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So we have finally started to make some good progress in our Film/TV short film project. Although on submission the script we had developed was critiqued as a little boring, I have confidence that the interest in this piece will come from its visual and aural qualities. Maybe it's the Sofia Coppola in me that favours simple stories with seemingly little point...but as the DP I have a strong vision in my head as to how this film will look. Mind you, perhaps we should take inspiration from John's Western style script and introduce A Man With The Name Of Geoff. Or a shooting scene in the middle of Swanston St. Or at least a donkey.

Having seen many short films before, I have never appreciated the difficulty of creating and cramming a story into such a brief space of time, whilst still keeping the piece polished and professional looking. As we have both taken our plot lines from the same synopsis, I'm very much looking forward seeing Kieran, Annie, Verity and Hannah's short film, because they have taken a completely different angle with regards to the mood of the piece. While we have chosen a more dramatic approach, their comedic take on the same material will likely produce very interesting results to compare and contrast. Maybe I'm just not very funny? I think I would do a terrible job at trying to make that work into a comedy. I guess we'll see how we go...