THE PROCESS

NARRATION

• To All The Boys I’ve Loved Before directed by Susan Johnson (2018)

I loved the use of narration by the main character Jara Jean to tell the story of her letters to her crushes. It's a simple way for them to tell the audience a lot of information about her past life and crushes by doing a quick montage of who the letters are addressed too. It's lighthearted and shows off the style of the film easily.

• Submarine directed by Richard Ayoade

The opening narration to submarine immediately gives the audience an idea of what the main character, Oliver Tate is like. He's pessimistic about the world and has a very cynical view on life. I wanted to do the same for my character but with a slightly more happier tone to the voice. Also, the opening pan of the room also gives the audience an insight into his hobbies and interest

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BREAKING THE FOURTH WALL

• Submarine directed by Richard Ayoade

I love how subtle but playful the look to the camera is in the opening. It gives yet another insight into what the character is like as a person.

• Fleabag

My favourite thing about Fleabag is the use of breaking the fourth wall in scenes where other characters are still in shot. The character of fleabag is so dry and witty that having the direct address only adds to the personality of the character and this is what I wanted it to do to my character Benny. The character of fleabag would often turn 180 degrees just to be able to make a joke or speak to the camera. This kind of playfulness and confidence is something I wanted to experiment with for my final film.​

• Deadpool

I liked how the character of Deadpool would be the person to make things happen. For example, making a comment to the camera about needing to play music for them to walk up to the bad guys in the film. I also liked how they used direct address to tell the audience what the character was thinking or feeling at the time, no matter how crude or silly.

• Fight Club

I'm inspired by the confidence in the use the breaking the fourth wall and the way they transition between each character looking at the camera. The shot is a strong visual and​ very direct and this is something I want to take forward into my film.

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THE FANTASIES

• To All The Boys I’ve Loved Before directed by Susan Johnson (2018)

This film's opening is a fantasy that the main character is having. The transition from fantasy to reality is something I really like about the film. It immediately establishes the relationship between the characters as quite playful as the younger sister is interrupting the fantasy she is having. 

• Isn't It Romantic

The visual style and the brightness of the whole film are what I wanted my fantasies to be like. The whole film is basically a fantasy/dream about being stuck in a romcom version of the world where everything is bright and colourful. In the film, New York is made to be this over the top pink and clean version and this is what I wanted to try and do for the fantasies in my film. 

• Ant-Man

What I like about this film is the way they tell lots of information at once. One character is notorious for telling a story but in the longest way possible. This is used as a comedic device in the film and is one of the strongest parts. The character that is telling the story takes us back in time to the time of the story and becomes all of the characters. His voice is the only voice we can hear coming out of half a dozen other mouths, It could be a woman or a man and they will be speaking but the storyteller's voice will be coming out. I loved this and knew it was something I wanted to experiment with.

• The Secret Life of Walter Mitty directed by Ben Stiller (2013)

What I like about the fantasies in this film is it's got a very stylistic way of getting from reality to fantasy and back to reality. The change from reality to fantasy is seamless. There is no change of location or costume it flows from the same setting. I knew I had to try to see if I could pull off the same location fantasy in my film.