Ethan and I realized that the horror genre was too common amongst students. Almost every other project we looked at had a horror aspect within it. We decided to switch it up. I want to do something different than the norm and reach out of our comfort zone, he agreed.
I honestly am starting to freak out a little bit since I want to start filming as soon as possible. The research has been nonstop, I have been browsing and browsing online through various films and through past projects.
I got super lucky. In Google, I started to type in random filming techniques just to see what directors utilize in their successful movies. To be honest I stumbled upon a technique called “breaking the fourth wall” I discovered on one of my google searches on “cool first scene techniques.” I thought that I was not going to find anything and that it would just be pages of horrible movie links. Well I was completely wrong.
My partner and I both agreed that our genre is going to be "teen flick." This means "a film genre targeted at teenagers and young adults in which the plot is based upon the special interests of teenagers and young adults, such as coming of age, attempting to fit in, bullying, peer pressure, first love, teen rebellion, conflict with parents, teen angst or alienation."
I have fell in love with this. So apparently there is an imaginary "wall" between the actors in the movie and the audience watching. By "breaking" this, the actor physically talks to the camera (the audience) and either vents, narrates, anything.
I thought that this was a unique technique that I do not see very often, but I want to switch it up. Instead of having the character look at the camera, I think Ethan and I can create a more successful film opening with a voice over talking to the audience.
For example, “Mean Girls” from 2004. I found this scene as I was scrolling on Google, looking if movies have utilized voice overs before.
This is how I want my narrator to be talking, more like conversing with the target audience and even adding a touch of humor. This is a start to my research as I am going to look for more that really shows what we are trying to do. "Mean Girls" is more for the teen audience so the conversation aspect in the voice overs have to accommodate that. Our film opening will possibly use the teenager target audience as well so listening to multiple examples will aid us in what our script should be. We just need to figure out the story line and what the main character is going to be talking about.
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