Planning ahead

Phineas and Ferb- Lights,Candace,Action!, 2008

 Making a movie is overwhelming, especially the planning part. Our group felt like we had so much to do and yet little time. So a plan had to be set in motion that would organize the chaos we had. 

In our game plan the first thing was to figure out our story which was the thing we put the most focus on. We went from varying ideas to thinking of doing a coming-of-age story, but it felt too serious for our first movie. We wanted to do something more fun, and less restricting. We thought of those extreme comedies like shaolin soccer, where things do not follow the audience’s expectations and even reality. From there ideas just sprouted out and our director put them all into a script, which we were all happy about. 

In our limited time together in person as a group we went over all the different sections we had to cover in the proposal. We could not go too in-depth into parts, so we had to give general ideas that our group liked, and each person had the job of putting more detail into the ideas that fit their section. 

We heavily relied on our phones to communicate outside of class, as when we finished our section or needed confirmation about things, our phones really helped us stay in touch. 

If we had not taken the time to organize our plans, I do not believe we would have finished. And while the planning took time out of possible time for working into more in-depth sessions, it made it easier for everyone when it came to working on our own