A long time has passed with no mention from Deryck. By this point, I've completed my other project and the Easter holidays are coming to an end. And boy, am I glad that I didn't stick with the original deadline of the end of March for Deryck's film - I had enough on my plate before Easter with trying to get See Hear done. I had been planning to meet up with Deryck during the holidays but partly was busy and partly felt he should be the one getting in contact, not me. I have done some sketchbook work for potential visual styles but not a huge amount.
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| Page taken from my sketchbook for visual ideas. |
BUT the exciting news is that last night, Deryck got in contact with me (rather than the other way round, how it has mainly been since the project began). He was apologetic as he had been busy with other things. He did say though he hadn't forgot about the project and had found some inspiration that he was "dying to tell me about". I was worried that it was going to be the film changing completely but it was actually a couple of paintings on display in ECA. He asked whether they could serve as some sort of backdrop for the action to play out on top of. I replied saying they could though the storyboard may require some tweaking but we had planned to do that anyway.
So it's a good feeling that Deryck has taken more ownership of his own film. I don't feel so guilty for having not been in contact with him sooner because not only we were both busy, it confirmed that he wanted to carry on with the project and not just me trying to make it work. I plan to meet up with him in the next week or so to plan ahead for what we want to create by the end of May.
Photos of the paintings that Deryck wanted to incorporate - he said he had tried to get in contact with the artist which shows he's serious.
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