The Problem Of Time (In A Film About Time Travel...)

In the presentation today the problem of my film's running time was brought up again. It seems my initial idea of splitting the film into three segments doesn't really sit too well with the brief, so I may have to do some severe editing.
Here's an extremely shorter version of the first half of the pilot.

I don't think this version is anywhere near as good, and doesn't really get across all the information you need to know. I think to shorten the script I will have to re-write large chunks of it rather than simply cutting some lines.

The Quantum Matter Oscilator

Here's the latest photo of the time machine. This one appears in the pilot, but in the actual film it'll have more wires and stuff all over it, and be plugged into a larger piece of apparatus.

The Pilot

Here's the pilot for 'Chuck Voyager' -

As one of the actors in the scene was unable to film before this deadline, I had two of my friends stand in for both the actors (it seemed pointless to get the actor playing Dr. Tipler to travel down here just to film a pilot that won’t actually be in the final film), so the cast in the final version will be totally different, as will the location, props, etc. The footage looks a little rough around the edges but I feel it gives a relatively good indication of how this scene will look in the finished edit.
The scene is a LOT longer than I imagined it would be! However, Elliot suggested allowing 6 minutes for the first scene on the film set, 6 minutes for this one and then 6 minutes for in the future, which is probably what I'm going to. This would give me 6 short films that could (kind of) stand alone but also work as a whole.

I just had a talk with Deborah and Danny as well about my third year project. Danny said my idea of doing a music video for a band isn't quite enough, so suggested doing a full audio visual package for a band, which is a cool idea.

Locating Locations...

Here are some shots of an old railway track up by the Butler's Hill tram stop. I think this would be the perfect setting for the scene in the future where Roger meets the robot. Having them walk down this abandoned rail way as the robot tells Roger what's happened to mankind will make for quite a striking image.

Logos

Here are a few ideas for how the opening title could look. These all look a bit rough at the moment, but they'll give me something to work from -

Final Scenes

Here's the Frameforge storyboards for the final scenes of the film -