This week we were tasked to adapt a script that a creative writing student has written. Our only constraint was that we had to film as closely to the script without the writer present. That made it a bit difficult since the script my group was given seemed a bit sudden as little to no explanation of the characters, their motivations and the world that they live in. Since that was all vague we interpreted as a dystopian society and the characters simply know as drone one and two were not literal drones but actually corporate business men. The shooting went relatively smoothly although due to time constraints where were not able to shoot the entire script. We ‘shot to edit’ so when it came to editing it was not too difficult to cut and arrange the footage that we shot. In the end I was pleased with the final product in terms of shot placement and tone although I could have probably tried to get better audio recording when at the shoot something I will consider for my next shoot. At the presentation of the clips it was interesting to hear the words of the writer to the script and what she had to say about or interpretation of the script. Perhaps not too surprising was the fact that she had a different vision in her mind but in the end it was not too far off. Now I see how important it is to have an open line of communication between a director and a writer as incidents like these will be eliminated if there is the writer on had to discuss the script with. Also not being able to make changes to the script itself was challenging as it didn’t become my vision but my interpretation of someone else’s vision.

https://drive.google.com/a/student.rmit.edu.au/file/d/0B4iXF6gqByUod1F5WXA4R3RZMUk/view