This difference in concepts is immediate by our first group member Carolina. Both my group and Carolina did thriller, but the difference was in how we approached the thriller itself. Carolina wanted to create a film that focused on a person that was falsely imprisoned and named "insane." She wanted to include several flashbacks that would develop the protagonist, which was something I noticed was very recurrent between most people's ideas. Carolina was not in much need of help, and had a structured plan and direction. Although, she did ask ways in which her flashbacks could be more effective, and this was something that as a group we tried to help her with.
Now, we have Andrea who focused on a post-dystopian society. She wanted to show a women walking around this new broken society in search for food. Then wanted to show flashbacks to society before all the chaos. Andrea also wanted to incorporate a scene with a family where it shows how the family is accustomed to all the dictator like government. Andrea was hesitant on who was going to be the protagonist, so we helped her reach the conclusion that the women at the start of the film would be the main character. This appeared to be helpful to her and allowed her to develop the story just a bit more. She also decided to give a website where you can get permission to use certain copyright songs (copyrightalliance.org).
After, Andrea, Arantza talked to us about her coming of age film. In this film two best friends would be on their way to college, but through sickness one of the friends would die, leaving the other friend to live and experience college alone. Arantza had little doubts but wondered what was the best way that she could show the best friend was dying in the opening as a form of foreshadowing. We pondered and came to the conclusion that having her either cough blood or show any symptoms would be the best choice. She also shared a website that teaches ways that color can be used in a film.
Another person that focused on a coming of age film was Amanda. She wanted her film to focus on a girl that is heavily entertained by her sport and goes through a devastating injury, it also showcases memories that lead up to the injury. While, her idea to incorporate these memories was set in stone, she wondered what was the best way to add these memories in a way that help build up to the memory. We discussed this, and came to the idea that the memories should incorporate younger and older versions of the protagonist, where the memories become more and more serious.
Lydia was up next, trying to develop a film focusing on Sci-fi. Lydia wanted to show a scientist that is able to put on special glasses and see 5 days into the future. Where this becomes even more interesting is when the scientist looks into the future the special glasses malfunction and he sees himself dead, and the rest of the film is the scientist trying to avoid his own death. Here Lydia, was struggling on how to show the scientist emotions and reaction after finding out about his death. We advised her that the scientist should almost jump as a way to show the characters shock and confusion.
Then after Lydia, Eli, who also wanted to make a film involving thriller, began talking about her idea. Compared to the others she was not as solidified, but had a broad idea where it would focus on a therapist that would treat many different people that all went through a very traumatic event. The whole films idea is to showcase how the therapist would be affected and hurt through all its patients. Eli was a little hesitant on how to showcase that every patient had gone through this event, but we suggested that she would show common attributes between each patient.
Finally, we have Mateo, who wanted to create a crime/mafia like film, which was my personal favorite but that's because I'm a big fan of mafia movies as whole genre. What he mentioned about his film was that it was going to have a family eating dinner almost like in parts of The Sopranos, where they are extremely expressive of themselves, showing the importance of their family. What Mateo was uncertain about was his way of introducing the family, which we recommended to focus on colors and dialogue. This would create a better scene in terms of how the family structure would work in developing more of the story.
To me this meeting, between everyones opinions and advice, was very helpful in understanding ways that other people develop different ideas. People's way of creating is very fascinating, not just because it gives us content, but because it gives us different perspectives of how people see life. Personally, that's something that I appreciate about media in itself. It's honestly a great way to see that we all have a different lense and we can use it to express our thoughts. This was proven to me especially, when I presented my idea to the group and received feedback. For example, when talking about my idea involving a kid who kills his bully after being constantly harassed, and mentioning that my group was having a difficult time on how to show the kids murder, I was given different ideas. Amanda, told me that the screen should go black and then use shadows to show the death, as well as, a voiceover. Then, Carolina, said that the scene should involve the kid just killing the bully with a rock. These were good ideas and made me realize a lot ways that people have their own perspectives. Personally, I'm not sure what me and my group will do since we haven't really discussed the what we'll do for this part yet.
Through everything, I felt the experience was great as a whole. Focusing on ways that our thoughts can help develop others ideas, was a needed exercise that I hope to practice more, in and out of class.
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