My decision to do a documentary film
When I chose to do a film trailer for my media A2 coursework, I was thinking about what genre my film would come under. My first reaction was to do an action/adventure film about a person on a mission, like the film Rambo. I also thought about doing a horror film in the style of a Paranormal Activity, this is what gave me the idea of documentary style film but faked to look real. My idea was to have a character which is a popular YouTube broadcaster and decided to do a live show, and sets up a competition, in which cuts to the winners webcam, and it is pitch black and then this devil like creature leaps at the camera to enter the main characters life, and cause havoc within it. This would have been typical jumpy horror film, and the problem was that I believed it was too similar to that sort of modern genre of horror films like, Paranormal Activity, One Missed Call and Mirrors, in the sense that its centered around one main character and them living with some demon and spirit, which cause destruction around this persons life. So I decided on the same style but thought I would do an actual documentary but I would need something easy for me to follow and record, so I decided on the Poole High Basketball team. Which I would always have access to as I am part of it. My main inspiration for doing a documentary film about basketball is the film More Than A Game, which is the idea behind my film. Because this film is very similar to what my idea of a film is, it means I can take ideas from it but I want to stay away from doing a direct copy and want to add my own style and ideas into my film.
When I chose to do a film trailer for my media A2 coursework, I was thinking about what genre my film would come under. My first reaction was to do an action/adventure film about a person on a mission, like the film Rambo. I also thought about doing a horror film in the style of a Paranormal Activity, this is what gave me the idea of documentary style film but faked to look real. My idea was to have a character which is a popular YouTube broadcaster and decided to do a live show, and sets up a competition, in which cuts to the winners webcam, and it is pitch black and then this devil like creature leaps at the camera to enter the main characters life, and cause havoc within it. This would have been typical jumpy horror film, and the problem was that I believed it was too similar to that sort of modern genre of horror films like, Paranormal Activity, One Missed Call and Mirrors, in the sense that its centered around one main character and them living with some demon and spirit, which cause destruction around this persons life. So I decided on the same style but thought I would do an actual documentary but I would need something easy for me to follow and record, so I decided on the Poole High Basketball team. Which I would always have access to as I am part of it. My main inspiration for doing a documentary film about basketball is the film More Than A Game, which is the idea behind my film. Because this film is very similar to what my idea of a film is, it means I can take ideas from it but I want to stay away from doing a direct copy and want to add my own style and ideas into my film.
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