Portfolio Project Genre #2

 Another one of my favorite film genres is mystery. The mystery genre is typically targeted for individuals ages 15 and up. People who enjoy suspense and probleming solving typically go for this genre. These films often have twists which keeps audiences engaged throughout the movie. 

The plot for these movies build up as the story continues, slowly developing the overall point of the movie. Some characters you might see are detectives or police man who aim to uncover the mystery, though this may not always be the case. You can expect betrayal or even justice when watching a mystery film. Any suspenseful scene is backed up by lighting, camera angles, and editing. Ambius lighting usually starts the serious tone of the scene followed by slow movements of the camera. To tie it all together, eerie high pitched or even faint sounds might play in the background to make you eager to find our what happens next. Mise en scene plays a huge role for clues such as "hidden objects" or "important letters". 

Narratives vary but marketing remains consistent. They are advertised as thrilling and suspenseful, which we can see in trailers or other forms of marketing. Posters can have taglines that hint to secretes which leaves viewers wanting more. Its distributed through streaming services and cinemas.

Some example of films under the mystery genre are parasite, a film that touches on class disparity and social inequality but theres one thing that keep everyone humble. Scream is another good one where most of the sequels have a common theme of figuring out who the murderer is. 

Mandy.com. (2025, September 23). Understanding the mystery genre in film and TV. Mandy Magazine.https://www.mandy.com/magazine/article/mystery-genre-in-film-and-tv-79307/

Portfolio Project Genre #1

Immediately I thought of one of my favorite films "waves". The movie had such a beautiful message that really stuck with me. I also was able to appreciate the overall aesthetic of the movie. So, I began my research and discovered it fell under the "drama" category. Specifically a psychological drama meant for a teenage audience which also falls under "coming of age. We see this through common themes and scenarios of young adult experiences.

For this blog, I decided to research the coming of age genre. The typical audience is teenagers to young adults ages 12-25. These kinds of films aim to create relatability between character and viewer. This genre is notorious for having themes of self-discovery, independence, family conflict, friendship, and first love. Specifically a transition between childhood and adulthood. The article mentions camera techniques such as close-ups to show emotion and handheld shots for realism. They also typically take place at school and i some cases at their house. Music is another way they target teen audiences by using new popular artists from current generation. 

Marketing consists of trailers that capture the emotional and relatable aspects of the film. It also includes film festivals and social media exposure. Narratives are usually from a first person standpoint, specifically the main character. 

Again, waves is a film that fall under this category with its romance, drama, and internal conflict. Euphoria is another example that follows the pattern of teenger induced drama. It touches on the realities of being in high school. They were effective with costume design and even settings of the film. 

 (2018, November 14). Coming of age: Genre research activity. Kinga Ice Media. https://kingaicemedia.blogspot.com/2018/11/genre-coming-of-age-genre-conventions.html

Butt, K. (n.d.). What makes a coming-of-age film? Raindance Film. https://raindance.org/coming-of-age-genre/

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My group and I got the genre of indie/ alternative. I personally listen to this kind of music so I did my research based off my favorite artist "Dominic Fike". I found what record label he was under and found a list of people signed under Columbia records and I found another artist that I listen to alot. I finalized my two artist "Tame Impala" and "Dominic Fike". Dominic fike has a youtube video interview where he talked about how he got to where he is. Tame Impala had a website which had a background on how he came about. I summarized the two sources and then continue my research. For the rest of the information, websites had detailed reports on target audiences and types of distributions that i needed to use for my project. 

Today, me and my group planned our roles for our schedule. Me and Isabella are working on our indie music video for the song "Tonight". We plan on basing the content on the lyrics, for instance, were gonna have a bar setting and a driving scene. Were also feeding into the indie/ alternative theme by making the music video in a stop motion style. I will also be conducting the research on the background of the artist. I will be looking for things like life experiences and upbringings. 

 I just finished my mis-en-scene project. This assignment had a lot of freedom. We were given a character and told that our presentation would be 7 minutes. Your presentation "station" had to reflect the character in a fun and engaging way. Simple slide shows were not encouraged so after picking our group, we had to get creative. 

