New Idea

   Alright so on my last blog post, I said my groups idea was to create our film opening related to Character vs. The Unknown theme. That was definitely not anywhere near the actual idea we have now. Since our last meet up in class, we decided to create a new idea that was easier for us to do. As much as we wanted to create something new and interesting, we needed to remember that we do not have the equipment and such we would need to do a film opening like we envisioned, so we decided to go with the idea of a dystopian/post-apocalyptic film opening. We still have the same energy of wanting to create something with a cool concept but we made it more doable. We wanted to show our main character as someone who was alone on the planet who would note down what they would do day by day. It was a theme that we wanted to continue in the film opening. As I mentioned in a prior blog, one of our group members has access to an office building with a train track in the area. This would be essential for the ending of our film opening. 

   Let me rewind though, so our film opening would start off with someone scavenging through the office building and we would use security camera footage to also make it look like they are being watched by someone, even though by the end, its revealed that they weren't being watched, they just were not alone like they believed. The scavenging around for supplies in the empty office would give the first hint of the apocalyptic vibe we are going for. Not only this, but we would also have the character grab a stale pot of coffee and a Twinkie, which is ironic as it is meant to "never expire." After this, we would show them writing in a journal and walking around the lot outside, which they would then stumble across a train track. This would be normal for the character until they hear a train sound. In a world where they thought they were alone, the sound of life surprising them and it ends off with our audience wondering is the character actually alone. This idea was intriguing to the whole group and it stuck with us. We are extremely excited to follow through with it and I will be researching more about the topic in the next blog.