Today we had our first group meeting where we were all able to discuss our project ideas and gain feed back from everyone.
Joaquin went first:
Psychological drama - wakes up naked and everything is a mess, hears big bang on the door, sees excited guy, breakup - Guy is a drug addict and a loser, based a little bit on Breaking Bad
Little confused on the plot
These are the notes my group took on his project. I thought the idea was good, but a bit basic. I was asking questions about location, and what would the main point of the story be, since his group wasn’t sure what would happen after the first intro scene. I think the scene is do-able, but I imagined the scene in a trailer or something of that sort, so im not how they’re going to make it seem that way.
Next I went:
Gambler trying to get over her addiction - starts with her putting clothes in at laundromat, puts in coin, and it’s a flashback to her putting a coin in the slot machine. Suffering from withdrawal symptoms from gambling, everyday things are hard for her. She’s pregnant and that’s the reason she wants to quit, drama
Idea for the title: “Getting” but she’s unsure about the name
Since im working alone on my project I received a lot of good advice and feedback from my
group. First they were worried about the filming locations, they made a good point, this week
im planning on calling multiple laundromats to see if ill be able to film there. They also asked
me what im going to do for audio, but I don’t believe im going to use many lines if any in my
film opening. I also have my own personal mics to use in that case.
Then went Maiya:
Time loop - sci-fi - This girl is in therapy and it’s confusing - Starts at the end of the session, girl leaves, takes her meds, realizes she only has one left, takes it, goes through her car and gets in it. She realizes she’s back in therapy and realizes she’s in the middle of a time loop
She should play with colors more, but she wants the colors to be neutral
I thought her idea was a bittttt disney channel esque. I also think they need to think a lot more about what they are putting in their film opening, what we discussed was really
repetitive and boring. It also felt way to long to be able to do in 2 minutes. A lot of plot developing has to be thought for her group in my opinion…
Davis was next:
Drama/coming of age - two people talking in a cafe because one is moving away and they talk about it, start looking at places to move into, universities, etc.
Not using specific colors
They meet at the beginning and in the end, they find themselves back together and the movie title could be “See you again” or something like that
This project was really simplistic, There isn’t much i can say on this project since its not that detailed, but I think its something that if the script is done well can come out really well.
Finally Christian went:
Theme - Coming of age
Group of teenagers who always go out whenever they want and vlog everything, the day before they leave to college, they all meet up at someone’s house and someone runs late and they’re vlogging, they finally get to the house. They start talking and they look at the vlogs they have together as the camera zooms in, cuts to everything they did together (i.e. parties, hanging out, having fun, doing dumb shit, etc.) this makes the motivated and they go out again one last time and it’s them saying goodbye and going off to college
My group members didn’t seem to like this one that much, but I thought it was really fun. It seems like one of those 2000’s movies, and if the shots and acting are done well it can look really realistic. Its also relatable since a lot of us are in out last year of high school and have to seperate from friends.
Sooooo first group meeting went really well getting advice from others was so helpful. Im excited to meet again and tell them any advancments and see if they took any advice!
