La La Land (2016, Damien Chazelle) provokes both active and passive responses from the spectator. A passive audience accept the ‘preferred reading’ (Stuart Hall, 1980) of the film and respond in the way that the director intended. However, an active audience challenge this reading instead and get a ‘negotiated reading’ where they only partly agree with …
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Improved Shot List
Shot # Shot Type Location Description 1 Close up Home An alarm clock ringing on a bedside table 2 Close up Home Our main character’s face, she opens her eyes and sighs 3 Mid shot Home Main character in bed from the side, she turns to face the camera and shuts her eyes tight 4 …
Improved Synopsis
A teenage girl struggles to come to terms with reality and uses her imagination as a form of escapism when she cannot cope with being present in the real world. A lack of positive relationships means that she wishes she could improve things for herself but simply doesn’t know how. It begins in the morning …
Shooting Schedule
Shot List Task
Some things in this shot list may change as it is only a guide. Additionally, it is likely that I will shoot more than is required or multiple variations of each shot to give me more options when editing and make it less likely that I will have to go back and reshoot anything.
Creative ways to present the disparity between reality and fiction: mind map (and other additional ideas)
This is a collection of any additional ideas that I have had, particularly regarding how I will effectively portray the idea of fiction vs reality. It is important that I remember to keep the message relatively ambiguous in order to ensure that the viewer is able to draw their own conclusions. There are a number …
Casting
The extras in the college scene will be based on who is available at the time chosen for filming, this also applies to the extras in the church scene. A friend of mine runs a health class within the church on a Monday night and I have spoken to a lot of the people who …
Influence of the Musical Genre
Some of the generic conventions of classic musicals such as West Side Story (1961) have influenced my ideas for my own film and how I want it to look and feel. For example, these musicals often use wide shots to show spectacle and scale by resembling a stage. This is something I would like to …
Location
The first two scenes of the film will be done at college in a classroom, the exact classroom that it is filmed in won’t affect the narrative. Therefore, it can be done in any available classroom. There will also be some shots of the main character entering and leaving the classroom and college which will …
Costumes Plan
Main character: The central character of the film will wear the same outfit throughout all of the real life scenes as it is set in one day. However, she will add layers as it progresses. The overall look of her costume will be very basic as she is a character who never really makes herself …
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