films of all and there is loads of stuff that I think will be very helpful for my grad film 'The...

Violence

The Hollow Men is a character drama, however the film climaxes in a bloodbath. So I've been looking at how violence is represented in...

Characters

Ellis Ellis is a middle-aged, weary hitman. He is full of regrets from throughout his life, especially as a result of what he does for a...

Ruth Meeting

- Rewritten Kane’s scenes - New opening (Although not completely happy) - Main scene with Ellis and Sonny. We’ve gone away and almost...

Screenwriting 434 - Part Two

- Conflict is the most important thing. Never have a scene with two characters who agree with each other. They might have the same end...

Short Films With Paul

Krista - https://vimeo.com/ornana/krista I liked what this film was trying to do, but I don't know that it really worked for me. Maybe...

Sound Meeting

I don’t really know how to summarise the sound for an entire film like I could for cinematography so sorry about that. Maybe I’m better...

Acting Workshop

I was very unsure at the acting workshop, however, I actually think we found an actor who was decent. The actors I worked with were...

Ruth Meeting

- Juliet is confirmed on sound and Harris on editing. - Post production both doing 3 projects each. Very busy, but not much we can do...

Screenwriting 434 - Part One

Lew Hunter's Screenwriting 434 was recommended to me by a friend. I have the same issue with all of these books though. Despite what they...

Suzi Meeting

- In the last 9 weeks, 7 films have been made. - You can’t live in the bubble of your film so it’s important to be very careful - Prep...

Paul Meeting

Pretty major developments in our film. We don’t have a whole new draft of the script yet because most of the changes are conceptual and...

Aristotle's Poetics

Aristotle's Poetics was an interesting read. It's supposedly the most basic 'rules' of storytelling. I don't think there was anything in...

Short Films with Paul

Night Swim - https://vimeo.com/400042378 I didn't really like any of the characters in this film, and while I do think that was likely...

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