This week was a very productive and busy week for the production of our short film but since we got a lot of pre-production work done we will soon be able to start shooting. I have never done a ‘vomit draft’ with a group of people before but I found that it was a great way for everyone in the group to get down their own personal ideas. I especially thought that the ‘vomit draft’ was useful because we didn’t have to only give ideas that completely aligned with the plot. This meant that we were able to not limit our thinking and creativity as well as use some of our thoughts to shape how the plot and overall narrative of our film would look. 

We decided that we should all join a video call online so that we would not be restricted to class time and instead use our dedicated time in class to finish parts of our work that benefited from all of us being there together. It was also helpful because it meant that we came to a class full of ideas that also had time to marinate. Letting ideas simmer for a few days or at least overnight is something that I found very important once the initial ‘vomit draft’ is complete. That in itself filters out some ideas and leaves the good ones remaining. 

After talking with Bradley about locations we have now started location scouting with two locations already being approved and are beginning the process of finding actors. After hearing other groups’ ideas in class I also began thinking of different ways that some of their strategies could be applied to their work, so it was helpful and made it interesting that everyone in class had very different ideas from each other.

Overall this week was a great start in pre-production and it feels like everyone in my group is all on the same page and everyone is excited to gradually move into the production stage and make our very ambitious goals come true.