Today William came to class with the first draft of his script, with a working title of The Pact. I was quite disappointed when my group members (William as Writer and Director, Justin as DP, Me as Producer, Jun as Editor, Joseph as Sound and Actor) did not support the idea of going through the script as a group like Ms. Rosati had taught before, but rather to scan it individually and comment as a group afterward. I understood the logic in this plan however, as the script was 9 pages long, and had 0 dialogue, so going over it as a group would have been time consuming, boring, and generally not that productive. From this simple decision, I understood the importance of listening to others, and that deviating from the original plan is not necessarily a bad thing.
After going over through it, I found, as mentioned before, that the script was extremely long, and given the limited time we had, I was worried that we would not be done on time. William said however, that a lot of the footage was repetitive and could be filmed at very few locations quite quickly. Another worry I had was that there were quite a few “metaphorical” shots scattered around the script for the “montage effect”, and these required props I would have to organize, some of a more adult nature, and some which I had no idea how to get hold of. A few of the “adult” items included condoms and beer bottles, while some which I had no idea where to get included a cheetah running. After a quick question to William, I found that this was just a first draft, and that the items were flexible to change. One final note I made was that the script detailed camera angles and editing directions, and was worried that it would limit Justin and Jun when they did their jobs. I made this note because of my role as DP for the past two units, and the joy that came with the creative aspects of the role. When I asked William about this, he said that these were simply guidelines, and that the DP and Editor would have their say of the production.
Overall, I felt that this lesson was relatively productive, and I could see that I had a lot to do in the future as producer of this film: casting, location scouting, props, scheduling and more.
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