Day 2 scene 10: Progress.

I solved last week's conundrum and came up with a set, characters and a script for both the "Adult movie" and the "Black and White Classic" that Eve and Jack watches on that fateful night. Both are also posed. They are pretty short sequences (of respectively 5 and 8 images) but they were pretty difficult to pose, for different reasons. For the "Adult" film, the light was ridiculously easy to set up, but the posing itself was rather difficult. On the other hand, the light on the "Black and White Classic" movie set was more problematic as I tried to recreate a particular ambience, while the posing was considerably easier (at least for most of the shots).

While the "Adult" sequence goes straight to business in pure gonzo style, the "Black and White Classic" one will tell a story. A very simple one, but still. In the end that's what helped me overcome my block. I was trying to recreate something that lacked meaning. Adding a simple story into the mix gave the images a purpose and substance that made the sequence easy to envision. And it also made it much more interesting to work on.

These two sequences will also have more significance in the scene itself. They will help Jack and Eve "interact" with each other more than in the previous version.

I also started reworking the script itself.

The original scene is about 2k words and is segmented into three parts: the Love, Sub and Asshole paths. I have a very rough first draft for the whole scene but only the asshole path is really consistent so far. I think I'll have to spend a couple more days of work to finish rewriting it. The new scene should be bigger but not in dramatic proportions.

Reworking those old scripts I always come to find them very rough and a bit too "straight to the point". Adding finesse and substance to these old scenes really is oddly satisfying.

Rendering is still on hold for now, and it's not going to get any better in the next week as my area is entering a more severe heat wave. However, it should get better by the end of the month and I should then be able to resume the rendering. I'm still not worried about the delay, but it's going to get slightly problematic. If I can't render the two sequences of images I worked on this week, I won't be able to pose Day 2 scene 10 once I'll be done rewriting the script. I'll probably move to work on the new content while waiting for more favourable weather. It's a bit annoying, but I have no doubt I will survive.

The quick sum up :

• Day 6 Part 4 will contain 2 new scenes: scenes 26 and 27
• Day 6 Part 4 will contain 2 reworked scenes from Day 2: Scenes 1 and 10
• Day 2, scene 1 has been rewritten and posed.
• 5980 words so far.
• 148 shots are planned, 148 are posed, and 105 are rendered.
• I'm working on rewriting Day 2 Scene 10.

Thank you for your support!

The Naughty Captain