For my AICE Media Studies final project I hope to draw inspiration from a few movies and shows that are either epics, historical dramas, or period films.
#1 Aesthetics
For mise-en-scene and aesthetics I will imitate the movie Anna Karenina.
Anna Karenina has won the Oscar for best costume design at the 85th Academy Awards. The royal atmosphere will be imitated in my opening sequence and clothing will be adjusted accordingly. The lead will have the sharpest colors while the background characters have duller. Also, Anna Karenina carries a old fashioned tint with it will be applied onto my film. I want to create the aesthetic of a too-orderly place where you feel trapped. This will add to the storyline.
#2 Society
For the social ranks and politics, I will imitate the structure of Game of Thrones.
Game of Thrones is known as intense, bloody, political, and dramatic. With my film, I want the viewer to always be in the unexpected and Game of Thrones masters that. However, only the political aspects will be taken because I still want to keep a systematized social setting that pretends it is perfect. The monarchy, family, and blood ties will play an important role.
#3 Storyline
For the storyline, I will follow the Gladiator's heroic plot.
In the movie, Crowe brings a beleaguered nobility to Maximus, turning what could have been a generic action hero into a weary idealist who is literally forced by bondage into violence. I was inspired by this and want the viewers to take a journey with my hero as they go from being the best to the worst. Fighting will not be used as harshly as it was in Gladiator but I will rather focus on political destruction.
Those are the main movies/shows I am inspired by but media is so vast and diverse that I am sure I will be influenced by many more!
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