Our Influences

Our Influences
We first came up with the idea to do a drama film, after watching the opening of several different popular drama films.
The first drama film we watched was Forrest Gump. This film opening shows a melody playing while a camera follows the trail of a feather. Watching how there was no dialogue for the majority of the opening inspired us to do the same. From watching this we decided to only use a monologue over the top of a quiet melody. This will show the audience a peek of the genre and plot straight away making it easier to relate to.
Another film we made a conscious effort to watch was Juno. The film Juno shows the struggle of a young girl after she gets pregnant. The main character gave us an idea of how we want our main character to be like because they are both struggling.

 

One big influence in our opening was TV shows like Life Unexpected, The Fosters and Tracy Beaker. Each of these programmes shows foster children on different journeys. This gave us really clear ideas about the personality of our main character because there is a main theme in all of the characters on these shows. They are all severely damaged by their situation, in more ways than even they know themselves.

 

Another thing that can really help us when filming our opening is the fact that I have a half-sister who was in foster care for the majority of her childhood. She can give us an insight into what it felt like being alone at such a young age. She managed to find my dad and she can tell us about her struggles in doing so and how hard it really is. My half-sister Chelsea was also homeless for a short while and I think we can really base our main character around her.