Week 8 was both productive and not at the same time. We began to work on our brainstorm, outline, and vomit draft for our major media artefact. Within the brainstorming phase on Monday, the group listed several possible characteristics of and developed our main character. At first, we were thinking of more of a Mr. Bean-like character who was transported to an unknown world (time). Though, this week we developed into a sci-fi, Umbrella-Academy-like spy character named Agent Whyte. We made strides towards the shape of our narrative as well. It became a story of ultimate betrayal of drama, action, and science fiction; more in the vein of a genre-hybridisation.
These ideas were expanded on, on Wednesday. Due to transport issues, I was unable to attend this class, which put our communication skills to the test (especially considering my limited internet at the time), but we were able to work to the best of our ability, all things considered. Through communications, the group made a more ‘official’ brainstorm and outline our storyline with simple scene headings. We even began working on vomit drafts individually just to see what ideas come out of it. Said drafts were quite different, but we thought it was necessary to have several interpretations to go off. I have also been working on another assignment for another class, so haven’t actually added to my own vomit draft since Wednesday. Apart from in-class work, we’ve been working independently to further develop our ideas. One member of the group has even suggested a potential filming location for that sci-fi-y look.
Overall, while this week did not go exactly as planned for me anyway, the group chugged along and continued developing the concept, character, and storyline. Additionally, we worked on vomit drafts and let the ideas flow. I feel that this puts us in a good position to work on a first draft or at least a few vomit drafts in week 9 in preparation for our Work in Progress presentations in week 10.