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As stated above, the Lesley edition is essentially the exact same script but the characters gender is different. The story is exactly the same, but the overall message and implications are slightly different because of the gender swap.

In here, the message is more about eating disorders and body image. While that can be said about the Leslie edition, I always intended for that to tackle more about body dysphoria and the slight themes of toxic masculinity.

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The Leslie Edition is essentially the exact same story but with a major change. Lesley was originally a woman, and after a lengthy discussion with Matt (From careers), we came to the conclusion to change Lesley into Leslie. I had thought of this of course, but I mistakenly never did any proper research on how to tackle the topic from a woman's perspective. What I did was take my experience and |"simplify" it and put it in the perspective of a woman-- which is wrong.

The metamorphosis is exactly the same, but this story leans more on the body dysphoria aspect which is what I primarily have experience on. The themes of eating disorder are still present, but they are written directly off my experience.

The basis for this is still the exact same, but I wanted to add the jealousy that comes with it. Comparison is the thief of joy, which is exactly what I experienced numerous times during the start of my fitness journey-- seeing my friends with better physiques hurt me more than it should've, since you shouldn't compare your day 1 to someone's day 100.

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A Midnight Snack - Concept Art/Storyboard

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A Midnight Snack - Concept Art/Storyboard

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This is official storyboard I drew for the Lesley edition. Unfortunately, I never got to finish it and stopped up until the sister character arrived. The character designs were all meant to reflect the characters and their story.

Lesley wears a purple/pink robe, which is comfortable, elegant, whilst being able to vaguely show her frame and her proportions.

Evil Lesley wears red baggy clothing, which is lazy, carefree, which reflects her glutinous thoughts and temptation.

Smart Lesley wears a blue gym outfit, which shows her inner discipline and urge to make a change.

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This is the pre-visualisation for A Midnight Snack. I filmed this precisely at midnight, to get the lighting and ambience just right. This was the first thing I had filmed with the GoPro, just to experiment and get the feeling right. After I exported it, I decided to put it all together WITHOUT the dialogue just to see how'd it look like.

While removing the dialogue certainly improved the storytelling, as it relies more on my actions and less on the dialogue to paint the picture. Since this is a pre-vis, the editing is very rushed (the amount of blinking could you a seizure if you watched it long enough).

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As stated earlier, the script eventually evolved into a different plot. Still taking the same title, the story is about a Boy who is going into Hull College for the first time. He extensively plans and prepares for his first day, but he later finds out that no matter how much he plans and prepares it will all be for nothing as the world seems to not care for it. He goes through hardship as he meets the foreign environment around him, realizing he can’t control it and how it makes him feel. The story is based around me and how I felt going to Hull College. While I didn’t prepare every step for my first day, I was extremely anxious. As a matter of fact, I was late because I got on the wrong bus and it took me to Hull UNIVERSITY. I wanted to emulate that feeling of stress, of wanting control, but later realizing it didn’t really matter all that much. I exaggerated and took inspiration from a lot of events in my life-- including the time I accidently went in school with my slippers. Yes. This happened. Twice.

This marks the first time I had the intention of filming one of my scripts. I set it in Hull College, and even thought to shoot some scenes in my bedroom. Of course I had to drop the script because I couldn’t get a grip into the story and how it flows. Not only that, but it was too cliché. It felt like an amalgamation of different stories rolled into one which all had the same story/plot. The metamorphosis in this is the feeling of change. Being culture shock and not knowing how things work in a new environment and the fear of messing things up. The fear of not adapting to the change and the fear of not being like the rest to keep the day regularly cycling. The change that we can’t control is something we constantly try to change, which all leads to nothing at the end of the day.

The story was nice. I liked the themes and I liked a lot of scenes, but it was too basic. It felt like I didn’t reach my full creative vision, and so far I always looked at how I always wrote scripts set in the real world. While stories about regular people are interesting, I decided to tackle something much more supernatural in my next script.

