Transition into Portfolio Project
Welcome to the start of my portfolio project for AICE Media Studies! With this project starting, it feels a bit overwhelming as it will test my skills, but also teach me the skills of camerawork, editing, building mise-en-scène, and sound design. I will provide updates weekly on how this process is going. With this project, I will be able to use everything I used in class, from projects, lessons, and previous assignments, to build the best portfolio possible. I have already researched two genres in my earlier blogs that I may be interested in using for my two-minute film opening. Along with the research, in class we learned some recommendations on how to best build our portfolio, and we looked at examples of previous students' portfolios.
As I mentioned in my research blog, when introduced to the project, I started brainstorming which genres I enjoy and which I could use to meet my expectations. At first, I thought of horror as it would be one of the more interesting genres. However, I found that the horror genre can be very repetitive, as many of its works share very similar elements, and my teacher agreed. That’s why, for my first genre, I will be researching drama, as looking back at what I have watched over the years, it has always been drama or action. So those will be the two genres I choose between for my two-minute film opening.
During my research, I was able to find out my target audience for drama and action, and how conventions and emotions can be used to engage an audience within a 2-minute time frame. Also, how pacing, storyline, and characters are important to effectively complete my film's opening.
Since we were able to work in groups, I chose to work with my classmates Sebastian and Christian. They ended up researching the same genres as I did, so we were already on the same page. While in class, we brainstormed an idea for our two-minute opening. The idea dealt with one of the genres I had researched, tragic drama. Our main goal is to build a two minute opening with suspense, realism, and make it mark the start of a greater story. The idea was two best friends or brothers who had the same goal in life could be to become a professional baseball player, soccer player or football player, etc. that talk all about but tragically one dies which is where the opening ends on a cliff hanger for audience to have to watch the film in order to find out what happens.
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