For my final major project for year two, I am going to make a short coming of age genre feature film. My contextual research explores the genre and its conventions accompanied by my audience research that delves into the specifics of storytelling and character.
My goal is to deliver a piece of work that not only reflects my practical knowledge when it comes to filming and writing, but a film that will be visually striking and showcase my own personal aesthetic and filming style.
My journals document my ideas, progress and development throughout this FMP and all the work that I do in class weekly.
What I want to do for this project including my initial ideas, going into how I will develop and create my final film, and how I will evaluate it.
The coming of age genre
genre tropes, themes & conventions
Sungenres
character stereotypes
Iconography
Existentialist film genre inspiration
French new wave inspiration
Propps character types
Character archetypes
Situational archetypes
Binary oppositions
Gratification theory
The appeal of coming of age films
Cinematography & Colour theory
Colours in the coming of age genre
Lighting & my inspirations
Actor blocking and staging
Storyline & structure
Mind-maps and mood-boards
Script
Shotlist
Location scouting
Risk assessment
Call sheets
Storyboard