First Draft Script

First Draft Link

Above is a link to the first draft for my coursework script.

The script itself contains many problems, not least of which is the fact that it runs to well over 3 minutes, which means that I will have to cut it considerably in order for it to work. I think that I will definitely need to make cuts from the scenes of dialogue, as I think it's better to leave in the mostly visual storytelling of the dream sequence.

I also have not yet found a good way of transitioning between the dream sequence and reality; this is something that I am working on at the moment. Currently, my idea is to use a sound bridge and have the sound of a phone ringing in the dream, but make it sound far-off and distant. Then, I can use this sound to transition into reality, where a phone actually is ringing. 

Furthermore, some of the shots and techniques that I am looking to do are as of now only ideas, and I think that it would be wise - for some of the stranger moments in the dream at least - for me to test out whether or not the shots are actually possible before commiting to them. Because of this, I have had to write this script draft knowing that it might need to become flexible. I am attached to some ideas, but not all of them. 

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