First group meeting!

Hey there blog! Today, my classmates and I were placed in groups to discuss each other's project ideas. I was put into a group with Rachel, Veronica,  Dylan, Santi, and Mia. We each explained our project ideas asked each other questions and gave advice on how to further improve our projects. Here is a quick rundown:

Rachel

Rachel's project is about a girl stuck in a time loop. She had a factor of her story planned out like the setting taking place in a therapist's office. However, did not have an exact idea of the context or the character's development. Rachel definitely wanted it to be a thriller genre. We gave her some advice on ideas for where to film as she didn't know. We also thought some context was necessary and gave the idea of perhaps her getting stuck in hypnosis therapy for traumatic experiences.  Overall, her project could be really interesting if executed in the right way!

Veronica

Veronica didn't have a good idea of a plot or a story yet, she's still in the brainstorming phase. One of her ideas was to incorporate the idea of a teenage immigrant in her film opening. She researched multiple coming-of-age films. We gave her the idea of making a film about forcefully trying to fit in as an immigrant and how it affects familial relationships. One of her concerns is for it not to be a cliche movie so we each gave different opinions on how to execute the opening for her to choose from. Hopefully, she can come up with a solid idea soon!

Dylan

We all thought Dylan's film opening idea was very complicated to execute. It seemed like a cool idea but all of us thought it would be almost impossible to get his vision right. He wanted to make his film opening concept based on illegal street racing. We asked what the plot would be and he didn't have much of an idea. He does plan on using a drone to film multiple cars. When we asked how he would be able to accomplish that he said he has some connections with car owners. But, his idea still has many holes in it and we didn't know how to help as he was very set on his idea without changing it. 

Santi

Santi's idea was jaw-dropping. He knew exactly what his setting would be, the shots he would use, and his plot idea. He wanted to incorporate an end-of-the-world/disaster theme in his opening. The main character would be a girl shopping in a supermarket while a planet is hurdling towards Earth. Santi said he was going to use his own expertise in film and editing techniques to make it seem like another planet is visible from Earth. (Jealous hello!) Overall, we didn't have much to say as it was all very well planned, but he had many different scenes and we told him to make sure it would fit in a 2-minute time frame and not go over the time. 

Mia

Mia apparently joined her group late, and her group had a project idea but didn't communicate it to her before the group meeting. Honestly, we didn't have much to say as we didn't have any plot points to go off of. I hope her project goes well and her group's idea resonates with her well!

I definitely also got good feedback on my film, actually, my group had a lot of positive things to say about my project! When I mentioned we planned to film at night my group members expressed some concern for lighting and told me to research how to get proper lighting when filming at night. This is definitely a factor that skipped my mind and I'll look into it further.