Rough Start

So here we are, the beginning of something new. Hopefully something new that is actually good, but that's not the point of this blog. The blog is here to describe my thoughts and processes as my group mates and I create our film opening. When we were creating groups, however long ago that was, I thought the more people involved the better. There would be less work for everyone and there would be an interesting mix of ideas that could be utilized to create a new project. So, my group was made with three people in it: Sebastian, CJ, and myself.

I very quickly found out there is a negative to having three people in your group. We simply couldn't all agree on an idea. An action movie? We don't have the budget. What about something that incorporates Chinese mise-en-scène? None of us can design good costumes. Some sort of gang related drama? We live in the suburbs so film locations might be an issue. Some sort of dystopian society? A combination of all three previous problems. I suggested doing a comedy, but was quickly shot down because it would be too difficult to incorporate quality technical skills. As you can see, our thoughts were all over the place and we really weren't sure what to do.

It was getting late, so we agreed to a placeholder idea. A horror movie that relates to social media one way or another. It was an incredibly vague idea, but it's the most we could agree on at the time. We called it a night and agreed to discuss it further today. 

Once again, tensions were high and arguments were plentiful. Sebastian and CJ really disliked each other's ideas. They were very adamant about telling me that the other person's idea wouldn't work. I was stuck in the middle ground of being partially against both ideas. But I also had a horse in this race, I was advocating for throwing an element of satire into our horror/thriller, but was once again shut down. Lucky for us, I don't give up easily. Eventually we all agreed to the satire, and the ball got rolling on the rest of our project. I don't want to give too much away, but I think our film is going to be rather interesting.

We got off to a rough start, but I think we worked through our issues. Now, the project officially begins.