We are inching into Week 5 of my film opening/portfolio project! Today in class we had our second group meeting. Going into this I was a little bit nervous since I haven't been able to begin filming yet due to scheduling conflicts. Though, when I talked to my group members (Andres, Ethan, Selena, Santi, Camila, and Macie) I felt much better knowing that we were all on similar pages. I'm glad we did this at this point in the project because I got a lot of feedback that is good to know while going into filming my project to make it the best it can be.
Andres went first with her technological thriller idea. She shared her idea "User Error," inspired by the movie Nerve where a girl experiences the harmful effects of social media and technology. Andres also told us that she began filming, but couldn't get too much done since she was sick over the weekend.
Next was Ethan with a very different approach to many other of my peers. He will be doing a Sci-Fi stop motion film opening. The concept of his film is about an astronaut in space doing the typical things that occur in a sci-fi film like the main character going through a wormhole. He has a few ideas for his CCR like a possible sock puppet show or a company introduction interview type style set in the 1990s.
Then went Selena with her horror/paranormal film opening. Selena is planning on filming her film opening on Wednesday at the Tree Tops park. The plot of her film is about a naive girl who is in the parking lot of an almost forest/park location, who randomly starts getting spammed by her friends and family with alarming texts like "Are you okay?!" when she suddenly sees a dark, tall, lanky figure standing under a lamp post making him look almost shadowed. The figure is apparently haunting people and she is the next victim. Selena seems pretty on top of everything, she even knows how she wants the last shot to end. She wants the figure to have someone inched closer to the main character, so when it shows from the over the shoulder shot, you can see him lurking behind her. As for her CCR, she said she still isn't set on anything yet but wants to make it comedic.
Santi went next to share his idea. He explained the plot that it is about a doctor who had recently released a medicine and he goes on a live podcast that is being played everywhere around the world, and states how something went wrong with medicine and everyone who had taken it has 48 hours to live. The doctor ends up killing himself, so with no lead, a random guy named Maverick who had also taken the medicine, plans to save everyone from dying. Santi and his group are making good progress as they have already began filming in Santi's dad's studio where they even conducted their own science experiment to create the "medicine."
Next was Camilla who's story was about two sisters, but unfortunately one is dead. So it is about the older sister reminiscing and seeing the other sister almost as if she is still there. It's a beautiful story about the balance between grief and normality. The girl ends up loosing her friends over the situation, but overall she just misses her sister. One of the big parts of the opening was a flashback of the sisters at the beach which Camilla and her group have already finished filming. Camilla shared that the sister is going to be seen almost as a ghost/shadow, so editing will be a huge part of her process for the creation of this opening.
Lastly was Macie who had her plan very thoroughly thought out as well as being way ahead of everyone because she has already finished filming. Macie's idea was unique and there was so much detail that made it so interesting, and such a good idea for a film opening. It's about a janitor who is cleaning a shop as he finds a magazine from 2001 about a guy who was preserved, to reveal it was himself. It then just continues to show his journey of discovering what could've happened. What an incredibly unique idea right? Macie also helped me with something I was struggling with which was the sound over the chaos sequence for my main character. She recommended the website, "Epidemic Sounds," where she found most of her sounds and she says she highly recommended it because they aren't cheesy and provide very good options for the specific key words you can input in it.
Overall, I again had a really good time getting to talk with my peers and getting to know them better. These group meetings are honestly such good ideas as they help us get real constructive criticism from other kids who are doing the same exact thing as you. It feels relatable and is really helpful, especially at this point in my portfolio process.
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