Comedy Genre Conventions

     What are the conventions that make up a comedy film? Firstly I need to narrow down location places and see where I will be filming and with who. I am thinking about filming this with my friends, and we can either film in school as we all go to Cypress Bay High School, on a soccer field, or out in general public. I will be researching a bit of comedy genre conventions to create a clearer guideline on how to make this happen. 

     Many comedies are based in places where there are always a lot of people, like schools, offices or sometimes even generic public places. This allows space for characters to make a fool of themselves or put themselves in an awkward situation, which adds to the comedy of the film. It's also important for there to be many locations because it allows for there to be more characters for the main characters to interact with. For example, in Super Bad, it's based in a school, which allows for many different characters to be interacted with. The set is usually a well-lit, and bright place, as lighting can show the atmosphere of a film. 

Having the correct combination of characters also plays a massive role in building the perfect balance of comedy. In many comedy films its common for the character usually a duo to prey off of offensive stereotypes (for school purposes I won't be using offensive stereotypes), and they are commonly opposites of each other, and their personalities aren't necessarily the same. I am choosing to do a comedy film promo mainly because I honestly don't know what else to film about since the regional finals didn't go as planned. My friends are pretty hilarious but like I don't know if other people will find them funny cause people might have a different sense of humor. 

Ferris Buellers Day off 

Ieea: Skipping school for a day at miami and one of my friends mom keeps calling him and he almost ruins the day but he also keeps cracking horrible jokes so my friends are gonna troll him and then I'll film everything and edit

Social Media Research

 Social Media Research

1. 1)"The Hangover" (2009)
2. 2) "Bridesmaids" (2011)
3. 3) "21 Jump Street" (2012)
4. 4) "Monty Python and the Holy Grail" (1975)

1) Media text: Digital 

Social media tool:   Instagram

Description of types of posts: Behind the Scenes Content, post photos or short videos showing the making of the films, including bloopers or funny moments on set.

Description of how branding is developed (or not): The branding is developed through it's unconventional humor, characterized by its outrageous escapades and unexpected twists. The posts focus on capturing the chaotic and adventurous spirit of the film, emphasizing spontaneity and unpredictability in content creation.

Analysis of how you will use this to develop your own social media presence: I'll infuse my social media presence with spontaneity and humor, sharing quirky and unexpected content to keep followers engaged and entertained.

2) Media text: Digital

Social media tool:   Instagram

Description of types of posts: Encourage followers to share their favorite quotes, scenes, or funny moments from film and they sometimes repost the followers responses.

Description of how branding is developed (or not):   Branding for is centered around female comedy and the bonds of friendship. The content emphasizes themes of empowerment, sisterhood, and relatable humor, while showcasing the film's appeal to a diverse audience of women and comedy lovers.

Analysis of how you will use this to develop your own social media presence: I'll make a sense of community and inclusivity in my social media presence, celebrating friendships and empowering others through relatable and uplifting content.

3) Media text: Digital

Social media tool: Instagram

Description of types of posts: Shares funny memes related to the themes of the comedy films, incorporating popular quotes or scenes from the movies.

Description of how branding is developed (or not): "21 Jump Street": Branding development for "21 Jump Street" revolves around its irreverent humor, youthful energy, and buddy-cop dynamics. The content aims to resonate with a younger demographic through witty banter, pop culture references, and a laid-back, approachable tone.

Analysis of how you will use this to develop your own social media presence:  I'll target a younger audience with my social media content, leveraging trends and pop culture references to create a fun and approachable online persona will use platforms such as Tiktok and instagram to reach this target audience.

4) Media text: Digital

Social media tool: Instagram

Description of types of posts: Hosts a poll in Instagram Stories asking followers to vote for their favorite character from "The Hangover" and share why they love them, encouraging lively discussions and debates among fans.

Description of how branding is developed (or not): The branding is developed by its iconic and timeless comedy, characterized by satire. The content celebrates the film's cult status and appeals to fans of classic comedy and intellectual humor.

Analysis of how you will use this to develop your own social media presence: I'll use smart wordplay and incorporate it into my social media posts, which appeals to fans of intellectual humor and cultivate a distinct and memorable brand identity.

Research: Color Schemes

  Research: Color Schemes

     Instead of researching other sports documentaries as I posted on my project timeline, I will be researching color schemes which is way more exciting ha ha ha. Many people might not think much about the decision of colors in an opening film but what if I told you that there is actually a psychological understanding of colors and the type of emotion that it conveys. In my film trailer, I will be using psychologically proven color schemes that represent what is being shown on the screen. For example we will be looking at the color Red, and Blue.

     The color red in cinema is closely associated with war, danger, strength, power, determination. The costume design of spiderman represent perfectly what his character portrays which is a determined character who is constantly finding himself in battles against much tuffer opponents. However, red in cinematography also represent passion, and love for someone. 

The use of red in the background of this scene represent loves and passiong for one another as we see the two kissing each other. Most regular people would see this scene and have a cognitive thought process associated with red and it being related to love and danger. In many films, the color red has been used to associate with both of these concepts. In my overall film opening My group and I will be deeply considerate about our color schemes and the psychological thought process behind every color in our film. 

 Just by looking at this picture, one can assume that this guy is living a very depressed and sad life with the darkish blue color scheme. darker color blues in cinema usually represent poverty, depression, sadness and different forms of low self-esteem. If this picture had its normal lighting with just white, then this guy would not appear to look depressed and poor. The person who directed this lighting scheme planned this out to give the representation of the quality of this man's life.

My overall decision in choosing these two colors is to show the difference between concepts of reality that can alter the perceptions of how a person views a certain scene. With these colors researched, I will be implementing psychological color elements that can help enhance the representation of my groups film opening and this makes the viewer sympathize for the main character. This will help with my comedy film trailer as we will use the color red when mentioning love or passion, and light blue when something depressing is going on even though this isn't used much in comedy films it's still good to know what this color signifies.

Research Genre

Comedy Genre

What is comedy? My personal definition of comedy is creating something that is funny, and this is pretty much what this genre is about These films are designed to amuse audiences and make them laugh. Films in this genre typically have a happy ending, with dark comedy being an exception to this rule. Comedy is one of the oldest genres in film, and it is derives from classical comedy in theatre. An example of a Comedy film is "Big Mommas Like Father, Like Son" This is about undercover agent Malcom Turner. He is on another case and his son Trent sneaks into the middle of a drug deal and witnesses a murder. Trent than needs to go undercover with his father to an all girls school. Where the key to the case is hidden. 

     Why research comedy genre? I am researching this as since my team lost the regional finals and I can't document the journey anymore and the project went to the mud. So now I will create a film trailer of a comedy genre that will be releasing in the summer. My decision to do this is unknown yet since I'm still shocked my team lost the regional finals when we were 2 minutes away from making it to states. I will still try my best to make a film comedy trailer even though I'm not really set on a certain topic or idea of how I will create this. I took really good notes in class on how to create a film trailer, so I have a good outline on what to do so I'm not a lost puppy in this project. 

     Another Comedy Genre film is Mr. Bean. I used to watch this comedy show when I was very young with my family as they were huge fans of the show. I remembered how funny it was and how much it would make my family laugh, so it deserves a spot on this blog even though it's a show instead of a film. The show follows Mr. Bean as he tries to extricate himself from embarrassing situations but only ends up getting himself in more trouble and embarrassing himself even more. His life is kind of similar to mines as this happens to me a lot. Mr. Bean's character is essentially a child in a grown man's body. 

We lost the Regional Finals

 The most shocking and hardest pill I've had to swallow was losing the final match today versus Doral Academy. We were winning 1-0 the entire match up until the last 2 minutes of the game where my goalie made a mistake letting the ball bounce over him and the Striker on Doral Academy capitalized on that and scored. That moment will live in my mind forever as I just froze in disbelief and couldn't believe they just equalized the game. My team dominated and was high-pressing Doral the whole game but once we had to go to overtime my whole team was dead tired and couldn't keep up so we ended up losing. I am very grateful for the amazing season we had, and I had a great time with this team, but it just sucks that we couldn't bring it home and get the state championship ring for my senior year. 

Portfolio Project Timeline

week 1:

introduce to the project

Update on Regional Quarter Finals

Update on Regional Semi Finals

post to blog

Week 2: 

Update on Regional Finals 

Reseach Genre

Watch other sport documentaries (Neymar documentary) others sports films

post to blog

Week 3: 

Update if we win Regional Finals, if not then choose another topic for project

Research storyline

research editing

develop filming/editing schedule

Create Social Media Page/tools

post to blog

Week 4:

Finalize outline and script for indirect interviews

If we go to states then film with the team

Outcome of States will dictate whether this will be a happy or sad documentary

Start with gathering all the footage

post to blog

Week 5: 

Plan the interviews with the subjects (captain, Coach, teammates)

Script the Voice over for the documentary

Research graphic design and finalize my ideas for production. 

post to blog

Week 6

continue post-production of the video component

continue planning the print-component

post to social media

post to blog

Week 7: 

Research critical reflection production

Finalize video-component

work on print and digital component

post to blog and social media

Week 8: 

Research more information about CR

Work on video-component 

work on print and digital component

post to blog and social media

Week 9: 

Create Critical Reflection

finalize video component

finish print component

post to social media and blog

Week 10: 

Create final overall project reflection

post all the components to my blog

post the critical reflection to my blog

We won Regional Semi Finals!!

