Group Meeting Post

Second Group Meeting

    We switched groups since last time. Going from left to right we worked me Hayden, Madison, Jacob, Chase, Vitor, and Sebastian. It was interesting to hear the different genres my peers were doing; drama, action and psychological thriller as each plot its special in its own way, utilizing various elements. I listened to my peers filming processes along with their problems offering my own insight while learning from the actions of others. 

 

    After explaining my film opening Sebastian, Chase, and Madison offered solutions towards my film scheduling confections that I plan to use Sebastian in specific stated to go to Nova University or a library room to use the empty rooms outside of my constricted time block. While Jacob and Vitor provided commentary towards my overall idea complimenting its elements toward the genre.

    Overall, I enjoy the group meetings we have in class as I like the peer review feedback and the opportunity to observe the progress of the students around me to ensure I am up to pace.

Research & Script for CCR Question #1

     Psychological thriller's are often made fun of for their typical conventions predictability with characters like the impulsive one who goes towards the ominous noise or the unreliable narrator . For my production I don't believe I intended to utilize typical conventions that often make the storyline predictable and less impactful. Though, I did follow the convention around the "loner" character who is socially distant due to their disturbed and distorted view of reality as its utilized to enhance the paranoia and edge the characters social instability. This distance and tension between relationships will be most prevalent in scenes that represent character dynamics, so the examples like the student and teacher, or son and parents, will be a distilled cold feeling using lighting and distance in shots.

I decided to pair my first and second CCR components with each other through the media of a podcast. I recruited two of my friends who are also from the drama program to record as the other two members on the podcast as I would be the special guest.

This is my podcast script:

 Creating The Production Logo

When using the Adobe app I began with a black background and in search of this I discovered the black background with a grey scaled light on the floor I layered the two and utilized the flicker animation to give it a deserted appearance. I proceed to use the same animated effect on the title "The Monsters Inside Us" while using none on the production company name "Phantom Productions".

I found a website that had non copyrighted music and downloaded it so that I could pair it with my production logo. Then I used canvas elements to create my logo.

This was the final product:

 Scheduling Conflicts

    Hey guys! I know that I've already informed you about the confections I have had already but let me fully explain the situation and some of the solutions I have come up with. Being the understudy Sophie in Mama Mia I have had to learn the role of Sophie and Dancer this show is something I am deeply passionate about especially it being my senior year, although because the show takes place March 4, 5, and 6 my tech week is going from February 23-27 and it lasts from 2:45 to 6:30.

    I can film the bathroom and kitchen/dinning room scenes in my own home starting this week although it is the school scenes that I find difficult to find the time to film. After further investigation I discovered I can utilize classrooms before school and I have 2 teachers who would be interested in starring in the film, depending on scheduling I believe I will film the scenes this week before school and during lunch if I have to as my brother and I share the same lunch every other day.

    Overall I know my passion for this project will pull through and I will find a way to efficiently film all my necessary seeds to fully express my ideas through the film opening.

 Research for Creating Production Logo

I would like my production company to be known for the horror genre similar to Blumhouse and A24. Both productions I have taken inspiration from, with it being this genre I decide I wanted the film production to be entitled "Catacomb Collective Productions".

My production logo would appear directly after the bathroom scene to add a transition between the bathroom and classroom so I wouldn't want it to run for too long. I would like it to be dark toned where the title slowly creeps in. I am not too experienced with Canva so I need to research more on how to utilize its potential. I additionally would like to add sound motif for the production company like Marvel has theirs, I would prefer that the Catacomb Collectives are giving an ominous atmosphere.

As the concept of an audio sting like the one in BlumHouse where it features creaks, whispers, and thuds I think I would like to include footsteps, echos, and water droplets to fit the name of the production company.

 Location Finding

    For this project, I wanted to use a total of 3 locations, the bathroom, the school classroom, and the kitchen. Anymore locations and I feel like it would derive too much from the film opening. Each location is significant and they portray a different element to each character. The bathroom room presents his over compulsive nature through his getting ready process. I want to make sure to capture angles of the sink and corner shoots of the mirror without revealing the face, yet. 

    Then it would switch to a dimly lit classroom, for this I would need to utilize one of the rooms in school although I do face complications filming this as the week 2/23/26-2/27/26 is my tech week as I am currently the understudy Sophie in our schools American Musical Theatre production of Mama Mia tech week runs after school from 2:45-6:30  meaning by the time it is over classroom usage is limited. This had led me to consider either changing the scene, creating a new setting or filming during class periods. I'll have to update you guys on that one.

Lastly my kitchen/dinning room if there is time I would like to create a sound blend of quick decisive actions like chopping and slicing that can create some unsettling vibes. The kitchen would just be used to demonstrate the cooking so it's focused on appliances while the dinning room table would represent the families dynamic and the characters isolation and differences to them. Like the bathroom I would be using my own kitchen and dinning room as it is easily accessible to me and modifiable.

 Character development

My main character is going to be named "Conner"

Backstory: Connor was raised in a stable middle class family, with his caring parents. From an outsider perspective his childhood was ordinary but from an early age something in him stood out. He had always struggled to form an emotional connection, unable to sympathize with those around him so he learned to react by studying people. His practice in what he believed was an art became so convincing he soon gained an intense need for control, he developed rigid routines. While he used drawings as an outlet he would create distorted faces to represent the average human as a system able to malfunction and break.

Flaws: Connor is flawed in the way he is isolated from those around him, as he is unable to socialize properly with those around him. Additionally Connor cannot tolerate imperfection as he has precise habits when it comes to flossing and scrubbing aggressively.

World view: Connor sees the world as irrational and the people in it as impulsive, contradicting themselves. He believes that emotions cloud judgement and that people are sloppy beings.