
The more I tried to write the script of my initial idea the less I liked it. I decided to change it to something that was more simple but just as relatable. So I wrote my script about a student who has a week to do an essay but procrastinates until they only have a day to do it. The climax would be the uphill struggle to get it finished only to be set another that’s twice as long the day of the hand in.
After some thought I realised that the narrative was a little flat and although the situation wad identifiable to many I didn’t feel that it was particularly moving or entertaining. I decided to make it a parody or perhaps more of a pastiche to Stanley Kubrick’s ‘The Shining’ (1980) because as I was writing it I felt reminded of it. The references to the film are supposed to be subtle as I still wanted it to have originality and because ‘The Shining’ is quite a well-known film I think an audience could pick up on the references without much difficulty.
I wanted to encapsulate the isolation and hysteria that one sometimes feels when working to a deadline. I hope I have achieved this and am now waiting for feedback from other students. I personally think Kubrick is a great director in particular due to his cinematography visit this site to see what films he's done.
After the feedback from fellow students and Mike I realised that I needed to make the story more exciting. Where as before I had been trying not to be too obvious with the parody I now knew that I needed to make the references more prominent, otherwise viewers weren’t going to get them. I had problems deciding on a definite ending, it was difficult because I was trying to create an ending that left the viewer with something to remember as well as fully concluding.
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