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You, Yourself, Together was my first ever attempt at a short film script. The story was much more compressed and possible to finish. The story is about a boy who gets dumped by a girl. His life is suddenly meaningless as he now tries to fill it with something meaningful and purposeful beyond than just a relationship. Boy tries to fight for his worth and make himself seem worth it to others to cope with the loss of a relationship. He attempts to make it logical, but it all leads and ends up to a boxing match with a cash prize. To him, this seems like the most simplest task ever. This could possibly reach his goal of being worth it-- of being worth someone to admire. What he doesn’t know, is that everyone has a plan until they get punched in the face.

This script was fun to make because I was able to poke fun of the stereotypical “heartbroken” sad boys who go to the gym and get rich as “revenge” to their ex-girlfriends. It all seemed like insecure culture to me. While yes, a heartbreak that leads you to doing better in life is fantastic in theory, but when sad men make it their whole personality, that’s when it get’s pretentious to me. This short film was kind of a way to poke fun of it, however it wasn’t the main focus. The script itself was very serious in tone, and it took the stereotypes I was poking fun off too seriously and meant it. The idea was that the boy would find something greater than himself, better than trying to win over a woman.

The metamorphosis in this is the pretentious and petty side of change. The change we do when we are empty. The change we pursue to show the world you’re better-- when no one really cares. I never properly finished it, but I wish I had changed the script overall. If I were to pursue this film, I’d make it a comedy. A full fledged comedy to show the true and comedic side of this culture of hitting the gym and becoming rich all because of a woman.

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Midnight is my personal favourite story that I’ve ever crafted. The story went through several revisions, and I was close to fully pursuing it. The story is about three humans, and two demons who tell the humans about their impending death that will apparently take at midnight. The demons mock and use the humans misery as their entertainment, as the three look for ways to spend the last remaining hours of their lives. The metamorphosis in this is Life and Death and how we react to the inevitable. Us humans like to block out the idea of dying and what’s beyond it because we are afraid of it. We don’t like to think about it because our concept around it is that it will happen in the distant future. But what happens when we are told that we will die sooner? The metamorphosis is that reaction. The reaction and thought process to death. How our world crumbles and changes and compresses into a few simple hours as we try to live the most out of it within the remaining time.

The three humans are Wesley, Fred, and Riley (yes, names are based off Buffyverse) and they are told about their impending doom. Each person has a distinct take on what to do. Riley is reckless, Fred is anxious and overthinks it, and Wesley continues living on as normal. Each person represents the logical thought process to being given this information. The story was based off the death of Michelle Trachtenberg. I was really looking forward to seeing her reprise Dawn Summers in the Buffy revival series-- and I was devastated to hear about her sudden passing. On one night, I thought about how it felt. How what her thoughts during? How would she have reacted if she knew hours before that she’d suddenly die? It all lead to this story being formed. The idea of death, and how we leave this world and how others are affected by it. This might be a bit jarring or offensive, but I decided to take a comical approach to death by implementing the demons as metaphors for it. Many people watch real death videos for entertainment, and it really diminishes the takeaway we have for death. It isn’t mindless entertainment, it’s the primary reason we choose to live.

Unfortunately, during the Easter break I had to depart from producing this short film. I had a lot of people review it, and a friend of mine stated that this is too large scale for me to ever pursue. It felt too much to do for my first short film, and I agreed. I will most likely go back to this and produce it one day, because I thoroughly enjoyed the whole thing.

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Three Ways to Lose a friend is a story about two friends who secretly hate each other, but also need one another. Xander and Kelvin are two people who are toxic to each other as they continue to use each other to make themselves feel better and fulfilled. Their relationship is tested when they reach a breaking point as they pour out their feelings like hot lava. The metamorphosis behind the story is how much a conversation can change between two people. The idea is that they are going through their regular normal day, but this one just so happens to be the last straw.

