Hellooooo everyone!
Today my teacher put everyone in randomized group to discuss our project as well as share our ideas for the portfolio project. And safe to say, the group meetings were amazing. Each person participated and chimed in with helpful suggestions and tips for each singular project.
One girl in a group is working with the genre of horror. Her project consists of a woman making a dinner, setting the table. Her face is not visible and as she moves, a mysterious figure is displayed as she walks past the camera. However, the woman is anonymous at first, later we see her face when the audience sees her putting "Our 2nd anniversary" with red hearts. This group is making sure foley included, as well as foreshadowing and red lights. For this group, she seemed very confident with no extra help needed, but I suggested the "Our 2nd anniversary", so there is a motive, illustrating uncertainty so the audience is hooked. She also gave a website that helped her with the film opening inspiration called "no film school". Her inspiration was Five Nights at Freddy's (2023)!
The second person who shared his vision included a robbery scene with various different lighting techniques. Laser beams!! And would (try to) make the eyes close up so we can see what the robber is seeing. Action music to set the tone, few foley sound effects, but the main sound would be a score. This group is between thriller and action. I gave very few suggestions for this because nothing really occurred to me, but a fellow group member offered the advice to make the lighting a main part of it, because a lot of times for thriller or action, lighting is depended on heavily.
Another guy did something that I haven't really heard before: a culinary drama. He would display a good side of the story by using a good looking dish, but as time progresses, there is foreshadowing of a bad dish. The bad dish would be the good dish all burnt, rotten, just plain ugly. The colors of the light will vary from very bright and dark. He wants to depend solely on mise-en-scene. The first girl who shared her gorror genre of a film, recommended that he does the same in not show the face of the character. Highlighting, "focus more on the dish than the actually character so it's kind of anonymous, this way the audience won't know who the cook is." His inspiration was the movie "The Menu" (2022).
Then, everyone's favorite part... my project! I "briefly" shared my project, plus I demonstrated the films I used for inspirations. Full Out (2015) and they recommended 20 films that were sport and drama films. My suggestions were to be careful not to have anyone in the background for film consent rights, to guarantee no mistakes in jump cuts, and make her a lonely character by being alone in every shot. Various closeups so no mistakes are made. Basically, be careful in every aspect of the film.
This group meeting truly was eye-opening, and truly help me so much in getting a different view for my portfolio project.
(Best group by far just to let you all know!) See you all in a few!
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