Morte Vampir Luminarium

Lighting on Monday last week was good. I've known the principles of three-point lighting, but this is the first time I've had a chance to see the difference it can make and play around with it. Slightly annoying that we had limited kit to play with, but I got a lot from the lesson none-the-less.

The less said about the Screenwriting stories on Tuesday perhaps the better. Some worked out, whilst others fell apart like the Frankensteined stories they were. The sheet that we used for this exercise, though, is very useful to me in trying to understand the structure better. I think I may use that format when I'm planning scripts.

Wednesday's class on Coronation Street was interesting. From my time at The Network I am surprisingly well-informed by the inner-workings of soaps; particularly Corrie and Hollyoaks. So I was aware about the tedious planning and storylining that goes on. Still, there was plenty that was fresh to me. I'm becoming aware that I'd actually happily work on a soap. I'd probably enjoy it, and it's certainly a place to be seen in the industry. I know that a lot of my own favourite television writers and producers started out on soaps. Soaps, or Children's TV; which would also be awesome. I do hope that we get an assignment to go and watch CBBC at some point.

Thursday's lesson carried on from our viewing of Battleship Pokemon, and it was fun to look at a scene for a second time. I think that it was necessary, certainly, to look at it more objectively. For instance, there's not much I could say about the way in which Nosferatu was put together without rewatching a scene or two, as I was too involved with the film's story whilst watching it the first time.

Speaking of Nosferatu, that's what we watched on Friday morning. But I've spoken about that before. After that we had a Production class, which I really enjoyed. It was nice that Abigail recognised that the first lesson was very management-and-responsibilities heavy, and so hit us with the creative side of producing. Producing is certainly on the cards for me, as I've always been the sort to do both creative things and the logic-based things. I'm one of those people who is both left and right brained, and - to keep myself sane - I need to have a bit of both in my life. And I'm certainly getting both from this course!

And that cheesy-line, dear friends, is the end of this post.