Okay so now that I'm almost done with editing and completely done with filming, I wanted to reflect on my process with the CCRs (creative critical reflections). The first question I'm addressing is "How does your product use or challenge conventions and how does it represent social groups or issues?"
I started by coming up with an idea, I wanted to be talking to the camera like they were a person who just showed up at my house. I thought it would be funny and make the CCR more interesting. After that I wrote the a script for the first question.
Script:
How'd you get in my house
Okay umm... come inside I guess
Just stay there a second, I'll go get my parents
Huh, oh you're here to see me
about my AICE media project, oh okay
umm, what do you want to know
How does my product use or challenge conventions and how does it represent social groups or issues
Right... how about we take this conversation into my room
Okay so I guess I should start with the first part of your question
My product is a family drama so it follows the convention of focusing on the relationships between family members and, bonus it takes place in 2026 potentially giving nostalgia for this time in the future.
There are also many bright colors used that comfort viewers.
I chose to follow these conventions because I felt they helped boost the story instead of drawing a box around it like some of the other conventions would.
Where my project might differ from genre conventions is in the immediate deeper feelings of the characters. Family dramas are made to be fun and comforting for the most part, but in my opening I wanted to show the tension between the two sisters and especially showcase how the oldest is dealing with it.
This emotion would typically be found nearing the end of a movie because the target audiences are kids to young teens making it necessary for the emotions to be almost watered down.
The target audience for my project is teens of all ages, I changed this convention because I wanted to be able to make the girls feelings the main conflict in the story
I guess that transitions into the second part of your question
So my main characters Makayla and Kimberley are both struggling with how they view each other and through that, themselves.
I didn't specially mention their struggles in my opening but I alluded to them by showing the mess that is Makayla's side of the bathroom in comparison to the perfect organization that is Kimberley's side.
In this project I really wanted to represent the complex relationship between sisters during their teenage years and how just the presence of a sister could change the entire trajectory of someone's life
Yes sisters love each other and want to protect each other, but sometimes they also want their individuality
There isn't really a problem with that until they start twisting their personalities and views just to be as different from the other
These characters embody this by being the exact opposite of each other in present day, but being very similar in flashbacks.
In my story, both girls have changed themselves so completely because of how similar they actually are.
Editing:
After that I filmed everything and put the videos into Clipchamp
Here is the link to the first question:
Final thoughts:
I really liked this question because it allowed me to really think about why I was creating this project. I knew the reason but its been weeks since I started brainstorming so this CCR was a nice way to focus on the meaning behind my project, not just the mechanics of it.
No comments:
Post a Comment