In this class’ Practical we formed into groups of 4 – 5, then went out of the classroom to find a story to tell within the constraints of 6 – 10 frames. An exercise that although sounded quite simple in its execution, was really interesting to see develop.

My own group decided to test the RMIT cohort by placing an empty coffee cup on the floor near a bin. Documenting students as they stepped over the cup, avoided the cup, and pretended not to see the cup in an effort to not gain the responsibility to pick it up. Amazed and in laughter about the extent to which people will go to achieve an act that would have been less resourceful, it wasn’t until a student who was skating down Grattan St and nearly had a collision with the cup decided to put it in the bin.

Coming back to class, my group was all excited by how these events unfolded. Feeling a sense of achievement from the documentary style of our exercise, we were able to apply ourselves more so to it’s creation then what we initially thought. Similarly, other groups’ exercises when shown to the class were also impressively sophisticated. Demonstrating through the developed and original narratives that came out of the class, our maturing and blossoming as screen-writers.