Ethnic groups are gaining more representation in media. Minorities, especially African Americans, have received more roles in film in the past years. More black roles in film make a dent in the racial stereotypes that have been built for decades due to racism. And not just supporting roles, but main roles with characters who embrace their race and culture and inspire other young black kids to be proud of themselves and to strive for similar accomplishments. African Americans have mainly been displayed as the "thugs" or the "black best friend" or the character who usually dies first, but things have slowly been changing for the better, and directors have been called out for their lack of diversity in casting. image credits: vulture.com
After so much research, I finally started planning out my film opening. I've decided to do a coming of age film, because that is a genre that I've seen a lot and can relate to as a teenager. I want my filming to be done outdoors, so I've been trying to build a plot around that idea. So far, all I can think of is good car scene that ends up with the main character getting dropped off. What plot can be built from that? In most coming of age movies I've seen, scenes that take place in a car usually feature a fight between two characters while the main character looking out the window. Or, the main character and the driver are having a deep, emotional talk while, again, the main character is looking out the window. My favorite car scene is from "Clueless," because it's funny and the high energy is something I want to emulate. I've re-watched "Clueless" over the weekend, and even though it's more comedy than I want for my film, I did take ...
Part of my convention research included watching a movie I knew well to pick up on conventions. I also did more research on the different types of conventions, like form conventions. Form conventions are the swag people expect a piece of media to be formatted, like putting a title at the beginning of a movie and the credits at the end. Story conventions are similar, in that are key things everyone expects to be in a story, like character change. What I researched last time was just genre conventions, but this time I was able to find out that theres more available. https://helveticamediuma.com/learn/media-conventions/
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