Applied Animation: Refining the Script

Last week I had a session with Matt and Max again to see how the scripts were working out and to see what I needed to amend within them. I also timed the two interviews to see how long each one would take to give me an idea of how the content I had put in the script worked in the time frame.

After getting the pair to not add lib as much, I managed to get a few recordings that gave me a rough idea of how long they are going to take to read out. However, the pair didn't really leave time for the actions to take place and I'm a little worried that the script runs over 2 minutes. I asked Katy to take a look at the script and to listen to the recordings I had taken to get her opinion on the matter, however she was behind schedule and didn't get the chance to read through the script and told me that the recordings were good because they were funny. I was glad that she had found the time to listen to the recordings, however I would have preferred her to read the script and add her opinions as I thought this would have helped me a lot more and I believe I would have received more constructive feedback.

Despite this however, we did manage to speak to Sara about our script and she thought that it was really good. She shared my worries about the script seeming too long and suggested that we cut the second wolf character, as it wasn't necessarily needed to help the story. By doing this we have given ourselves a lot more time to act out the actions and make our gags more effective.

Edit to Script

Overall, I feel like I have done a good job with the story and that I have managed to create a clear, effective script to portray our message to an audience. Despite not liking pre-production very much, I did enjoy creating the script and I feel that I have learnt a lot about story writing and how to create an effective, yet informative story.