Firstly, there was a Sheffield Hallam Film Studies lecturer who gave us a talk about the history of cinema. I was a bit gutted that he didn't mention George Melies, but there we go. It was really interesting, and really emphasised how quickly and how far cinema has developed, and not just visually; in the earliest films we were shown, they hadn't even considered adding a plot!
We took a break, ate some cake, tried to shake ourselves awake (Did I mention how early it was?), and then went back to meet Rebecca Mark-Lawson, who was the former coordinator of the Virgin Media Shorts competition, as well as a producer and script editor. She showed us a film that had previously won the Virgin Media Shorts competition called 2:20 by Jason Wingard that we'd been given a script before. It was very interesting how different the final product was from the script.
Towards the end of the day Meabh took out the sheets that we'd previously filled in, and put us into groups based on our chosen areas. I was put into a group with Will (Director), Bright (Producer), Angela (Editor), and I was the writer and cinematographer. I somehow ended up with 2 roles! But they were two roles that I was very interested in. I was very happy with the group, and in one brainstorming session we ended up with a fairly decent idea! I just had to work it into a coherent story. I love writing, and I was really excited about writing a script. I was less sure about being the cinematographer on the project, however!
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