Today in class we did another group meeting. This meeting was a little bit different from the last one since we were not completely introducing our projects. This time, we introduced what the project is about in broad terms, and mainly focused on how our productions are going so far. Most of us showed off actual footage of our projects and got some advice from each other. We also talked a little about our CCR ideas and brainstormed together a bit to help hatch some. This post will be structured similarly to the last group meeting post, so let's get into it.
The first member of our group that I am going to talk about is Aneesa. She was in my last group meeting, and her project was the one where the planet was about to collide with Earth. I saw some changes to her project and also got to see some clips of it in action. The title used to be Rogue, but now it has changed to "Ataraxia", which means a state of serene calmness. This is due to the nonchalant nature of the protagonist in her film while everything around her is chaotic. She showed us the second half of her project and the shot that the planet would be edited in. It looks really good so far! She was still deciding on what her CCR might look like and was debating on possibly doing a hot ones-style video. That is the YouTube series where a celebrity is interviewed while eating hot wings.
The second group member who spoke was Nikita. The title of his project is still in the works, but he is thinking about calling it "Visionary". It is about Henry Flagler, a historical figure prominent in building the railroads of Florida. The intro would be him imagining a future where Florida's railroads are being built. He showed us a match cut where it goes from a newspaper image into a scene, which I thought was a cool idea. We gave him some ideas on how to make it flow a bit better to achieve the desired effect using keyframes. He is not sure how to do his CCR yet, but we came up with some funny ideas. One of them is him robbing a bank, but inside the vault are the answers to the CCR questions.
Next up is Dylan. His project is called "Mid Night". It has really heavy The Fast and the Furious (2001) vibes from what he showed us. It seems to start off with a car meet that quickly turns into a police chase. The cool thing with the production of it was that he got around 30 of his friends to coordinate a car meet just to shoot for this project. He also somehow got an actual cop to use his cop car and act in the film. Very cool large-scale production! He is still conceptualizing his CCR as of right now.
These are some pictures of his massive production I found on his blog:
After him was Ramos. He is still coming up with the title of his project, but I think the premise of it is actually pretty cool. It is about what professional athletes go through when they have an injury and how it impacts their career. The opening would be the protagonist training really hard after his injury, and while training he would have a flashback to when he got the injury in the first place. He was thinking about having his CCR happen while he races his friends.
The final person in my group other than me was Gonzalo. His project is titled "Insider" and is about someone trying to escape their kidnapper. It would start off with the classic trope where it is in the middle of the film, and the next scene would go back to the beginning of the story. For his project, it would begin with the protagonist being tied up in the bathroom, and trying to escape before being attacked. After this attack, it would flashback to the protagonist on a fishing trip which (if it were an actual film) would then lead up to the events we just saw. In his CCR he is going to bake brownies with a friend while answering the questions. Very cool!
When I went, I pretty much explained the premise of my project and showed them some transitions we had finished while also telling them what was to come. I also made the point of explaining why when the loop happens, the same scene needed to be shot differently in order to keep it interesting. The reception was pretty good, and they gave some tips on how to fix the lighting in some of the shots. I then explained my CCR idea to them and my teacher, and they thought it was really good. I am so happy because I was not sure what they would think about it. I will do a whole blog post explaining the idea for my CCR later this week, so keep your eyes out for that.
That pretty much concludes the second group meeting blog post! It was really fun hearing what other people were making and brainstorming with them on ideas for their CCR. Before I end the post, I do want to mention something. Our teacher said if we were good on our blog posts so far (like if we aren't missing any) then we could just upload the group meeting post in place of one of the CCR questions. I will be uploading this in place of CCR question 4. This is because that is the easiest to answer. I will be using these blog posts to make my script, so I want to blog about only the hardest questions to make that process easier. I will see you tomorrow with my now final CCR question post!
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