Group Meeting Follow-Up

Last Friday we did group meetings, where we gathered in groups of five to share what we've been working on and get feedback on it. In the group I was in, four of us we're doing a short film and the other was doing music marketing. It was really fun talking with the person who was doing music marketing, as she's still in the early stages of the projects which meant we were all able to give input on how she could create a persona for her subject, talking about colors and outfit choices and other things of the sort. For everyone we gave input on what could be done to help improve their project or help move them along in the process. This was all really great. Not only was it useful, it was also a fun bonding experience for us as classmates. It feels like we've spent so much time in discussions and talking to each other about our projects that we've become a little media studies family.

When it comes to the feedback on my project, I was really happy that it was all positive. A few people asked how I would feasibly be able to film some of the things I was describing, but I reassured everyone that I had carefully written a script that would require nearly zero special effects despite the fantastical subject matter. I was also pleased to hear that everyone loved the mood boards that I had made, and that they felt that there's a lot of details and consistent imagery in my blog posts that made them see the vision of what of I'm going for.

Original Template

Updated Template

One of the last things I showed them were these templates for "meet the cast" and "meet the director" posts that will be put on the movie's Instagram. They said that they would prefer more stylized character posters for this film to show of the cast, which I agreed with. I still felt like I wanted to show off the cast members as actors and not their characters, so I changed the templates to remove the logo of who they're playing, as I'll save that for the posters. I'll also ask them to not mention who they're playing when writing the bios that will be featured, again to make it more about them as actors and not characters. I think these posts will be a fun behind the scenes look into the film.

As of now, the plan is to begin filming Sunday. Originally I wanted to start during the week but do to availability I had to push it back. This might actually be a good thing though, as it now means there's more time to prepare and gather the costumes and props. I'm really excited to see the movie come to life!