The story is based directly off two of my friends and an argument they had in the cafeteria. It was a regular day and conversation that only escalated and it evolved to a harsh exchange of words. I don’t recall much, but I specifically remember one of them storming out and the table next to us had comforted my friend.

I had to halt developing this script because I never felt confident in it. I also never had a strong structure for the story. I spent too much on rewriting it and revising despite not having any idea on what else to do. The only logical step was to make a new story, which I finished throughout the Easter break.

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This is a pre-visualisation for The Afternoon Thoughts. You're probably wondering why I've made a new movie all of the sudden. This really is more of just an experiment rather than an actual fully fledged written film. The previous pre-vis had no dialogue and a friend of mine commented that the dialogue was what made the story special. I also took note that if the film had no dialogue, it would be shorter-- and if the film had dialogue it would be longer to take it's time.

The story here is about the random thoughts you get in a boring afternoon. The character tries to do anything to pass the time-- exercising, playing an instrument, and just gazing out into the sun, but it all fails miserably. Eventually, it all boils down to eating the boring afternoon out.

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A Midnight Snack The Actual P.O.V Edition

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A Midnight Snack The Actual P.O.V Edition

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This is the official storyboard I drew for A Midnight Snack, with all the latest changes added onto it. The storyboard is self explanatory on how the story goes, but this version is particularly different because beyond this point the whole film is flipped inside out, upside down, and has more seasonings to it.

As to how we got to this point, I first approached Ian about the equipment-- he gladly gave me a camera, microphone, and some lights. Before this however, I was already on edge on how this film was going to come to light, because I had NO actors available. This already put me to a spiral, since the script and previous storyboard was catered around the possible actors I'd have for this project (in both Leslie and Lesley edition). Fortunately, thanks to Sophie's ingenuity, she suggested that I shoot in a P.O.V (point of view) shot. This idea was so amazing, I was in disbelief that I didn't think of it sooner. It fit the overall story too, which was great. With this in mind, Ian gave me a GoPro to play around with. I took it home and then shot the first pre-visualisation.

After I shot that, I filmed a bunch of footage in the Living and Thriving building, which I intended to be the final product. However, I encountered numerous problems after filming it. In the script, there was a brother character who was meant to be vaguely seen, which I thought I'd just play and have another person (Matt from careers) have the camera on their head. After viewing the footage, it was hard to incorporate that part into the actual film. At some bits, I had thought to just make the brother into a voice to be heard nearby, but to me it felt too lazy. Imagine having a conversation with someone, and you don't look them in the eye or in their vicinity.

With this dilemma, I went back to the first pre-visualisation and I really liked the ending of that-- it all ends and I go back to sleep. As previously mentioned, I had experimented the "no dialogue" with it which wasn't working for me. So, I filmed The Afternoon Thoughts and enjoyed it very much. It had a much more comedic and lighter tone, which is something I wanted to use.

Now, back to this storyboard-- I had essentially stripped away everything interesting about the original draft. The inner voices played by the same actor? It's a P.O.V shot now, so they're reduced to actual inner voices. After playing around with it, I realized I couldn't voice two different characters inside one guy-- as my friend described it: "it feels like two idiots who are mind controlling a guy and they can't decide what to eat". After making the script and inner voices into one singular character/voice, the brother character was all I had and it had failed too. So the script and story was all reduced down to a guy who was deciding to eat or not.

I had an epiphany one morning as this idea clicked in my mind: "What if the phone was alive?" It sounded insane. But after thinking about it, I always functioned better and wrote better stories when there was a supernatural element to it (i.e. Midnight). The phone being alive and a physical manifestation of another source of temptation worked well for me. The phone is essentially a metaphor for how consumers are easily manipulated with products that are blatantly bad for them. It reminded me of Lunchly (product by Logan Paul, KSI, and Mr Beast) as it was advertised as "a healthier alternative to Lunchables"-- but an easy ounce of research would immediately defeat that claim. I won't get deeper into it, as there was a huge trend surrounding it's nutritional value back when it had released.