Advacning on to the Regional Finals!

Its currently the day after the game and im not going to lie I was a bit nervous leading up to the game since I got pretty sick right after the regional quarter final match and had to miss 2 days of school to recover. Thank god I felt much better the day of the game and im not going to lie this game wasn't very hard and I feel like our regional quarter final game was much harder. We dominated the entire game versus Coral Gables and my team played very well as we scored an early goal and just kept the ball the entire game. We won 1-0 but unlike Monarch who was pressuring us and running after us a lot, Coral Gables would just sit back and launch the ball up praying for an unlucky bounce for their attack to counter us on. This game was a huge win as we are now going to the Regional Finals and if we win then we make it to States which will be a massive part in this documentary. I can either make this documentary about winning states, losing states, or like the last year of playing high school soccer and seeing where everyone else on the team will end up when it doesn't come to soccer. Hopefully it will be about winning states though that would be fire.

We will now be versing Doral Academy but we will be traveling to Doral to play this game instead of our home field Cypress Bay. This game is going to be very intense as there will be a lot of away fans watching and will cheer for the other team. Before I joined the Cypress Team midway through the season, the boys already played them and lost 3-4 in the last minute of the game so we know that this is going to be a crazy game and hopefully we can get the better of them this time as we have 3 new players including myself who quit the mls academy team with Weston FC to play high school soccer in hopes of winning the State Championship. After the Game on Wednesday I will start to research Genre conventions, op-documentary format, and research other sport documentaries to see how experts in the field execute a production that is similar with what im planning on creating. 

We Won Regional Quarter Finals !!

We won the Regional Quarter Finals and we now play in the Regional semi finals on Friday 2/16/24 @7pm. What a game we won 1-0 and scored in the last 10 minutes of the game off my corner kick cross. The celebration was insane and was probably one of the happiest moments of my life as last year we lost 1-3 in the regional quarter finals. Winning and advancing to the semis is a huge step in our goal to reaching states and moving forward with this documentary. There is a lot of game footage from the last couple of games that I will be using for b-roll and the indirect interviews will be done in the next coming weeks. 

  

This was by far one of the hardest games we have played all season. The Monarch High School boys varsity team was very organized in defense and relied mainly on counter attacks to score against us. The game was kept 0-0 until the last 10 minutes of the game where my best friend and teammate Mathias Pacheco scored off a corner kick to make the game 1-0 and from there we just defended and made sure we keep the game 1-0. Blogging about these games is going to be a very important process as it helps me give first hand experience of the games to the audience, and reflecting back on it helps me to improve and keep me at peace throughout this tough journey. We are still very far from our end goal of making it to states as we are now going to play versus the team that beat us last year in the regional quarter finals. We will be versing Coral Gables on Friday 2/16/24! Hopefully we can beat them or else Ima to find another topic to work on with this project. 

Welcome to my Aice Media A level Project

Intro to Aice Media Portfolio project

After several weeks of learning and working hard in this Aice Media A level class, its finally time to start working on this final project. This will be my last Aice Media project before I go into college so I would like to produce this one as best as I can. I kind of have an idea about what I would like to film however it's aa bit risky since my idea is to create a documentary about the Cypress Soccer Team and the road to States. I play for the soccer team and am #7. I quit my Weston FC MLS Next team to play high school soccer and enjoy my last year trying to win something with my best friends before we all go our separate ways in life. Tomorrow on 2/13/24 we play the Regional Quarter finals versus Monarch and if we lose then this entire project will be in the mud. However if we win then we move onto the Regional Semi Finals, then Finals, then State Semi, and the ultimate State Finals. 

Setbacks with this idea

Some setbacks that involve with this project is that if we lose then this idea isn't going to work and me trying to focus on filming this journey instead of putting my entire focus into the game itself could be seen as a lack of commitment and distraction to the team. The good side is that this will motivate me to play better and try to help the team win so I can keep on filming the journey. The cypress team has a videographer and Photographer who stay for the whole game so there will be good footage of the team's effort and relentlessness throughout the game. If this idea works, then I will have this documentary to cherish forever as I always wanted to win States with my best friends and making a project out of it will be amazing. I already have high quality footage of the team winning and celebrating districts, and since I scored that game I have footage of me celebrating and this will work well with the documentary. Overall I feel confident with going through with this idea but im going to make sure I have a backup plan in case this doesn't go as planned.