Planning opening scene

Hey, blog it's Kat, so my group and I are brainstorming what we want our opening scene to be. When we were filming, Ale and I had the idea of making a montage of Miami Beach since our actors are supposed to be attending the University of Miami. I am planning on spending a lot of time at the beach during spring break so capturing those shots will not be difficult for me. We have been looking through multiple websites of un-copywritten music to try and find the perfect upbeat song to go with our opening. Here is the site that we have been browsing and that has had the best options. The song itself shouldn't be too upbeat but the perfect balance between calm and uplifting. The opening scene will be comprised of different clips of Chloe unpacking her boxes and designing her apartment. We have also purchased a UM flag to make it obvious to our audiences the connection between the two actors. We are planning on inserting a shot of Chloe putting up the merchandise in the opening scene.

The beginning of this scene from the series "Private Practice", begins with a short montage of the Santa Monica Pier in Los Angeles. I want our montage to resemble some elements of this clip. It will count as an establishing shot and aid in giving viewers a more accurate mental image of the setting.

We will be shooting this scene in Ales's apartment because it will be more convenient for everyone to meet up in Weston instead of Miami again, and we also have more freedom in being able to move things around for the shots. At first, we were going to have Ale be our actor for the opening scene because Chloe is leaving for Aruba, but there is one tiny issue in that, Chloe is ginger while Ale has dark brunette hair. So if we followed through with that idea, all the shots would need to be extremely close-up or close-up shots to hide the obvious difference. So ultimately, Chloe has agreed to meet us at Ales for a few quick shots. Anyway, that's all the news I have for now, and like always I will keep you posted Blog!