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Waiting: Patching The Story Together


Having finished writing the script, I'm now working on the rest of the character concepts and every documentation necessary for Waiting. I will still be evaluating the script for any loose ends.

SCRIPTWRITING REFLECTIONS

When writing the script, I had to keep the timeframe in mind, but at the same time avoid diluting the message.

After the feedbacks that I received from my lecturers, I had to be more explanatory with what is happening in each scene. For example, when writing the subplot for Samuel, it reminded me of the story of Joseph in the Bible, in the instance where Potiphar's wife was trying to rubbish him, but he refused to give in, and at some point, he had to run for his life. This served as a strong reference for Samuel's case where a group of girls were eyeing Samuel, and one of them approaches him but gets turned down. It also reminds Christians to stay away from all appearances of evil. That is one of the key scenes that I had to expand one without diluting the Christian message as it is the foundation of the short animated film.

Furthermore, in reference to the film Pamela's Prayer, I had to enhance Bridget's subplot on the challenges she faces but still be original with the story.

Overall, many Biblical references have greatly helped me improve the script. Furthermore, I also watched a few clips from two episodes of Superbook (Isaach & Rebekah and Ruth) to get some inspiration on fixing the end of the film.

Using Celtx to write a script was a challenge at first (as I have never used the software before in my life), but I managed to get used to it over the course of time, and learned a few new skills on the online software at the same time.

I'm looking to use this software to write up more scripts for any future project that I'll take on.


PLOT SUMMARY

Followed by the changes I made towards the script, I also had to edit the plot summary as well to avoid any confusion or inaccuracy to the story.


CHARACTER CONCEPTS

I have done most of the character concepts for the short film, only that some of them need some updates, and three more are yet to be drawn. Having considered that some professional animator can have character sheets as sketches or lineart, I'll have to leave them as sketches since I am working on the animatic so that when colouring the characters, the process will be a lot easier for me.


BRIDGET



SAMUEL


CASSIE


AMBER


FELIX


BRADLEY "BRAD" OLLY




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