Production blog: Constructive criticism

 Before I begin filming, I figured that this would be a old time to invite some critics to take a look at what I have so far. I feel that it’s important that take a step back and see what does or does not wrk on film. This means looking back at my sound script, moving script, and storyboards. Seeing as I’m inside due to quarantine, I figured I’d show what I made to my parents. Both of them have been pretty supportive, but they felt that there are a few things I could probably change. For example, I had this idea to use calendars  in my film. I was thinking of showing a shot of a calendar on a wall, where it says the sate of the main characters birthday. The characters birthday is the day that this story is taking place on. I then planned to have the character find himself trapped in an alternate reality, were he sees that its not his birthday. This was meant to be a clue for both the main character and the audience, that he isn’t in his reality anymore. Both my mom and my dad looked and this detail, and explained how it seemed overly-complicated and confusing. Ive take this into account, and have decided to make a few changes. Instead of using calendars, I think it would make more sense if the character himself simply notices that it wasn’t his birthday by looking at his surroundings. No balloons, decoration, or presents. Through his own narration, we will see the character come to this realization. In comparison, it seems like the calendars were not super necessary, and they would’ve confused general audiences. Perhaps I will still include this detail in the background for people looking closely. The calendar can having changing dates whenever its in the background, even though the story is supposed to be taking place over one day. This wouldn’t be all that important when it come so the grand scope of the story. This would however, be a fun Easter egg to find for those looking closely. 



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