Recently, we had another meeting with other people in the class, and this time the class is much further into the production process. Because of this, it seems that there was more to talk about during the conversation. We spoke about the issues that we faced while working on our respective projects and voiced our opinions and experiences on the entire project.
My group members were Jaun, Jake, Manuela, Samuel, Agustina, and Trish. We all seemed to have similar problems that we ran into, that being scheduling conflicts. And I had a particular situation with struggling to manage the time that was remaining. But everyone had unique ideas that were well received.
Juan’s film opening is a horror that will feature two friends sitting at home watching television when they see a mysterious broadcast. He was pretty far into his production process, though he mentioned running into a few issues and complications. For example, creating and the set was very difficult for him. He also had to rewrite the script in the beginning. But it seemed that production was going smoothly for him.
Samuel was next to share, and he had a mystery story about a doctor who’s scientific experiments to create a medicine resulted in a deadly formula that will kill anyone who has taken it within forty-eight hours. This was incredibly intriguing and unique to me. Sam discussed the laborious process behind making the props for the film, all intended to make the setting look like a laboratory. I was very impressed by the props he was able to put together that I could see on his blog. He used red food coloring for the formula to indicate danger. Sam and his group decided to cats their parents as the main actors in the film, as they wanted older adults to play the doctors. The problem was that the adults had conflicting schedules and plans, and it was difficult for the group to coordinate days that all parents could film.
Agustina’s film opening is a coming-of-age story, and centers around a young girl who wants to become an artist. It would open on a flashback to when the girl was younger, and show how she is constantly discouraged from making art. She plans to have her family help her with the project, and cast her younger sister as the younger version of her character which I thought was very clever. Agustina expressed difficulty with clearly conveying the difference between the flashback section and the part which takes place in present day. However, a few of the group members suggested using some kind of lighting technique or possibly a filter.
Manuela is creating a thriller film opening where a grieving family that had recently lost one of their children finds a mysterious person who has taken his place. However, the family members do not seem to acknowledge that this boy is not their son and continue to treat him as such. Only the protagonist notices that something is wrong. Manuela explained that she was having a hard time casting the characters, as many of her actual family members were often unable to film at certain times and the mysterious stranger was someone who she wanted to appear as creepy and strange.
Jake’s horror film opening would be about a girl hiking through a dark forest at night as she receives multiple warnings and ominous indications that something is wrong and danger may be near. At the end, she is approached by a dark mysterious figure. Jake would be filming at a place called “Treetops,” a place that I have been to before and can definitely approve of it as a filming location. However, Jake also mentioned that he wanted to have an actual park ranger on location help them and act in the opening, which might be a challenge. He expressed having issues with scheduling and keeping track of time, as well as being unsure about the music in the scene.
Trish was the last person to share, and she told us about her psychological thriller film opening, where the villain of the story is technology. It would begin with a girl on her laptop calling her friend, and then leaving to go to a party. When she tries to go back inside the house for a minute, she finds that she has been strangely locked out. Once she gets inside, she is attacked by the technology inside the house starts going haywire, and a robotic voice whispering threatening messages. Trish had a few problems during production. She was initially at a loss for how to show the call with the friend, but considered a screen recording. Also, she needs to film most of her footage all over again because the scenes that she had filmed were of very poor quality, and rework the script a bit as well. She was unsure about how to create the scene where all of the technology in the house begins to go crazy and speak to the character, though some of us suggested using a voice modifier.
I have to say I was pleasantly surprised by how supportive my group was of each other’s ideas. Regarding myself, other members ansked me about things like audio, set design, and inspiration. I explained the main issue that I was having being time management, which others seemed to relate to. I think we did a very good job staying on topic and keeping the conversation moving, even after we had all shared.
After all of us had shared, we spent some time discussing topical things related to the project such as editing, inspirations, titles, and the Creative Critical Reflection.
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