The Next Project

Once a man with a move camera was complete it was time to focus on the next project. The first stage for me was brainstorming an idea for my own script, i looked closely at a lot of other short films and focused on the types of themes running through them. I decided to focus on insanity, a theme which seemed to be presented a lot in the films I watched. However I wanted to put my own twist upon an idea seen in a feature length film, Me, Myself and Irene. This is where I took a lot of my inspiration, but also made it my priority to make it unique.

This films focuses on a man who suffers from Schizophrenia, which is what I concentrated on in my film but I also wanted to show a different side of the problem by giving a point of view from the sufferer as well. I decided the main character would forget his medication and then get into a bit of trouble, this would involve people seeing him acting in an unusual manner but also show what's going through his head as he acts out his emotions. After creating a draft I received feedback on what needed improving.

- More tension was needed
- Some scenes weren't necessary
- less direction was needed

I made sure I corrected these problems by simplifying my script and making sure I took all direction out and made sure I established the scene, described the characters actions briefly and involved all necessary dialogue. once I had done this I shortened the opening scene which didn't seem extremely important in telling the story and finally added more tension by putting the protagonist in some dangerous situations caused by his actions whilst in his schizophrenic state. I was happy with the final result and once completed I took some time to read the other scripts created by the other people in my group and a few from the morning group. We then concentrated on sorting ourselves into groups and then created a group of 5 including me, Liz Scott, Adam Barrett, Patrick Wilson and Lyndon McGuckian-Fripp. Once our groups were finalised it was time to think about what script to consider putting into production and adapting.