FINAL PRODUCT

Well, the day has finally come. After much hard work and lots of good times, I'm now finished with my two-minute intro. You can find it here.
My CCR can be seen here.

Writer's Block

A concern I have with my project is that I fear the script is too uninteresting, and that I can't think of how to continue the story, ending it so that the two friends come back together. Progress on the writing can be seen on my Google Doc linked here. Maybe I shouldn't worry too much about how compelling the plot is, but on installing important elements that I could incorporate into the two-minute intro. Striving for absolute perfection has always been a flaw of mine, and I have to learn to be satisfied with the work I've done, instead of harming my effort and hindering the process. I've never written a full story by myself, and while it can be fun sometimes, it's been bothering me recently because I won't allow myself to begin filming until it's done. I hope I could get this all done well and in time.

Where is this going?

An important question I've started asking myself is how I want this introduction to be directed. What genre will the movie be? Comedy? Drama? I'm thinking I could make it primarily a comedy film, with drama incorporated into it, allowing it to be capable of having its serious moments. Since my target audience are boys in middle to high school, I can't let it be dark and depressing the entire time. I know that people my age want to go to the movies to laugh at rowdy humor and feel content with a happy ending.
Another thing I've started worrying about is what the introduction will be about. I've decided that the most important aspect of the movie is the character development and comedy. So naturally, I would introduce the two protagonists, their relationship, and the comedy involved, which is inspired by Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World. The movie will be PG-13 due to language and mild sexual content, two elements that are typically essential for marketing towards teens.

Wake Up Call

Well heck. 

It's been a couple of weeks and I've only got in a single blog post. A big part of it was my misunderstanding of what I was supposed to document, having no idea how I could get so much work done so that I could post three times a week. I learned this from a group meeting our teacher had organized in the media center in which we discussed our progress and any problems we might have had. I received help and ideas on how to advance my plot and make it seem more interesting. My classmates also gave me some ideas on what to do for the two minute introduction and what I should be blogging on. So, to further advance my work, I'll start with a case study on what my target audience should be, and design the movie based on that.

Time management and discipline is essential, seeing as how I need to pass with good grades on the rest of my classes to graduate and work at Publix on an undefined schedule. Seeing how far my peers have gotten on this assignment served as a strong wake up call, reminding me of how important this is. It's time to get back on track, for the sake of this project.

Time to catch up

So our class' final project is finally here, and I only have the vaguest idea of what I want to do for my two minute intro. I'm starting to regret not having thought about what I wanted to create over the past few months. But I should be able to catch up, I just need to sit down for a little while and plan out all my thoughts, keeping in mind all my favorite movies as inspiration. What I'll do is write out the plot of the whole movie, and create important elements that I could incorporate into its introduction, which I will then dive deep into the details of. Casting isn't that much of a concern to me, since my friends have proven themselves to be reliable actors, and if anything, I could play the main character. It's actually been over a week since I started typing this blog post and for some reason I'm only posting it now. In that range of time, I laid out all my ideas and inspirations on a piece of paper (attached below) that's been helping me write the plot on a Google Doc. The short piece of story I wrote on it didn't end up in the script because I thought it was too unoriginal. The story is about two high school pals, both going through some confusing times in their own ways, learning more about themselves as the film progresses.