In week three we were told to write a list of actions, locations and people we thought we interesting and could potentially use in a film… this is what I came up with:

List of actions:

• Smoking
• Injecting
• Surfing
• Dancing
• Kicking
• Lighting something on fire
• Going to the toilet
• Flushing
• Kissing
• Ripping

Locations:

• Mccracken ave stairwell
• Lonnie’s backyard
• Jan Juc upstairs balcony
• The hideout
• Merri creek
• Edi gardens
• Monty’s desk area (with all the plants)
• Gub’s farm
• Monty’s airey’s house
• Zenelli flower shop
• Milkbars (st georges rd, separation st, reid st)
• Sacred Heart
• Fran’s house
• Ineke’s belmont house
• piedemonte’s
• French patisserie on lygon
• Italian bakery/deli on lygon st
• Melbourne cemetery east

People:

• North fitzroy postal workers – ‘so rude’
• Zenelli flowers lady – crazy – ‘darrrling’
• Family: Mum, Dad and Hannah and how they experience grief in different ways and how seeing the body in death may make a difference to acceptance.
• Casey and monty and their instruments
• Ineke and her art or her autism
• Jack/fran/Blaise on homosexuality
• Jules on getting stalked
• Architects at different stages: Dad, Arlee, Jules, Tom, Bao, Laura

The most helpful thing I got out of this exercise was thinking about locations I could use, because it’s often something I leave up until last minute (and I usually end up just using my own house). It got me thinking about other people’s houses or outdoor locations that have interesting spaces that would look good on screen.

I am most likely going to be doing a drama piece (not documentary) for my project this semester, because I would like to work with a friend who has just finished the creative writing course at RMIT (majoring in screenwriting), as well as some friends who are actors. In saying this, writing a list of interesting people did spark some ideas on short documentary films I could create, using the stories (and most likely interviews) of people I already know.

On another note, I was thinking about the kinds of films I would like to be involved with in the future and this is what I came up with:

• Original
• Conceptual and creative
• educational/thought-provoking/intelligent
• Entertaining
• Money-making, but not purely made for the money (I would love to see a film I worked on in the cinema)
• Cinematic
• Fun
• Motivated filmmaking style, subtle, but beautiful

If it’s possible, I would love to create a film this semester that encapsulates all of the above… well, maybe not the money-making side of things. Why not start my future now?