Hello, Hellooo! I hope everyone is enjoying their day. After I met up with the group on Friday, I got to thinking and found a way to make my plot more interesting and even added a small element of comedy into it, to brighten up the mood a bit. Although I didn't include the SoundCloud/Podcast idea, into my plot it might be something I could include in the trailer, if it helps the trailer move along in some way. You and I both know how hard it is to stick to one idea, and be done with it. I'll definitely be adding more details along the way, but here's my tweaked plot:
This story is about a girl who is in her senior year of high school and is struggling with her body image, and trying to figure out what it is she’s meant to do. She has two best friends who are the complete opposites and tend to joke around, go on adventures, aim to make her happy, try to convince her not to worry so much about the future, and help her understand her self worth and beauty. As they go through senior year she experiences various bumps in the road, but along the way finds out what her passion is and how unimportant society’s standards tend to be.
Overall it's a story about friends who spend one of the most shaping years of their high school careers learning, changing, having fun and a girl who finds her passion and learns to love herself.
Along with that, I've been doing some research on drama/coming of age films and their trailers and have found some really great conventions and suggestions. Since my film falls under the drama genre, I've been doing some research to help me understand what drama trailers tend to be like. One of the places that exposed me to some really great information was The Guardian, which started off by emphasizing the importance of music in a trailer, especially a trailer for the drama genre. It mentioned how piano music tends to be extremely helpful in creating a feeling of melancholy and euphoria, which is pretty much perfect for many dramatic scenarios. It also said that some drama trailers include heavy-handed dialogue in the opening 30 seconds, because it helps draw the viewers into the movie's "key themes and messages." Within Drama films, any mention of the Oscars or Awards will grant your film instant credibility and tend to help strengthen a movie's reputation. When the title is finally unveiled, the reveal needs to be intriguing, emphatic and "in a Serif font." It's also important to include a funny bit within the trailer to show the audience that no matter how serious the film might be, there will be times for lightheartedness. Since, coming of age is a sub-genre under dramas it's trailers tend to follow similar structures to traditional drama trailers. However, some of the things that is specific to coming of age films is the high school setting, overcoming trial, and finding yourself/ one's passion.
Along with that, I've been doing some research on drama/coming of age films and their trailers and have found some really great conventions and suggestions. Since my film falls under the drama genre, I've been doing some research to help me understand what drama trailers tend to be like. One of the places that exposed me to some really great information was The Guardian, which started off by emphasizing the importance of music in a trailer, especially a trailer for the drama genre. It mentioned how piano music tends to be extremely helpful in creating a feeling of melancholy and euphoria, which is pretty much perfect for many dramatic scenarios. It also said that some drama trailers include heavy-handed dialogue in the opening 30 seconds, because it helps draw the viewers into the movie's "key themes and messages." Within Drama films, any mention of the Oscars or Awards will grant your film instant credibility and tend to help strengthen a movie's reputation. When the title is finally unveiled, the reveal needs to be intriguing, emphatic and "in a Serif font." It's also important to include a funny bit within the trailer to show the audience that no matter how serious the film might be, there will be times for lightheartedness. Since, coming of age is a sub-genre under dramas it's trailers tend to follow similar structures to traditional drama trailers. However, some of the things that is specific to coming of age films is the high school setting, overcoming trial, and finding yourself/ one's passion.
"The “Coming of Age” of Coming-of-Age Films | The Princeton Buffer." Princeton University. The Trustees of Princeton University, 06 Dec. 2014. Web. https://princetonbuffer.princeton.edu/2014/06/12/the-coming-of-age-of-coming-of-age-films/
Lyne, Charlie. "Coming Soon ... How to Make the Perfect Movie Trailer." The Guardian. Guardian News and Media, 15 June 2012. Web. https://www.theguardian.com/film/2012/jun/16/how-to-make-a-movie-trailer
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