On the 16th, we had another round of group meetings. This group meeting was just as productive as the first one. There were six people in my group this time and some of their ideas were very good. The first girl is doing her project with a group of people and they chose horror as their genre. They plan to film it in the perspective of the killer as well which we all agreed is different and interesting. She also said that her group was thinking about not showing the killers face to add mystery. We gave her feedback on this aspect; she was told that they shouldn't rely solely on POV shots because it would be repetitive. We offered her to use over the shoulder shots and also shots skewed away from the killer's face, or even using props that cover the killers face. I also suggested to play with lighting so that the killer's face has a shadow over it and the viewer can't see his features. For this girl there wasn't much else feedback we could give so we moved on to the next person.
The person was making a drama/coming of age film with a partner. Their idea was a little bit messy and he was focusing more on how the film would end rather then how it would open, so we told him he should clean up his idea a bit and think about the opening rather than the ending since our project is a film opening. His general idea was a boy who's struggling to figure out what he wants to do after high school who has a best friend who's life is all planned out and well put together. We did compliment him on going with an idea which is close to what we know and relatable. Other than telling him to clean up his idea a bit we were done with his feedback. The next person is also doing a horror movie. This is one of the people I had in my first group meeting. I liked his name for his killer a lot because it's honestly pretty funny but the idea of the character is creepy. The killer name is The Rubberneck, he explained that this name was chosen because rubberneck is described as tilting ones head to stare at something in a foolish manner, and the killer will tilt his head like this when string at his victims. We liked this idea but he was having trouble with choosing a filming locations. He said he wants to film in an isolated forest and he also said he found a place he liked however, he doesn't know whether he'll be trespassing or not. We told him to first find out if he could use the space and if not then to use a big park in our local area so he doesn't get into trouble.
The next girl is doing a coming of age/drama as well. I liked her idea a lot. She took inspiration from two animes, which I currently have on my 'anime to watch list ;)', Your Lie in April and A Silent Voice. Her idea is to have one of the main characters be deaf but be a piano prodigy. The second main character, a girl, will walk and hear the playing the piano and fall in love with her, and after chasing after the MC they realize that she's deaf. I loved this idea because it not only represents the deaf community but it also represents the LGBTQ+ community. We asked questions rather than giving feedback. We asked her if there was going to be signing in the her opening and if she had someone who knew how to sign. She said she got two people form the higher levels of the ASL class we have in our school to help her. She also said she would only give one or two lines of signing as to not create a lot of difficulty for the actor playing the deaf MC. The next person who went was me. I presented my idea and my character and how I was mainly going to focus on introducing the main character and hint at her poor mental health. I was told that I could hint at how her home is the root of my problem by having parents yelling in the background. I though that was a good idea so I'll most likely run with it.
The last person to go was a girl who also has a partner for her project. They're doing a teen comedy with a hint of mystery. her idea is basically two girls who are having a sleepover and when they wake up they have no idea what had happened last night. They find their house trashed and people sleeping everywhere and when they walk outside they see that their car is stolen. Then it's going to rewind and take the view through how the girls got to the point where they find out that their car was stolen. This idea was great too. We told her there could be hints as to who or how the car was stolen. That was the only feedback we gave for her. After this we were done and we told each other good job and then class ended. Overall it was a good group meeting and we each got helpful feedback.
