EVALUATION TIMEEEEEE

The genre that I chose when planning my film was a Romantic Comedy, more commonly known as a ‘Rom-Com’; they are typically light-hearted films with humorous plotlines that are centred on romantic ideals such as ‘that true love is able to surmount most obstacles’. Although I followed this genre, I wanted to challenge the concept by not displaying a possibly romance or even the female protagonist’s physicality to the audience within the opening two-minutes. My reason for doing this was because I wanted the audience to build up a rapport and understanding of Eliza’s character through her dialogue rather than establishing a stereotype or prejudgement of the character from just appearance alone; this also allows for some background to be established because it is her dialogue that captures the audience, this keeps them intrigued and interested to watch the rest of the film.

Another aspect that I chose to challenge was the range of shots that I used within my opening; I wanted to keep it simple, and so I didn’t use too many shots and when it came to editing I used effects such as a cross-dissolve in order to blend the shots together so that it flowed well as a transition and was easy to watch for the audience, rather than using snappy and fast-paced shots that would be typical of genres such as horror or action films.

Having said this, I have used and developed the typical forms and conventions of real media products within the industry by using non-diajectic audio within my opening; I did this in the form of music and Eliza’s voiceover. I believe that using the music allows emotion to be developed within the audience and this can strongly influence the effect of the film on the audience. A film that particularly influenced and inspired me was Bridget Jones’ Diary because within her dialogue and voice-overs she provides a very humorous and entertaining aspect and this fuels the popularity and success of the films.

One form that I chose to develop was the use of quotes from famous and well-known people from around the world within a film opening; a particularly effective example of this for me is Remember Me in which Robert Pattinson’s character has a fairly troubled lifestyle because of his father and he is able to gain inspiration and many life lessons from Gandhi. Remember Me is a 2010 American romantic, coming-of-age drama film directed by Allen Coulter, with the screenplay by Will Fetters. One particular quote is "Gandhi said that whatever you do in life will be insignificant but it is very important that you do it...". This quote relates to my media film because I am intrigued by the use of famous historical figures whose words are able to have a great and significant impact upon peoples lives.

“ In a typical romantic comedy the two lovers tend to be young, likeable, and apparently meant for each other, yet they are kept apart by some complicating circumstance (e.g., class differences, parental interference; a previous girlfriend or boyfriend) until, surmounting all obstacles, they are finally wed. A wedding-bells, fairy-tale-style happy ending is practically mandatory. ”