Group Meeting #1 Reflection

 Group Meeting #1 Reflection

I started off the group meeting by explaining to my group about my project. I had everyone search up my blogger URL and look through my posts. I received questions about how I was going to portray scenes at the beach or with the DJ set my partner purchased. As well as, how I was going to lay out my credit sequence within the opening and if I was reaching out to any artists to use their song. 

For the first two questions, I responded by referencing to the movie Waves. I told them about my idea with the 360 view of the car and with the city and beach surrounding the vehicle. For the DJ set, I told my group how I was going to show the character getting really in to the music and show their passion and love for what they do. But, it all goes back to how he's struggling with becoming mainstream since he's too young. 

As for the credit sequence and music, I've thought about having the credit sequence go throughout the opening. For music, I'm trying to reach out to artists that mainly produce house music. One example of someone we reached out to is, it's murph. 

Reflecting on Others Ideas

After I talked about my project,  my classmate, Benjamin, began to explain us his idea for his portfolio project. He isn't completely sure whether not he wants to do a production in the genre thriller, or social realism. When talking about thriller, he initially thought about doing the opening in a ark. A random phone would appear and start ringing. 

Next was Noah. He first thought about doing thriller, but is now leaning towards drama/social realism. His idea for the drama opening was about a rebellious teen growing up in poverty. He knew that he wanted the film to start with the protagonist smoking a cigarette. His obstacle with this start was that he wasn't sure if he could show himself smoking. I brought up and idea to him saying that he could show the kid putting out the cigarette or throw it on the ground after he had used it. I also explained that showing the teen just throwing a used cigarette on the ground could immediately represent how rebellious and careless the teen is.

After Noah, Sebastian went. Sebastian wanted to work in the psychological drama/melodrama genre. He wanted to represent a kid who's struggling and is lost with where is he is. There was a specific scene Sebastian wanted to incorporate. The teen would be outside the house with friends where all the colors around him were warm and bright. Then, he would walk inside where it turns cold and dark showing how without the people who surround him with positivity and love, he's lost. I loved his idea and dove more into the scene with his friends. The group asked  Sebastian how and why the kid was so troubled, and h wasn't sure how he was going to show that yet. I suggested that there were many factors that could make a teen feel this way, such as an alcoholic parent, or an absence of a parent. 

I didn't catch the name of the next classmate but he said he was going to produce a film in the Sci-Fi/thriller genre. His idea was abut a scientists who was trying to make glasses that could foresee the future. But then, the glasses malfunctioned and showed him his death. The problem he ran into was that he didn't know how he would show him seeing into the future. Someone in my group also brought up a good point. They asked if he was a good editor, because his film opening would include a lot of editing. Although I thought his film relied a lot on good editing, I also thought his idea was really good.

Emily's idea for her opening was to produce a thriller opening. The opening would start off in a car where a couple was driving together at night. The man would then received multiple calls which he would ignore. The girlfriend would get really mad and tell him to answer the phone. The boyfriend would then proceed to pull over and write a note which the girl gets shocked for. The audience wouldn't be able to see the note which builds suspense and hooks their attention. Someone else brought up that the opening could be too short and suggested new ideas to add time. I also suggested that she could show the man writing the note after the title appears to add a scene after the title.

Finally Clara decided to choose an action opening. It would include a man tied up in a garage and is beaten up real bad. As he is tied up we see flashbacks of people arguing and fighting. I proposed that after his flashbacks and the title she could include a screen saying X amount of hours before to show how he got himself in that situation. 

Overall, after this activity it helped me build my project and get more into depth. My partner also came up with new ideas after the activity which we will love to include within our opening.

This is a picture of my group and I reflecting on our project ideas!: