First Meeting In Class

 Week 4

        Mrs. Stoklosa spoke to Camila and I about our project story idea. We spoke mainly about the storyboard that is up on our blog. She notified us about how portraying drug addiction in a film opening  (specifically the way we had planned it) would be difficult. Firstly, we are not allowed to show the drug actually being used. Our original storyboard showed our character injecting herself with a needle to show her addiction to heroin. This is too extreme for the project, so Mrs. Stoklosa recommended that we insinuate that she is using the heroin. We can still incorporate elements of our old storyboard though. I think using the belt around the arm, and facial expression is a great way to imply the use of heroin. 

    The second issue that Mrs. Stoklosa had that I personally also had, was making sure the opening isn't "corny". A boring, run-of-the-mill, attempt to be sentimental will ultimately ruin the entire opening's message about drug addiction. We need to be able to incorporate drama elements alongside the opening without making it seem like we're prioritizing making a good project as opposed to portraying our message well. A few ways to this are by making the film realistic in the right parts, and dramatic in the other parts.

     I think the juxtaposition of the drama genre and serious drug addiction story is difficult to portray. Using unrealistic elements like lighting and color alongside a realistic story seems impossible on face value, but that's what makes it worth doing. The ability to create a product that is hard, is what makes it worth it in the end. If done right, I truly believe that Camila and I can create a project that's unique and worthy of a good grade.

        Here is the storyboard which will likely be changed in the future to fit in to the new ideas that have been presented to us.