While the phone being alive and being able to put people into a state of hypnosis is extremely silly, I think it works well to add a certain flavour and craziness to my story. The metamorphosis is still in tact for the most part, as it still tackles the eagerness to change and the struggle of discipline that comes with it. The metaphor of the phone simply adds layers to that message.

You might be wondering, where is the script? If you had to know, there isn't one. I could definitely write one, but I don't feel the need to.

A). I'm running out of time.

B). It would be a waste of time since I am the only one in this entire project, and I know how the story goes from the top of my head.

(P.S. Flip the actual PDF file to view it horizontally, I wasn't able to convert it that way.)

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A Midnight Snack The Actual P.O.V Edition

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This is the raw footage from the living and thriving building. As you can see, the first problem arises when the bedroom and the kitchen are in the same place. I planned to edit it out so it seemed like I was in 2 different places-- which is why the camera constantly avoided looking to the right.

I had also taped up all the windows with fabric and clothes to make it seem like it was night time.

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This is the second raw footage-- with Matt from careers.

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Edward's self discipline is tested as his midnight cravings manifest itself and gains a consciousness inside his phone, tempting him to give into his glutinous thoughts.

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This is a YouTube playlist with all the video resources I used to create the advertisements as seen in the short film. My personal favorite one I created was the 100% off Fried Chicken video, as I had a fun time finding the green screen videos for that. I think it is hilarious that someone genuinely bought a 4-piece from KFC, hung it up on a string and put it in front of a green screen and now it's in my film. I hope whoever made those green screen videos live a long prosper life.

(P.S. I couldn't find some of the other videos, so I put in a few that I used in a first draft.)

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These are the advertisements I created for my phone, TV, and tablet to present in the film. They aren't proper ones, as they are an exaggerated representation of actual advertisements of fast food.

Since the phone is corrupted and has a consciousness of it's own, it uses the ads to try and entice you to buying food that is terrible for your health with "too good to be true" deals.

A key detail is within the description-- A burger that's 90% OFF with 2400 calories per serving. Fried Chicken with it's payment being your soul. Little details like that purposefully show how little attention we pay to the things we are shown to eat. While Wendy's or Dominoes here and there wouldn't hurt, it's important to note that they fast food. And some products are cheap and indeed "too good to be true", and they have a reason for that.

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All 12 weeks accumulate to this quick 7 minute short film. Taking into accounting everything that is in this Padlet, I am immensely satisfied with the final outcome as I feel that it did justice to the "Midnight" script-- which I had to painfully let go off. The supernatural element was all I needed to turn this story around and bring it back to life like it was a dehydrating corpse that suddenly got infused with All-Spark energy.

The short story follows Edward, a simple guy who is on a gruelling diet. Roughly 30 minutes before midnight, his eyes were wide open as they were glued to the scrumptious food right in front of him. He makes a collective decision to fuel his hunger with a simple glass of water. As he makes it down to the kitchen, he realizes he can't resist the temptation of food being around him, as he scurries any nook and cranny to find a piece of something-- ANYTHING. He fails to do so, and as all hope seems lost his phone suddenly pings loud. A notification, for Deliveroo. A deal that is too good to pass on. Edward's resolve immediately melts as his finger instinctively hovers over the notification, ready to relapse. However, his willpower was strong enough to break through his impulsiveness, as he ultimately decides not to go through with it after realizing he has barely enough calories to eat a loaf of bread. As he leaves, the phone suddenly gains a voice. That deep, imposing growl stops Edward in his tracks as he assumes he's getting robbed. The television screen opens on it's own, presenting a deal too good to be true. Edward's discipline was stronger however, as he crawls his way down to the kitchen. A tablet seemingly teleports itself in front of him, was it really true? or was he going insane? Another deal pops up within the tablet screen. Edward powers through it all, as he flings the phone out the window, which sets everything back to "normal", as if that exists now. He goes back up to his room, deciding to sleep his hunger off. As the dark night lingers on, a notification pops up again. The phone had somehow made it back into his room, that voice faintly calling out his name once again, a never ending cycle of temptation and discipline.

