Changing direction - more focus on film and lack of originality there
After talking to Rachel in my tutorial I found that I really want to focus on film for this project. Film and film culture has always been something that has informed all of my work in other modules, but I’ve never really utilised it in this module before. I don’t know why, because I’m constantly thinking and talking about film, so I may as well put it to good use.
The main driver behind the tutorial was the lack of originality in films, and how people have come to accept certain tropes and archetypes in modern cinema. How is it that some films come out to critical adoration and make no money at all, and some come out to middling/bored critical response and make hundreds of millions without fail.
I think there must be some sort of link between what the human brain desires in entertainment/escapism, and how movies respond to that. Some films actively seem to go against this to make us question things about ourselves, and some of them hold our hands through every scene to make sure we have a lovely nice time and tell all our friends to buy tickets as well.
I want to understand why these decisions are made and how they can affect an audience.
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