With all my coming-of-age research completed and more brainstorming done, I think I’ve landed on the basic idea for my opening.
Working around and within my current setting (coincidental considering the themes I want to explore), my film opening will follow a teenager moving during junior year - taking the autobiographical convention I researched to its fullest extent.
The plot of the 2-minute opening itself won’t be very eventful: the plotline I have thought out so far consists of the main character walking around a bare new house, and having a short phone conversation, highlighting the distance between her previous setting. I’ll also use some drive-by footage from a car POV and long-distance shots of other teenagers and the surrounding nature to cement the idea of community and image attached to a certain location.
Some of my main inspiration in terms of what kinds of cinematography
I'd like, highlighting the character's relationship to the setting.
I have lots of specific shots in mind but haven’t thought about exact ways to connect them. Over the next few days I’ll begin to build a skeleton or very basic storyboard, then think up ways to link up the scenes chronologically (or maybe more of a montage?). Two minutes seems like a lot of time so I think my main concern is trying to achieve the full length. I’ll also start thinking about credits and how much of my time will be taken up by those.
post titled after this song
Resources:
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0330099/mediaviewer/rm1090813953
https://film-grab.com/2018/08/31/palo-alto/#bwg1271/78956
https://www.framerated.co.uk/kids-1995/
https://film-grab.com/2010/06/17/wendy-and-lucy/#bwg1790/111742
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