Hello! From now on all of my blog posts will be focused on the development of my final Cambridge portfolio project for the AICE exam at the end of the year. The blogs posted prior to his point have helped me develop my knowledge and experience in studying and analyzing the media sphere. Honestly, I am quite nervous and anxious to start this project but I know that will wear off with time and I will be excited and happy to keep researching and growing this beautiful experience.
Ever since I was young I have always enjoyed comedy movies because they take my stress away and let me laugh and have good time. Even though I have interest in these types of movies, I want to research more genres before choosing the one I will ultimately use in my portfolio project. I want to research 2-3 genres to analyze the opening and see which would be the right pick for me to do. To start I will research the Comedy genre.
ANALYZING COMEDY
Comedy is one of the broadest genres of film because it contains any subgenres including rom-coms, satire, and parodies. What really makes comedy a challenging genre is that humor is subjective. A joke that sends one person into hysterics might leave another completely emotionless. A successful comedy film will keep the audience laughing though the use of dialog, physical humor, and strong storytelling. In studying comedy, I hope to learn how such elements are effectively included into an entertaining opening sequence.
The comedic tone is immediately established in this opening scene, with the highly exaggerated disguises, physical humor, and over-the-top performances. The film sets up its light and absurd nature through a combinations of verbal and slapstick comedy. For example, the disguised Wayans brothers are disguised as Latino shopkeepers, which is awkward yet humorous and establishes the film's use of cultural and situational comedy. The scene effectively captures the audience's attention, introduces key characters, and sets up the comedic style that will be carried out through the entirety of the film.
For the AICE portfolio project, I will prepare a two minute opening sequence of an original fiction film. One direction I could take is the comedy approach, drawing from the reseacrh on genre and the critical analysis of "White Chicks". I would include features such as exaggerated character reactions, dialogue and situational comedies.
If I choose this approach, I want it to be a really entertaining, humour-filled introduction to establish both the personalities of the characters and the comedic premise of the movie. The main problem I most likely would run into is managing how much humor can be balanced within such a short and small window to make sure the narrative still gets across in an interesting enough manner. In this regard, I would practice various comedy approaches and revise my script many times with feedback from friends, family, and teachers.he portfolio project represents a rather exciting and enlightening journey into filmmaking. Studying
The portfolio project represents a rather exciting and enlightening journey into filmmaking. Studying genres and analyzing successful examples and using these insights to inform my work should enable e to create an effective opening in a film for audience engagement and entertainment. The project will contribute to the development of my filming skills and a deeper understanding of how and why different genres work on screen.
I look forward with enthusiasm to bringing my vision to life and really sharpening my storytelling skills through this creative process.
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