Howdy! Below is "Floored", a short film group project I created alongside four teammates in the VIST 206 course at Texas A&M University. Each member carried out specific duties which contributed to the final product shown.
I held the dual positions of Writer and Director, putting me in charge of story flow, blocking out action, coordination of camera movement, and documentation of duties and deliverables by the team. For my screenplay, I utilized the free trial of the Final Draft software. Enjoy!
We were challenged to create a 30-second story which would showcase real-life actors performing in front of a "Volume", a massive panel of screens calibrated to display a virtual environment. The Volume's capabilities extend past those of a green screen, however, being able to effectively imitate parallax effects of a real camera shooting a real environment.
A portion of the overly lengthy first draft screenplay.
The final draft screenplay, optimized to one page!
The script underwent several iterations before landing on a final version I was happy with. Since the film was to be a grand total of 30 seconds, it was important to me to keep the screenplay on one page if possible.
On the left is just a portion of the first draft. On the right is the complete final draft, snugly optimized to one page.
Above is the RELLIS Starlab Virtual Production studio, where our short film was shot.
The image on the left is the blank volume wall, while the right shows the wall in use with our virtual environment displayed for filming.
Lastly, I color corrected and edited our final cut using the DaVinci Resolve software. Afterward, it was sent to other teammates for audio restoration, foley, and of course, the credits. Hope you like it!
