List of Choices/ Ideas:
Series:
- Friends
- Black Mirror
- Money Heist
- The office
Con with TV series: It would be difficult if there are a lot of seasons and episodes to watch- it would be too long to watch especially if the storyline is long. Also, it would be a disadvantage if I haven’t finished the series so a film would be a better option.
Side note: Even though this doesn’t expand the Friends series digitally, Cotton On (an Australian retailer) expanded ‘Friends’ to merchandise such as stationery, clothing and other products (Which target mainly youth to young adults.)
Link: https://cottonon.com/NZ/gifts/collab-shop/friends/
Possible Film Ideas:
- Parasite
- Forest Gump
- Doctor Sleep
- Prisoners
- The Invisible guest
- Room
- Jojo Rabbit
- The curious case of Benjamin Button
- Life of Pi
- The Help
- The French Dispatch
Animations:
- Spirited Away
- Anomalisa
- Your Name
- Loving Vincent
- Ratatouille
- Connected
- Flavours of Youth
- Marona’s Fantastic Tale (Russian-Indie film)
- The Swallows of Kabul (French animated film)
Advantages and Disadvantages:
Room https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3170832/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1
Advantages:
- I’ve seen it before
- Won an Oscar, 105 wins and 140 nominations
- Shot in one room (could be interesting to look at.)
Disadvantages:
- Quite long
- Sensitive topic (Drama and Thriller.)
- Popularity is decreasing (2015 film)
JoJo Rabbit https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2584384/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0
Advantages:
- I’ve seen it before
- NZ Filmmaker (Taika Waititi)
- Won an Oscar, 34 wins, 152 nominations
Disadvantages:
- Quite long
- Popularity decreasing
Anomalisa: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2401878/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0
Advantages:
- I’ve seen it before
- Best animated film (Tied with Inside out-2015)
- Nominated for an Oscar- Best feature film, best motion picture
Disadvantages:
- Not super popular (but it is increasing in popularity)
- Although it’s an animation, it’s more for a sophisticated audience.
- Might be difficult to understand the message of the film.
- Adult humour
Narrowed List:
- Loving Vincent (Visuals are amazing, nominated for an oscar, 22 wins/ Not that popular, Haven’t seen it.) 7.8
- Ratatouille (Won an Oscar, one of my favourite films/ Popularity decreasing) 8.0
- The Incredibles (Won 2 Oscars, Well-know, yet is decreasing) 8.0
- Thor Ragnarok (Taika Waititi directed it (kiwi director),6 wins, 49 nominations/ Decreasing in popularity.) 7.9
- Hunt for the wilder people (Taika Waititi directed it, 22 wins, 25 nominations/ Not so popular as it is an NZ Film.) 7.9 (Could be interesting to work with as it is a New Zealand based film.)
- Room (Won an oscar, watched it before and loved it, popularity increasing/ Could be a sensitive topic -R rated) 8.1
Chosen Film:
Theme/Concept:
- Even someone from a lower class can achieve greatness. / No matter your size, a dream is never too big.
- Things are possible with passion, hard work and resilience.
- Dream high; The sky is your limit.
- Don’t let anyone tell you what you dream to be.
- Be ambitious as your size does not matter but actions do.
https://akhilalovesbirds.wordpress.com/2018/02/10/10-life-lessons-i-learned-from-ratatouille/
Reflection: I decided to go with Ratatouille in the end because not only is it one of my favourite films, but I realised that it has a bigger audience. Although it is old, it is still mentioned around till this day. In terms of design and the animation, I think that there are quite a lot of possibilities to expand this film when it comes to intermedia design.
Links I looked into for Ratatouille: (IMDb)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0382932/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1
Lastly, the reason why I didn’t choose Room is because of the demographic. I really liked the storyline of the film as well as the film in general but the story is a bit sensitive in terms of the message behind the story. (For this story, it involves kidnap as well as rape which is quite sensitive and not a nice topic to think about.) Also, the story is rated R-Restricted.
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