Group meeting part 2!!

Hey guys, it's finally Fridayyyy and I'm so happy! Today in class we had another group meeting and I can't stress how much these meet ups helps. It not only helps me figure out any of the problems, but it also allows me to see what other people have to say about our scenes and story.

The first things the group told me was that our story line was good and that they liked how it started with a flashback. Then, they gave me some ideas and hints, these included:

• Props
• Lighting
• Second scene (in room)

Props- I started off by explaining the types of props that we were gonna need, these are fake blood and headstones. Then I explained how we were in between making the blood or buying it, which they responded that it all depended on how the fake blood turned out. They said that they prefer that I make it because I can still manipulate and make it into my vision. This was extremely helpful because it made me realize that by making our products, we have the power to change them how we want. Lastly, I told them about the headstones and how we were planning on making them with cardboard, but after today's meeting I'm happy to say that we are now making them out of styrofoam. This idea that they gave me was EXTREMELY helpful because with the styrofoam we can give the headstones more texture as well.

Lighting- This meeting game me many different idea on what to do with the lighting. One member said that I could just edit the lighting while taking the picture through the Iphone camera roll. Another member gave the idea that instead of relying on the weather and natural lighting, we can use blankets and lights because the shots are gonna be close and focused on the headstones. I really liked both these ideas and I'm going to have to try it out over the weekend and see which one I like best.

Room Scene- I explained that we were still figuring out ways to show how he is psychopathic and one of the group members said that I should research some common characteristics of them. Not only that, but they also said that when the drawings on the walls are shown, it should be weird pictures related to death. For example, they said that it should include pictures of knives, blood, and even dead people (family). Lastly, they loved the idea how the title and symbols shown at beginning will relate to the seen by the same symbol being on a paper that the mom picks up. They also told me to look into the movies The Silence of the Lambs and Red Dragon because they follow similar characteristics.

All in all, I plan on implementing all these ideas into the film or at least try to take them into consideration. Also, these meetings gave me some ideas like the use of a website called Animaker to create a production company and make the opening look professional. That's it for today guys and I'll see you later!

Sources:

Animaker, Make Animated Videos on Cloud for free. (n.d.). Retrieved from https://www.animaker.com/