Semester 02 - Week 01

This week begins the second semester of Studio for 2010. Since we are continuing on our project Aether from first semester, we spent today's class discussing ideas and plot points for the second half of the movie.

Topics we discussed:

• Introduction of new characters: Sammi Morris will return as an Infected person, after her demise at the beginning of the film. Richard Lochtenberg will join the cast as the scientist Samuel Collins, co-creator of the deadly Aether chemical.
• New locations for filming: We are looking for a forest location with a creek or river for some atmospheric outdoor scenes. Somewhere that seems far away from civilisation, which fits the theme of our movie perfectly.
• We want to place less emphasis on visual effects this time, and instead focus on creating atmosphere with camera work and locations. Because of this, we will introduce new elements of horror and thriller films, such as suspense scenes typical of slasher films.
• We also want to considerably extend the duration of the film, so we are aiming to film a plethora of new and alternate scenes.

From this week on, we will begin our project plan document for this semester. In the document, we will include our successes up to this point, and where we plan to take the film from here. We will also write up the rest of our script and design storyboards.

We are aiming to film during week 05 or 06, so that we can spend the remainder of the semester in post-production mode. We learned in semester 01 that post-production consumes a lot of time, so we want to allow as much as possible.

That's all for this introduction week. Please look forward to week 02!