Class Discussion

This week in class, we discussed with other groups the ideas and thinking behind our film opening. The class was divided into groups of 6, each composed of members from other groups. I used my blog postings as a way of sharing where we were with our project. They were all super interested in our idea, and think that it is going to turn out great. They think that we have a great team that each has great value to the project  YAY! That being said though, they did offer alternatives for the rest of the film. Lauren, for example, said that when he gets knocked out, he gets into the mind of another person. Although this is a cool idea, it would be hard to get this sense and idea into our audience within the first two minutes of our film. Another problem that arose was where we were going to get all of our extras from. I will be further discussing this with my group.  The other members of the table said that they really liked how we were trying to challenge ourselves with including a coordinated fight scene. And yes, it will probably be very hard to do, but once we get it how we want, the final product will be great. One thing I noticed from the other groups that I don’t want to happen in our group is the fact that most other groups had a problem that they didn’t really establish the beginning of the movie. Their ideas sounded more like trailers than the opening of a movie. Although their ideas were great, they resembled a trailer way too much. They had cool shots and great ideas for a movie, but they didn’t have the rest of the movie planned out. In our case, we do, we want the rest of the movie to be about the main fighter trying to get ready for his next fight. We will establish this through the newscast that we have at the beginning, where the news reporter will talk about the main fighter, his history, and then ask if he will be ready for his next fight. This idea was also very liked by the classmates. We all feel that this gives the best intro to a story that can go many ways, and attract the viewer to want to watch more. Before the group critiques, I felt a little bit iffy about the project, and felt that there were things that needed work. After, the people that critiqued made me feel like we were ready, and that the project is going to come out great.