More drama!

 Using the help of Letterboxd, I had to find quite a few more drama films. In this post I will be focusing on the following: La La Land & Fight Club.

Now obviously I couldn't choose two more different films for one post, but I believe the idea still stands that regardless of the plot, I'm researching the conventions of drama in these films and tying them back to what I can include in me & Mariana's film.

Starting off with La La Land, another one of my favorite films. This film is exactly what I want in regard to keeping a consistent theme throughout the entire film. La La Land does a great job of showcasing the two main character's individual issues, and how they come together to ultimately form a relationship that doesn't end up working for them.

What I like about this film is that they don't work out, even though they could and they both want to. I think that this is displayed very well in this film and I could take notes on keeping a consistent theme throughout the film. I also really liked how they story told in this film, especially since it is hard to take musicals seriously in some senses, but the way that this film is written nails it. 

Overall, La La Land is a great example of how I want to represent characters in our short film and how we can keep consistent theme and tone throughout the entire film.

Now moving on to Fight Club, this film also explores individuality and how that can affect oneself, and others around them.

The aspect of this film that I want to take inspiration from is the self-confrontational bits. In our film, we have a character who is going to therapy for an event that he blames himself for, but we didn't really establish why exactly he blames himself for this event. I think if we use these self-confrontational bits, then we can establish how and why this character finds himself to blame in this situation.

Although Fight Club isn't totally centered around this idea, it's still important to use it as an example of how to portray the concept and make it work, and obviously is won't be what our entire film is centered around, but this example from Fight Club is helping us fill in some plot holes that would have otherwise confused the film.

(n.d.). La La Land poster [Image]. https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/original/6ibTJwSpzFT43rqtoy51PF54A9r.jpg

IMDb. (n.d.). La La Land (2016) [Film page]. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3783958/

(n.d.). Fight Club image [Image]. https://th.bing.com/th/id/R.5fc197c149c913301c9468373ad027ac?rik=fM%2bqgS70Kkk24g&pid=ImgRaw&r=0