Peer Review

Today in class, we did a peer review day. This is where we get into groups of different classmates, and discuss our plan for our projects. In return, we each get advice from different people in order to incorporate it into our project. I worked with a group of five people. At first, I was not looking forward to this event. I did not see this as useful, because we are not that far along into our film. Similarly, I did not think my group would be productive because we are all friends and get off track easily. However, I was surprised to see how helpful the overall day was.

My group and I went one by one in order to hear everyone's ideas for the opening scene. We also reviewed blog posts in order to see how to improve our writing style and make things easier to understand. I went third, telling my group about the ironic stalker theme idea. For feedback, I got some valuable pieces of information I want to incorporate into the piece. I was told to maybe make the beginning scene shorter, in order to allow for the flashback to provide more time to progress the storyline. Similarly, I was also told to not make the storyline too complex, which I think was an issue from the start. We were trying to include too much information in two minutes, making it seem jumbled and confusing. They overall loved the idea and said it was unique. While at first I wanted to work on the storyboard, I think this was productive.

Sara and Callie got good ideas as well. We plan on meeting this weekend in order to review our findings and how we can incorporate it into the film. I enjoyed hearing other people's ideas for their story. I heard some crazy things like boxing and street fights, which I think will be amazing if done correctly. Bouncing ideas off one another was super successful, and in the end made me feel more prepared about our idea. It was well liked, helping to make me feel better.