In our lesson we were put into groups of four. In our group, our task was to come up with an original film concept for our title sequence. It was difficult to come up with a completely original idea and required lots of discussion. We all decided to stick to the horror/thriller genre as we thought it would be more interesting to create a plot around.
Group Concept
As a group we had arrived to a decision with our film concept. Our film concept was based around four girls getting ready to go to a party, however when they look outside the window they see a guy who is mysteriously watching them get ready. The mysterious guy turns out to be a stalker to begins to kill the girls one by one. We weren't to keen on the idea so we presented our idea to our Media teacher.
Feedback from our Media Teacher
Our Media teacher told us the idea was not very original and was similar to other movies such as 'Scream'. He told us to try and change our concept so it is more different to other films that are out in the cinemas today. We took on our teacher's feedback and as a group discussed other ideas we could use for our film concept. However our teacher had told us to present our film concept to the class and see what they think.
Feedback from the class
We presented our film concept to our peers as asked them what we could improve on and if they would watch our film or not. A majority said 'no' they would not watch our film, as they thought it was too similar to previous films in the cinemas. We asked our peers what we could improve on in order for them to be encouraged to watch our film. They suggested we should add a twist to the concept which would make the film more interesting to watch. We took on our peers feedback and put more thought into our film concept.
Change in Film Concept
As our Media teacher and peers told us our film concept was too simular to previous films released in cinemas. We have now changed our idea and have added a twist, however we have still stuck to the horror/thriller genre. Our film concept is now based around two girls who are best friends. One of the girls boyfriend has a friend who liked his girlfriend. He is now plotting to kill the girl as she turned him down with the help of her best friend.
We first decided a boy should kill the girl, but we thought this was too predictable, so we twisted the film concept, to the girls bestfriend killing her. We thought this would be a shock to the audience as it not something the audience will expect from the girls best friend.
Group Concept
As a group we had arrived to a decision with our film concept. Our film concept was based around four girls getting ready to go to a party, however when they look outside the window they see a guy who is mysteriously watching them get ready. The mysterious guy turns out to be a stalker to begins to kill the girls one by one. We weren't to keen on the idea so we presented our idea to our Media teacher.
Feedback from our Media Teacher
Our Media teacher told us the idea was not very original and was similar to other movies such as 'Scream'. He told us to try and change our concept so it is more different to other films that are out in the cinemas today. We took on our teacher's feedback and as a group discussed other ideas we could use for our film concept. However our teacher had told us to present our film concept to the class and see what they think.
Feedback from the class
We presented our film concept to our peers as asked them what we could improve on and if they would watch our film or not. A majority said 'no' they would not watch our film, as they thought it was too similar to previous films in the cinemas. We asked our peers what we could improve on in order for them to be encouraged to watch our film. They suggested we should add a twist to the concept which would make the film more interesting to watch. We took on our peers feedback and put more thought into our film concept.
Change in Film Concept
As our Media teacher and peers told us our film concept was too simular to previous films released in cinemas. We have now changed our idea and have added a twist, however we have still stuck to the horror/thriller genre. Our film concept is now based around two girls who are best friends. One of the girls boyfriend has a friend who liked his girlfriend. He is now plotting to kill the girl as she turned him down with the help of her best friend.
We first decided a boy should kill the girl, but we thought this was too predictable, so we twisted the film concept, to the girls bestfriend killing her. We thought this would be a shock to the audience as it not something the audience will expect from the girls best friend.
Some good comments here on the creative process in the early stages. Very good use of feedback, clearly linked to changes in your concept. You now need to add your narrative structure (Todorov/Vogler), blocked plan, storyboard, music work etc - explaining your creative decisions as you go.
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