Group Meeting

The Group Meeting + Advice

This week my teacher had us get into groups and talk about our projects. This was meant for us to get advice and feedback by our peers. I enjoyed getting to help others with this tedious project, especially the ones who are working alone and have no one to bounce ideas off of. I am happy to say that a couple of my group members were able to overcome big dilemmas in terms of plot and even film titles. Personally, I would say my experience went very well. My group members really listened and gave me some good pointers on how to tackle some of my problems.

Location

One of the biggest issues my teammate and I were facing was where to film the scene. We obviously knew we wanted to film in a car, however, we were still unsure where to park the car. We needed a parking lot that is empty during the day which can be difficult to find in our home town. Additionally, we didn't want to go anywhere too far because that may waste too much time and be a hassle. My group advised me to check out this Church that is always empty during the day. It is located just 5 minutes away from my house and is always empty during the day. Without the help of the group, I would have probably still been stressing about where to film.

Film Location

Title Name

In terms of our film title, we had some ideas but never finalized any names. My teammate and I really liked the name "Dead End," however, we were unsure if it was too cheesy. After asking for my peers opinion, I can confidently say that "Dead End" will be our film title. My peers thought the name captured the theme of the film without being too cliche. This made my teammate and I feel much more assured with the direction of the film opening.

Makeup

Lastly for costume design, or more specifically make up, my peers gave me some tips on what it should look like. They want our actor to truly look homeless so they advised me to possible put some dark eye shadow under his eyes to make him look tired. They also thought it would look realistic for our actor to grow out some stubble or even put make up on him to give the allusion of a beard. The only issue with this is that our actor (who is also my teammate) doesn't want to have that much makeup on him. So we might not play around with make up too much. I don't want to have the actor/ my teammate feel uncomfortable while acting.