Before I begin, I must admit that nerves got the better half of my memory at the time, so reflection will be a tad difficult, but I shall try nonetheless!

One thing I found interesting and rather helpful was that we were able to get feedback from two very different perspectives; not clashing, but more angles which would be overlooked or not considered as much as their counterpart. With Dylan I felt a good sense of reinforcement for ideas that were already present; particularly in the encouragement to go deeper into the character – whether it be in style, quirks, mannerisms, or even environment, create a character with strong grounding – and I hope to do exactly that, taking on said advice. It was already something I was mindful of, but to be pushed to a further extent on the subject will greatly help I feel.
Whilst I appreciated Smiljana’s feedback and saw where she was coming from, I can’t help but disagree with it given the context and style of what I’m after in a screenplay. She was absolutely right; there is power in place, different places will allow for different feelings and create its own context, but that’s the exact opposite of what I was after. Yes, some places certainly do feel unique, but the point I was trying to make in having the location set as ‘suburbs’ was that it could be anywhere. Not every place is going to have a unique feel – I’ve been through dozens of different housing estates and they all look the same, are planned out in a similar manner, and are constructed by a select niche of building companies – of which will only have a few dozen varying models of homes. And that’s what I am trying to accomplish. I want it to be believable that this is a completely bland, unimportant and insignificant environment – reflecting the character of David (protagonist). Whether it was misunderstanding or me not being able to convey this intention I’m not sure, but I appreciated the feedback nonetheless; she brought up aspects of environments such as architectural styles and landmarks that give feel – thus I will take said advice and do the complete opposite, taking it as constructive criticism.

Overall, despite being nervous as hell during the presentation, I loved hearing the feedback that was given, and I cannot wait to use it to help further my works.