We had another production meeting today as part of our class. My colleague was an hour and a half late which I was not best pleased about, but I worked on my other production until she got in.
When she arrived I got her caught up on what our tutor had explained about what to do for the pitches, which have to be completed and presented next week. We are going to have another meeting next Tuesday to discuss in more detail how we are going to pitch the idea.
We worked out what we still needed to get sorted: the cast extras ( we have the two mains), the locations (we know where we want to shoot but need to confirm we can actually shoot there), and provisional shooting dates.
We also tried to get feedback from our classmates about the most recent draft of the script. I have differing views on the script- sometimes when I read it I see as a dialogue centred, subtle story about someone who realises it's okay to have problems and not live in a perfect world. Other times when I read it I find it lacking in proper cause and effect- it almost just seems like different scenes where characters just talk.
The feedback we got from the class was also quite differing- some loved the dialogue and the story, and thought the ending was bittersweet, while others didn't think that there was enough of a story going on. These reactions make me worry that the film will not cater for as wide an audience as intended, but I am hoping feedback from our tutor will help the writer to finalise the script.
Some questions I had about the style of the script were cleared up for me today as a result of talking through the script with other people. Originally, the script was pitched to me as "pastiche noir" which I thought sounded very fancy, but had to ask to double check I understood what it meant. When reading through the script I was a bit concerned about how we would film the exterior scenes in the style of film noir, specifically the beach scenes, as film noir is quite dependant on the use of lighting. I did ask several times if the whole film was to be shot in film noir, and was assured that it was. This must have been a miscommunication because today I was told it is only the scenes when the main character Barney is in his imaginary world that are to be shot in style of film noir. This makes a lot more sense, and means the shoot will be a little easier than I first thought.
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