Film Opening Decision/Representation

 What the hell do I do?

I don't know which genre to do yet but I have to decide soon. I must decide by tomorrow because I need to start making a storyboard and script. My decisions right now are gangster or romance. I know what my stories will be about but I have to choose one. For my gangster film, I would do an Italian mafia film focused on a character who will do anything for his family, his family is everything to him. For my romance film, I would do a romance drama film that focuses on a couple who are going through a rough patch in their relationship. 

Italian Mafia

For the gangster film, I would make it like a mix of the Godfather and Scarface. The Godfather focuses on the family of the Corleone and on the trust within the family. In the movie, it is also shown that family is what is most important. Scarface focuses on a man who will do anything for his family and will do anything to be on top. For my film opening, I feel I would want to make it show the importance of family like it does in The Godfather, but at the same time show the power and the man who will do anything for that family like in Scarface. 

I know that for my film I would like to use lots of mid-shots and close-ups to show my character. I want to try to also implement some action shots as well that will catch people's attention right away. I want my character to be prominent, and have a look that people will remember. The look will be one thing that I will have to work on because it has to be memorable but cannot be too extravagant, it still also has to match the film.

Romance Drama

For the romance drama film, I would like to make it similar to the movie Waves but instead of focusing on one character but also demonstrating the relationship, I would like to make it about the relationship while also focusing on the life of both characters. Waves is a movie about an African-American kid who struggles with his family, the loss of a loved one's life, and his relationship. I would want my film to be more focused on the rough edges of relationships, and then splitting the lives of both people in the relationship to show why the relationship is going through problems. 

I know for my film I would like to try to use rack focuses so that I can show a person's emotion and then focus on the person's emotion next to them. I want to use this technique so that I can shift focus between characters. I also want to use lots of mid and close-ups to focus on the character's emotions and feelings. I will try to blur the background to have the focus secure. I want to show the struggles of being in a relationship, while also demonstrating the reasons from each person in the relationship why those struggles are happening. 

I'll figure it out

By tomorrow I feel I know what genre I will do. It's hard to decide because I want to do both and I have 2 great ideas for both. Either film would be great to display in a film opening. Both films would be great to do but there are some advantages and disadvantages for each. The advantage of the Italian Mafia film is the ability to make it authentic by using things from my culture and being able to recreate a family/character from movies I love. The disadvantages though are costumes which are usually formal clothes which is hard to move around in and not everyone owns formal clothing. For the Romance Drama, the advantages are that I can find people to act that are already a couple which can make it more real, and I can show the emotions of the character which can make a big impact on the people watching the film. The disadvantages though are that if I can't find a couple I have to find people comfortable with acting like a couple and I have to probably find adults who can be in the film to act as parents. With these advantages and disadvantages in mind, this will help me decide what to do. In my next blog, you guys will see what I have chosen but till now you know what to expect in either outcome.