FMP reflection week 1

1. Weekly reflection 1 - FMP
This week the work on the FMP officially began. I’ve been working on my idea for a
while now however, as I’ve got a very clear idea of what I want to do. That being a
short web series focusing on four original characters, each afflicted with different
mental conditions: DID, Bi-Polar Disorder, Schizophrenia and Sociopathy. The story
being a mesh of psychological thriller and mystery. So as well as producing a pre
proposal around this concept. I also had a head start on the project. As several
audition scripts and character synopses had already been written by the time of the
project starting. This allowed me to start the casting process almost right away. I
achieved this by sending a mass email throughout the Drama department at York
college, as well as several listings on StarNow, a website for casting actors and three
casting calls on Facebook. One of the supporting characters has already been cast after
a York based actress saw the call on StarNow and sent in an impressive audition tape. I
was also able to schedule the studio and a camera for some early auditions and a
practice photoshoot for posters. On top of this, I have recruited the musician from my
factual project, who scored that project with a licensed song. This time he will be
provided a full original soundtrack in order to give the series an identity. And several
drafts of the original character themes have already been recorded. On top of this
early work, I began my proposal and inspiration research, citing Christopher Nolan and
the film theories of anachronic order and musical enhancement as driving forces
behind the inspiration of my project. I plan on doing a lot of research into mental
health. Including attempting to recruit a psychologist as a consultant to the series. To
help portray accurate medical conditions and to help portray a character with a
psychological doctorate. (Who was cast by the aforementioned actress.) Overall a very
productive first week. With a great head start on my project. If I have another week
with this level of productivity, I should have cast my actors and be ready audition
within the next few weeks.

2. Very early poster designs (Not
necessarily with these actors)