Episode workshop

Today I slipped into the episode workshop by Duncan.
It was super great!
We got to question our ideas and projects and write on pieces of paper all our ideas and arrange them and discuss with a class member. This discussion was interesting as she brought up the possibility of having one of the main characters actually suffer from autism/ a social disorder and have the stories help display friendships with people who might have these conditions. I think in the show I wouldn't label it and it would be more subtle with the characters having some of those traits and dealing with it in a productive way. As I think in general kids should be shown ways to deal with social awareness and interacting with all kinds of people.

I ended up thinking of some new ideas for Monarch Park and rearranging the episodes in the first season.
Before:

After:

It was also interesting thinking about the event of only being funded 6 episodes. I picked out the main episodes I think would be the best introduction for Monarch Park. Potentially these are the ones I focus on the most next and then it would still be a complete story. Possibly having episodes left out of a visual novel lineup in order to have new stories for when it's fully animated.

This is could what I pitch with to get funding and then pick 6 other episodes for a 'season 2':

This leaves out 4 episodes from the original lineup that wouldn't be shown through this format.

Rachel also told me about the funding for interactive development which basically what my visual novel is. It'd be a good idea to talk to Kathryn about funding before November.
https://www.nzfilm.co.nz/funds/interactive-development-fund

New Zealand game or screen-based companies that:

• Are looking to develop interactive works that have a strong story focus
• Hold or share the necessary intellectual property rights for the project
• Can demonstrate the ability to be able to deliver the project.

If Green fairy can get money why not me.. I think I'll need to start to put together a company name and logo though. Corkscrew Cartoons might not work to include other things. What's great about names like Mukpuddy and stuff like that are that they're standalone names for the company that encompass everything they do.