Describe the process you went through to create your production.
During the process of the creation of Bootyman, our group went through a process that both made it easier for us as well as making us more efficient. At the very beginning of our process, we had to decide on what our film had to be, after our group brainstormed ideas, we landed on the Bootyman, a humorous film that has elements of the boogieman in it. After deciding on this idea as a group we all created a script and storyboard to outline the plot and characters of our film. After finalizing this document, we got to filming. This was the main girth of the process however mostly the easiest. Finally, we edited the film where we added the final touches to finish it all off.
How did you come up with the original idea?
Our group used our own creativity, and all collaborated to shape the base idea of the Bootyman. From this base idea, we gained more inspiration from movies/tv shows that we had already seen. Once this general idea was formed our group created the script to follow a similar storyline to horror films that had already been made. In the end, our finalized idea was created from an array of sources that all influenced the creation of the Bootyman. We also decided upon the Bootyman being in the same universe as OMJ (Old man Jenkins) creating the Jenkins verse which we also hint in the film.
Describe three obstacles or challenges that you encountered when creating your production.
Three obstacles that our group experienced were the completion of our script, having people away to film scenes, and finishing the film by the deadline. The first obstacle was the least worrying out of the three although was quite challenging, while shaping our story we found it hard to fit all the information we wanted in the actual film, so we ended up cutting quite a lot of scenarios and plot choices. The second struggle wasn’t one that we could get around, we just had to work around people being absent and work with what we had each day. The last struggle with finishing our film we ended up cutting even more of our film out just to get it done by the deadline however I am happy with how it turned out.
What would you do differently next time? In the creation of Bootyman the thing that I would do differently is managed our time more efficiently to allow for us to pack all the plot and extra scenes into our movie. This also was one of our main letdowns. In the Bootyman there were many debatable plot choices that we had to cut because of time, next time by managing it better we can add everything we wanted into our film (e.g. in the Bootyman: The Booty World). However, in the end, I am still happy with our finalized product.
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