Week 11 24/05/16 Tuesday

Today we were briefed about the seminar presentation that is going to take place in early June. I don't have a lot of to prepare, but I'm glad that I have some sketches and drawings to show and tell on that day. I have quite a few concept drawings, some diagrams and also a couple of examples I can present to the audience as well as the examiners. I also have the appropriate theoretical frameworks and context to discuss, all I need to do is to construct a power point or pdf for the presentation.

I have continued to work on the treatment for the project. A branching narrative is more difficult to write than I expected, but it's getting there, hopefully.

Here's an excerpt from the current treatment:

In pitch darkness, Nelly sees a pair of white eyes glaring at her. She tries to run but her body is weighing down like lead. She then wakes up as her eyes shoot open. It’s a sunny day outside. Her parents have already made breakfast, and are heading out to go to work. Mum tells Nelly not to stay on the computer for too long. But Nelly plays on her laptop anyway; her parents never know how long she has been on. Suddenly, a huge spider drops down from the ceiling onto her keyboard. She screams and leaps out of her chair. The spider is unwilling to move, and begins crawling across the keyboard. Nelly is too afraid to do anything. She goes outside and finds her mother picking roses in one of the greenhouses. Nelly asks her mother to help her get rid of the spider. Mother responds to her impatiently, saying that she is too busy working. Nelly then goes to find her father, who is spraying chemicals in another greenhouse. Nelly knows better than to go into a greenhouse that has been sprayed, so she leaves. Without her computer games to entertain her, Nelly seeks other activities to keep herself busy. Around the farm, she picks up various items that will assist her in future events. She finds a pair of secateurs, a sketchbook and a pencil, some matches and a stick. She goes on to play ball with her dog, Rosie. They linger and wander around the farm aimlessly, until Nelly finds a long branch and begins to play pretend, she is a warrior and Rosie her noble stead. She skips rocks at the stream, catches butterflies. Rosie finds a ball and drops it at Nelly’s feet. Nelly plays fetch with Rosie, but instead of bringing the ball back, Rosie takes the ball and runs into the old abandoned greenhouse. Nelly chases after Rosie, unaware that she has stumbled into another world.

It was raining the past few days, so I drew Lu hopping around in the rain. 

She likes rainy days.