Group meeting outcome!

Hello! So today we met in groups of 6, for the group meetings. This activity allows each individual to talk about their project and get some feedback. The idea is to give real and honest opinions about it. If we think changes could improve their project, we give ideas and possible solutions that can help our classmates get better and have other perspectives.

When we got in our assigned groups, we shared our Blog URLs, this was done to have a reference while we were listening to each person. During the meeting, I took notes of what my classmates were saying and the summary of their opening scene and overall plot. Today I realized that not everyone has figured out what they will do yet. Either they know the plot but not how to start or they know what they want to add to the opening film but do not know the plot yet. I listened to them and I gave them feedback. 

Jano started out, he is planning on developing two characters, one that is serious and other that is more fun. I liked that he want to parallel edit in a part. He wants to show both characters but doing different things at the same time but in different places. For feedback, I said I liked his idea but needs to work more on the overall plot. Since he kind of has an idea, which is that at the end of the day, even though they look as different people, they have the same goal, which is doing a bank heist. However, Jano does not know their motives yet, or what else connects both characters. Therefore, the feedback was to think through it better, so he can have a better outcome.

Isabella was next, when I opened her Blog, I found it very organized and appealing. She talked about her plot, which is about two friends that are about to graduate and want to do a list of things they will do before college starts. Isabella has her idea, and her genre, but does not know how to start it yet. We told her to organize her ideas better. She was indecisive of the setting, she had three options. I told her that the bedroom was a good idea, and it aligns with the plot, it would start a good movie. 

Parker will do a coming-of-age opening film, the setting would be in a crowded place. He said the school hallway but then we asked him how he planned on recording that. He then said the setting could be easier in the cafeteria, since is a very crowded place. We gave him the idea of taking a good footage when school is about to end, when everyone goes out of their classes and the hallway gets pretty crowded. He said he would need to get creative and think it better so he and his group would have a good opening. I liked his idea, he plans on doing a voice over, from the characters and their thoughts. 

Charlie did not have his idea fully developed, he said he was doing an horror/mystery opening. He planned to do it about a serial killer and show pictures (maybe polaroids) of his victims, murdered. In my opinion, horror and murder films, mostly if they are in action, need to be well thought because it can turn out to be not so good. It needs to be better prepared and have a plot. That it what was said to him.

Lastly, another classmate told us his idea, he had it developed. It will be about a four boy rock band, one of the members (guitar) has psychological problems mostly anger issues. He gets kicked out of the group and starts revenging by killing the members. This is mostly the plot, but he said that the goal of the opening film is to develop the characters and their band. It is to show the guitarist anger issues and show the other characters as well. They already have planned their setting and they all have the instruments so they have done their planning. I liked it, he seemed sure about it.

Lastly, It was my turn to tell them my plot and opening scene idea. I told them everything and they asked some questions, about the narration and transitions. They overall said they liked my idea and that it was creative. They really liked the fact that I will be narrating in Spanish because it adds more meaning to the whole story. I am worried about the editing part, and I commented this. They said that I need to leave a good amount of time to spend editing and do good research about editing, like adding VO and subtitles. I commented that I need to do good transitions from each scene, because I am still thinking about that. They did not say a lot about that, just that I need to figure out so it looks natural and well done. But at the end they said that they liked it, that it was going to turn out pretty good. I HOPE SO 

This activity helped me see other people's process, ideas and creativity. I enjoyed it because I got to see my classmates ideas and how they are planning on developing everything. I am excited to see their final products. I hope that my feedback helped them in some way!