We will be trying to connote the Coming of age genre through Craig's journey. Character development is essential to connote this genre as they often follow their protagonist on a journey as they develop morally and psychologically. For example, in our film we watch Craig turn from a shy introvert, into a more confident and happy teenager. Coming of age films often use Todorov's theory and try to find a solution to the problem present within the film throughout.
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| Oliver Tate from Submarine |
Another genre that we will be attempting to connote through our film opening is the British Indie genre. We have done this through our decisions of characters, grading and shot types. We decided to make Craig a quirky individual in order to reflect some of the types of people that we believed enjoyed the British Indie genre. For Craig's character we were greatly inspired by the character of Oliver Tate from the film Submarine. Although he is very awkward he is also a very likable character and has many layers to his personality. We have also been able to experiment with different shot types that may be considered 'quirky' and are fitting to the more risk taking genre of Indie. For example, in our opening we have decided to use different cameras such as a GoPro to achieve different effects. We will also be using more experimental editing such as jump cuts. This also occurs in Submarine and we felt that this was effective as it was something that is rarely seen and stood out to us.We also wanted our grading to connote the Indie genre. In order to achieve this we took inspiration from different grading techniques that we liked and felt would be fitting to out film.
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| Bright and colorful grading in the film 'Fish Tank' |
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| Bright, saturated grading in the film 'Juno' |
These grading decisions connote the indie genre as they give the film's footage a unique look, emphasisng their independence.
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