At the beginning of the year, everyone in the class was told to grab a piece of paper from a bin and then do research about it. The pieces of paper were filled with various genres in which we would group together with people that picked the same genre. Although it was interesting to get a randomly generated genre, I would have appreciated researching my own picked genre (which is happening sooner than later); but just to reinforce the experience- I really liked researching musicals. Of course, the first subject my mind focused on was The High School Musical Movie Series by Disney. Although now, I find it intriguing that there is a TV Show in creation for the movies- but it wasn't the only musical we could research. We needed various examples, different actors, other experiences, and it would've been appreciative to look into different time periods to give a sense of change over time periods and generations. Once we got the instructions, it was time for research.
We were told to research all of the following concepts: lighting, camera angles, movements, mis-en-scene, elements, examples, common sound, and factors that are/ are not appealing. Since there was so much work to be done, we decided to split it between our group (which contained three people, including me.) Personally, the hardest ones to cover were mis-en-scene and the factors that do/ don't appeal; this is because you have to really focus on what the director is trying to accomplish and how they merged all of these elements together in order to make the film they wanted. The parts of the project I completed were: movement, elements, common sound, and non-appealing elements. Looking back at it now, I realize I could have elaborated better on the movements and sounds as it's much more generalized and does not focus on a particular term, just a particular theme. On the other hand, it shows my growth and experience throughout this course and realization of the material that matters; which is one of the greatest parts I like about this course- the realization of exactly how much goes into media production and how directors elaborate their ideas through production. I can confirm, without any hesitation, that this project was the main bulk of our course material; if it was not assigned at the beginning of the year, I would feel that my experience was weaker throughout the course, had it been assigned toward the end of the year. At the end of the project's completion, all the group members showed each other their work and elaborated on the details of their slides; this made it convenient to learn about the material of the genre while completing it on time.
Furthermore, the actual project itself wasn't hard, it was just quite time-consuming; we had to make sure that the details we received were correct and also elaborated on so that it didn't seem confusing. Also, as I mentioned before, we couldn't just focus on one example as that would create too much genre bias from that one example; by using multiple films to examine it proves a variety of lighting, sounds, and movements could be implemented into the film to give across the director's ideas; the genre isn't necessarily specific to one type of each element, however, specific to a set of similar techniques for that given element. It definitely perked my interest in seeing the genre's main concepts change throughout the years, especially in the Silent era where live music was accompanied rather than editing it in the film's post-production. Also, the way the elements changed themselves in the genre was peculiar; as in, how sounds would become louder and more upbeat to support the movement which was fast and flow-like. Overall, the experience enforced the understanding just how much goes into creating a film, what the process is like, what factors are accompanied by a certain genre, and basically all of the in-depth details under the creation; this project aided me in my experience and thought process as a director and what factors I am attracted to.
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/120FcK-anrMywLeSykKDuNpem6r_6TuaiBlkFmytXijQ/edit#slide=id.g6036323fc2_3_8
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