The character we got was a movie lover who creates blogs on the content she watches. She enjoys having bi movie dates with her group of friends and her name is taylor. Taylor has 2 cats at the age of 30 and she is a full time cake baker and decorator. In order to reflect taylors life, we had to put our participants into her shoes. To visualize our. character, we had AI generate a photo after making a sketch of  Taylor's potential character design. We set up our presentation station with a blanket to represent the couch she watches her movies on and we set up the 4 computers with aluminum foil antennas to symbolize the TV. Our project had games that engulfed the views into Taylor's world. Things such as "Guess the movie" or "Create your own blog" really set the scene for our character. We also had a 3-d digital room tour of taylor's personal space. Our mood board tied it all together allowing out participants to really get to know Taylor, apart from her in depth description.

We made taylor a white, straight women who can be categorized on the nerdier side. We gave her glasses to soemhwat stereotype the nerd within her. Each one of our group members had a role in this project and once we put everything together, Taylor came to life.

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What do you mean by coming of age?

This genre seen in films consists of content that captures the teenager experience. For many teens, it has become a comforting style of film. Directors such as John Hughes, Greta Gerwig, and Damian Chazelle are well known for their relatable coming of age films.

In more detail, coming of age film stem from moral and psychological growth. The protagonist is seen progressing developmentally from childhood to adulthood. In most cases its just a teenager as the lead, while we follow them through whatever journey they're about to face. 

For this genre of film, there are techniques that are used to illustrate their idea in an impactful way. Examples such as social commentary and relatable themes are used to connect with the audience. As well as stylistic choices in dialogue, music, and visuals all attract their target consumers. They market these projects predominantly on relatable experiences. 

An example of this could be the 2017 film Ladybird directed by Greta Gerwig where a highschool senior navigates her relationship with her mother and the transition into adulthood. She attends a catholic high school and despite their unfortunate financial situation, she dreams of attending a prestigious college. Her mother believes its an unrealistic expectation which slowly tears their relationship apart. This is a scenario that is not unique to her. Anyone else watching can directly associate with her story. The filmmakers made no mistake with her character design. The bright colors in her hair and her alternative outfits speaks to the ongoing generation of misfit teeangers. Also, throughout the movie there were song choices that would be considered "emo". This style of music is common with individuals in this age group. This movie is a prime example of what coming of age really is,

Another popular movie is the 1986 film "Ferris Bueller's Day Off". Directed by johnes hughes, this film is about an attempt to stay home from school. In the film, Ferris fakes an illness so that his parents would let him stay home. This phenomenon is no original experience, almost every teenger or child has lied about feeling under the weather in order to avoid going to school. He was successful and took his dads car so he can continue being bad throughout the day. In this case the character did not learn a lesson, he actually got away with all the trouble he got away with it. It appeals to the mischievous variant of teenagers which makes this an exaple of a coming of age film.

Other films in this genre that you may recognize are:

 I had learned a lot of things regarding sound in the production world. Thing like diegetic to non diegetic sound and foley sounds are all used in some of your favorite tv shows or even movies. Im now able to recognize these sound on my own time when watching movies and shows at home. 

For our first sound project, we had to create a scenario in which a lot of audio would be used. The scenario had to be interesting and not boring to listen to. It was a minimum of one minute which was enough time to develop a plot for the audio. During the brainstorming, it was challenging to think of something that would actually sound interesting. After a few idea, we settled on a famous women ripping her dress while on her way to an event. This project engaged us in a way that we had to really think about all the sounds that would be necessary for the storyline. To organize all these thoughts, we separated the scenes into an outline and thought about what sounds would fit into the timestamp. After gathering all that information, we put our project together through clipchamp. I think we did a pretty good job putting together all the sounds but I think some of the sounds are too quiet and some were too loud. LeScheuermann_soundscape_per4.m4a

For our second sound project, we had to revisit our one word film. The first project we were assigned had no audio whatsoever; the next project was to add audio to it. Since the previous project had no dialogue, it was easier to match up time stamps so that nothing sounds delayed or unrealistic. When planning, we did an outline similar to our first project. We seperated the scenes and determined what sounds we needed to add in order to match the video. Then we got to work and matched up the audios to the clips. I used the editing app 'Kinemaster'. I did feel like this project had a lot of missing sounds but i just couldn't tell what. Also, some of the sounds I wasn't able to find online and they were difficult to make foley sounds. I think my timing was good for the most part and everything felt natural. OWFSound_Scheuermann_.MP4