Group collaboration

     A wise man once said "teamwork makes the dream work" and today was a perfect example of how working together has helped me improve my project, as well as help improve members of my class's project. Working together, although we each have different projects and ideas, allows us to shake bad ideas and push forward good ideas, helping everybody involved in the process.

      Firstly, in discussion with my group, they helped me pick a time frame that i will hopefully set my film in, 1980s. They also contributed good ideas in which to film certain aspects of my film opening, such as various shots of rundown Miami or skate parks with lots of graffiti to get the desired look. Another vital idea offered in the discussion was the idea of costume design, in which our character should be dressed in run down clothes, along with clothing such as long cargo pants and white t-shirts that fit the desired image our film is ultimately going towards.

        The other aspect of group discussion that was highly helpful was the ability to give comments to others, and even discuss aspects of popular films that could help me in mine. In one instance, the discussion of raw emotions as displayed in "The Dark Knight" by famous director Christopher Nolan, helped give my group many ideas on how to create feeling in our film opening. Although the Nolan film is different, certain aspects especially on how to evoke raw emotions were essential and ideas such as creating the tone to display this idea is essential for the type of film opening i want to create.

Overall the group discussion was very helpful and i'm glad to have the opportunity to learn from others.