Cambridge Portfolio Project Week 6 - #4

 Welcome back to my blog! In this blog I discuss my first CCR question. If you don't know what a CCR is, I feel your pain. This part was very confusing to me at first. A CCR stands for Creative Critical Reflection. So, when I finally do the CCR I'll make it super silly and fun. Right now, I need to do some writing and research for the first CCR which is "How does your product use or challenge conventions and how does it represent social groups or issues?" This is a LOADED question that has many elements. 

For the first part of the question, it is clear that our film follows the conventions of the coming-of-age genre. This genre has been heavily researched by me and my teammates. We have looked a countless examples and found a common ground among them. They usually focus on teens and a journey of self-discovery. Like our main character Atticus's journey. This genre is filled with emotions and connections between characters. Our film opening is no different. It relies of the characters development and how they affect each other. 

The next part focuses on group representation. The first group that comes to mind is the LGBTQ+ community. Our leading couple (Kai & Aroura) in the opening is a queer relationship. It is slightly uncommon in Hollywood to have queer characters in a coming of age. One exception that comes to mind is a movie called Book Smart. 

This movie does an amazing job of having a leading queer character in a casual way. That's how it should be introduced. Nowadays it is very normal and should be treated that way. For our opening I want to make it completely ordinary that there is a queer relationship. Although the relationship is very toxic that isn't related to their situation. The way we represent their dynamic won't be contingent on their genders. 

In my next blog post I'll discuss the next CCR question. I'll meet you in the future!