You might be thinking that I'm surely going into Media for Level 3. I'm not. I'm going straight to Health and Social Care! My reasons are simple: I tried to pursue my passion, but felt that I was much more fulfilled if I had a much more practical and valuable career. That's not to say that art isn't any of those, but art for me is an escape out from the real world. If art is suddenly the real world, where do I escape to?

If I could change or add a few things, I'd probably add 7 more minutes. The concept was already insane to think about-- a phone gaining a consciousness and it's sole goal is to make you break. I would have probably made the climax much more entertaining-- maybe the phone gains a humanoid body and it's shoving food down your throat? Or would that have been too crazy? The ending is my attempt at making a "cliff-hanger" or "open" ending, it's up to your imagination on what you'll do in that situation.

A friend had also pointed out that maybe Edward is hallucinating because of his starvation, which was really interesting, and I didn’t mean for that to be portrayed at all.

Overall, "A Midnight Snack" serves as a personal present to myself, a reminder that I can do ANYTHING as long as I TRY. There will be more short films to come, as this passion of mine will never dust away.

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This is the "Almost Midnight" version. Which is just a fancy way of saying this is a draft of the final thing. You might be wondering, why does this exist? Why is there only dialogue text and no actual recorded dialogue? Why is the audio non existent? Well, that's because there is no script. I didn't actually make one when the idea for the phone coming to life hit my mind. At some point, I realized that I was much better off eyeballing a lot of stuff instead of constant planning looking into every nook and cranny. Don't get me wrong, I did revise/reshoot a lot of the lines and the scenes here, but from the way the story flows, the action, the sound design, it wasn't planned or written in extreme detail in a script-- which might be a good thing or bad thing, depending on if you actually like the short film.

I was really glad I had injected that supernatural element into this project, because this is definitely much more entertaining than my previous version-- which would've gone the exact same way, up until Edward starts to contemplate on actually ordering the stuff he put on his Deliveroo order, and there was a huge back and forth and an "imagination" scene of him eating a lot of food, only to cut to reality and go back to sleep-- which then his phone lights up another notification from Deliveroo. That wouldn't have been too boring, but his phone being this supernatural moustache-twirling villain certainly added a layer of stupidity to it which I leaned on. Another thing is that Edward likes to speak in weird puns or quick corny quipping such as "Mic check?" when opening the microwave-- I decided to give him that kind of dialogue to kind of "hype up" the silliness of the phone being alive. By the time Edward starts spewing his corny nonsense, you wouldn't even think about it due to how distracted you would be by The Phone.

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Final Major Project Evaluation

1. What was your chosen theme for the final major project Metamorphosis and did this change from your original starting point?

Originally, the theme was Life and Death but it exponentially changed to Dieting/ Inside and Outside.

2. What primary sources have you used in this project? Drawing from real objects, museum visits and objects drawn from home.

The primary sources I used for this project (except for the Inside/Outside theme) were pictures of flowers in our house, various buildings, food, and objects in my house.

3. What secondary sources have you used in this project? Drawing from photographic images, books, websites and magazines.

The secondary sources I used for this project (except for the Inside/Outside theme) were pictures of people, objects, events, and TV shows.

4. How did you develop your ideas for a final outcome? What processes did you experiment with? CAD, mix media, collage, printmaking.

I developed my ideas through numerous script writing, storyboard, rewriting, filming pre-visualisations and a lot of experimentation with the equipment and trial and error in the editing studio.

5. What artists did you research and how did they influence your ideas? Your use of materials, technique, colour or ideas related to the project theme.

I primarily researched directors of my favourite TV shows Buffy: The Vampire Slayer and Angel as they influenced my short film with its supernatural elements. I also used Nerf Battle War GoPro videos to inspire my short films visual direction with it’s fast camera movement.

