The following are the slides we used for our presentation on Thursday. I acknowledge that some of them won’t make sense without the context of what we were saying, so I will explain what each member was exploring below.

Sarah introduced our project by outlining the genre we intend to investigate, what we will produce and what roles and research we will each be undertaking.

Bonnie followed by identifying some films and trailers which we have used as inspiration. She compiled them into a short video with voice over analysis, listing the techniques and elements we appreciate and hope to mimic in our production.

I was up next and talked about Warrandyte as a location, how we established our idea with the location in mind and divulged our findings from location scouting the other week (what I said can be found in one of my previous blogs).

In classic Jackson style, he humorously shared how he has found the script writing process so far, as well as what our story concept is actually about.

Finally, Alex talked about the script editing process. She identified her intentions when going through the script, such as identifying things that could be more concise or parts that could be improved, and identifying parts that are unnecessary.

Overall, I think our presentation went quite well as we each had a clear idea of our roles and what to discuss. We were given confidence in our consultation with Stayci who was supportive of what we intended to convey. In our feedback, Paul acknowledged the fact that shooting for a trailer specifically could be interesting as it challenges the conventional practice (in which the film is made first, the trailer second). Although this had crossed our minds originally, we thought we might be limited creatively and restricted by a format if we decided to shoot for a trailer alone. Hence, we decided we would be better off to direct most of our attention towards producing a sequence of quality scenes, and if suitable, construct them into a ‘trailer-type format.’ This prototype will exhibit the highlights of the scenes and act as a teaser for the complete ‘feature film.’

Although I am interested to explore the thriller genre further, I did like the sound of the other groups’ intentions to experiment with different genres and characters in their productions. Interestingly, many groups assumed this same sort of approach. I really liked the premise of these ideas but did question their achievability given time constraints. I suppose the specificity of ours will allow us to really hone in on what makes a good thriller and hopefully produce something of a high standard.

I hope our presentation fuelled some excited for what is to come from Squadron. I’m looking forward to the weeks of hard work ahead and to put our words into action (literally).