A little peer review...

Today in class, I talked with some of my other classmates about my film opening and they gave me really good ideas that I hadn't even thought about. One idea that stuck out to me that one of my classmates had mentioned was timing. From the story that I am trying to carry out, they mentioned that there is just too much information that I am giving the audience just for the opening. When I first discussed the story line with my partner Ariana, I was more focused on how to conform with our thriller genre and mostly thought of details that can make the story juicer. But only with two minutes for the film opening, all of those little details can add up. After talking with my peers I realized that there are just too many scenes in a short amount of time, so now I am thinking about cutting some scenes out, therefore, giving Ariana and I more time for our film opening. I am even considering taking a whole day with my partner just to focus on how we could carry out our video just in case some ideas we have do not end up working, for back up.



My classmates also mentioned the use of props. There were many unrealistic ideas that I had, and I didn't really think about how hard they are to actually carry out. For one of my ideas, I wanted to get a cop or a group of police officers for the ending scene, but realistically, I do not know where I would find a cop to be in my video at the specific location I need them to be in. So, my classmates gave me some prop ideas and said that I should use blue and red flashing lights to indicate that there are police without actually having any there.