Adobe Story

Adobe Story has been released on Adobe Labs and I'm giving it a try. It's an online collaborative script writing tool that injects metadata into your script that can be used later on in the production workflow. I've been using Buzzword for my scripts until, which is an online word processor. Story is based on Buzzword, so the learning curve is not steep.

So far, it's a quick and efficient tool for writing and organizing scripts, character bios, and synopses. I have noticed some limitations though, especially in the Character Dots feature that assigns coloured dots to each character in the script. This allows you and others who view the script to quickly see in what scenes particular characters appear. Unfortunately, there's a 6 dot limit so it's likely not all of you characters will get a dot. This probably won't be addressed in the initial release.

I'm most interested in seeing how the metadata flows down the production pipeline and is used by the other Production Premium apps. I'm usually pretty disorganized with my footage and hope this with provide an opportunity to save time and frustration.

For now, I've completed the script for episode 1, and the synopses for episodes 2, 3, and 4. I'll be working on those scripts in the coming weeks.

Birth of The Project

Unfortunately, I missed out on this year's 48 hour film contest, but hearing how things went gave me the bug to get creative again. The idea had been fermenting for a year or so, and it seemed like the time was right. This was reinforced by Kieran inventing some fantastic names that will now be characters in the story.

While out for a walk at Hamlin Park, I had trouble keeping up with Kieran as he darted in and out of the trees and up and down the hills. I had a sudden moment of clarity and the City KREW was born! Four everyday heroes working together to help the community.

By the time we left the park, I had the first episode running through my head. The KREW would meet while trying to rescue someone who had fallen in a remote park. Now, the script is written and cast, and production is imminent.

In the beginning...

Since I'm in the midst of a creative project, I thought it would be interesting to catalog the process. I'm sure some other things will come up as well, but I plan on limiting them to multimedia-related topics.

Let's get started then...