Getting Outside Ideas

    Hi blog! Today in class, we split into small groups to discuss our plan for the project. Essentially, we got a chance to ask for advice, help fill in plot gaps, expand on individual ideas, etc. My group meeting consisted of Camila, Max, Natalia, Michael, and me. I got some ideas from the other people, as well as some suggestions for how to further tell the story. Although I haven't created an entire plot yet, they helped me imagine the wardrobe of the characters. They also gave me song suggestions to include that would be easy to get permission to use.

    To be specific, I have 3 potential characters that I want to include, one "bad boy", one teenage girl, and one "nerd". I don't want to make the nerd dress stereotypically with suspenders, glasses, and a button up, because that would make the opening too cheesy, and although coming of age as a genre is already a little cheesy, I would like to keep the opening as uncringy as possible. My group gave me the idea of dressing him in black, to contrast the bad boy, who is dressed in white. I want to dress the nerd in sweat pants and a hoodie, with the bad boy dressed in a tight-fitting white tank top to show the difference between the two, and highlight that in their clothes. I will dive more into their wardrobe in a later post once I have developed their characters more, but I got a clearer vision of how I want them to be dressed from this meeting. 

    I was also asking for advice on how to display the start of a love triangle in a mere 2 minutes, and Camila gave me a great idea to do a close up of the girl's eyes between the two, to show how the two guys make her feel different emotions, despite the context of her dating one of them. I also got the idea to have it be based on driving to school instead of just driving somewhere random, to further compare the two guys, the nerd should be riding a bike, while the bad boy is driving the white mustang that I mentioned last post. I sure hope this makes sense, considering you haven't gotten the full plot story yet, but it might make more sense after the rest of this week's post, because as you can see in the schedule, this week is dedicated to developing a storyline. 

    As for the other members of the group, I found that doing a horror genre was the most common one, although Michael is doing one similar to Fast and the Furious movies, which I thought was really unique from any other people. Hearing the other people's ideas made me realize that I really have to develop my story more to make more than just the opening, because it is much easier to develop the opening once I have a full understanding of the entire plot.

    It was really nice to see other people's ideas, because the more minds working together, the more advanced the product will be. Until next time!