Group meetings pt.2

Today in class we did we had another group meeting. My group was Brooke, Jack, Sebastian, Vanessa, and myself, of course. The group meetings are always good because it is a great way to get feedback on your work, give advice to others, get ideas from others, and see your progress compared to others (which sometimes makes you stress less about how much you have done lol)

Brooke talked first about her project, which she is doing a documentary on dance. She explained how she wants to show the more technical side to dance, like the movements, story, and emotions. This was a little similar to my project which I thought was interesting. I liked this idea and think it can end up looking really cool. We suggested that she uses not just the dancers, but also an instructor or professional, which could add more range and variety to the interviews. We also suggested that she adds more to her blog, like a different font and more pictures. This will make it more appealing. She had not started filming, the magazine article, or posting on social media, but she said she created the account. We also suggested that she gets started doing all of those things because the due date is coming up. As mentioned before, hearing this made me realize the progress my group has made. Haha.

Jack went next and explained that he was doing a music video for the same band that he did his documentary project on. This was a great idea and I think that it will turn out awesome. He said that he had already filmed most of it and just has a little bit more to film. He told us that he filmed part of it at this like abandoned location that has a lot of tires and had to convince a guy to let them film there, but he said the guy was chill and was cool about it. This sounded really sus to me, but this just makes so much sense for Jack. He said the next part he was filming in his garage and the band was just going to have a bunch of rubber ducks thrown at them. Again, so Jack. He said the music video has no story, but I think that this makes sense with the band and style. On his blog we saw his digipak, this had rubber ducks on it, which he was putting in his video, too. It looked really cool, and I thought he did a good job creating it. He asked what we thought he could include in it, and we suggested a pop out like origami rubber duck, he liked this idea. His blog also appealing; it popped out at you with black and purple, it really matched a band vibe. I am excited to see this music video and final digipak.

It was now my turn to go, which everyone liked some of the ideas that we had for editing our video. They thought it was a great idea to transition through the ages and change the filter or coloration to darker as she gets older. Jack suggested that on our postcard that the back be black and white. I liked this because it is a picture of our character towards the end of the short film, which would be in black and white. They also suggested changing the color on our postcard to make it more visible; switch the red title to black and the information from black to red. They thought my group has been making good progress and that our social media is consistent.

Sebastian is doing the two movie trailers and is going for like a thriller comedy. He had a similar idea to my group, by changing the coloration to like a greenish. I thought this would work well for his idea. He had not started to film; however, he had a complete shot list and script for both trailers. He was planning on filming this weekend, and having both of those things complete will make it super easy to do. I believe he said he was using Twitter for social media, which I think that he should just make sure to include some pictures. We also suggested that he include some more pictures on his blog, but I think he will include more once he films.

Vane was the last person to go, and her project looked really great from what we saw on her blog. She had already filmed and took pictures for her key art. She used a professional camera and the quality looked amazing. She is doing the trailers and making her film about a false reality. The key art reflected this perfectly. She had three options on her blog and was not sure which to use. Two were in a bathtub and the third was in front of those circle things that look like they are moving but actually are not, this was really trippy. We liked them all, but she thinks she is going to use the one of the bathtub ones. I have a feeling that her project is going to look really professional, and I am excited to see it. I do not remember if she had started on her social media, but I am not worried about her doing so.

Of course, we forgot to take a group picture, so I do not have that to include. Sorry, this is just a lot of writing. This was group meeting was insightful and collaborative.

(Pretend this is us)