BACK from Chrimbo

Now on the 5th draft of the script, the 3rd of the storyboard. The hardest thing is cutting the whole bloody damn film down to a doable length. I've developed clever SCHEMES. Over Christmas I wrote a 4th draft. It featured the main character narrating his take on the events in a police interview while the action on screen takes place. I thought it would help add character while cutting runtime.

I loved it but nobody else did so it's gone. Maybe I didn't sell it hard enough.

My new clever time saving idea is to, rather than cutting between the inside and outside of the buildings, pull away the shop fronts at certain points in the film to reveal a cross section, showing both cafes simultaneously and reducing the need for additional set building and excessive cuts.

Like a curtain being drawn on the world's most boring theatre production with the world's worst director

Otherwise, it's going well. The more drafts I make, the more feedback I get, the more I can tailor and edit. I'm pleased that I managed to present a draft animatic before Chrimbo because I used all that sweet feedback over the hols.

I am project managing like a bloody champion, too. I made a gantt chart and morale is high in the team.