1st Group Meeting

New week, new blog! During today's class we participated in our first group meeting. During this meeting we discussed and analyzed our classmates' plans for their film opening, while providing feedback and constructive criticism. These group meetings are meant to allow for reflection and improvement. My group consisted of Daniela, Madison, Charlee, and Milver. 

 The first person to share their plans was Daniela. Her genre was murder/horror and followed someone who would get into relationships for the soul purpose to kill people. Due to Daniela’s confusion with the blog posting schedule my group and I suggested she should create an organizer that could benefit her and keep her on track. She did not have too many ideas on how she could achieve her film opening so we started off by suggesting low key lighting, dark hues, close up shots, and other classic elements of her genre to create the feel of the opening. One main problem I noticed with the plot of the opening is, it was hard to identify how the opening would set up the rest of the film considering there was no real cliff hanger or build up. 

Madison was the next person to share her film opening ideas. I really enjoyed the detail Madison incorporated into her characters and the background stories that were clearly reflected throughout the storyline. She was still deciding the ending of the plot during our group meeting, but she seemed to have a clear direction of where the story was going to go. One main concern for Madison’s project was how she would achieve filming in a car and what type of shots would benefit the scene. This concern was quickly shot down when she exclaimed her prior knowledge about shooting in a car and made me even more excited for the final product. 

The third person I heard from was Charlee and her mystery/crime film opening. She seemed to have a strong sense of how she wanted to go about her film. Including the actors (using older guys like dads), the location (an alley by AMC), and the overall vibe of the production. One thing I think she should work on is the script of the story as she expressed, she did not have a clear understanding of. 

Finally, I heard from Milver. He had no idea what his plot was going to consist of and was very unorganized with his blog posts. Madison suggested he should use more analysis within his posts to get a better understanding of how he can develop his opening. 

After I shared my ideas on my personal film opening, I received lots of praise for my creativity and uniqueness of my storyline and thought put into my characters. I was told to also include more analysis within my blog posts which is definitely something I would like to improve on. Overall, I enjoyed talking to my classmates and exchanging ideas. I think this group meeting created a safe environment to express opinions and critiques from peer to peer! 

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