For this assignment, we were told to get into our assigned groups, which differed from our project groups. The aim of this assignment was to communicate with our classmates about our ideas for our projects and get a different perspective on them. My group consisted of 4 other people Maiya, Mia, Davis, and Joaquin. We all came to an agreement that we would share a Google doc to share our blog post links and share notes as well.
1. Joaqiun:
Nobody wanted to go first and he surprisingly took charge.
Notes on Joaqiun:
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
Everybody was a little confused about the plot and whatnot but we had a minor understanding of what he was trying to say. When he started talking about the guy waking up naked we kept joking around with him about it asking who was going to be the valiant actor to be depicted nude on camera. After, messing around for a minute or two he proceeded to end his story by saying how the main character just got broken up with and his friend came to check up on him and said that he needed help and all that. It was a little confusing but Maiya asked a few questions that helped me understand the plot a little bit better.
2. Mia:
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
Mia said she was working alone on her portfolio project which is a bold move as there is a lot of filming and editing to be done especially if being worked on alone. She is more than capable of doing it as she was very knowledgeable and already knews most of the places and things she wants to film. I think the idea she had for her project was ingenuous, simple, and straight to the point. She then started talking about wanting to film in a casino which raised an alarm for me as that would be very complicated and probably not be permitted by the casino. But, she explained that she would only be recording herself from the chest up, but then again I have no clue how she would get a shot of her playing on the slot machine. At the end of her film opening, she said that she is going to reveal that she is pregnant and that is the reason she is trying to quit her habit. I very much liked this idea and thought it was very entertaining and I can not wait to see the end product.
3. 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
This was a very interesting idea and I loved it, it reminded me of the 1993 film "Groundhog Day" which also involved a time loop and whatnot. I feel like her project has a lot of potential and could be very entertaining. Although I do think she should play with colors a little bit more, she did emphasize how she wanted to mainly focus on neutral colors. When we asked questions I think she got a little wrapped up and confused which made us a little more confused but she tried her best and actually was able to decently give us answers.
4. Davis:
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 along those lines
Davis idea was very simple but effective which I liked a lot, but, it is very mainstream and predictable and could even be a little minimalistic as they are only filming in one location and one day. Davis said he wanted to focus mainly on dialogue which I think doesn't make much sense because if there is nothing visually entertaining people can get very bored, very easily. He didn't know much about what his plot was going to be and Maiya gave him a great idea about the two characters finding each other toward the end and the title could be "See You Again".
Last but not least.
5. Me- Christian:
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, it’s them saying goodbye and going off to college
I liked my idea I thought it was very fun and would be fairly easy to film as it would involve fun things to do and whatnot, but, the group was very concerned about how much time that would take and strongly advised me to make it like 20 seconds. Maiya gave me a very good idea about using a 4-way split-screen format to show the clips. I wanted to name the movie "One Last Time" or something along the line and they explained to me that it wouldn't be a good idea as a movie doesn't get its name solely from the first free minutes of the movie, which made perfect sense. I ended up meeting with my portfolio project group after this and we tweaked the movie and the plot a little bit making it a little better but that is for another blog post.
Overall, I really enjoyed this assignment and I feel like I learned a lot from my peers. It was a fun experience getting to know my classmates a little more.
Picture we took:
We also took a timelapse of us talking but I don't have it, I will update the blop post if I receive it.
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