Group Meetings

   This week during class we had group meeting with our peers. We got to exchange ideas and give feedback on what we think would make each others project better. This allowed for us to see what our classmates are doing, and help get a better idea on what we should add or remove in order to make our projects better. I worked in a group of five and here is an overview of how the meeting went.

Group Meeting Reflection

Me: My film is a psychological horror about who women who kills her husband but we're not entirely sure as of the reason why. I was reccommened to develop her character more, get a sense for why she decided to go through with the irreversible action. Also to figure out the whole plot of the story, like have the opening appear but really that be something that happened at the end of the film. They told me I needed to work on the reason for why she wanted to do this. I also had an issue with part of the film I want to film, because I want to dig a hole but most public parks dont allow this, they reccommned giving the illusion that the hole is beign dug, such as setting the camera at a lower angle or setting dirt on the side. I was alo suggested for when she throws her ring, to have her throw other memorabilia, such as phots or like a special figurine.

Ale: Her film is a drama, and is about a nerdy hispanic girl who goes through a major surgery to change little details about herself. She mentioned at the end she wanted to do a flatline scene, and we reccommened adding a voice over, to represent that she is really dead and to bring up the fact how we wish we could have known what made her do these things. We also helped her with a little bit of character development. We suggested making the girl seem really basic and plain, sort of like she doesn't have a outstanding personality. Another suggestion was because she wants this to be geared towards young hispanic girls, we suggested adding little lines of Spanish as they're speaking english.

Renn: His film is a western theme, and it is about how women are just as capable as men. We helped him com up with a little bit of the opening. We suggested having a women pretending to be a man, and her doing something heroic. Which then lead people to question who that is, just for her to reveal that she is really a women and not a man. 

Vicky: She is doing a dystopian theme, she got inspiration from the hunger games and is doing something similar to that. We helped her develop her plot. Two bestfriends get chosen with two other people get powers to fight for something. We have her the idea of doing a reaping, and one friend really wanted the powers while the other one wanted nothing to do with it. We also gave her the idea that after the opening seen the friend who didn't want the powers ranting to her parents about it.

Gaby: Her film is a coming of age film, it is about a girl whos little brother killed himself. We helped her with her character development. We suggested having her room be un tidy as the action took place about a year ago. We also suggested putting her in a bad place, such as her drinking alcohal at a young age. Another idea we gave is her hearing her parents arguing about the incident, and she gets upset and run out of the house.

Take Away

Personally, I found this expereince very helpful. It gave me a opportunity to get ideas from my peers rather than just my instructor. It also gave me the validation that our idea is able to be done. I look forward to applying the suggestions and ideas to my film to help create the best possible production.