Process part one!

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     Welcome back, it really has been a while huh. New project, new us! The new task of filming the beginning sequence of a movie was way more stressful than I had thought. The first big bump along the way was thinking what genre of the movie the team wanted. One part of the team wanted something comedic while the rest wanted something classical, like a thriller. 

OH, not sure if I said so, but the team switched the team up a bit. Last task was stressful as one team member in particular was always absent, which affected the performance of the team in whole. So this time, unanimously, Stanley was chosen to replace with someone different, that being Gabriel. Every one in the team knew and had law classes with him so it was perfect. 

Back to the topic of the genre, in the end, after debating ideas and plans, the team settled for a classical and lovable thriller. Everything was good, the team had a plan and idea for what should be done with the movie, possibilitly a lost location so add momentum and edge to the movie? Good plan right? Cool, but what about the location?

That was our next big bump along the way. Most of the ideas the team came up, were completely struck down due to the locations being closed down. It took a while to find another one and then it happened. The perfect location came up and that led us to developing the rest of the story. A few classes of brainstorming and a very constructive criticism, and finally, the plot was coming through. The final product was one I was very proud of. A 2000's movie about teens exploring an abandoned location where few by few, they meet their demise. The team came up with the idea of making a recorder and record on there and transition to I-phone camera to evoking the feelings of mystery we desire. 


This is sort of what the team invested on to contribute to the mood and theme of the opening sequence, stay tuned!


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