Major Project: Post it's

Throughout the 6 drafts of the script i went through i used various methods that have been highlighted in previous posts. Something i found useful was to use post its. 

http://masteringfilm.com/planning-your-script-a-feast-of-post-its/

"My walls are filled with Post-It Notes, divided by project (there are six sections of wall dedicated to six projects), and very few of them contain any notes about plot points."

I took this and applied it to my problem. 

For example Simon gave me the feedback that Don's character needed to be explored further so i made a post it wall to see how many times characters were in the show to see how the distribution of characters fell in the show. It became clear that Don was basically in 2 scenes. I hadn't even given him a reason to turn up to the match on paper. In my head it made sense because i knew the character and why he would show but the audience weren't seeing it. So i added a few short scenes to explain why he might show up at the match. 

This tactic was also useful when i was looking to further develop the tension between the strood team and the Grove green boys. I needed to raise the stakes. Why would this team show up? why would the audience care? I needed them to have a confrontation. 

I used post its again for this problem. I highlighted where Strood were mentioned in order to develop that sub plot. This was interesting lesson as i could see that originally it was when Nath was jumped and then nothing until the match really. So i added a few more mentions, Why Strood would show, a mention from dean at the meeting with don, A confrontation with stood and then the match. 

Another past concern was my subplots i originally noticed i had no other scenes to swap between. I used post it's to help with this problem by writing the various plot points down and then seeing if they made sense. From this it became clear that the pub scene was a little redundant and i changed it to not only something that developed the characters and a sub plot of Nath's attack but also hint at a potential future storyline with Nath and his sexuality. This sub plot post it's also allowed me to further develop the storyline with dean and Lucy, Tom and Abbie and Ollie's comedic relief.

Overall i feel this post it tip has been a great find and i wouldnt have been able to redraft so efficiently without it. I feel i have been able to use a small amount of research, develop it way past its origin and apply it to multiple problems in order to develop my script.