Independent Component

For my independent component I've really been focusing on preproduction. In a lot of articles and books that I've read I was constantly told that preproduction is actually the longest of the three stages of making a film. These include preproduction, production and postproduction. It turns out that my sources were correct. Preproduction is a lot of preparation, creative thinking,  working with your connections and writing. I've been fortunate to have come up with three scripts. The scripts run about 30 pages each meaning that the scripts could run anywhere from 30 minutes to roughly an hour on screen. I was able to break down each script already and made revisions for what I thought was possible and took out what I realized would be completely impossible. The titles of the films I wrote a "With Power: A Soccer Story", "Fullerton Festival Documentary" (this title is subject to change if I fid something along the process of filming that I like) and "Radio Personality.

The first script that I wrote is "With Power" and it is actually loosely based off my experience playing for Southlands soccer this year. It follows three guys who transfer into a private school who is lacking in talent and turn the team around to become truly competitive. The change in leaderships leads to tensions within the team. The team finds a a way to get on the same page and become true contenders for a league championship. I think the special thing about this script is that I wanted to make a clear point that everyone on the team has a story so I added a lot of stories within this large story of the players themselves and what they're facing at school, at home and on the field. I've always wanted to write a sports film so I was really excited when writing the script for this film. I've already begun casting for the film and talking to people at Southlands to see if I can use the students and possibly their facilities. I've gotten some great feedback. A lot of the people that I approached are interested and want to help me with my film. I'll begin shooting in March.

The second script I wrote was "Fullerton Festival Documentary". It's just that. A documentary about the Fullerton Drama Festival that iPoly drama goes to every tear. I loved going to the festival last year so when I decided that I love to do a documentary and was having a hard time deciding what I should do it on, I just thought about things that peaked my interest and could be interesting to others. The main challenge of writing this script was figuring out the angle I would approach this documentary from and I decided it would be the journey of the iPoly students from the preparation all the way through the event. The documentary will also give some insight into the festival itself. I've already prepared all my interview questions and set up my shooting schedule and the entire drama elective has agreed to be a part of my film. I've been working with Fullerton college to see if I can speak to a coordinator of the Fullerton Festival and I may be able to interview a couple before the festival itself which would be great. There's a lot of research that actually went into the preproduction stage including the background of the festival, what each person in the elective would be doing at the festival and where I could and could not film at the college itself. I start filming next week

My last script that I worked on is "Radio Personality". It's basically about a radio personality who was big and popular in the 90's but is kind of washed up and doesn't have the same energy that he used to have on the air. The only reason that the station owner hasn't fired him is because their friends and they started the station together. One night when our radio personality is leaving he's approached by a girl that claims to be his daughter. The radio personality brushes it off  like he's heard it a million times. The girl ends up interning at the station with him and she brings back the life that he used to have in his job. He later finds that she was right and actually was his daughter. I really enjoyed writing this script because it was purely creative. I had nothing to go off of but whatever I imagined. Due to the the resources that I would need in order to make this film including money to buy the rights to songs I realized I wont be able to make this film at my time at iPoly. I hope I can make it a student film during my time in college and perhaps submit it to film festivals because I do feel that the story is very strong.