6. Describe the effectiveness of your final outcome. Including the materials, processes and techniques you have used?

I personally enjoyed the development and final outcome of the film. It isn’t perfect as there are continuity issues, but I think I did the best with what I had with the time I had left. As the project underwent through numerous development stages, the final outcome had shifted and morphed into different states that made me unsure as to what the final thing would even look like– but Im glad to say that this version is one I am extremely satisfied with.

7. Explain how you could have improved your final outcome including how you would develop your idea further if you had longer on this project?

If I had much more time, I would have definitely stretched the supernatural element of the story further by making a full fledge script, and possibly making the story longer.

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The Convoluted Hotel or P.O.G Hotel, is about three hotel owners and their crew. The story is about them overcoming challenges within the hotel as it gets harder when Grace mysteriously dies. The entire hotel has to juggle between what is right for the business, and what is right for Grace. Philip and Oscars relationship go through a multitude of changes prior to Grace’s death, as becomes a cat and mouse game with the mysterious killer. All the while, the crew is tested for their loyalty to the hotel as they each question each other on who was the killer.

The history of this script is extremely interesting as it is directly based off a video game plot that I am part of. My friends and I are the members of “Team Convoluted”, and we have been developing this game for around 5 years now. Unfortunately, the final game might never make it to light, which is why I thought to write a script about it. The characters here are all the same, the story is simply my depiction and version of the original source material. While I never had any intention to properly film it, I had the intention of publishing it as I thought I’d at least get to handle a bit of writing before anything else. I personally still love this script, as I had high hopes and visions for it. I never finished it since I had to pursue other scripts (which are also in here), but this was truly the first script I ever wrote which led to everything and eventually the short film I filmed and published. The metamorphosis in the story is Life and Death and how a relationship changes when a death occurs. The change unravels and eventually layers of a person start peeling away as you start to see a person more clearly and differently.

This is concept art for the three main characters--- Philip, Oscar, and Grace (hence the name P.O.G Hotel). I thought about them in an ascending order which can accurately depict their morals and how they are as people. Philip being the shortest shows how egotistical he is, Oscar being slightly taller shows his maturity, and Grace being the tallest shows her authority over everyone. Overall, The Convoluted Hotel story/script is interesting and it will forever be memorable to me. While I think it has potential, it just isn’t the story I needed to pursue then or any time soon.

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Downstage is a story about a nurse named Ollie who dropped his entire dream about being an actor to get into the medical field because of his family’s pressuring all those years ago. He lives in solitude with his mother-- who has dementia. Her episodes constantly remind him of his failures as a man. An actor who didn’t pursue his dream, and a nurse which a patient he can’t save. After his mother dies, he has a new found motivation to pursue his dream. To be an actor. To be someone great. To make his family proud from beyond the grave. He uses unethical methods to reach his goal as he sabotages others, and takes every opportunity to the max. Eventually he reaches his goal to become an actor-- but he doesn’t feel fulfilled knowing he didn’t earn it.

I distinctly remember writing this after The Convoluted Hotel because I wanted to tackle a story I crafted on my own. The story/premise is loosely based around my life-- being pressured into different courses constantly. I thought I could express it into this story the frustration and the urge to be great and to do anything it takes to get there. The story is more gritty and a bit more edgier to sell the environment and overall miserable tone of the story. The metamorphosis in this is the effects of sudden change. The idea of changing and the eagerness which destroys the overall purpose and process of change. The metamorphosis is a depiction of dehumanization as we try to change too much for the sake of just changing.

Overall, the story/script was a fun way to express my feelings and problems in life. It helped me realize moral conflicts and I eventually arrived to a breakthrough with my issue. You might have noticed that it says “short story” despite being 36 pages. It wasn’t even finished. The script was practically a full length film, which is why I had to drop it. This was the first draft, and I couldn’t afford to be stuck rewriting and revisioning something this long when I barely have any experience. It was fun writing this, and I would most definitely rewrite it into something shorter, or maybe when I’m ready I’d pursue it fully.