So far, our group for the final project of the year is Tessa, David Leslie and I, with our groupmate Esther M.I.A. (not to worry, we are waiting to hear from her soon and fill her in).

Our idea stemmed from my presentation f in which two robbers are waiting in an elevator to rob someone, and strange, often comedic events happen in-between. I had not written any concrete ideas for the idea, so the 4 of us have collectively brainstormed and now almost finished scripting the project. Having it be a collaborative writing and idea generating project has been really enjoyable, with no single person feeling overwhelmed with work, and many different ideas making the concept even funnier and fleshed out than I could have done solo.

We have been pretty on top of pre-production so far. We have casting calls out for both main actors and some extras, with a positive and active response on both. We have a location to film a majority of the project on, and have started listing and brainstorming set ideas and prop lists. The 4 of us are committed to the project, and willing to take both time and money to put into it. It’s very exciting!

Recently, we have been doing some test shoots and runs for the opening montage scene of our project, trying out different ways we could shoot the scene. These have included planned out whip pans, slow transitional cuts and the typical montage quick cut formula.

We will continue to review and test out new ideas for how to film both that scene and the rest of the film, as well as continue the pre-production stage of the project until we are ready to film (hopefully the 18th and 19th of May!)

But I’ll keep you posted!