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Working on The Fascination Project

This week in class, we were assigned a new version of The Fascination Project, that I believe will allow us to be more creative. For this Fascination project, we are tasked with making a simple 2-7 minute film that shows different things we have learned in class, but also just how creative we can be as a group. So, in Wednesday's class we brainstormed different genres of movies that we each want to film, and that is how we chose our groups. I chose to be in the Crime/Mystery/Thriller group with Brooke, Anna, and Ola. I was excited because I knew we were going to have fun coming up with a concept for our film, which we did. It was interesting to see all the different genres that others came up with for their project. 

During class on Wednesday, after everyone selected their groups, my group met and we were able to start brainstorming some different ideas that would work well for our film. We talked about different locations where we could shoot our film, to give it that feeling of mystery that we wanted. As a group, we came up with a few different concepts. Towards, the end of class we figured out a basic idea of what we wanted to do which made it easier for Friday's class. It was cool that we all were able to collaborate different ideas that could help us make an awesome film.

Something interesting about our film that we decided on Wednesday was that our film was going to be in black and white to fit the whole mystery/thriller vibe. On Friday, we met to discuss what the plot of our film was and where we should shot it since where we wanted to shoot it has classes all day. We are going to meet Monday and start filming our film and I am so excited to see it come together. Also, on Monday we are going to have to look for a different location where we can shot our movie. I am sure that we will find a place that is perfect to film our movie. I think this is a fun project because it allows us to work together and be creative. 



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  1. Yelena MakoyedOctober 30, 2022 at 1:08 PM

    You guys put so much thought into this assignment! I kind of wish I was more organized with mine. I chose to be in the horror group which was a really impulsive decision because I don't even like horror. Im excited to see yours! I love knives out!

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