Daniel Sieff - The Mounting Pressures of Pre-Production

Thanks to Luke the scriptwriting process went quite swimmingly and I couldn’t help but feel a little redundant at times. Don’t get me wrong, the entire process was a collaborative effort which as script writer I thought would be the best method to see that his idea went through and to have a completed script at a time that would allow us to comfortably focus on the remaining areas of pre-production.

We had expressed ideas about taking inspiration from one of the films we had seen at one of our screenings; Before Sunrise.



It was interesting because the entire film had revolved around a conversation between two strangers (a man and a woman) on a train in Europe who spontaneously decide spend a day together in Vienna as mere acquaintances and end up falling in love by nightfall. We thought that the situation these two people find themselves in and the path they follow into a blossoming relationship is almost identical to that of Jenny and Gareth and would be a good source to refer to when writing the exchange of dialogue between them.

In addition we speculated about ways we could pay homage to our film’s inspiration; The Time Traveller’s Wife.



So then we thought the book Jenny is reading in the second scene could be that, or if that makes things too obvious, it could have something to do with the theme of time travel or romance. There are also shots in the montage sequence of Jenny and Gareth playing a game of scrabble and watching a movie which will provide us with more opportunities for in-jokes and the like.

But all that aside - I thought in order to redeem myself, if it is okay with you Max, I would be more than happy to help you draw up some storyboards (of the montage sequence in particular) as I had a lot of success in this area whilst studying film and media at A-level.

I am also an aspiring musician and may be able to compose a short instrumental on my acoustic guitar, which if you guys like, could be played over the montage sequence and I think will add a more professional touch to the overall piece.

Oh yeah, and before I forget... to get this blasted temporal manipulation device sorted out once and for all, I suggest we pay a visit to one of those gadget shops that specialise in selling miscellaneous products, including futuristic looking artifacts such as the one we are looking for, and if we don't find anything that suits our interest, I think Luke's inventive design would be a nice backup.