Today we were assigned a fairly interesting assignment, if I've ever seen one. A group of up to four people are to create a commercial for something we find interesting. Personally, I want to do this project on anything that will allow me to wear a ridiculous costume. If not, what am I going to do with the hot dog and clown costumes rotting away in my closet, this is my chance! My teachers weren't kidding when they said to take notes. I'm glad I was writing class instructions faster then the speed of light. The first step in creating this project is coming up with an idea or vision. Research on top of research can help greatly with this; knowing the conventions of the direction my group decides to go will aid me in more ways then one. Our next step is treatment; this is for laying out our story ideas but with zero dialogue. Pre-production is when our imagination skills really come into play, we'll be writing scripts and sketching up some storyboards. Something I learned that helped me with storyboarding is to think of it as a comic book drawing, draw what it would be like to watch it! Filming and production is something I personally don't want to mess up on. Before starting, our storyboard will already be long done though, it has to be before we even touch a camera. Editing footage we take is our last step; this wraps up all the previous work done on your assignment. When starting out, planning is so important, this is our set location, which is most likely our school, props, schedule, and a back-up plan. Not having a back-up plan with Florida weather would be blockheaded! Planning is the part I'm kind of nervous about. I know I can pay attention and do my work with enough work put in though. The partners I've decided to work with on this are Nicole Kimmick, Jordyn Minnis, and Yaneli Zalaya. I'm pumped to get started on this. I'm also still secretly wishing we do something that can put my beloved frankfurter suit to good use!
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