Transition Post

     

    The time has finally come! We have officially begun the process of creating our Portfolio projects in class today. I'm extremely excited to start this because I think that it will truly shape me as a content creator and media consumer. Thankfully, I feel prepared to start this thanks to all of the things we have learned in class and the projects we have done prior to this one; I can now see how those projects were really meant to get us ready for this. I will be recording the process of creating this film opening for the next few months in my blog.

    So far, I'm very interested in two of the types of purpose we can develop. The first one would be to develop tone. I think that this approach gives a lot of room for creativity in the way that one can give the audience a taste of what the movie will be. I would love to use mise-en-scene elements such as costume design and lighting to develop the piece's tone, and I love the idea of thinking deeper into the meaning and representation of colors, styles, etc. I like that one has to really get in the mind of the audience to see how certain things will make them feel and that choices are made with a lot of meaning behind them.

    The other approach to develop purpose that I really like is creating mystery. Similar to developing tone, I think that implementing mise-en-scene elements to allude or imply future events in the plot is a great way to expand one's creativity and be original; not only that, but it is also very entertaining for audiences to go back to the film opening after watching a mystery, and seeing all the foreshadowing and attention to detail that was done but they hadn't noticed. I would also be interested in using sound techniques in order to create suspense and questions, but mostly I'm interested in creating that big question mark on the audience's head that keeps them watching the movie in hopes of finding answers within.

    Without a doubt there will be challenges when taking on this big task, but I'm looking forward to putting my abilities to the test and using the knowledge earned in class to work in a larger scale than what we've been used to.