CPR- Introduction Lesson 1

This is my blog for the Creative Project Realisation Production skills module. I'll be updating this throughout the course of the module until Christmas.
The first lesson was an interesting analysis into what we will be doing throughout the rest of the year. We looked into the basic steps of converting an idea into a short film and what it requires to make the film. This included the research elements which we looked into by Suzanne showing one of the films she had made and briefly explaining the research it took to make certain scenes. This was an insight for me as it showed the elements that you can sometimes miss in films. For example, Suzanne showed us one of the scenes where a male character is stabbed through the torso with a pitch fork. She then explained the steps she took to pull it off using the fork ends and removing then attaching them to the male character. This looked very real with some fake blood in the picture. We then looked at it from the perspective of using special effects and what it would require to make the scene, using After Effects and Meyer. This insight helped me to recognise exactly what we will be doing this course and helped me to recognise the amount of detail I will be going into for my own project.
Toward the end of the seminar we talked about creating our own short story using blood and fire and no dialogue. This was an interesting exercise as it required creativity inside boundaries. We were then put into groups where we pitched our ideas we had just made. The stories were all interesting and from them we were able to create the main story in our group. However this was out of class and will be in the next blogpost.
The first seminar was more of an introduction into what we will be doing throughout the next few months. I am interested to see what ideas will unfold, what will happen soon...