Wanted to add another setting/location shot. The first picture of my backyard is where the final scene will take place, but this is the street where all the running is happening.
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
I also did a bit of research on representation in sub-genres of drama films. Films like comedies, historical dramas, coming of age films, etc. all have different standards that they follow to appeal to different audiences. A drama-comedy, for example, combines what makes up a drama and a comedy. So there are elements of a realistic setting, mixed with humor, mixed with the range of emotions that you experience while watching. Movies like this usually utilize a lot of characters and display a wide range of representation. Historical dramas are set in the past, are usually focused on one country and one race. In America, most popular historical dramas have little representation and are centered around white people, but if you go around the world, you see that each country focuses on their predominate race. The sub-genre that I'm doing is coming of age, and this genre has shown a positive growth in representation over the years. This genre is more focused towards yo...
How did your research inform your products and the way they use or challenge convention? Reflection #4 Transcript: My research was a big aid to me in how I created my project. I started by watching the openings to a few coming of age films to see how they started. So, most of them started like with a car scene or with the main character, you know, waking up and starting their day so I tried to imitate that to use, I tried to use those conventions for my own film and I also tried to strive away and make it a little more mysterious in the end of the opening to set up a good overall plot. So, it's not just coming of age but something a little different to add something interesting to the beginning of the film that would be further progressed later in the film, so that's how I tried to kind of challenge the convention of a film opening.
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