My film is on temporary hiatus and has been for about 3 weeks. I had planned to get a day of filming done this Sunday but due to actors dropping out/equipment issues and disorganisation (my camera came and I wasn't in, they didn't leave a note so I got it 2 weeks later) things have been very slow.

I am now planning to head down to Brighton next weekend to spend 4/5 days working with some close actor friends of mine so that i can get as much done as possible with them. This gives me more time to completely visualise the sketches and start to surreal-ize them.

I think I need to treat this year like a-Level's in order to succeed. I've got one big art project and one big writing project. I need to set Monday and Tuesday as art days and Wed/Thurs as english study days. i think this will lead to success.

I also need to treat the FMP which is what this blog is mostly for, as one very long project. Some people on the course have got storyboards, animatics, scripts etc... However i think this is going to be far more research based for the first term at least. By christmas break, I intend to have a solid idea, but until then I just need to keep researching and compiling things on this blog.

I'm sort of in 2 minds right now. Do I continue looking at indentity and online persona. Or do I focus mainly on creating something interactive and fun for the sake of it being interactive??
As long as I go down both roads for now I should come to a decision... HA!

So I've been avoiding the 21st century the last few weeks and keeping away from technology. Which has been nice. It's been good to think about other things.
But now I'm back and have a million things to do and write about.

Live Briefs:
The video game is coming along really well actually. You can follow the progress HERE. Hopefully we will have a working demo soon.

I am also working on something quite hush hush for someone. If I pull it off it will be really good. More on that as it emerges.

I've been thinking about my Final Major Project lately, as I know I have to present an idea for it soon. I have written up some loose plans for it. I think it's going to be inspired heavily by Jonathan Hodgson's 'Nightclub'. A 2d hand drawn project. very vague and quite dark. I want it to reflect more modern clubbing experiences, experiences I have had.
I also want to break the convention of "acid trip" animation where everything is surreal and trippy and reflect a more realistic acid trip.