This process came to fruition after our presentation to the class – we further discussed what exactly it was we wanted to film and put out to show the general public, that is, for the whole Media cohort to see. Pavina and Joanna showed further examples of media that were predominantly from Asia because essentially, that was the route we were going for – Asian-inspired cinema. Some of these examples were:

Eversense Commericial featuring RiAeDo (2017) 

Unfortunately, this video does not include English subtitles but Pavina provided translations for me. The story is basically about them meeting on several occasions as if fate purposely wanted them to meet and be together. As we see the narrative from the guy’s perspective, it is him controlling his fate to meet her. By the end of the short film, we find out that the girl was several steps ahead of the guy and that she had been planning how to get him to pursue her. Being one of our inspirations, we wanted to use this video format where a boy and a girl would meet on several occasions as if their meeting was pre-destined to happen. Here are a few photos of our brainstorming session, showing the process of pre-production which involves storyboards, ideas, and scriptwriting:

The images from above show the process we went through in order to finalise the narrative and storyline.

1. We have a group conversation on Messenger to sort out our schedules for group meetings and plot ideas. Rather than the drive, it is easier to communicate through instant messaging and organise all Film Project 1 ideas.
2. The two photos with handwritten notes show our brainstorming process and how we plan to utilise the cinematography skills that my group and myself have. Along with cinematography is also the structure for our plot.
3. Finally, a storyboard to visualise how we would want to film our short.

All in all, the process of pre-production has been productive in our brainstorming but has been quite difficult to meet with my group members due to clashing schedules. However, I am looking forward to finalise the script once we have decided that it fits our vision and image from our Film 1 Project Pitch.