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Hey blog!! For today's post, I am going to give a reflection of my group meeting. I met with four other students, and they shared with me their project ideas, as well as I shared mine. The main objective was to give and receive feedback to each other's portfolio visions, as well as feedback on their blogs.
The lighting I suggested:
My group included my classmates, Daniela, Ayden, Madison and Milver. The first to share was Daniela. Her idea was about two people in a relationship and one of them killing the other. Our group gave her our input on how we thought she could execute it. I suggested using low-key lighting to create a creepy effect, as well as one of the other people in the group had mentioned to make sure to give the killer a creepy look. Daniela's blog was missing a few posts because she got the dates for the postings mixed up. I suggested that she should make a schedule so she stays on track.

The next person to share was Ayden. I felt her idea was unique and well thought out. It is a coming of age film mixed with magical elements, inspired by Greek mythology. The plot revolves around the three fates; Lachesis, Clotho, and Atropos. What makes her opening so unique is that the fates would be in present time. They would be like any other person. I was interested in how she would relate these characters to "the fates." She said that their personality and clothing would represent who they are. For example, she said that Lachesis would be wearing jeans and a band t-shirt because she is the "past" fate. The fate's names would be more "normal." For example, Ayden said Clotho's name would be something like Chloe. After seeing Ayden's blog, I suggested dedicating more time to writing her posts, just because they seemed to lack certain information.
Next up was Madison. It seemed like she had a vision, but was missing a few points on the plot. She did share that her group had come up with parts of the opening, but not the entire idea for the film. I told her that once she thinks of the entire plot, the opening should easily flow. Her idea was to begin the film with someone on the phone inside of a car. It was supposed to sound like that person is talking to someone that they are in a relationship with. Then, someone joins them in the car making it sound like the original person is cheating. One of the group members had asked Madison if she had come up with ideas for costuming. She said yes, and the "vibe" is a punk aesthetic. The characters would have dark clothing on and most likely tattoos.
I told the group about my project next, and gave them a run through of my blog posts. They said that they were interested in my idea for the plot of my film. Because I didn't have clear understanding of the opening myself, I could tell that it made my group members confused...oops!! Madison suggested for me to think for a way to make my vision "come to life" so that the opening is successful.
Last to share was Milver... he was the member of the group who had the least amount of work done. He shared his idea of the opening being somewhere along the lines of a crime scene board. When we had asked to see his blog, he said that he doesn't have one. That was a little rough to hear. The group gave him a lot of input on how he can achieve his vision.
Overall, I really enjoyed doing this assignment because I got to interact with others, receive feedback on my project, and give feedback to others!! I felt like doing this really helped, and gave me some ideas in which I could use for my opening and blog posts.