Alternate ideas for the plot of "Super"-Hero!

 Welcome back bloggers! In today's post, I will be going over 2 major alternate ideas we explored regarding the plot and progression of "Super"-Hero during filming, as well as which one we went with and which one we threw right out! 

Idea 1: Having Power-Man emerge victorious!

    In my post about representation in our film, I mentioned how one of the only ways we were breaking the stereotypes of a kids' superhero comedy was having Power-Man be defeated. Well during filming, we thought about the idea of changing things up so that Power-Man would, in fact, be powerful! This change would have had Power-Man simply knock out 2 of the robbers with 1 to 3 punches, and the last robber standing would have tried running away before slipping on something and falling down. Power-Man would then have gotten the Homeowner back awake and then walked into the camera all heroically to conclude the film. This sounded like a feasible idea at first, but that would have meant the only real quirk in our film would've been removed and we would just have a basic superhero comedy even more generic than before! Since we want to have at least something original in our film, this idea had to be shot down. Additionally, since our actors for the robbers are quite larger in size compared to our actor for Power-Man, it would have been a silly idea to make Power-Man knock out 3 taller robbers, in all fairness.

Idea 2: Alternate idea for filming the Homeowner being knocked out

    Our second idea, which DID make it into the final cut, was another way to  film the Homeowner being knocked out by the robbers. Originally and in our first storyboard, the camera would simply follow (dolly shot) the robbers running from the door and into the homeowner's room, with the homeowner being knocked out on the way and being shoved into a nearby bathroom. It would then have cut to a high angle static of the robbers ransacking the room. However, when we finished the initial entry scene, my group came up with a much different and more exciting idea: We would start by showing the Homeowner walking out of the bathroom by positioning the cameraman in the hallway. This would then lead to a robber facing the Homeowner, and then knocking him out with one swing. Next, the film would cut to the Homeowner's knocked out body, then whip-panning to the robbers moving over him and into the bedroom, and then continuing along as planned. We liked this idea more since it gave us the opportunity to use some unique shot types, as well as allowing for some comedically awkward moments in the opening. So, we decided to use it for our film!