Friday, March 11, 2016

It's All About Location


A major component to my film is the setting. I plan to set my film in an idealistic suburban neighborhood. This decision was inspired by the city I live in. While it may not be as quaint and picturesque as the ones commonly seen on television. I plan to go for the ultimate suburban neighborhood, I'm talking minivans, soccer moms, and white picket fences. I think of my city as a little bubble, no one comes in, no one goes out. It is a perfectly balanced ecosystem that does not tolerate change.

When thinking about how I want the setting to look I often think back to the Tim Burton film, Edward Scissorhands. If you have ever seen the film you will know exactly what I mean. It is a textbook suburbia set in the 60s, which explains the bright colors and old-fashioned look.  I plan to exemplify these characteristics in a more modern way than the film.

A suburban neighborhood is often displayed as very uniform. All the houses are relatively the same style and structure. Also all of the colors are usually within the same color palette.




There are also many stereotypical people you would find in this setting. One of the most well-known is the housewife/soccer mom. Housewives devote their lives to their homes and family. They spend their days, cooking, cleaning, taking care of the children, and gossiping with other housewives.
This ideal suburban neighborhood is also shown in the film Pleasantville. The too main characters of the film end up in Pleasantville, a fictitious town from a 1950s sitcom. The town exemplifies a stereotypical suburbia.




Sources:
Edward Scissorhands. Dir. Tim Burton. Perf. Johnny Depp and Winona Ryder. Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation, 1990.
Pleasantville. Dir. Gary Ross. Perf. Tobey Maguire and Reese Witherspoon. New Line Cinema, 1998.
http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/Suburbia
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2 comments:

  1. LizMarch 30, 2016 at 1:51 PM

    Your blog is really great. I love how every post is focused on a certain topic, and is then well developed and thoroughly described.

    For instance, your post about setting titled “It’s All About Location”, strives to give a description of the place you want to shoot in. Furthermore, you provide images that help the reader visualize the place and thoroughly understand the type of place you want to shoot in. Furthermore, you include a specific film’s setting as an example. This film is Edward Scissorhands, and you state that any viewer of the movie knows “exactly what you are talking about”, and then further explain the movie’s setting for those who have not yet watched the film.

    All of these sources, the movie, images, aid to present your ideas in a very detailed manner, and I have seen that you do the same in your other posts. ALL of your points are supported to communicate clear ideas.

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  2. UnknownMarch 30, 2016 at 9:27 PM

    All of the blog’s postings are very in depth about the newfound research and information. It shows a clear process of the student’s original ideas evolving in order to better fit the film’s storyline and genre. This post in particular is a good representation of how it is important to not only post about inspiration, but also provide an explanation on how you will use it, or adapt some form of it, and incorporate it into your own creation. So far, I think you are doing a great job with your blog posts. I really like your film idea, keep updating your blog and good luck with your work.

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