Today in class my classmates and I formed small groups (each person was from a different portfolio-project group,) and were told to share our concepts and ideas with each other in order to receive feedback and/or constructive criticism.
After going around the circle and listening to my peers' ideas, I realized that we are kind of behind relative to everyone else in class, because we haven't come up with an entire concept that we both agree on. My partner Lexi and I are, however, on the same page about the general vision for the movie: A protagonist who is living a better life now, but had a rough past/background. I wanted to introduce the main character's struggle through the use of flashbacks (super quick jump-cuts to a different setting with the subject in the same position throughout, like the 21 Savage video).
While I have the vision for a number of creative shots, I am struggling trying to come up with a movie plot-line that I think is adequate. I mean, if I am going to be working this hard on a film opening, I want to make sure that it makes sense to an audience! I am really impassioned to create something impressive, but time is running out! Lexi is going to be away for spring break, which starts the 22nd, and the project is due to our teacher the 7th of April...meaning, we have to rush to lock down a concept and just roll with it. Wish us luck.