Recently, we had our first meeting with a group of people who were in different projects related to the same film opening project. The purpose of this meeting was to see where each and every one of us was at in our projects and what we planned to do with them. We also shared all of our blogs with each other during this process. As the meeting was taking place, I took notes of what everyone had to say about their projects and now I have a rough outline of what about everyone had to say. The names of my particular group members in this meeting were Madison, Addison, Alessandra, Kiarmary, Jacob, Alejandro, and myself. Here is what everyone had to bring to the table:
Madison: Madison had a well planned out idea of a film that starts with the introduction of two sisters who grew apart over the years. Their former relationship can be shown through flashbacks of them having a good relationship with each other. Then it turns to present time where makeup is shown, then soon after, a children’s version of the makeup is shown being put on as another flashback. This happens with the other sister as well (the parallel editing is emphasized here particularly). But later on, when one of the sisters knocks on the other sister’s door, the other sister does not want to respond. From what I have learned, Madison has a sister in real life but she does not wish to do it so she might need to get a friend instead to do it. I was able to understand most of the details of the narrative and was able to paint a good picture of her story. It was just that I didn’t fully understand the makeup at first but now I have a more clearer understanding of what it symbolizes.
Alejandro: Alejandro along with his two other friends that he is working together with are planning do their opening that is heavily inspired by Fast and Furious movies. It starts off by showing a deal between two people similar to how a drug deal would go but instead of drugs, the deal was based around illegal car parts. Someone gets the car part and then is happy that the he had the part so he then installs the part in the opening (which I personally felt like should not be included as it takes too long for it to take place in a short film opening). From there, what I remembered and noted was that that person then meet some other cocky person that he then races with in a sort of high stakes race. All I know after is that one of the people involved in the opening then stalls their car in a high stakes race. Alejandro also stated that this was supposed to be a comedy but I personally don’t understand why it was supposed to be positioned in that kind of genre especially when Fast and Furious was never too much of a comedy and more so action focused (at least that’s what I thought of it).
Jacob: Jacob plans to work alone while trying to create a sports drama that is heavily inspired by the movie Rocky. He wants to do his opening by showing logos and punching bags and someone punching the bag but the person is not shown. As he is punching the bag, flashbacks of the person losing in a fight can be shown and the flashback and the main practice scene can be shown at the same time. As time passes, it started to get intense until the face of the person punching the bag is shown and then the opening ends. Although this is a nice and well rounded plan, I personally feel like it’ll be hard to film with one person alone and also does he have all the props for the opening? I think so but I don’t fully know.
Kiarmary: Kiarmary had a plan to do an opening with two other people and have this opening in a setting where someone is going to a diner where the person is delivering something to another, more powerful person. This is later revealed to be a payment for something that the first character did wrong (at least that’s what I remember). This is intended to be a comedy where the person paying the other person is actually a spy who tries to get away with something but honestly, I don’t fully understand how this is a comedy other than the part where the person is supposed to be a smart person who is clever in their ways against the other person. They should add more comedic elements in my opinion but they do have a good base to start with.
Alessandra: Alessandra’s idea was rough and not fully planned through but what she had was that the setting was going to take place in a post apocalyptic setting where her and one other person were walking and then the other person gets attacked and then only one character is left to fend for themselves. This one needs to be planned out more and she has to play out the post apocalyptic narrative right in order for this to be a success but it is possible for sure.
Addison: Unfortunately, when we got to her, we ran out of class time and as a result, she hasn’t presented her idea so I can’t say anything about what she had in mind.
Here are the notes I took during the meeting. They are very summarized as I couldn’t write or remember everything at once:
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