Creative Writing Task. (E1)
Eyes closed; the nightmare begins.
The last few months have been quiet, I have been roaming the streets trying to keep them clear but more show up every day and it has no end. Let me take you back to before this started. A young soldier just returned from a training exercise overseas, I came back to a brewing epidemic, people were getting sick and there were no signs of it slowing down. Families were terrified, people evacuating and unable to escape this plague spreading across the country. I was unsure of what to do so I stayed calm and remained at home. Several weeks have passed and a lot has happened since, I live in an abandoned train on the tracks in the middle of nowhere. I sleep in the driver’s cabin sometimes playing monopoly by myself or building a Lego set by lantern if I am lucky enough to find one for myself but how did I get here?
The epidemic had gotten worse, monsters had begun roaming the street and attacking homes. One night I was out trying to gather supplies in my uniform to give those who didn’t evacuate a sense of protection even if it’s a lie. My family had barricaded themselves, when I returned something awful had happened. Blood was everywhere as if a massacre had taken place. My family began to attack me along with other monsters I didn’t even recognise, without second thoughts I did what needed to be done. I took the weapon I had managed to secure from the butchers shop nearby and I killed my family even though deep down I knew they weren’t my family anymore they were the same monsters I had been trying to protect them from, I had failed. Unable to stay at home I decided to move on and that was where I came across the abandoned unpowered train left on the tracks a few miles away from home. It appears that everyone had left in a hurry when all this started. I settled down to finally sleep off the trauma I’d just experienced.
I live in my train I feel safe where I am, the monsters can’t climb, nor do they have any idea that I am here. With no personal attachments I roam the streets hunting down the monsters in hopes of preventing anyone still left barricading in their homes living in fear. I expand my radius as a lone wonderer everyday searching for new supplies and hopefully the occasional Lego set, monopoly gets boring after a while, when playing alone. I see myself as a hunter, the government has collapsed – it surprises me that it took this epidemic for that to happen. My aim is to eradicate the monsters putting an end to this nightmare I live in, after a day of hunting and killing I come back to the train to get some sleep and close my eyes.
Eyes open; the nightmare continues because this is the new reality.
Caption:
This is a diary entry from myself in a world where an apocalypse has broken out and its no one but myself and ‘them’. it tells a narrative of how things unfolded from the start. In this world I am a soldier which is a career I wanted before I pursued a career in advertising. I also have a love for zombie movies and games such as 28 Days Later and The Last of Us that inspired this piece.
Moodboard. (E1)
This is my moodboard, I have used images that scale across a 24 hour period of what my ideal day is in a gradient kind of design and how the weather is a reflection of my moods & personality. The aim was to show how a quiet early morning is a reflection of my inner peace which is how I use nature to show that. It also shows how midday – sunset is a reflection of my energy in how I am an outdoors person enjoying life and I feel I have expressed this very well in how the images I have used captures how beautiful life is. Finally the night is a reflection of how this is the time where I get to be alone with my thoughts, I enjoy walks in the rain and looking up at the night sky. Nighttime is where I feel like I really get to know myself.
I also used screenshots of some of my favourite songs that relate to these particular moods around the certain time periods.
Welcome to Myblog (Audio Content Creation). (E1)
This is the audio task of element 1, I have attached the script I read from for this task. I have welcomed percipients to this blog as well as mentioning that there is more to come. I used this as an opportunity to also talk about my experience and where I have come from to get here.
The song in the background should be well-known to those who listen, it is a very popular song from one of my favourite bands (American Authors).
Created with Adobe Premiere Pro (Exported as MP3)
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Film Content Creation. (E1)
This is the short film I created for element 1, the aim here was to give an insight on who I am outside of the course. As Vice-President of the UAL Film Society it’s obvious that I have a huge love for movies and it’s also my job!
This short film gives an insight to what it can be like at my part-time job and yes although this video is very silly I promise I did my job when creating this.
I got a lot of footage when putting this together that came to about 4-5 minutes however I managed to bring it down to just under 60 seconds and I think it came out well all things considering. I may put together 4-5 minute version to get better in my visual creation skills.
Created with Adobe Premiere Pro.
Link to music used: