For an inexhaustible amount of time, the project has been deep-rooted in apathy and indifference to the responsibility and that would lead to its success. But the consensus with apathy is that, somewhere and somehow, it will eventually lead to period of prosperous vivacity, and it appears the project is just about entering that particular phase of the cycle.
It was always a question of "when" the project would become vigilant in the face of the storm which every passing day brought closer to inflicting its dissemination of destruction, but it seems now, the fear of that storm has awoken a project that wants no part of meeting that fate.
A few days before this post, I met up with my fellow group collaborator to discuss the step outline that was updated, and would be used as the blueprint for filming the footage that "Disconnected" calls for, and frankly needs, in order to make it the product it ought to be.
With that said, heading into this discussion I expected and welcomed a clash of creative difference, and I got it alright. The previous outline awaited tinkering to get a stimulus from a project severely in need of it, and to enact the passion of progress so close to Valentine's Day, as to combat that fear of not "getting sum", it led me to amend the outline for the sole purpose of progression, not finality. Which means, without any passionate foreplay, there would be no chance of glorious "success."
As it is Valentine's Day, I can reveal the only "success" that I have tasted today, was to do with the project. And this taste was, upon argument of course, sweeter than anything I could have tasted to celebrate the wonders of Cupid's arrow, and a sensation which has eluded me for too long.
We discussed the updated step outline, its marvels, and also its blemishes in relation to filming it in practice. It was mutually agreed the narrative was protracted too far even for our capabilities, and some sequences such as the main character's frequent foray into his home, was unnecessary. The issue of contingencies to prevent a stall in production was also brought to the fore. A particular scene calls for a car repair-shop which in the narrative, will fix the character's phone once it breaks, but this aspect of fulfilling this idea in reality, may prove too difficult to achieve as it requires securing its use with another party.
But there was an air of naivety that hung over the discussion, that makes me muse if we can actually conclude the project in the manner which was cohorted. There remains far too little time until the end of the project to expend precious time stalling it no longer. While we did discuss the outline and the shape it should be in order for it to be filmed, fundamental factors like locations and equipment that would allow it be filmed, went amiss, and the mutually agreed start date for the project, the 22nd of February, seems ambitiously imprudent.
Although there is a lot to do - a hell of a lot - from now until the aforementioned date, it can be achieved. First the step outline needs to be amended to reflect my partner's suggestions, and perhaps the ideas of the collaboration may have to be recognised in the shape of a script, instead of an outline once it is amended. Then suitable locations will need to be cross-referenced with the scenes in the script that can make it work, but thankfully I have a few in mind which should fit the context of the narrative, and make the start of filming a possibility.
Other than that, there shouldn't be anything which should prevent the project from fulfilling its long, overdue birth of activity. Stand by for action...
Ceysun Dixon (KU ID: K1326851)
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