FINAL PROJECT IDEA

 GETTING INTO THE SPECIFICS

My group and I have been talking, and we have the basic premise of our movie. It's going to be the backstory of an upcoming rockstar in high school. So, obviously we're working with our coming of age genre, but we hope to spice it up as a little more than just the simple girl in high school by throwing in that rockstar aspect.

                                           

DIVVYING UP THE WORK

                                           

It is of course a collaborating group project, therefore making Sarah, Nicole, and myself producers. Here's what we know we'll be doing for sure (for now anyway). Sarah is going to be our starring actor, since she's already kind of a real life rockstar, as well as the music supervisor since she has a lot of experience with music; making and listening to it. Nicole is our director, which is only fitting due to her leading role in the school's yearbook and camera experience. She'll also be our editor since she proved very effective in editing our Sound Story despite being sort of new to the process. As for myself, I will be the screenwriter and costume designer. I've always loved writing and I bet I can tackle writing our film opening. Costuming is sort of new to me, but I dress myself in clothes every day! Jokes aside, I think I can really work with our "set", wherever it ends up being, and focus on really selling the mis-en-scene through clothes, makeup, and props. We'll all be involved together in a lot of the project, so these roles are not technically "exclusive", as we will be interacting and checking in with each other every step of the way.

HOW EXCITING

I'm really excited to see how our creativity shows in the movie opening. We've already started talking about one specific scene we want to do that I think is going to come out really nice, but that's a surprise I'll save for later. Without giving it away, some really cool makeup will hopefully be involved. I also think the story we came up with is something we can bring to life really effectively, our visions coming to fruition. I'm very pleased to be writing the script, which I think will be a fun experience for me and will teach me more about myself. I mean this in terms of career choices, if writing is something I maybe consider going into.

YET SCARY

Some worries are playing on my mind, though I do think we're going to do very well. I fear for us struggling to gain access to a dressing room that we hope to use in order to film one of our scenes. I'm also worried for when we begin doing things that we don't have experience with, because not everything is going to come naturally. I've never storyboarded, and I know that is coming up really soon. There is also a fear of overwhelmingness inside me, but I know that I won't have to bear it alone.