I have been communicating with my partner, Ryan, more now, planning and brainstorming for our film opening. We've grown closer as friends, bonding as we research for this project. We know it must be an original fiction piece, but we are drawing from notable media as inspiration.
My preferred choice of genre is drama. The drama genre has a broad range of sub-genres that expands my partner and I's options for what we can do. I am inspired by the drama "Cast Away" to shoot the film opening outside in nature with the drama focused on man vs. nature. Nature shots tend to come out beautifully, especially if filmed on the beach like "Cast Away," and the sun being the source of beautiful natural lighting. For this genre, we'd have only one human as the character and then all nature as everything else, including many extreme close-ups of the flora and animal life to show that although the character feels alone, this couldn't be further from the truth as nature is alive. This concept intrigues me since I often think about leaving society to live in the wild, a dream that I'll probably only dream of, or now I can make a film opening about, and I'd want to act as the main character.
One show that inspired me to do a fictional dramatic piece of someone struggling with an internal conflict is the FX show "Legion." This show is a a good example of the fictional superhero/ psychological drama, a genre my partner and I would be interested in doing. We could utilize many unique shooting techniques to capture the internal conflict, including shaky and off kilter shots.
It is important to keep in mind my limited resources, and I believe these two genre ideas have great potential with limited resources and creativity. Therefore, they are my top candidates for my choice of genre in this planning process. I am going to keep looking for inspiration though as I always feel improvements can be made. I am excited to continue working on this project as we work towards a beautiful finished product.
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