Group Meeting

Group Meeting

    Today, during class, we got put into different groups and we were given time to discuss our portfolio, production process, and any obstacles we had come across. The objective was to share our ideas and our story with our group as well as receive and give feedback on our film openings. My group consisted of six other people: Juan, Trisha, Jake, Cami, and Samuel. 

JUAN

    Juan was the first to talk about the plot for his film, which was a thriller. His story was inspired off of the Purge movies and is about two best friends with opposing personalities who have to learn to deal with each other as well as the whole situation they're stuck in. He began filming last week and only has a few more things to do regarding the production process. Once he's done with that, he said that he'd began the post-production editing. Furthermore, he mentioned how his main issue during the production process was underestimating how long setting up the props and set would take. They also ran into some problems with their script meaning that they're gonna have to rewrite and re-shoot some scenes.

SAMUEL

    Samuel's film opening is a mystery film where the whole conflict is that there is a deadly medicine that's going to kill anyone who's taken it within 48 hours. He's planning on starting his opening with an interview of the doctor who made the medicine, so that the audience can get more context. He also had some problems with writing a script and setting up the set, especially because he wanted it to look professional. Also, he had scheduling issues because he had to get his own dad, as well as the dads of his group members, to all come and film on the same day, since they were the actors.

CAMI

    Cami explained how her opening was a fantasy story about a medieval town and a dragon. She talked about how her whole film opening would be animated and she talked about how one of her major worries was time management and not being able to finish animating the whole thing. We asked her about how she was gonna animate it, what app she's using to draw, and things like that. It was very interesting to hear about since I haven't spoken to anyone else who's fully animated their film opening.

MANUELA

    Manuela's film opening will be a thriller that deals with the seven stages of grief. The story begins with a family who's just recently lost their son trying to deal with their grief, however at the dinner table, there's a boy who seems to be replacing the main characters dead brother, yet she is the only one that notices. Manuela's main issues while filming have been scheduling and people not being able to help her film, even when they said they could. Thus, she's had a hard time finding a good day to film and she's had to look for new people to act in her opening. She mentioned how she's especially having a hard time finding someone to play the stranger pretending to be the brother, since he's supposed to be a creepy character.

JAKE

    Jake's opening is a horror/thriller that follows a girl as she's taking a hike by herself until a park ranger comes up to her and warns her about the woods at night. Despite the warning from, not only the park ranger, but also her family, the girl goes into the woods at night and feels like she's being watched by someone. Jake talked about how the main issue at the moment is having to talk to a park ranger that'll let them film, he also mentioned how he's having troubles with scheduling, and picking the right sounds to use.

TRISHA

    Lastly, Trisha talked about how her film opening is a psychological thriller where the main villain is technology. The film opening would follow a girl as she scrolls on social media, uses her phone, and computer, until she leaves to go to a party. It is then that the technology in her house starts to turn against her, or at least, scare her, as it all starts turning on and going off at the same time. Trisha was talking about how, much like Jake, she was having troubles with picking the right sounds and layering them correctly. 

    This activity was very helpful because it let me know where everyone else was and where I should be, which helped me relieve most of the stress I had concerning my progress with my project. During the meeting, I talked about the obstacles that I came across while working on my project, including the filming issue I had recently, where I couldn't film because my mom had to go out of the house. I also got to talk about my worries with editing, specifically how I was going to use lighting to show a difference in time and how I've been struggling to find a good editing app. Thankfully, my group members recommended that I have the younger version of Emily wear brighter clothing and put the older version of Emily in darker clothes. Furthermore, my group members recommended that I use Adobe Premiere, which lets you edit how the footage looks, allowing you to make it look brighter or darker. They also recommended I use either Adobe Premiere or I-Movie instead of ClipChamp, which was my original plan, claiming that those two apps were easier to work with and manage.