The big shabang is in full play… it’s portfolio time. I’ve been looking forward to this project all year. One, there is so much room for creativity, and two, there is so much time to really get everything right for this project. I’m somebody who loves the little things, it’s all about the details. The project asks for a 2 minute max film opening, and I’ve had tons of ideas throughout the year as to what it would be. I think the most important thing, and what people so often forget, is that this is a film opening and not a whole film. So often I feel like past students’ submissions try to thread the film’s needle in the opening, but it’s not supposed to be like that. It’s a small part of a whole, which also really allows us to get it right and exactly how we want it.
The Guitar Hotel at Seminole Hard Rock Cafe, the Eiffel Tower of Broward
The film Lady Bird helped me figure out what genre my film would be. The many different elements of the genre that capture life were hard for me to figure out, but when I thought about it Lady Bird had similar elements and is classified as a comedy drama.
The more I think about it the character is similar to Matt Damon’s character in Good Will Hunting. Actually, the more I think about it the opening to Good Will Hunting is very similar to what I’m trying to accomplish. I just rewatched the first ten minutes of the film, and I was wrong. I don’t want to do the opening the way they do it, but instead keep it more like some of the beginning scenes of him and his buddies. Though very different, especially regarding the techniques used in the film, there are similar plotlines.
I have a strong feeling I will work by myself for this project. TStok put it best, you don’t want too many cooks in the kitchen. I have a plan and I know exactly how I want it, it would really mess with me to not have creative power over a project I know will mean a lot to me. One of my idols Jonathon Larson says to take from what you know, and in his musical RENT you can see characters that go through and represent challenges and mindsets of himself and friends. I’m going to do exactly that, and take a lot of inspiration from real people, especially my friends. I have a strong feeling the opening is going to be the main character with a group of his “goons”(I’m gonna do a blog post about Broward teenage dialect that will explain the term) but it’s kids who are definitely not afraid to get into trouble or do stuff the way they want to. They’ll doing something that gets them in trouble or something… but my point is that these people are gonna be people that I know. I’d drawing from what I know.
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