Ask a friend

Here's a post of my asking one of my closest friends 'Naz' whom I originally met at High School about the context of the film and characters. I thought it was worth posting here due to the in depth context I explain the film to somebody that had a slight idea of the concept, but explained more as the whole project progressed also some good questions were brought up.


[19:48:44] -Naz- Excellence - says:
sorted your folio out then

[19:51:12] Martyn says:
Well, it's not really folio, just an assessment that's basically checking if everyone's been doing what they're supposed to.

[19:51:24] Martyn says:
Did you see my new blog then?

[19:52:10] Martyn says:
I just wondered if if was laid out good enough.

[19:52:25] Martyn says:
http://brainbowadventure.blogspot.com/

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[19:53:29] -Naz- Excellence - says:
and yeah i read your blog was well laid out

[19:53:53] Martyn says:
Cool, does it really feel like as it goes down, each post is progressing in design?

[19:54:38] -Naz- Excellence - says:
yeah think there was a bit that looked like you regressed like went back 1 step then took 2

[19:55:28] Martyn says:
That's good. My memory was also hazy in the dates of the drawings too, but I think there was a few times that I was doodling and juggling around with about 3 designs.

[19:57:15] Martyn says:
Oh, I was wondering, some feedback. The Other Boy, should he be a boy or not?

[19:58:29] Martyn says:
I'm still juggling with the idea of the other character being a girl. At the moment, I just have a sexy female reporter (who isn't any where near final design) as the only woman in the whole film.

[19:59:06] -Naz- Excellence - says:
well depends on how much hes/shes gunna be involved in the story

[20:00:21] Martyn says:
A fair bit. The character is all the way with the boy until the end of scene 1.

They make up being friends in act 2, but they're seperate for a short while

They reunite to sneak in and destroy the factory from the start of act 3.

[20:01:14] Martyn says:
So, the other character is pretty important, they fall out when the Boy sells the method for
harnessing rainbows to the 'suits', business people.

[20:02:02] Martyn says:
One is streetwise and adventurous, the other is timid and shy and has more concious and moral.

[20:03:15] Martyn says:
It's just a common way to balance the narrative and I've been inspired by a lot of short animated films where buddies fall out.

[20:03:28] Martyn says:
...and get back together for a common cause, of course.

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[20:04:15] -Naz- Excellence - says:
hmm not sure really either a guy or girl would work

[20:04:21] -Naz- Excellence - says:
lol

[20:04:50] Martyn says:
Well, if I get a girl in there, I increase the target audience two fold. If not, I isolate a potential audience.

[20:05:33] Martyn says:
I'm going to ask around a lot and see what seems to be the best answer for it. I mean, they're kids, so it's not got going to be a love story or anything.

[20:06:15] Martyn says:
Anyway, everything in simple writing, like a short pitch, do you like the concept?

[20:07:24] -Naz- Excellence - says:
yeah sounds cool

[20:09:48] Martyn says:
It's supposed to be a film that kind of taps into the inner child and entertains kids too. Y'know, I bet you you still find rainbows cool things to look at. Sometimes that sadly only turns out to be the only little spot of childlike innocence that I feel us people still have, it's be terrible if we found a way for our pure greed to get hold of that and do like everything else we use in nature.

[20:10:37] Martyn says:
It's not really a mission, a statement, a message. It's just a hypothetical question; 'What If?'

[20:11:47] Martyn says:
Hold on. Do you mind if I post this actual convo on the same blog? I just seem to be explaining things far more in depth here. I'll edit the dumb stuff off.

[20:12:16] -Naz- Excellence - says:
yeah if you like

[20:12:25] Martyn says:
Thanks.

I think this was a worthwhile experiement and post to get feedback, I may upload more in the future when I tackle the subject with others, or perhaps Naz at a later point, just to make sure I don't irritate him too much.