2/11 Group Meeting #1 in Class

     This is officially the beginning of week 3 for my group and I's project, and in class we got into random groups of 5-6 people and discussed our blogs, ideas, and details of the project. We gave and received constructive feedback about our blogs and opening scene ideas.  

    My group included my peers named Camila, Mackenna, Natalia, Michael none of which are in my group for the project. This helped me as I had to think deeper on my idea and explain it from scratch as none of them had any prior knowledge on what it was that I was doing. 

    The first person in the group to speak on their ideas was Camila, and her idea revolved around the story of a drug addict and the fact that he owes people money. He is ironically best friends with a cop and has to have a full circle moment as he asks his friend for help whilst he is a criminal. I really liked the beginning scene and gave some ideas on what to do for the costuming and lighting. Suggesting that she make the main drug addict have a black hoodie with the hood on and have holes in the hoodie, and said to buy a cheap hoodie online and use it as a canvas.

    The second to go was me, and I received tips on what I should do for the foley and lighting but most importantly my blogs, as my most recent blog was completely wrong from the instructions. They also informed me to analyze at a deeper level. They also gave me ideas for foley sounds and shot ideas for my idea that is still in the very beginning stage.

    Third, was Mackenna and she spoke on her ideas for a coming-of-age film that revolves around an alluded love triangle, I gave her ideas for the music she should use, and I mentioned Somebody that I used to know by Gotye as it is a very good and popular whilst being free. I also mentioned that she should have the girlfriend give the loser (girlfriend, boyfriend, loser love triangle) a empathetic and apologetic look when the jock boyfriend throws a cup at him to further indicate to the audience the triangle.

    Next went Natalia, and she spoke on her idea for a murder mystery opening that revolves around a boyfriend that doesn't know her girlfriend is a killer. I suggested that she use a rack pull on the trash can when the boyfriend sees bloody gloves (or whatever evidence Natalia wants to use to hint to the audience that the girlfriend is a murderer). The rack pull would indicate a sense of realization felt within the boyfriend.

    Lastly, Michael needed the most help as he had ideas for the beginning and end of his opening but had a lot of open room for suggestions. His idea was to have an opening based on a mechanic and his preparation for a race, and to have the opening and ending scenes as opening the garage and the two cars lined up for a race. We suggested to flip the two and have the first scene being the cars lined up, and then show what led up to that, as our teacher has stated that it is preferred to not have your title at the very end of the opening.