Independent Research Script Reflection

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1uLvJoo8uPG0cvyKz1OLsiV5YGtvLFJIGrjNcc_WpPN8/edit

Sadly, my research script wasn't finished. For history, theory and genre topic, I felt that this script had the potential to dig very deep into the genre of crime films in general, but my difficulty to acquire research had left me with such a mental block that I didn't know what basis to come off of when analyzing. I didn't research well into theory or history of this genre in particular, and I felt very lost when I was confronted with the script itself. If I haven't learned by now, research is definitely the key to accomplishing these scripts.

With the target audience, I imagined the documentary as one of those interesting Netflix documentaries you find late at night that seem so interesting, yet never heard of. Then again, when's the last time any young-adult heard about a documentary being advertised? I know I've only heard about a select few important, interesting, and fairly controversial documentaries but that's about it. I don't think my general argument would have been very appealing to the viewer, so I hoped to convey it in interesting ways, seen through my opener, for example.

Speaking of structure, I used the opener as a sort of hook while establishing the genre of the films i'm focusing on. I made up a mini chase scene while incorporating shots of the other movies into it with similar shots. My downfall did end up being the research, therefore my sources weren't the greatest. They did offer some superficial information, but I couldn't read far enough into the good sources to find the best information for use in my script.

I spent time trying to make the video aspect of the film be just as important as the audio aspect. Knowing that the audio would be simply describing most of the analysis, I tried my best to use the video to support this analysis. On the script, I simply reinforce the analysis with the clips from the movies being analyzed. Aside from the opener, I couldn't think of creative visual shots including the narrator. I planned to juxtapose certain shots to point out their similarities. Also putting up the movie posters visually wouldn't be too bad. I would say with what I have, the video and audio are clearly linked, but obviously incomplete.

I wasn't able to build my analysis enough to relate it back to my research question, being "How do the techniques of crime films reveal the humane qualities within an individual?". This was mainly due to the lack of building analysis, which ultimately stems back to my poor job as a researcher. I made few insightful comparisons. I knew in cinematography I wanted to talk about the use of long shots, belittling the character in a way, posing them as insignificant.