Group meeting #2

 This is the second group meeting for the Portfolio Project 

Misria: They refiled a lot of the film and are now done, their on the editing phase and the font and the credits. She was suggested to use a more plain font and put the credits on the lower side of the screen to show the lower side of the characters life. Her logo matches the theme of the film called "1%". She has the story based on this girl in debt cause of gambling.

Valeria D:  Project about a teen who sneaks into a party and sneaks back in the morning. Suggested her to use party supplies and use that for the credits. Has a idea to use pillows and such for it. Still has to film.

Valeria O: About a person who focuses school and not on social life, and on the struggles of it. Has fonts down mostly. Partner has camera to change lighting, but is still struggling a bit. Wants to have a school therapist and is unsure where to do it, but likely will use the library.

Leo: Phycological thriller, and black and white. Picky with the music. His teammate and him have high quality. Plans to use a police station. Is still in a planning-ish stage and hasn't filmed yet. Font: Cormorant Garamond, that's the idea.

Maximo: Robber who tries to steal clothes cause their poor. Cause their homeless. Nighttime light and trying to steal cloths for something. No ideas for CCR.

Gabriel (me):   Talked a lot, was suggested to do more with the font, and use a comic like font

Production logo

 When i thought of my logo i thought of referencing Greek/Roman Mythology in the logo. My first thought was Apollo though he was an extremely common god referenced in media. I instead searched for the god of theater which according to some sources pointed to Dionysus. With that i got an idea for a production logo having to do with wine glasses and his love for wine. At first I tried searching the internet for images but couldn't find any, so then I turned to my iPad to draw it.

Fonts for wants

 My font ideas were all over, from cursive to blunt to cluttered. My original idea was to have it cursive but that didn't really fit the tone of the media. I then thought of a rougher more demanding font that really seemed to work for the film. As a manga/comic fan, I thought of that kind of text and checked it out. In the end i decided on Titled "Fighting Spirit".

Character Development

Character development is essential for any plot as it impacts the story in any way depending on the desired impact on the plot. In a whole Character Development means lots in any story for is helps balance out a character and defines their role in a plot and how that affects the plot itself. For example in a plot where a character is hotheaded and impulsive, over the course of a movie they might learn from each mistake and make them grow as a character and affect the course of the plot.

Audio that works

 For my project I planned to use a more diegetic audio to make the opening scene feel smoother and deeper with small non diegetic audio for the credit sequence. I also plan to make the credits music something being listened to by the main character though headphones or maybe a speaker. I also plan to have slight cursing from the bullies and other characters.

The language also intends to have cursing in it as it fits the potion and idea in the film.

Costumes n props

 For my project the costumes and props are going to help inference many things about the character wearing them. 

Their clothes are gonna represent them as a character and their status in the movie intro, the props will help show different things about the characters and show inform storyline wise about them.

Lighting under the sun

 The lighting will be mostly natural and time based, though shots on the inside will have different lighting. I plan to use the outdoors a lot in this opening because of the bully theme of it and helps me not have to worry so much about it. I also plan to make it outdoors to add a more meaningful light impact.

Story boards

 

Style that inspired

 The style that inspired even though its corny was a bully character archetype for this from anime, Disney movies and high school tropes. I like the concept of being pushed to become better because of someone else's harassment and find it a easy yet impactful way to build a character. 

With that in mind i had an idea to use this trope of being bullied/stolen from because of their disability and is bullied by a group for it. This would allow for creative and impactful moments from the bullies. 

Group meeting number 1

 In this meeting, I and the other group members got great advice for our respective ideas.

Kylie

Her idea was a Killer chef feeding a dead person at the end of the opening. Her idea was to have scenes of the chef cooking and at the end the scene the chef tries feeding said corpse. We said she should play with lighting and color for the scene.

Lorenzo

He wanted to do a Mystery feel for the opening with an unknown killer. We suggested to use a news article to explain what's happening and illuminate the room, and to play with  lighting of the room for emphasis of the mystery vibe.

Luca

He originally decided to do a romance movie but couldn't figure out how to start so instead switched to a thriller of someone who partied to hard and tried to sneak back in. 

Henry

Has an a artistic approach to do with the credits where he uses items to spell out the names of actors, directors, Etc. Is going to have the items based off the characters and music.

Valeria

Is doing a Roma where this over achiever/overthinker who is obsessed with getting only A's but then this guy meets her and he kind of becomes her break away from this perfect life.

Mine

Got ideas for these competitors to weigh in for a boxing team then this weaker, anorexic gets bullied for being light and weaker.