Transitioning into the Cambridge Portfolio Project

 From this moment on, my blog posts will document the process of developing my portfolio project, from the planning to the reflection. The time has come to finally apply everything that I have learned from the past projects into one big final project. If I'm being honest. After being explained. What the Cambridge portfolio project is I couldn't help but. Feel that this was a big challenge to take on, but I think that with the correct. Planning and execution I can do this. Before starting the project, we learned about film openings through an interactive Nearpod. Here we went over the basics, looked at examples, and analyzed the different approaches.  

 

 

I still have no idea. What genre will I choose, or what will my plot be? I do know that I want to strive to create mystery within my film opening. By taking this approach to a film opening, I can allude to something important happening in the rest of the film. Which ultimately Will make the audience want to keep watching the “movie.” This approach is mostly seen in thriller films or horror films where the sounds and tone of the opening play a big part. For example, in the opening scene of the movie Scream (1996) where the noise of the phone ringing and tight close-ups of Cassie’s face create a tense mood. 

Another approach is developing characters, especially through costuming, dialogue, and interactions. I think that having a good main character will make audiences want to watch this film opening. This approach is more creative and will allow me to establish tone through elements and not be too dependent on dialogue, but more through the costuming and mise-en-scene. All these choices ultimately will affect how characters are perceived. An example of this is the opening scene of The Breakfast Club (1985) The shots of each character in their car contain mise-en-scene elements that tell the audience more about the character in Claire’s shot you can see she has a nice car (a BMW) and she is very put together developing the privileged and princess behavior of her character.