Mission Outline: COMPLETE(?) - Portfolio Project Blog Post #7

 MISSION OUTLINE: COMPLETE(?)

THE OUTLINE

These past few meetings, the team has been slowly brainstorming some possible scenes to have during our film's introduction. From dark, looming factories to twinkies and coffee, we have planned an array of moments for our character to have in order to best portray their current situation. On our first day of meeting, we created a google document where we have dropped, discussed, and edited ideas, until finally, we have sculpted an opening we like.

FILM OPENING OUTLINE (FIRST DRAFT)

• Start with shots of security cameras, multiple shots as character goes into building - constant shots from the cameras
• Security camera shots (last one is when character is about to go in)
• Transition with OTS shot of character looking at camera)
• Character enters into building
• Various shots, exploring office surrounding, looking through desks/cubicles (may be cut for time)
• Kitchen (coffee and twinkies)
• As they look through office cabinets, titles of actor, director, etc appear in screen
• Extremely wide shot of office space
• Goes into factory looks for supplies
• Could do shot where they find scrap metal/nut and look through it
• Cut to traversing outside could use drone here?
• Eventually Close up of foot being placed on track, just as they are going to walk over it, and then they hear the train (show train lights blinking?)
• Close-up of them being scared (since they think they are the last one on earth)
• Last shot, from across train track, space in between character and camera has motion pass by it to show the train
• (Possible title - Losing Track)

THIS IS COOL

So far, I enjoy the majority of our outline. I especially appreciate how we are considering our time limit, as two minutes is not as long as it seems. Since we are going all-out for this project, it is likely that we may accidentally go over our time limit if we are too ambitious, so it is definitely a good idea to label the unimportant shots we can cut, just in case. As someone who tends to go over the given time in my projects, including these details in the outline helps ease my nerves.

THIS IS KIND-OF NOT COOL

Due to some circumstances with a few of our group members, the four of us meeting up at the same time has proven to be a challenge. Even if we are on the same wavelength, making crucial decisions without other members' creative input is a difficult task. One thing I'm unsure of as of right now is the title for our film ('Losing Track' still hasn't grown on me), so I plan on bringing that up in our next meeting.