Group meeting #2

Today in class, we got together in groups to do group meetings. Each group has members that were all a part of different projects which allows for multiple perspectives on our project and also allows me to share my ideas to other people's projects. This group meeting I looked forward to because this time I have work to show for and not just ideas, so we had real problems to solve instead of just hypothetical ones, and I was excited to share my all the filming I had so far.

We went around sharing where everyone was at with their projects. When it was my turn I showed some clips from the library scene and the car scene. The feedback was actually useful, someone asked how I would edit 2 clips, one of the inside of the car and one of the outside, so that it looks like both clips represent the same time in the film. This made me think about what I was going to do, and the other group members helped refine my ideas too. 

We also talked about pacing because we were all worried about hitting the 2 minute mark. I found out that with the clips I have that I wasn't doing bad on time. Someone suggested that I could extend the driving scene with more which could work, but I also don't want to drag it.

After we went over my project, we went over another group member's project which was about a typical romcom except the first 2 minutes of the scene were a girlfriend and boyfriend would have an argument and break up. However, I pointed out that 2 minutes was not enough time to fully capture an argument that warrants a break up, and thats on top of the fact that there still needs to be credits and an opening scene. I gave the idea that instead of an argument it could be that the girlfriend gets ready for the first minute to go out with her boyfriend, but when they go out to like a party, the girlfriend sees her boyfriend with another girl and that could be the end of the film. I felt that would fit much better in 2 minutes, and the group member agreed and she changed her idea of the film. I gave good insight and guided her in the right direction so she could make her own ideas but now she would be more mindful about her time restraints.

After this meeting I left feeling motivated instead of stressed. I was happy with how it turned out and I got some useful insights into my project and I was also able to help others with my ideas.