It's Friday morning, and although I just woke up I still feel exhausted. Usually I have Friday's off to all the work I couldn't during the week, but this one's a bit of an exception. My sister is in town, and as I was in class all day yesterday, I promised to show her around the campus and the town before I take her to her flight in San Jose. This means that working on my pitch for Writing/Releasing and the treatment for 170B (Fundamentals of Film and Video Production) will have to get pushed off yet another day.
Although all I've been wanting to do all week is have a chance to work on it (really, it's the same thing, as I've decided to make 170B of some use by turning my narrative into a chance to explore the characters, plot and theme from my still untitled film), there's a large part of me that's relieved that I don't have to work on it today. I'm just feeling the need to... mull it over, I suppose. I'm liking the concept I have but I'm just still not entirely sure how it's going to manifest, exactly. Not to mention the fact that I'm still a little gun shy about working on my 170B treatment. We were supposed to have a 1-2 page treatment to turn on Tuesday, and somehow I managed to come in with a 4 page treatment. Granted, it was in Courier, but that's still ridiculously long for a 5 minute film (don't even get me started about how ridiculous I find the 5 minute limit, or how stupid some of the other requirements are for that class, that's for another blog altogether). I know the beginning and the end, I'm just not sure how to get from point A to point B in 5 minutes! So, I know it's going to take a lot of re-writes, but at least I like the opening sequence.
But wait! Turns out my professor thinks the opening sequence, the one thing I liked and thought I didn't have to change, should go!
Well, fuck.
On the bright side, I took the advice of Brant and Ben and started pitching my film to anyone that would listen (in this case, my sister). I expected her to have no interest as it is a pre-apocalyptic dystopian horror-comedy (so not her thing), but she actually listened, and seem interested. At first she thought the plot was a little cliche and lacked "something", but then when I went into more detail, she thought it sounded like it could be interesting. She came up with a couple of suggestions that I really like, and I can't wait to start figuring out if I could incorporate them into the plot. I really think I can. So, lesson learned.
Pitch to everyone!
And I'll be pitching to you as well, my non-existent and faithful readers, as soon as I can get my pitch typed up. It's one thing to talk about it, it's a whole other kettle of fish to actually write it out coherently. For now, I'd just wish I could come up with a title, even a working title, as I have to have something to call it other than... it.
Perhaps Zombie Invasion or Attack of the Living Alive?
Meh.
Let's just leave that for another day as well, shall we?
Although all I've been wanting to do all week is have a chance to work on it (really, it's the same thing, as I've decided to make 170B of some use by turning my narrative into a chance to explore the characters, plot and theme from my still untitled film), there's a large part of me that's relieved that I don't have to work on it today. I'm just feeling the need to... mull it over, I suppose. I'm liking the concept I have but I'm just still not entirely sure how it's going to manifest, exactly. Not to mention the fact that I'm still a little gun shy about working on my 170B treatment. We were supposed to have a 1-2 page treatment to turn on Tuesday, and somehow I managed to come in with a 4 page treatment. Granted, it was in Courier, but that's still ridiculously long for a 5 minute film (don't even get me started about how ridiculous I find the 5 minute limit, or how stupid some of the other requirements are for that class, that's for another blog altogether). I know the beginning and the end, I'm just not sure how to get from point A to point B in 5 minutes! So, I know it's going to take a lot of re-writes, but at least I like the opening sequence.
But wait! Turns out my professor thinks the opening sequence, the one thing I liked and thought I didn't have to change, should go!
Well, fuck.
On the bright side, I took the advice of Brant and Ben and started pitching my film to anyone that would listen (in this case, my sister). I expected her to have no interest as it is a pre-apocalyptic dystopian horror-comedy (so not her thing), but she actually listened, and seem interested. At first she thought the plot was a little cliche and lacked "something", but then when I went into more detail, she thought it sounded like it could be interesting. She came up with a couple of suggestions that I really like, and I can't wait to start figuring out if I could incorporate them into the plot. I really think I can. So, lesson learned.
Pitch to everyone!
And I'll be pitching to you as well, my non-existent and faithful readers, as soon as I can get my pitch typed up. It's one thing to talk about it, it's a whole other kettle of fish to actually write it out coherently. For now, I'd just wish I could come up with a title, even a working title, as I have to have something to call it other than... it.
Perhaps Zombie Invasion or Attack of the Living Alive?
Meh.
Let's just leave that for another day as well, shall we?
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