February 16, 2025
Group Meeting!
Hi blog!! In class my teacher set us up in groups to have group meetings. In these meetings i was put in a group with 5 other students but one person wasn't there so there was only 4 other students for this group meeting. The point of the group meetings is to share our film opening ideas with one another and learn from each other and give each other helpful advice/feedback. My group included Alejandro, Aneesa, Max, and Julio.
1. Alejandro
The story centers on a hardcore drug user who has hit rock
bottom. He wakes up to find a note revealing that he has just broken up with
his girlfriend. There will be some ambient barking from a dog nearby, and he
will be visited by a friend offering condolences. The protagonist will suggest
doing some drugs, but the friend will respond that he needs to get his life
together. The genre will be drama/horror, and the consensus of the group was
that the story should be more developed. We also discussed set design ideas,
such as leaving some powder on his desk to reflect his drug use. The project
falls under the psychological horror category.
2. Aneesa
The project's opening will show a girl leaving a grocery store
and noticing a planet in the sky, seemingly about to crash into Earth. People
are panicking all around, but our protagonist remains unfazed. She then enters
her car and drives away, which will reveal the title: Rogue. The group
suggested adding a scene where she enters the car, and a radio broadcast comes
on, explaining what's happening. The genre is sci-fi with a coming-of-age
theme.
3. Max
This project is a time loop. A girl is stuck in a therapy session, and when
she leaves, she gets into her car. Then she gets a call and finds herself back
in the therapist's chair. To establish the time loop, the group will
incorporate different events that happen during the meeting. The suggestion is
to let the audience discover the loop alongside the protagonist.
4. Julio
This project's genre is horror. A man walks out of a theatre after watching a movie
and tells his friend that he parked in the back. He heads into the alley, where
he is cut up, with a POV shot showing someone watching him. A concern is
maintaining quality in the dark. It will end with the friend getting a phone
call and being told that he has a nice watch, hinting at a robbery. The people
who murder him are a couple. The idea is for the blood to transition into a
newspaper with wanted killers, and the blood pool will have the title in it.
Advice
The group gave me advice which was to incorporate environmental hints at why they are hanging out for the last time. To maybe include something that signifies that they are graduating.
Overall, the meeting was extremely helpful and I will implement their tips in my plot/script.

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