On Monday we presented to Stayci Taylor and Hannah Camilleri, their feedback was extremely useful in understanding what did and didn’t work with our media project. There was a lack of focus in our pitch and the slides felt disconnected from what we read from our script; I feel this was likely due to the approach of having everyone write a vomit draft as we had begun to form assumptions as to how the piece was going to come together. We wrote down their suggestions and discussed them as a group after the presentations.
Written Feedback from Amy

I liked the idea of addressing the cost-of-living crisis in an understated way, and I really enjoyed their recommendation to repeat the Perth accent joke. This seemed to be at odds with our intention of creating an understated piece of comedy though, Sam pointed out the piece stopped being understated when a cadaver was introduced, which I agreed with wholeheartedly.
During the week I began acquiring props for the production. I abandoned the idea of scalpels and instead settled on kitchen utensils as the scene we’re filming is taking place in a kitchen and due to the low-budget life of a student, it felt fitting the character would be using mismatched equipment. I solved the issue of finding petri dishes after some investigation and found a nearby Mushroom Growing Supply Store (https://aussiemushroomsupplies.com.au/) that sold directly to the public.

Petri Dishes

The costume for the housemate had to similarly reflect a mesh of professional-looking equipment and a university student trying their best. As all backyard chemists do, I looked through the Bunnings website for inspiration, I found painter’s overalls that look similar to medical coveralls and picked up some wood dust masks for an industrial medicine look. To complete this outfit, I borrowed a pair of red sunglasses from a housemate, I felt it would look good on camera and tie together the aesthetic we were aiming for.

Suit

I have one of the Tiny Chairs we need already, I just need to buy a second one which I can get from Officeworks. Furthermore, I’m picturing gross combinations of meat and milk to complete the vision of a deranged medical student with a cadaver, almost like Frankenstein’s monster taking a bath in milk but I have yet to finalize an idea of how to execute this.

Tiny Chair with and without Monkey

In preparation for filming next week, I have prepared a list of equipment we would need for filming, I tried to hire equipment team members were familiar with or that I had a good understanding of how to use myself.

Equipment List