Visual Muse

Visual Muse

Hello and welcome back to Christy's Corner! Inspiration is fairly important when it comes to film directors. So let's discuss what movies and shows inspired our film opener. 

    While our team was coming up with our opener, we looked for inspiration on Letterboxd and Pinterest. We knew the general idea of our film but we were not set on the complete aesthetic. So, before filming we thought about a warm comfy show...Gilmore Girls! Although I have not finished the show, I have been exposed to the general aesthetic. Consisting of hot coffee, autumn breezes, and interesting characters. However, I am aware that the rest of my teammates were a fanatics of this show! Clearly, we revolved our aesthetics over this show initially. 

    To elaborate, Gilmore Girls is a drama-comedy show consisting of a single mother and her teenage daughter living in a Stars Hollow. It is a heartwarming show that revolves around the deep mother-daughter bond between Lorelai and Rory Gilmore. The show is so autumn themed that you could practically smell the pumpkin spice lattes through the screen. Previously stated, the show has a deep relationship concept and is heavily family/friend oriented. So, many of our acting and character analysis were based on the Gilmores. 

    However, I took additional inspiration from The Menu while editing. This movie came across my Netflix feed and I thought it was amazingly executed. The movie opened with a light hearted romance between the Main character and her boyfriend. They travel to an island that is renowned for housing an elite chef. Later on, the movie takes a sharp turn of events but keeping the comedy aspect throughout. Inspiration wise, I wanted to use a similar shift in mood in our film opener. Going from light hearted to dark, but never dropping the comedy feel!

    Overall, the movies and shows I took for inspiration really added life to our film opener!

    Stay tuned...