Coffee and Ciggie’s; Talent, Locations..
For today’s session we are going through the script and dividing it into segments. Hopefully we’ll be able to devise a rough script by the end of the day.
Talent needed for production:
- Main character
- A class of six(ish) students
- A tutor for the teacher role
- Two authority figures
Roughly, we need about 10 roles for our production, including the central character. We will also need figures in the background for some scenes. Fitting the dialogue (with video footage) inside a minute’s running length should prove to be difficult…
Locations: At the moment (presuming we’re going to edit the original story) we have five locations, set in this order:
- College campus
- Field
- Train Station (this scene is most likely to be cut or chopped)
- Town
- House
If we decide to cut a scene from the production, one of the locations would also be cut.
The video will be based on the short story, which i wrote. The story purposefully skips the question ‘is smoking right or wrong’; it’s simply about smoking, rather than any kind of morality to do with smoking. The story itself is pretty nihilistic, as is the storyline- there is effectively no set meaning, unless taken under interpretation. The main character acts withdrawn and poe-faced, occasionally getting annoyed at the situation, although this is indicated rather than shown. He is aware and suspicious of being looked down on by others, which is a central theme hit upon by the authority figure’s who feature throughout.
