Initial research collaboration (planning) 6

        After doing extensive genre and opening scene research, it's time to collaborate with my group and take a look at everyone's ideas. As director, I took initiative during this conversation. I first asked for each members ideal genres (what they did research on). My conclusions can be found in the diagram below.

Genre mind map

As shown in the diagram above, we all had different ideas which worried me. However, I reminded myself that the purpose of preliminary research is to get background knowledge, and to be open for discussion. With this being said, we continued to discuss genre. This conversation included critical questions from me like, "do you guys want action sequences?" and "what elements of thriller did you like the most?". My main purpose for these questions was to really narrow down the wants of each member. Subsequently, the conversation got to a point where I had a general idea of my groups wishes for our film opening. We even started developing our plot! Before I get ahead of my self, I can confidently say we landed on an inspirational drama as our genre.

After some extensive brainstorming, my group and I even thought of some beginnings to a plot, a plot opening with a dream sequence. This initial thought came from myself, after remembering a key aspect of biopics; memories. The inclusion of a flashback in a film is widely recognized because of the audience engagement, however, I believed that if this memory was dream, rather than a simple flashback, the impact could be much more significant. And my group agreed. Before we could begin to discuss what this dream would entail, we all knew we had a duty to conduct research in order to include appropriate dream elements.