Studying Media: A Cinematographer's Blog

 To further my research, I began using romantic short films for inspiration They helped me understand how to pace the plot of our film, and gave me examples of what and what not to do (in terms of cinematography). Violets - Short Film Our editor presented us with a short film titled Violets,  a 10-minute no-dialogue short film that outlines the relationship fo two girls who become friends. The film follows an introverted girl who becomes attached to another girl who's more extroverted. The film is separated into 3-parts, depicting the different phases of their relationship, but the first two parts of the film were the ones I examined the most. They both establish the characters individually and effectively portray the conflict between the characters. While this isn't a romance film it still communicates the growing relationship between the two same-sex characters in a way I want to imitate in our film.   ACES - Short Film The second film I researched was a romance sh...

My initial genre research piggybacked off of two popular animated series:  Arcane and The Owl House. I used my inspiration and knowledge from these series to learn more about presenting same sex love interests and characters in media.  I started by using the shows to drive ideas for the character development in our film. Both shows had a way of portraying their evolving characters and their developing relationships at the same time. I find it will be difficult to represent our characters (who are just meeting) in the same intimate scenario. Amity (left) and Luz (right) Both stories used the "opposites attract" trope while forming the relationships between their characters, though they also tied the characters' similarities together effectively. In The Owl House,  the two start as enemies, as Amity at first resents Luz for being human rather than a witch from the Boiling Isles. Throughout the show both characters are tied together through their journeys of self discov...