Group Meeting #1
I officially started week three, and I am slightly behind on schedule, but nothing major. I just need to wrap up the storyboard, and then we are set to continue on schedule.
Today my teacher told us to get into groups and share our stories with new people to give and get feedback. Overall I found that it was super helpful and useful to hear others' unbiased opinions
Simona- Psychological Thriller
Title: Til' Death do us Part
My group consisted of five people: Simona, Emi, Sofia, Roman, and me. Simona was the first person to present their progress. She has a thorough idea of what she wants to do with her psychological thriller. The film will start with the main character doing some calculations while driving and getting stuff like tape, ropes, and other appliances. She takes this stuff to her car and drives to a place where she starts digging with the implication that she is burying someone. The biggest "issue" with this idea is that a part of it would have to be filmed outside especially since she is planning to do it at sunset. This is an issue because she can't have full control over the lighting or the weather. The group came to an agreement that if she could not get the lighting right during sunset, she could do it at noon in broad daylight. There was one more thing that could become a problem but isn't necessarily one and it's that the intro seems too long for 2 minutes. But if anything it can be cut down to being shorter and it's better to have more than enough shots. Her blog posts are extremely well done as they are very detailed and relevant to her project. Overall the idea was very good and I enjoyed listening to her talk about it and I can't wait to see it
Emi-Western
Title: Death is no Friend
Next went Emi, now Emi doesn't have her idea fully planned out but she knows she wants to do a Western movie. The rough idea she has for now is a woman that has a bounty and she's getting hunted. One thing that I find very cool is that they are designing their own costumes. I think that is so cool and will probably be the best thing to do to get exactly what they are looking for. This would also overcome the whole costuming since it's such an important part of Western films. The biggest issue for her here is that we live in Florida. Florida doesn't have any deserts where she can film a traditional Western movie.
One way that she could overcome this issue is by finding a place with less amount of greenery maybe like a farm or since it is a Western film she could make it black and white making the background less noticeable. She had also thought of a title "Death is no Friend" which I really like. I really enjoy hearing a different genre as I haven't heard of anyone but them doing Western yet.
Roman- Suspense
Title: N/A
Roman had in mind a suspense film dealing with the cartel. He plans on his introduction to a cartel member getting interrogated while being tortured by an officer. He wanted to make the interrogation of the cartel member resisting information and finally giving up the name of the leader at the end to make it his title card. However, I find that if he does put the title card at the end it might feel like too much of an ending adding some stuff after the title card even though not fully developed could fix that. He already has his props ready so is ahead in the preparation for filming. One other issue with the film that I see is that 2 minutes of interrogation might not be the most engaging to the audience but I would like to see how he overcomes that issue and if he manages to make it interesting or maybe change his idea a little.
I feel like this is the vibe he's going for so watching Casino Royale and analyzing this scene is a good idea.
Sofia- Dystopian
Title: N/A
Then, Sofia explained her dystopian film idea. Although she's not fully clear on the approach she wants to take, she knows that it will be about a society that revolves around powers. Since she didn't have a planned plot, we gave her some ideas. The main one is a futuristic society that revolves around a power that you get chosen to have. You would think getting the power is a good thing but getting it means getting tested and being chosen to do something bad. It would be about two best friends and one gets chosen and the other one goes on a journey to save her. She had the idea to make them be in poverty taking inspiration from Divergent.
My Feedback
Finally, I shared my idea with the group and they seemed to enjoy it. They really liked how I would put the credits in patient files. Other than that they really had no comments on it after I finished explaining it. But I will be using the resources they gave me. Overall I enjoyed hearing everyone's ideas and I can't wait to watch all the finished products!
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