Updating my storyboard

     After my group meeting, I decided to change my storyboard a bit because of the great suggestions I received during the meeting. My story will stay the same, but the way my opening will play out is changed. Before, I planned for there to be two characters that talk to each other while watching TV. I wanted to use dialogue from the TV to help establish context, which I knew would probably be hard. I changed this to only one character who decides to vlog her current condition alone. With this idea, I would only have to write dialogue for one character in my script and only requires me to have one actor. Having one actor is also a lot more beneficial for me, because if I had two characters talking to each other, I'm not sure how well my actors (my friends with no experience in acting) would be able to carry off each other's dialogue. I also like how now, my project can rely less on dialogue to tell the story. Since I'm now only having one character, I've found other ways to establish the context of the story, which is great because I was worried about my opening having too much dialogue. 

    As I mentioned in my post about the group meeting, having one character makes more sense for the plot itself. My film takes place in the future when Earth is a lot less populated, so it would make sense for my protagonist to be lonelier. I can also use this loneliness to help develop her character. One thing I'm not sure about is my props. Since my character will be vlogging, I'll need to use a camera as a prop. I'm not entirely sure, but I think my dad has a camera that I can use for this. If not, I can probably borrow one from a friend. But, my story takes place well into the future, and I think a camera from 2024 may look pretty unrealistic. To an extent, this could make sense, since my character lives somewhere that is a lot less technologically advanced. But I'm still unsure how I'm going to go about this, but I know I can find a solution.