CHALKBOARD STUDIOS

MEETING THREE || and that is really going to exacerbate things for all of us

heh well as jase said below, things didn't really go to plan last night. with two of us not being able to make it, it did seem like a bit of a waste of time to go down to our usual meeting spot in glen waverly to explain to each other what we already knew.

i knew jase was pretty heart-broken over it, but i thought since there were 'new' people coming along, it'd give as a good opportunity to get them up to speed as to waht we're doing etc.. turns out none of those guys were coming too and our only newcomer was good ol' chow.

as jase mentioned, we did eventually have the meeting and attempted to clear up some ambiguities and plotholes in the 'framework' story. we were able to think up some key scenes, as well as different ways characters would interact with each other. for example, how would one character affect the other, and what kind of themes or info could be revealed in dialogue exhanged between different combinations of characters.

and that's when rupert j. hollingsworth (a.k.a. "rafe") and bridget came into existence. i dunno if i should go into the details as to who these characters are, but i will say that with these two guys around, things in the cave get a little more interesting. i wrote up rafe's character and immediately found myself attached to him; his personality and demeanour are just things that came naturally to me and after writing it down, rafe became real.

the character of bridget is developing as i type, and with the addition of her and one more character, we have a complete cast. i think, as jase said, now that we've come up with solid characters, it looks as though the story will flow from them. things are in motion now, woohoo.

umm yeah it was a bit of a bummer that vito and brendan couldn't make it but i assure you guys that they had good reason. while brendan is working on the story/plot as lead writer, vito had done come concept sketches of some of the character profiles we gave him. after we all have a look at them and make suggestions or comments, vito will draw them in the way they'd appear in the final comic. but more news on that when the time comes.

furthermore, chow seems to be somewhat interested in what we're doing and was pretty inquisities as to comic style/direction we were taking. he also mentioned the idea of doing short comic strips, like three-pannel stories just for fun. i had this idea in my head for a while, and already had some comic stories in mind. it's something we might do once the website is up and running, and of course, chow will be a keen contributor.

the night started out pretty negatively, but in the end we've gotten something pretty cool out of it. i know that shit happens which we don't want, but we always have to make the best of it. especially in a group situation; one can't fall apart just because shit hits the fan, you have to look at what else can be done.

and i'm certianly glad that we were able to do that.. and all it took was a huge pepper steak, a bit of chicken parmagiana, some cheese and bacon cabonara, and some pancakes and ice-cream. brisk, indeed!

oh btw, foolscap sucks.

-LOki

posted by LOki @ 5:16 PM