Producton Portfolio: Final Draft

It's crunch time now and we have to start production so we need to make things as happen quickly. For the Production Portfolio, we decided to go with the villain script because it introduces the plot better, but chages had to be made. Originally, there was a scene of the character "The Doctor" making the zombie virus in his lab, but we don't have access to any facility nor have the money to turn any place into a mad scientist lab. What I quickly realized is that we don't need this scene at all. We can skip to the graveyard with the virus already made and the plot will still make sense, I just need to tweak the dialouge which I already did.

New draft

Old draft

When you compare the two, you can see that the dramatic reveal of the virus basically stays the same with only difference being where it happens.

New draft

I don't have a screenshot of the previous script, but in it there was a cutaway to the "real" main characters of the full story used for comedy. Here I changed the cut away gag to the character Skye, who ends up being a main character anyways, being chased by the antagonists of the story. Again, it creates the same effect while being more plausible to film.

Having to restrict myself to one location has showed me how to take different ideas and unify them into one scene, which is much needed when your on a time and budget constraint.