Project idea summary

 After a lot of thinking and deliberation after my last post with the group meeting, I decided to go with my original idea of having a rocket ship blast off into space. Most of the people from the meeting recommended I go with my first idea after I told them whether I should go with this idea or an idea of two astronauts on a space station. I decided on my original idea since it may seem harder, at least to me, but it does look a lot more fun to produce and shoot than my second idea. 

So here is the general plot I have for my project. It will be a Sci-fi space genre film about an astronaut on a rocket ship, blasting off into space as, like a real space rocket, segments of the ship begin to separate until there is nothing left but the capsule where the astronaut is housed. This is just the plot of the first two minutes of my film, but I did have a general idea for a possible full film that: the astronaut leaves his planet, goes through a wormhole, and lands on another better planet. I know I do not need a big general idea for my film if it was an actual 5-10 minute short film, but having a broader idea like this better helps me look into what I want for the first two minutes. And it helps me scale down what is good to make the film look better, and cutting down on any potential ideas that either seemed unnecessary or doesn't fit the flow of the film. 

Although I mentioned 2001: A Space Odyssey a lot for my project; the first two minutes of my film is more inspired by Interstellar and First Man. This is because my two minutes mainly showcase a rocket ship flying into space, shots and scenes that Interstellar and First Man have while 2001 does not. But between the two movies, Interstellar is my biggest inspiration since I like how it uses object mounted POVs when the rocket separates: and while First Man's rocket scenes are pretty good, I am mainly taking inspiration from First Man's rocket scenes when it shows just the interior of the ship and not the outside. The object mounted POVs that Interstellar uses makes it feel as though the audience is on the ship with the other astronauts. Showing a full wide shot of the rocket soaring through the sky, at least for me, breaks that engagement with the characters, and make it feel like audience is only here to witness the characters journey than actually be with them. 

I have a really clear cut picture of what I want for my film. Now I just have to figure out the knicks and obstacles in mainly pre and post production. I did mention that I was mainly worried about lighting, but now I am more worried about how to edit a planet in the background of the space launch scenes, along with creating and building the small rocket for the scene too.