April | 2017 | Michael Firus

Project Brief 3

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Post-Presentation Feedback and Self Reflection (Project Brief 3 pt2)

The main piece of advice I received in respect to this project brief was that my presentation needed to explore a sense of location more effectively. Indeed, it is true, perhaps the need for explicit explanation of location was lacking from my representative artefact. My intention for the world was for an urban setting. In…

Pre-presentation Work-in-progress Documentation (Project Brief 3 pt1)

My exploration of the notion of world has indeed, yielded some interesting results. For this third project brief, I condensed the concepts and ideas I had researched into a one minute teaser reel; what could be described as a thematic trailer. The teaser trailer was not a complete example of narrative, but nonetheless was designed…

Pitching: The Art of the Log-line

When describing a story idea, whether it be pertaining to narrative or world, it soon becomes necessary to be able to summarise and condense the idea into what is often a single sentence: the log-line. Slightly differing methods exists in the creation of these pieces of writing, but one that appears particularly succinct is the…

My potential world explored through the principles of Craig Batty’s chapter “Creating a World”.

My potential world explored through the principles of Craig Batty’s chapter “Creating a World”. Which characters belong in the world? A gem smuggler and his wife. Also, the rest of the gem cartel. There are the backstreet deal makers, the deal-breakers the gem experts and the mobsters. The main character us all this in one,…