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After posting yesterday, I kept thinking about how my partner and I were going to execute our message in our film opening. This is the essential part that we want to truly focus on because the things that exemplify strong emotions are portrayed as more honest. We want our audience to be shocked by our opening and see that it came from our hearts. Many of our ideas started come out like a trailer, rather than a film opening and we must be aware of the difference. Onil and I thought of some technical elements that we hope to include in our film opening:

Mise-en-scene

1. The teenage girl will be wearing a plain clothing. This will represent her reserved personality, adding to the fact that she doesn’t talk about her feelings and she is very self-kept. We want our audience to see that she’s dealing with her issues on her own and she does not involve others.
2. The film opening will take place at her house, mostly in her room, as well as her high school. These settings are important as they are the places that her sad emotions are stemmed from and dealt with.
3. When our main character starts to gain confidence, her clothing will change to a more flashy look. This will clearly show our audience the difference of her self-esteem from the beginning, to when things start to get better.

Camera Shots & Movement

1. We will include establishing shots, so that the viewers are not confused with where the main character is.
2. When the teenage girl is crying, close-ups will enhance her true emotions by drawing in the audience closer. This will form a connection between the character and audience.
3. When she dresses up and breaks out of her shell, we will capture a long shot to display her full movement, establishing the emotion of her replenished power and confidence.

With all of these elements, we really envision a spectacular film opening. We are focusing on both the little and big things, really paying attention to the details. I can’t explain how excited I am for us to start filming and putting our ideas into play. Well, the picture below entails some of my excitement. Keep your eyes open for my next posting!

Xoxo,

Amanda