Transitioning into the Cambridge Portfolio Project!

                           Transitioning Into Cambridge Portfolio Project!

    Hello Cambridge peopleeee! From this moment forward, my posted blogs will be centered on the development of my Cambridge Final Project. All the blogs posted up to this point have helped me navigate significant topics that are contributory to the formation of a well-rounded and admirable film. Being frank, starting this transition is intimidating because this means it's really happening!! But, with the previous and developing knowledge I've researched, I know I can be successful. Having said that, to smoothly jump into this project, my class and I were introduced to film openings and the importance of developing purpose within the opening with a utilized approach:

Out of these approaches, the first one I would be interested in pursuing is developing context and background. I like this approach because for the assignment of doing a two-minute film introduction, establishing context for the continuation of the film is an approach that seems natural and not forced on the story. In addition, providing context to the story is an approach that can fit into many different genres and isn't so centralized or secluded to one. Developing context is also a cool approach that allows one to play with time and it can create an interesting story that isn't visualized so linear. Context is usually incorporated in a film and using it as an opening film approach is a different take on how to integrate it more directly.

The second approach I might consider is developing character. This approach is one that I really like for many reasons. I admire this approach because developing character allows for an immense amount of creativity and innovation to be utilized. Developing character is an approach that heavily relies on aspects like costume design, interactions of the character with its environment, and dialogue to build this character to life. Developing character also gives me the certainty of knowing what I would mainly center my film introduction on, but also knowing that I can expand the content to the character's environment and their relationship to one another.