'Elizabeth is a girl studying History at University and wakes up in her room on the morning of her 21st birthday feeling lonely when she realizes her friends and family will not be around to celebrate with her. She starts her day like any other having a shower and getting dressed but is soon concerned when she hears noises indicating she is not alone in her house. Views from outside her bedroom window indicate she is being watched and although Elizabeth tries to carry on with her day as usual she can't help the hairs standing up on her neck and her ears pricking up to sounds around her.Elizabeth distracts herself by opening her birthday cards and reading notes on the fridge left by her friends apologizing for their absence. She notices her spare key is missing but has no alternative but to leave the house and hope she has misplaced it. She locks her front door and hopes she will find the key later.In the next scene Elizabeth walks to the library along deserted paths and woods hearing footsteps and whispers follow her and quickens her pace eager not to be alone.
-DAYTIME EVENTS?-
When Elizabeth returns home she notices her front door is ajar although she knows she left it locked and that no one else is home. She pauses wondering if she should enter but feels she has no other option. Carefully pushing the door open she quietly walks into the dark hallway leaving the front door open. She can't see or hear anyone until suddenly a noise in the kitchen startles her followed by what sounds like a whisper. Terrified Elizabeth searches around for something to use as self defense and manages to grab a lamp/knife/umbrella and slowly makes her way to the door of the kitchen. She steadies herself trying to catch her breath and holds the door handle ready to enter the kitchen. She slowly turns the handle and opens the door an inch to see shadows moving around her kitchen and a large knife on the counter. Again she pauses before flinging the door wide open and shouting, holding her chosen weapon above her head. Suddenly the kitchen light switches on and she sees a group of her family/friends with balloons, banners, party hats and a huge birthday cake with snacks and drinks. A shocked look on her face it dawns on her that it is in fact a surprise birthday party and her birthday hasn't been forgotten and that her friends do really care. Elizabeth suddenly smiles relieved but still shaken.'
As you can see, we still have some issues in the middle with the daytime events. The problem is the story is written based on existing shooting locations and shooting techniques which would easily cause problems like what we have right now. I've been telling them to finish up the story and not worry about the locations. We can always improvise a scene or location later on but they never listened to me. I was instead scolded for not helping to search for locations and being wrong for how a writing process works. I mean, how am I supposed to find shooting locations without a guide or description from the story/script?
Enough with the rant. Moving on, We completed a questionnaire on character profiles. Some of them doesn't make sense. Once again, we also tried out the university's video camera and learned the shooting process and techniques. It was a big help to those who had never use a proper studio production video camera before like me.
Good idea development
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