My class met today for our second group meeting. Most of my classmates had already filmed the clips they would use for their opening, while others were still planning and getting their props ready. Here's an overview of what we discussed!
The first person to share their work was Lydia, who is doing a Sci-Fi film about a scientist who created glasses that can see the future 5 days ahead and sees herself dead. She told us that she had already filmed everything and had no issues during production, but wasn't sure what she could do for her CCRs. I suggested that she could try and make it seem like a scientific research log so that she could have it tie into her film's theme.
Next was Emma, who had a surprising amount of work done. She filmed her opening weeks ago for a thriller film and is now on the editing process. She told us that she was learning some additional editing skills as her opening follows a main character who goes crazy and wanted to add in special effects to emphasize this. For her CCR, she told us she planned to tie it into her opening's theme by making it an interrogation with the police officer showed in the film, which I thought was super creative. Overall, it seems like she has everything planned out and while we didn't have much feedback, it was really cool to see what she was working on.
Giovanna's opening is another thriller/mystery film about a scientist working for the FBI and is investigating a murder case when he finds out that the criminal is his daughter. She showed us her costume for the scientist, played by her dad, and told us that she plans to film this weekend. Because she had similar elements as Lydia, I also suggested that she could play into the research science idea for her CCR.
Next, Benjamin showed us his idea for a thriller opening (the thriller theme turned out to be most popular) about a kid whose parents go missing. He receives a call from an unknown person who tells him that he has to do a task to get his parents back. The opening ends on a cliff hanger when the caller tells the protagonist to check his mailbox, and I suggested that in his CCR he could reveal or hint at what was in the mailbox to tie it to his story!
Cristina, like me, is doing a coming of age film about a young DJ who wants to enter a DJ competition but is underage and doesn't meet the competition requirements. She showed us a clip from the scenes she filmed and I really liked the set design, costume and overall positive mood of the opening. She told us about a problem she had encountered while filming a scene in a car with a 360-degree camera because the angle was too low and there was not enough light to see the characters. My group members and I suggested that she filmed somewhere less crammed and better lit to avoid this issue when she reshoots.
Last, Eli showed us some of her behind-the-scenes moments for the production of a psychological thriller about a schizophrenic guy who was accused of murder. She told us that she wasn't really happy with how the filming came out and that she was planning to reshoot, which I could totally relate to. Because her opening has a wolf character, I suggested she could include it in her CCRs as a fun and creative element that would relate to the opening.
For my own opening, I showed them my blog and explained the plot of my story, as well as the last minute mishaps that I had an how I pivoted from the original plan. I had asked for some ideas for my CCR and my group members suggested to do a interview style CCR, but I'm still thinking about how I could make is cohesive for my opening. I myself would like to do something with a travel theme (still thinking about how I could execute this though). Overall, it was cool to see others work and clips, there was so much creativity and I was happy to give feedback and tips!
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