Progress report part 2

In the last couple of weeks my group has mainly focused on the script and storyboards. It was essential we got these finished as soon as possible so that we could get on with booking rooms and finding actors and props. After numerous drafts and around 4 meetings out of class as well as the work done in class a storyboard was finally agreed on. This process has taken up the most time of any part of the pre-production process and with the rough draft completed and agreed on we have been able to get on with other things.

Each member of the group did a chracter analysis for each of the characters in the trailer. From a practical sense this was mainly done to inform some of the visual aspects such as dress codes and non-verbal communication for the characters. I researched the male antagonist and used the character Jack Torrence from The Shining (Stanley Kubrick, 1980)as an example. This revealed some interesting information about the relationship between the power held by the antagonist compared to that of the protagonist(s) and the fear produced in the audience.

The next week will be spent organising the shoot for the film and finishing off the textual analysis of current media forms. I will finish my audience analysis and draw up a schedule for the shoot soon as well but we'll need to book the rooms annd equipment and find the actors first. The final drafts of the dual column script and storyboards must also be drawn up.