Today in class we had our second group meeting, and being honest it felt more productive than the last one. The group members were Sebas, Ava, Catalina, Nikki, Rob, and Sonakshi; they all developed very different storylines. Everyone seemed to have everything planned out accordingly, but we all shared our production problems, which made me feel better lol. We didn't just tell our ideas straight up, we communicated on what's actually going wrong.
Sebas was the first to share and his main issue was continuity. He started to rant about when they were filming, it started during the day and gradually started to darken into the night, which created a lighting incosistentnecy in their opening. He also had mentioned that one of the member that was supposed to assist couldnt make it, making their process more stressful. Their opening summary is someone finding a weird bag in a parking lot, opening it, and getting put into a trance. We gave him feedback about his structure and pacing, especially when he said he had 100 clips in a 2-minute film opening. We suggested he tried to build more suspense rather than including everything that they filmed.
Then, Rob discussed their footage with the procrasination and lack of props he ran into. He admitted that him and his group filmed very little recently and missed some shots they planned on doing. However, their story seems to be super entertaining. He mentioned that he doesn't want to rely so much on dialouge, which is similar to what i want to do and let visual storytelling and non-diegetic sound to carry emotion instead.
Catalina is creating a drama film but also ran into complications. She wanted to film earlier but her parents are her actors and they were out of town. Her situation reminded me of how much coordination and timing are essential in producing a film.
Ava is doing a coming-of-age film about a girl running away after she founds out she's pregnant. She's almost done with filming and only has one scene left of the character driving away. She seems to be very organized and structured.
Sonakshi also is creating a coming-of-age film that is centered around procrasination. She has not been able to film yet because one of her actors is away but I think she's very organized with everything else, such as her props representing scheduling and pressure. It shows how mise-en-scene can show mental conflict without using dialouge.
Lastly, Nikki's story is about kids sneaking out due to their emotional struggles. She plans to use heavy breathing, like me, to emphasize anxiety, which is an effective diegetic sound. I found her story interesting since a girl is taking a pill and the color of the scene changed. This color shift symbolizes emotional escape, which is a strong example of how post production can create meaning.
At the end, we also discusses our CCR and are pretty much doing similar ideas. Rob and Nikki are considering doing theirs in a talk show format and interview which I want to do. Overall, this meeting helped me feel better about my production and was less about ideas and more about execution.
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