(with a hint of indecisiveness)
Okay, so, Kass and I have gone through SO many ideas for our documentary poster. We thought about using a bajilion people to create a Z -- OH WAIT, UPDATE! After some long, deep reflection, we have decided to change our title to Z. Okay, hear me out: We liked We Are Not Who You Think We Are, but we felt that it was too long of a title and looked off when we added it in our doc as a title slide. Also, it was hard to maintain cohesion with our production and social campaign because it was too long (like I said previously, there's no way our website would be called wearenotwhoyouthinkweare.weebly.com because yikes, what a mouthful). Additionally, we felt that Z was simple, yet it could be extremely powerful if we went about it in the right way. The simplicity of the title will add an element of mystery when people hear it - "What the heck is that new doc Z about? I'd better check it out hmmm." <---- You see! It's great.
Okay, back to the poster ideas, I got a bit sidetracked!! Basically, Kass and I did some heavy brainstorming to try and come up with ideas for it. We thought about using different people's arms to construct a "Z" which we thought would show togetherness, diversity, and the title (whoo). Another idea was to use several people and lie them down to create a "Z". As for backgrounds, we like the sky for the first idea because it represents openness and that's why birds fly in freedom. I love symbolism :'). Another idea was to go the computer-designed way. We would create a "Z" with a bold outline and use the inside to fill it with words that describe Gen Zers. 
We also tried this (see left) with a photo editing app and, honestly, it didn't come out too cute. We had to scrap it so quickly because we were slightly terrified of what we had produced... lol. What a great concept, but we didn't like our version. The idea we did use? Hehe, well that's to be revealed soon. Also, some editing issues parte dos:
I loathe the "but they're wrong" audio clips. Yes, I know, I was just praising them a few posts ago because they are great in theory; in practice however, they completely disrupt the flow of the doc and instead of creating a shift in tone, they just make me uncomfortable because they sound SO wrong. Sigh. I'm currently trying to figure out how to remedy this and bridge the two sections of the intro together. They are both complete, and I changed the colors of the first part ("they call us...") to be colder and more blue, while the second set of shots are warmer and more yellow, so this is the only part that needs fixing.
Stay tuned,
Chey :)
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