Group Meeting #1

 Group Meeting #1

In the group were Arantza, Carolina, Andrea, Lydia, Jean-Paul (JP), Elli, and me. First was Andrea. Her idea was a dystopian film opening on a woman in ragged clothes, alone in a ruined world. The core story follows a family struggling under a brutal government, soldiers are hostile, fear is constant. We ended up discussing how the bleak setting alone might carry the heavy mood, possibly reducing the need for dialogue.

 Amanda's story involves a female taekwondo athlete who participates in tournaments while trying to achieve success. The opening will involve her competing at her sporting event, but something goes horribly wrong during her match, and she gets a broken foot. One idea she had was to open the movie with a very intense argument instead, pulling the audience in quickly while providing them with the central source of conflict in the film.

Lydia's opening described a man with glasses who experiences crazy visions. One of his visions occurs where he sees himself die in the future. The story has a mystery and sci-fi elements, and we discussed how these visions can give the audience pieces of information through a series of flashes throughout the film in order to build suspense and ultimately reveal the entire story.

JP has thought about making a thriller movie that talks of a young gentleman who is bullied. He isn't done yet but. I really liked listening to all of the group's various project concepts, as well as how many different types/genres of films.

Overall, I feel that the group has helped me find out how different film opening formats can appeal to different audiences of people and how each member's progress throughout the project has indicated to me that I have been working on my project and will be on track to finish my film in the manner that I want through the use of my time.