My first group meeting... things got real!

Dear Amazing Readers,

Hope your doing well, I am. I recently did my first group meeting for the film opening project. I got with other fellow classmates who are also working on their own film projects. Everyone brought their own cool interesting ideas regarding how what they are thinking about their projects. I got to work with a lot of classmates who are interested in sports genre  type movies which I thought was interesting. I am first going to discuss the feedback I got regarding my own project and the ideas I should consider.

For context, if you are reading this blog you know that I want to create a mystery film opening. My plot revolves on the disappearance of  a person and a detective finding clues and hints to what happen. I am hoping that later down in my plot, the detective slowly realizes that they are entangled in this disappearance as well. Showcasing my idea for my plot here's some of the feedback I got back

My Project Feedback/ Discussion

• Incorporate a reason for the disappearance, in this case alleged drug abuse  could be a good reason for the disappearance

• Pick a time-period that this mystery could take place with the resources I have. I decided late 90's to early 2000's. I need to research this so my mise-en-scene elements are accurate and look realistic.

• Mise-en-scene props I could use, case files and missing people posters!

• Use sound effects like camera shutters if I use a camera in opening.

• Research the film opening for "Black Phone". A horror movie about who is kidnapped my a masked killer. The opening uses different props that could be used in a mystery setting.

My Classmates Projects!

In my group project, I ended up working with 4 different people. They all brought their own unique ideas to the conversation. Here's some highlights from our conversations.

Sameera Project

https://aicemediaperiod7aug30.blogspot.com/

-Based on brothers baseball games
-Inspired sandlot, a sports comedy
-Two young boys come together to play a game of baseball to win

We recommended she used bright yellow/orange hue filter and worked on figuring out the two main characters relationship/character dynamics. I recommend watching movies like "School of Rock" or "Goonies".

Vanessa Project

https://sighnessa08.blogspot.com/
-black phone and scream inspiration in film openings
-mise-en-scene elements to 90s
-Main character wears scrubs (college student male), Dental assistant or nurse practitioner. Hates his peers, once doctors approval

We recommended she used different shots like over the shoulder and four squares to depict four different scenes.

Arianna Project
https://avaa26047.blogspot.com/
-Sports drama
-Gymnastics something happens to her
-gymnastics falling and breaking her leg as a little girl

We recommended for her to flesh out her story more and to work on her characters.

Will Project

theblogger8821.blogspot.com

-Sports comedies 

-happy Gilmore inspired

-tournament or girl (his motive)

-he does sports (golf) to impress girls (plot)

-He(main character) not good at golf

We recommended for him to make the main character primary motive to be to impress a girl instead of a tournament due to the filming resources he has.