Hey blog! So today in class, we got together as a group to brainstorm ideas. We all have so many unique ideas it's hard to choose a genre! We decided our best bet was to watch film openings from last year that students submitted to Cambridge. From this, we made a list of what we thought worked and didn't work from the observed examples. I think this method was the best approach to start our brainstorming, because we had so many different ideas. After watching five film openings, we were able to completely cut out some ideas. As a group, we decided we wanted to combine both drama and suspense in order to create a memorable movie opening.
From this, we began brainstorming events that are extremely dramatic. We wanted to start the dramatic event in the beginning, and allude to a flashback throughout the movie. We had a hard time at first getting the ideas flowing, because some thoughts were extremely basic. We brought up ideas of kidnappings happening on runs at night, shipwrecks and flashing back into time on a boat, and even a murder. However, all of these ideas were unappealing because they had been done so many times before. We truly want to create something that is memorable to the audience.
As a team, we have not set our mind on an idea. However, we were intrigued by an idea I introduced. I thought it would be cool to do a stalker sort of movie, but put an ironic twist on it. Instead of the common stereotype off a male being a stalker, we would reverse the roles and instead show it from the perspective of a female. The idea seems unique, and no one has brought up something like that in class. We are going to think of ideas tonight and have them ready to introduce next class. I plan on attempting to outline a piece like the one I introduced, but as well come up with more ideas in case this is not the one. Time to go brainstorm!
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