I came back from Mexico on Monday and had a great time, the food was great. So after spending the weekend trying to figure out a solution to our summary dilemma, Taylor and I finally came to a compromise on a summary for In the Back of Beyond. We both had issues and different ideas with each others summaries but after I contemplated a bit, I figured it would be much easier to film and execute with Taylor's summary. She had written about half of the summary but she needed help finding a climax and a resolution, so in our last class I helped her out and came up with the GPS ending. Here is the summary for the short film:
The main character's name is Alex and he is living in a Post Apocalyptic world. Alex has been on his own for months, living off the land and constantly moving around, only carrying a backpack with him that holds everything he needs to live. He hasn't had any human contact in months, and is always listening to his radio to see if he can hear anyone out there. In Alex's solitude, he is always flashing back to the past, to his family and what his life was like before the "apocalypse". Alex begins to notice weird things, his radio turning on by itself, cars showing up on the deserted roads, etc. Alex suddenly hears a voice and tells him to get into a car. As he approaches the car, the radio turns on once again, with a couple yelling and fighting. At the same time, he notices that the car is on with music playing and the windows down. As he gets in the car, GPS navigation is set and he drives off (at night, drone shots). He gets to the location of the programmed onto the gps, finding somebody who was killed. Alex has no idea what to do (need something for him to do with the body or something, maybe like he cries or something because it’s the first person he’s seen in months), but the film ends with a shot of the people watching him and saying “he’s passed the test”.
Now that we have a foundation for the short film, we can prepare the necessary materials for the shoot. Since we set our filming date for March 2nd, which is quickly approaching, we need to work diligently so we are prepared by then. This week, I will begin the storyboard and should have it done by midway next week so we still have time to go over it before the shoot. Taylor will be working on the script for the short film this week as well. Next week we plan on getting all of the preplanning completed and get all of our props, costumes, camera gear, and final shooting locations so we are ready to film by next Saturday. The camera gear is also very important since we are going to need to capture different sound elements while having steady shots, hence the grave importance of using a tripod.
