Another World: Reflection #11

Pitch Collab

In week 6, we collaborated with the team on our working ideas. It was extremely helpful especially for me as the team helped me fill in the missing elements in my story. I pitched my story to the team and they gave really interesting ideas for me to work on in my story. The team was able to form the story world through the plot that I had in mind. We first started with the story plot and then we worked through the links and elements that would form this story world.

Secondly, we worked on the locations of where this world maybe and where the protagonist goes from one place to the other. This world is set in a small town where everyone knows each other. It is pretty modern but the atmosphere of the town is still and stagnant. It is set currently to show that even though the place looks modern and busy the town remains the same. I kept to the idea that the protagonist works in the hospital but yet to find a definite job for the character. The hospital is located in the city which is quite busy. I also gave information about her family background to the team. She stays with her family in a nice grand house but her parents are always away on a business trip. So she stays alone with her boyfriend. Her house is located outside of the city. However, the team gave me a few options on how I should link the hospital, house and somewhere to dump the bodies. The protagonist stays in the city closed to the hospital and the house outside the city is a family villa since her parents are retired and they moved out thus the house is vacant. The family villa is an hour drive from the city. During that one hour drive, the protagonist can be seen talking to the spirit of the boyfriend and there’s a dead body in the car trunk. I was able to imagine this scene vividly in my mind because this scene would be the focus of her interaction with her spirit boyfriend and her mind. We get to see another side of the character. The team not only helped with the locations but helping me see what could have happened from one location to the other.

Thirdly, we touched on the weather climate of this town. This town is cold and snowy later on. The team suddenly add the snow storm idea which was really useful because it becomes an obstacle for the community. The snow storm will make them stranded and it will escalate to the point that more people were missing and they still could not find the killer. It helps to build up the tension even more.

Lastly, the other things we talked about were the other characters beside the boyfriend. The colleagues and the police are part of the world but their role is not as big as the protagonist. Also, there will be reported news on the television to inform the community and audience that there is a killer on the loose and that there will be more victims. The news is one of the elements that make up the world in informing what has happened.

We were able to collaborate excellently. The team worked well in providing ideas and feedback that helped me in creating my world and solve the links in my story. I was given more options that what I had at first. Thus the collaboration was a really good way to expand and give depth to my story.

I declare that in submitting all work for this assessment I have read, understood and agree to the content and expectations of the assessment declaration.

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