Hearing everyone’s film ideas was a very interesting experience, particularly because no two of the ideas were significantly similar in any way. The broad range of different ideas was surprising, and refreshing. I was highly impressed with the ideas everyone had come up with and I was greatly inspired by a number of the different interpretations/approaches that people had taken to the task.

A number of people took a much more abstract approach to their interpretations of their observations, whereas I had taken a more literal approach. The observation I chose to base my idea on was, in a way, already a film idea. It had characters, a plot and a resolution. For this reason, my ‘translation’ of this observation into a film idea was not difficult, or at least did not require a large amount of thinking outside the box. During the pitches, I was quite drawn to the ideas that were more abstract and did not intend to follow a narrative structure. While I’m happy with my own idea, I was impressed with the ideas that focused on images and concepts, such as Sam’s and Elaine’s.

Films I have made in previous studios have focused more on imagery over narrative, which I have found to be a strength of mine. However, for this film project I decided to go with an idea that followed a narrative structure, if for no other reason then just to try something new. If I just stick to what I’m used to then what’s the point anyway.