#9 – 12/4/2016

Today’s task was an interesting one. We were told to come to class prepared to direct our own little short, which was anything of our choosing and planning. We were to direct it, whilst the rest of the group were going to be filming it, acting in it and looking after the sound.

My group consisted of Matt, Luke, Sam and myself. I devised a short little scene where Luke would be playing a depressed individual roaming the halls of RMIT thinking of retreating to his bed for the day. I was able to cover the scene exactly how I wanted… I did this by filming Luke quite extensively as he prowled the halls of building 9, and directed him to look solemn and grim. I intended to turn the whole thing into a monologue basically, with his mind narrating his emotions throughout his day. The whole scene had a real melancholy feel to it, which was exacerbated by the dimly lit lighting that permeates the bottom floor of building 9.

The activity was really interesting. Directing has never been my fortè, but working with like-minded individuals really makes the job a lot easier and smooth. I really liked the pressure of working under a 30 minute time limit, I felt like it really pushed all us individuals to work really concisely and to not fool around.