Choosing A Script

After finishing my script and handing it in so that the other groups were considering whether to make it or not, my group and I had to choose the script that we would most like to produce. After sifting through scripts during class and at home whilst browsing minerva (our university website, where all of our work is), we decided to narrow down films to the ones that used themes that interested us the most, and that were doable for a production of this size (no budget).

We came to the conclusion that our favorite 3 scripts were:

The Industry by Liz Scott
This is a mockumentary about the film industry. I think this would work to make a really good short film, as last years winner of virgin shorts cgi-brows mocks one aspect of the film industry, and this would appeal to similar spectators. Convincing actors may be a problem, but we though that we could interview people in front of blue screen, as it would be something I would like to learn.



A Justified Presumption by Lyndon McGukian
This film is a lot more serious and current, as it follows a boy who is friends with an old man, who his parents say he shouldn't see. This I feel would create a heart warming tale, however due to parents and an old man in the script. We all feel that this would make producing the film difficult.

Treatment by Luke Phillips
This script is about a man with Schizophrenia, who does mad things without his medicine, without realising. Although we feel the script takes a naive look at the disease as his girlfriend is able to control him when he hasn't taken his drugs, we feel that we could develop the situations that he gets in to. This would mean making the film more of our own than the other two; but more work.

Although we have not yet 100% decided, I feel that we will probably do Treatment as we are all interested in translating the dual perception of the protagonist 'Vincent' to the screen. At this moment in time I feel that the other two scripts are too risky (A Justified Presumption, due to the actors) and too subjective (The Industry, whether the actors can be 'funny' with the lines). However, if these things weren't an option I think that we would have a much tougher job picking.