I briefly mentioned drillable media in a previous post "World Building: An Example", but what exactly do I mean by that? Moloney (2011) asks "How can we activate the public’s curiosity, enough to sleuth out more depth and detail on their own?". Basically, what must be done to make the viewer, your audience, dig more deeply, or drill, into the media. This is where a more detailed world, that you can hint at in the primary text, comes in. If you have solid world building, cr

Previously we discussed emotions and character building. I feel at this stage it would be sensible to discuss why these things are important. One of the key terms here is Immersion, you want an audience to be immersed in your film. To feel connected, involved. Any inconsistency or error will drag an audience out, stopping them being immersed, and spoil the experience. So what is immersion? By definition it is the act of being completely engaged or involved. Ever been to a fil