Production Reflection

 Week 5

        This post will reflect the key moments in my group project. Compiling important moments in the project aids in CCR, as I can come back to this post when explaining how my group's production process went and what worked in the process.

Pre-production

    The first weeks consisted of heavy research. Initially, it consisted of genre research, such as dramatic elements and common drama character archetypes. This helped in turning our pre-existing story into a drama by incorporating drama elements into our story as well as making our characters fit in a dramatic story. I think doing research before jumping into anything was a good idea. 

    It allowed us to have knowledge on the subject before we made big choices for the project. Using inspiration from movies that have a similar story and characters to make ours is an example of how researching beforehand can aid in helping develop the project.

    Planning & Storyboarding

    The next weeks were where Camila and I became more creative with the project. This started off with us writing up a rough storyboard in order to write our story thoughts down, while also displaying how the research we had done would be used within the opening.     

    Since our film is a drama, we also found out more about how we would use mise-en-scene in our film. This included showing our characters personality in the clothes they wear, the room they live in, (physically) and color and lighting (symbolically).

    These following weeks will be Camila and I using all this research and planning for our filming. An important thing to do is incorporate the elements that we've done research on within our filming, or else it would have all been for nothing. I'm very excited to finally begin filming our story that we have built up over the course of a month or so.