HEYY GUYS OMGGG it's getting so real now! The submit date is so so soon so I am working so hard to develop my CCR and make it great! My script for the CCR is going to be on the first two questions:
-Q1: How does your product use or challenge conventions and how does it represent social groups or issues?
-Q2: How does your product engage with audiences and how would it be distributed as a real media text?
Directors commentary video theme:
Script Q1:
Danielle: Good afternoon viewers! My name is Danielle Greenbaum and I just finished creating my film opening. Today I want to go over two frequently asked questions that I get. The first question is "How does your product use or challenge conventions and how does it represent social groups or issues?" and the second question is "How does your product engage with audiences and how would it be distributed as a real media text?"
Right now I am going to give you a little sneak peak of what my film is about so you can better understand my feedback! So, for my film I chose to do a thriller so I surrounded the plot with an FBI agent that can see peoples past through flashbacks. *insert video clip from film opening*
This means that during the crime scene, the FBI agent can see the characters before they died. *pause*.. For my film I chose to challenge the props in my film as well as suspense creating. Usually the stereotype for creating suspense in films would be through rapid cuts creating tension however I thought that a bit slower and more scary cuts would tease my audience for a little instead of the rushed fear.
The props in my film were also being challenged as the usual spiel that goes down with FBI agents and crime scenes would be them just picking up objects and putting them into an "evidence" bag HOWEVER, I added the twist with the flashbacks which created and enhanced the thriller genre.
For the supernatural world, my flashbacks play a crucial role. Representation for this usually includes dead people being scary **include clip found on YouTube to support this. No longer than 10 seconds** and unwelcoming however in my film the flashbacks of the "dead" people don't show if they are good or evil. This can allow the viewers to understand that there is something unresolved and these "dead" people are still full of mysteries. *pause* So I made this choice because the film isn't entirely focused on these "dead" peoples lives, its more about the last person that isn't actually dead asking for help. This established the fact that you don't need to fully read into those characters. Now, The props in my film are the main point since they are what makes the FBI see these "dead" people. Props like this are usually just used for the audience to see what kind of personality the "dead" person was before they died (like the lipstick in my film would usually represent that the women probably liked makeup). However, in my film I took a different route and made the objects reveal way more.
*insert picture of props with character*
Danielle: In my film, the main character is represented as an FBI agent contributing to his role as a protagonist. All law enforcement workers whether they are detectives, agents or officers, they all go through events that have changed their perspective about life. The flashbacks **insert video of a flashback scene** of going into the agents brain represents the traumatic events that these people go through within their job. It is clear that we see these workers experience events that the average person would not. In my film the agent is a man which according to gender stereotypes, would usually represent toughness in the character which in my film it does. So the fact that he has to cover his emotions contributes to the trauma as these workers don't speak up about their bigger problems/traumas.
Question #2:
Directors Commentary video theme:
Script:
Danielle: ***adding on from the first question*** .... It is also clear that within the thriller genre and important officers and agents, there is always an engaged audience that enjoys watching crime movies and loves the thrill of always being at the edge of their seat. In my film I wanted to ensure that I could actively keep an audience that is interested in what they are seeing and want to watch it instead of watching because they have to.
I feel like my film engages clearly with audiences because of the suspense builders and and unexpected plot twists like the flashbacks or the ending scene (not going to spoil for you!!). My film is meant to leave audiences in curiosity so when there are mysterious scenes like those inanimate objects revealing the "dead" people, the audience is left with great tension. **insert clip or video** Viewers may also be actively engaged by the visual techniques in my film like the flashbacks which may strike questions for the viewers making them more into it. ...But anyways now the fun part!! I want my film to be all over YouTube! well maybe not all over since its a small film but I really like the idea of it actually being online. Maybe I can try and put it into smaller theaters too like the Broward Center Of Preforming Arts which would be such a great experience. Well, Until next time.. Danielle Greenbaum out!
(will definitely cut some if I feel it isn't needed in the end)
