Hi Blog! I am supposed to be posting this on Wednesday instead of Thursday according to my blog schedule that I had posted week 1, however, I had a slight setback. My plan was to discuss the genre of my idea on Wednesday and then begin to discuss my approach on Thursday. When I was beginning the post on Wednesday, I knew that I could no longer go through with my plan. During the beginning of week 2, I created an idea of my film opening around something that recently occurred in my life but after a few sentences of the blog post, I had a realization that I do not have the strength yet to discuss these events for the next two months.
I also scrapped my ideas from the week 1 blog post which lead me back to square one. After I realized I can think more outside of the box. My ideas were "been there, done that". As I have previously mentioned prior to this post, I want my audience to be hooked on the plot by only watching two minutes of what I am producing. I have created an idea but I thought that first I should introduce my genre which is... DRAMA
My inspiration for this film opening came from the film The Edge of Seventeen. While this film is not a drama, I was inspired by the main character, Nadine. She has trouble controlling her emotions ever since her father passed away. Her struggle is made clear to the audience that she is battling internally and that not many people are able to understand her feelings and reactions. These characteristics are inspiring the creation of my soon-to-be protagonist.
Drama Films
The Florida Project (2017)
This film is a documentary drama surrounding six year old Moonee and her rebellious mother, Halley. The two are barely able to pay motel rent. Despite these setbacks, Moonee continues to remain a kid with a huge imagination playing with her two best friends, Jancey and Scooty. This film captures Halley and Moonee's living on the edge lifestyle. Halley hides her internal struggle (which is a similar personality trait that I want my protagonist to have) from her daughter normalizing her rent to rent routine. Halley does not have a job so to pay rent she will go by doing whatever it takes to survive another week. The contrasting two provide different perspectives surrounding their unique situation. I have watched this film before I have gained inspiration from both the mother and daughters emotions throughout the drama. By analyzing their behaviors, it helps me realize that every action has an intended meaning behind it.
Thirteen (2003)
This drama film is another huge inspiration for my film opening as it surrounds A thirteen year old girl, her rebellious best friends, and her developing relationship with her mom as she begins to discover troubling subjects such as drugs, sex, and crime. Her best friend is having major impacts on her actions, behaviors, and views. The mise-en-scene and mother daughter relationship has inspired aspects that I may want to integrate into my film opening. The 2000's style and duller lights are other ideas that I may want to include when I pick costumes and lighting. This film is a reference I can use when it comes to adolescence, hormones, etc. Having a relatable film can help create a direct target audience for what I am trying to represent.
These two films have greatly helped me with my continued research about the drama genre. Watching these films has reminded me that every move that I am making in this project has to have a purpose. After viewing these films, I have gathered many ideas on what I want to include in my film opening. I am proud of my progression so far and despite my minor scheduling set backs, I am on track to make this project one that I am proud of. I am super excited to share with you my ideas and storyboard next blog post.
Sources:
https://www.charactour.com/hub/characters/view/Nadine-Franklin.Edge-of-Seventeen
https://www.metacritic.com/movie/the-florida-project/
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0328538/
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