Group Discussion #1

Group Members:

Sebastian: Wants to do a story about a teenager who suffers from depression and confusion and his friends are the only thing keeping him going

Cristina: Drama about a teenager who wants to be a DJ but struggles to get recognition

Noah: He wants to do a drama/social realism about a teenage boy who lives in poverty and does a lot of bad things such as smoking. 

Python: He wants to do a sci-fi about a scientist who tries to make glasses that let him see the future but it malfunctions and shows him dying 5 days later. The rest of the opening is about him trying to find out how or why he died and trying to prevent it

Emily: She wants to do an opening of a guy and a girl  driving somewhere together, then the guy's phone starts ringing. He ignores it and it keeps on ringing, he gets called multiple times. The girl is constantly asking who it is and trying to take his phone when he stop the car and makes a note. He writes something in the note and gives it to her, and she looks shocked.

Clara: She wants to do a kidnapping story where a guy gets abducted and tied to a chair after finding a dead body on the road. He apparently has something that's valuable to them and they want it back.

Conclusion:

So when I presented my idea, I explained that I want to do a thriller but I don't know what it will be about yet. I said that I had this idea for the opening where a guy is walking in a park and he sees a phone ringing on a bench, but I don't know what will happen next. They said that it was a good idea and I could make a good story out of that.

Also, I explained that I still wasn't 100% sure if I want to do thriller or social realism. Some of them said that social realism would be good because it's not as common of a genre as thriller, but others said that since I already have an idea for thriller, I should stick with that.

Overall, this meeting helped me see other people's ideas and progress, and take some inspiration from what they are planning to do. 

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