Our Plot

What we learned from the meeting:
-Do not rely heavily on montage footage, it will be boring.
-Focus on character development and keeping things real.
-Incorporate cinematic footage of main character creating their "movie".
-Make sure there is a clear story.
-Take a look at the techniques used in the hit movie, "Mid90s" for incorporating the effect of archived or amateur footage.

Overview:
Raul and I have decided on creating a narrative around the everyday footage that a senior takes on their phone before leaving for college. In the digital age of today, people can now see in detail moments of their life that would normally be lost in memory. Revolving around a montage that a high-school senior creates during their last moments before college, we plan to insert footage to show the connection that a group of friends has with one another. Parallel editing will occur between the montage footage of the kids and the "behind the scenes" look at their lives to create a sense of real-life and character development. At the end of the story, we want to combine the two plot lines by having a shot of the group of friends watching the end of the video together.

Other Info:
Shots needed: Hand-held camera shots from an iPhone. (For the montage with music behind)
                       Cinematic behind the scenes shot with dialogue.

Characters: 1 main character, 3+ supporting characters
Locations: 5+

Next Steps
This is certainly a rough idea of how it will work out but it is certainly going to be what we are working to accomplish. We still have to work out the specifics in terms of the plot and title of the piece which will be done once we finish our screenplay this Sunday. Figuring out the plot has definitely been a process and we are going to have to work extra to hard to catch up with our schedule.