Conflicting ideas and visions, given that we are a group of three, had become a big obstacle that we seemed to have many difficulties overcoming. Danny mindset seemed to focus more on story lines that revolved around crime, or incorporeal conflicts, such as a potential story where a man finds himself to mistake heaven for reality and and works his way to realize what is actually going on around him. We denounced this interesting and unique story when we realized that to make both the viewer as well as ourselves perceive and effectively show that this personis in conflict with their mental state, We did not have the time, techniques, or editing techniques to produce such a complicated idea.
Guste and and I steered more towards creating a simple plot that could be manipulated to entice the reader to see more to figure out more on the main protagonist. Earlier yesterday, I was absent from school due to some knee injuries that led to necessary medical care, Guste and Danny met up in groups to discuss each others progress and what they wanted to present to others. Guste told us about a very good idea that a classmate mentioned that good fit well with our story. Up until this point we had always envisioned our protagonist to be the reason for which he could not remember what had happened before, yet we had never considered that maybe he was put in a certain location, to do a specific task...
Here's a basic outline of what we discussed so far:
-Our main protagonist wakes up on a roof (or any other location could work, but we have stuck with roof for now.)
-Also, we haven't found a name for our character so for purposes of discussion until we figure out a name, 'X' is our new main character. We also wanted an easygoing looking type of character, which we found inspiration from from Ryan Reynolds)
-X starts hearing beeping noises, coming from around him. He's lightly bruised, as if he had taken part in a sort of hassle or fight. He looks down and finds a fresh scar on his body, which is where he then concludes that that is where the beeping is coming from.
-There is a homeless man sitting on the roof with him, the homeless man himself is quite quirky and funny and brings a lighthearted tone to the story, instead if it being all suspense and mystery.
-From then on, the homeless embarks on a journey with the beeping man to figure out why he is beeping, and speculates that he has a bomb inside of him.
-We wanted to use graphic matches and parallelism techniques to appeal to the eye during this opening so we had come up with the idea that certain objects, people, or colors may become triggering to X which make him flashback to a certain point in time of the night before to figure out what happens and/or figure what task he must fulfill.
as you can see were going more for a lighthearted blackmail type of film opening (Does that even sound right? Quite a unique mix)
Also, here is an amazing Tarantino case study that I often refer to that was available pre-made, which I had mentioned before that I was going to do. I also loved this website that talked about unique directors and they own different styles. Very interesting.
Later tomorrow I'm going to begin story boarding and/or begin developing archetypes and basic background info on the characters. All this planning is making me so impatient to begin filming!!
Safe House Fight Scene [Ryan Reynolds ]. Perf. Ryan Reynolds. Fighting Movies, 3 Oct. 2015. Web. <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HK2JiXhjg08>
Susan. "Just Like Heaven." Between Naps on the Porch. N.p., 19 Sept. 2014. Web. 26 Mar. 2016. <http://betweennapsontheporch.net/tour-the-apartment-in-the-movie-just-like-heaven-in-san-francisco/>.
"Quentin Tarantino." Choice Reviews Online 44.05 (2007): n. pag. Http://2010year13.wikispaces.com. Web. <http://2010year13.wikispaces.com/file/view/Mark+Sison's+Director+Case+Study.pdf>.
Mentel, Thomas. "Auteurs: 7 Movie Directors Who Have Their Own Unique Style." The Cheat Sheet. N.p., 31 Aug. 2015. Web. 06 Apr. 2016. <http://www.cheatsheet.com/entertainment/7-modern-directors-and-their-distinctive-visual-styles.html/?a=viewall>.
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