Welcome to my blog! This is where I will show the process of producing my final project, from research and planning to filming and editing. When I was getting ready to submit my proposal, I had no idea where to start. I originally thought of doing a horror film because there are so many directions to go in for that genre. However, I don’t really like horror movies, so I didn’t want to dedicate 3 months of my life to something I would dread doing. Instead, I decided to do a comedy/coming-of-age film entitled A Lot To Learn. I wanted my film’s plot to explore the impact that teachers have on the lives of their students. My parents are both educators and often reconnect with people they had as students 10 to 20 years ago. These people are adults with full time jobs and kids, yet they still remember what my dad taught them in biology class, or the sound of my mom’s high heels on the classroom’s tile. I’ve always been fascinated and inspired by this connection that seems to prevail through time. However, in my title sequence, I will only be able to scratch the surface of this complex topic. I plan to appeal to a PG-13 audience; teenagers to middle aged men and women. In order to get them to see my movie, I will have to advertise mostly the comedic elements of my film since that is what appeals to audiences of those ages.
When I came up with this idea, I immediately thought of movies such as The Edge of Seventeen and Mean Girls. These movies deal with the struggles of being young and trying to fit in as well as exploring the student-teacher dynamic through comedy. I plan to conduct thorough research on comedy/coming-of-age genre conventions and title sequences in order to produce the best possible film opening. I’ve made a list of films whose title sequences may be good to look at for research purposes.
I’ve also come up with a rough schedule for each stage of making title sequence:
- Research: Complete by 2/3/19
- Scriptwriting: Complete by 2/10/19
- Pre-Production: Complete by 2/24/19
- Production: Complete by 3/3/19
- Post-Production: Complete by 3/17/19
A Lot To Learn 