Project Meeting and Analysis

In class this past Wednesday we met with our teacher in order to discuss the progress in our project and what she thinks about our overall idea. The main aspects focused upon were the filming locations and the continuation of the storylinre after the title comes onto the screen.

The first area that was of major discussion with her was the locations that we were planning on shooting the bar scene with Peter and Homer. Her idea was instead of trying to create a setting in one of our garages we should rather try to go to a local bar and ask for permission to shoot there. In doing this it would make the setting look more realistic and give off a better aura. It would also be hard to get the vibe of the bar correct if we were creating it from scratch and it wouldn't be the best use of our time if we could just shoot at an already existing location. Some suggestions for possible locations were local sports or cigar bars (I could not provide photos here as they were subject to copyright).

The second area that we focused on was the continuation of the storyline after the title. Our idea is to show Peter in his injured stated in the opening and then to tilt the camera upward toward the sky and then have the title 'Aberration' come down onto the screen. The way that we want to continue after this is to show the beginning of the next scene that would follow in the film to make sure there is nothing that would make the opening feel like a trailer. We want to ensure that there is a clear cut differentiation between what a trailer might feel and look like and our film opening. To do this, we discussed that we could have a whole new location where we begin the next scene with the camera still pointed at the sky, which will hopefully look identical to the previous shot. With this initial position, we will tilt the camera down and continue with a scene that can be at a later time. We could also have the next scene be on a different day or another entirely unrelated event to what just occurred. The goal with this is to continue the story and ensure that we are steering away from a trailer. We are still discussing what that event will be.