Group Meeting #2

    Hey all! Today in class we had our second group meeting (although I missed the first one), and I found it really helpful. My teacher put us into groups, and I was in a group of five with four other students: Vanessa, Pedro, Vicky, and Tiziana. We took turns sharing our progress in our project so far and gave each other honest feedback.

 

    First Vanessa shared her idea and progress. Her film is about a resident who is in love with the male dentist where she works, killing off all coworkers who get in between her and him. I really loved her title sequence because the credits animation was unique and flickered, which was cool. The shots were filmed on a digital camera as the film is set in the 80s/90s, and the lighting was really sick. She was pretty far along on editing, and her main issue was coming up with a title. She has several ideas, but we as a group helped her settle on an idea her friend gave her, The Residency, which I LOVED.

    Next up was me. At this point in the game, my opening was pretty much done. I showed my group the opening, pointing out my concerns, and got advice. My main concern was my title. I liked the title, just not the color, font, or transition. My group advised me to make the transition a fade rather than typing, remove the outline of the lettering, and maybe just switch up the formatting. So now as I revise, I am editing my title to implement some of the feedback.

    This is with the change. I still think I have some messing around to do before I will love it, but I appreciated the advice.

    After I went, it was Pedro's turn. Pedro's film is about an ex-veteran who's a slave to the system, working all the time. His film is called Monotony. He hasn't filmed yet, but he was showing us his voice recordings so we could listen to them. It seems as if the character narrates his day as we see him going to work. There is one part of the recording where he says all he does is "work, work, work," which Vanessa suggested should be a scene where we see different days the guy works, which I thought was a great idea.

    Next up was Vicky. Her film has a cool concept. It was about a woman who kills men she finds on dating apps. She showed her clips, and I thought it looked really cool. She's in the process of editing and told us her title was manslaughter because men were being slaughtered. I thought this was a cool title but thought she should change it to menslaughter because it was more of a title rather than a crime and was a good wordplay while also having the same meaning as before. She loved the idea and is going to talk to her group about changing the name.

    Last up was Tiziana. Although she didn't film yet, she shared her idea. Her film is about a past murderer resurfacing, causing the police to reopen the case. He attempts to murder the protagonist, but she escapes and has to stay on the run out of fear. Although there wasn't filming to give feedback on, she did need help with a title. In a combined effort, Vanessa and I helped come up with a title 10 years forward, which she liked. I'm sure it will be changed, but it was a good start.

    Overall, one thing we all are behind on is our CCR. Most of us only had one idea, if even that. We started talking about unique ideas we could do, such as from the POV of our character or a talk show with a game like Jeopardy. Ultimately, focusing on the CCR is the next step for all of us that we really need to focus on. Our discussion really helped me, and I think all of us, and I'm glad for all the feedback.