R+P Post 10: Reflections so far/ looking ahead

I think that so far, Tom and I have worked really well together as a team, splitting the workload evenly. We can both easily agree on and adapt ideas together, and have found that we work very well together, always finishing work before the deadlines, and never needing extensions. We have also been very organised with meetings and always managed to get a lot of work done in the time allocated.

I am really pleased with our project so far, and I think we have executed the humour in the opening sequence surprisingly well. After having done the animatic, we have also seen which parts worked and which did not, allowing us to change the storyboard so it is the best it can be. My personal favourite part of the opening sequence is Joyce, as she is such a relatable character for me because I know so many mums like her.

I am looking forward to continuing further with this project, as it is a unique idea, and there will be many creative opportunities in creating Toby, as an invisible character. I also think this will be a really good learning opportunity for some new practical skills that I may not have learnt with another idea. Additionally, the genre we have chosen gives us flexibility in the editing, as many mockumentaries have jump cuts in them. This gives us a really good backup plan in editing, especially as we are going to be filming some really long takes, and we will want to include the best parts in our opening sequence.

Jump cutting in What We Do In The Shadows.

The next part of the project is making the shoot board and doing the test-shoot, which poses the immediate challenge of creating an invisible character. However, I think Tom and I can think creatively enough to get past this issue and make use of our test shoot really well.