CCR Question

 Hey everyone!

Since I am dissecting mostly over the post-production for right now, I will be doing the CCR individually for my Cambridge portfolio. CCR stands for Creative Critical Reflection. This consists of reflection over the entire production and of course the film opening itself. There are four questions that this video should display. But of course, I will be breaking it into smaller chunks to grow and expand the consideration into this. 

The first question for my CCR is: How does my film use or challenge conventions, and how does it represent social groups or issues?

Well, this question is crucial for reflection, because it makes me consider how we used or went against the typical rules of the genre we’re working in. It also makes me reflect on how our film opening represents different social groups or important issues. For the conventions, we stuck to some traditional aspects of the genre but also added our own twist. For instance, we chose to start our opening jumping straight into action. We see Gianna doing her tricks in the gymnasium, to display and illustrate her lifestyle. However, to defy the norm that gymnasts are usually super organized, my group demonstrated her to struggle with school and her life at home.

 This was our way of building tension and slowly drawing the audience in, which is a bit different from what you usually see in this kind of film for the sports genre. 

When it comes to social groups and issues, we wanted our characters to reflect real diversity and avoid stereotypes. Our group made sure to include people from different backgrounds and gave them more depth, which feels more realistic. So, we decided to make our character's family from Venezuela, but she is from the United States. This isn't a norm in the films we see nowadays, even though this is very present in our society. Adding on to that note, a big factor in our theme for the film would be over not belonging to a specific culture. Either being too white for South American culture, or too "Latino" for American culture. I can relate to this as my dad was born in Argentina and my mom in Chile, yet I was born here in Florida. Usually in the sports drama, it is very integrated on being the "American Dream", and we decided to make it more based on Gianna's lifestyle, rather than the actual country she's located in. 

The film also touches on themes like identity and family/school/sport pressures, which are issues that a lot of people can relate to today. I’m looking forward to breaking down the rest of the questions as I reflect more on our film. It’s making me think deeper about the decisions we made and how they fit into or challenge typical conventions. I’ll be back soon with more updates on the rest of the CCR. Stay tuned lovely people, and let's start this week right.