Pre-Production: Day 1

The team, myself included, had an incredibly productive first brainstorming session. 

On Day One, we started out by assigning roles and getting to know each other. Within a few minutes, we got a sense of who each other was, along with what role each person would play in this project. I also spent time looking over the role of director, and the responsibilities I was in charge of.

Brainstorming began immediately after. 

We went back and forth, listing possible genres we could use, and we thought of a couple storylines we could work with. We considered filming actual chess pieces, a rom-com style film including a flirty game of chess, along with a few other ideas. 

We then thought of meshing two more popular genres: Mystery and drama. Once we had our genres, ideas fell into place. We finally decided on filming a murder mystery. 

Our original idea was to film chess pieces, and hire voice actors to record voiceovers. Some actors were suggested, and some were hired that day. 

Overall, it was a very productive day, even though we had just scratched the surface of making our first film.