Peer Suggestion

    Ahead of our first day of filming a peer made a comment to us based on our project proposal. Despite liking what we had submitted in terms of story/content, they felt our proposed sequence belonged toward the middle of a film. They pointed out that there was no substantive establishment and/or development of the setting/characters. In reflecting upon our peer's comments, our group understood and agreed with what they had to say. 

    We believed that one of the easiest ways to fix this issue was to reduce the interactions which our main character, Anthony, has with La Llorona in the opening sequence. Rather than having any meaningful establishment of characters or the setting, we spent far too much time forcing interactions or appearances of La Llorona. La Llorona had 6 individual appearances in our original plan for the story - many of which would take up a significant portion of time. As a consequence of these appearances, we'd need far more time in order to properly establish the story, characters, setting, etc.

    The group agreed to reduce - but not eliminate - the number of times La Llorona is seen during this 2-minute time period. In our revised version La Llorona would only appear 3 times, and only one of which would be a direct interaction - right at the end. This change causes the 2-minute sequence to feel more like an introduction as opposed to being in the middle of the film. Additionally, we have more time to establish the story, characters, setting, etc. Instead of having to cram, it can be done at a natural pace.

    In our new storyboard, we crossed out the previously planned scenes that La Llorona that would've appeared. Beyond eliminating most of La Llorona's appearances though, the only story change is that we're going to focus more on Anthony and Mariana's interaction while they're in the car at the beginning of the clip. The crossed-out areas above show which parts are being cut.