This week we've moved on to do ideas generations sessions with our teachers. On Tuesday we were set a task called 'Post Secrets' whereby we were given a postcard each which had an image and a secret written on it which we had to base our ideas around: we had to write a 100 word film synopsis based for a micro-short film, then we swapped with the person next to us. I swapped with Jerome. We then had to write our own little secret on a postcard and draw an image to go with the secret and a 100 word film synopsis for our secret. The point of the exercise was to show us that multiple ideas could sprout from one stimulus.
Our second session of ideas generation was on Tuesday when Mr Collins wasn't in. Ms Pemberton took the lesson. We were told to draw 3 columns and 4 rows of circles; we could draw anything in them. We were timed and when the time was up, we saw each others' drawings. Some of us drew inside the circle and abided the rules, others drew outside the circle. The morale is: creativity shouldn't have limitations. I drew outside the circle, so nothing new learned there.
The second task of Wednesday's session was to come up with a verb/noun/adjective. Once we had written the verb/noun/adjective, we were to fold the piece of paper up and pass it along to the next person. The idea was to unconsciously come up with the weirdest sentence ever. I learned that film makers draw their inspiration sometimes from peculiar ideas sometimes.
The third task set was a task similar to that of a guessing game. Each person came up with a routine and a halt in their normal routine. We guessed the scenarios - but it took a pretty long time because some of the reasons were hard to guess. The task taught us to look deeper in to things, moreover, to be creative when it comes to thinking up scenarios and have an open mind.
Despite these tasks, they gave me no new ideas that I didn't already have - but they did teach me to approach things differently and have an idiosyncratic way of thinking.
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