Yes I know you are anxiously waiting for that final “product Addie and I can be proud of” and trust me it is coming, I just wanted to take this time to reflect on the work we have accomplished.
In this reflection I focused on how our product challenged conventions and how it represents social groups and issues.
As you know our genre is a dramedy, which means its conventions are a mixture between the conventions of a drama and a comedy. Dramas are known for presenting realistic characters in conflict with themselves, others, or a force of nature while comedies often work to hide emotions as well as be energetic.
In order to add dramatic conventions into our title sequence we developed the conflict between Bess and Addie through aspects like costume, color correction, match on action shots and blocking.
Other aspects such as music are also common in dramas and we used this to establish contrast between the beginning of the opening title sequence and the end. This is because the majority of our comedy genre conventions are displayed at the end of the title sequence with our use of sarcasm and exaggeration within dialogue.
In this video I also talked about our representation of women and how our depiction of the two girls in the movie as being able to go off on their own, play sports, and go to school to become doctors presents women as being strong, active, and independent.
This video reflection was created using the Splice video editor app for Apple IOS devices. After experiencing additional problems with the editing system used to edit our rough cut I decided to turn to this reliable program. Since this program is run on my Iphone it made it easier to upload our videos and take screen recordings directly from the device.
In my next post I will be providing additional reflections on our final title sequence in the form of a podcast.
Resources:
“Dramatic Conventions – Drama Elements – GCSE Drama Revision – BBC Bitesize.” BBC News, BBC, www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/guides/zqx3wmn/revision/6.
Dercksen, Daniel. “Genre and Genre Conventions.” The Writing Studio, 13 Nov. 2017, https://writingstudio.co.za/what-type-of-story-are-you-writing/
“Genre – Comedy Drama.” AllMovie, www.allmovie.com/genre/comedy-drama-d531.
“Movie Genres.” AllMovie, www.allmovie.com/genres.
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Creative Critical Reflection 1. “Creative Critical Reflection 1.” YouTube, 19 Apr. 2020, youtu.be/CPl7tU6VhTM. Accessed 19 Apr. 2020.
Media Rough Cut. “Media Rough Cut.” YouTube, 25 Mar. 2020, youtu.be/c2FSKTs8shc. Accessed 19 Apr. 2020.
Day One of Filming. “Day One of Filming.” YouTube, 24 Mar. 2020, youtu.be/cTLsF9DfgvI. Accessed 19 Apr. 2020.
Final Title Sequence. “Final Title Sequence.” YouTube, 19 Apr. 2020, youtu.be/MZeN-ySBgk4. Accessed 19 Apr. 2020.
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