Explained about reflection with proposals

1. Reflection Journal Week One
Pre-proposal andproposal
Before I started with the proposal. I had some brief ideas about my comedy
film. I think it’s a good idea to do a preproposalto startthinking about the final
idea. My firstidea is abouta couple who meet his family which then turns
awkward becauseher ex is there. But I felt so disappointed becausemy tutor
didn’t like my idea and give me his idea about two men trying to impress a lady
not knowing the lady is a lesbian. I understand the story needs to be simple to
understand. I preferred my idea because I wantto show my film is actually my
original idea. I have someskills with technology because I havecreated two
shortfilms. But I need other skills like black and white, fast and slow motion
because I haven’tdone them. I will definitely use them to test which is best for
my final film. One thing is very important: melodramatic and slapstick because
that is my favouriteperformanceand is suitable for comedy films. Also, I am
frustrated with proposalbecausemy tutor and my interpreter keep telling me
something is wrong with it becausesometimes I talk too general and need to
be more focused on the idea. The fact I am Deaf and I useBSL means I struggle
to understand English and read the question so my interpreter translates the
question making it more understandable. Next time when the question comes
out, I mustbe calm and read careful before I write it.
Influences
I researched four marvellous and fabulous comedian actors because they are
influencing me to idea for my comedy film. That is important to me becauseI
want to know how to communication without any dialogue and use
melodramatic/slapstick to tell the story. I watched some videos to see how the
actors used physicality with melodramatic and slapstick. I had a little of bit
frustration becauseI tried to research someactor’s background story butsome
doesn’thave any. But I realise that I must go to library and I found some
important books. I was so glad that I found a book called Romantic comedy
film in early 1900s which is perfect for my comedy film. I read it and I also
realise that the most of romantic have lip-kissing, snogging, nudity and sex. I
must ask my tutor an important question about college media and performing
arts allowing real kisses. My tutor said that depend on the actor’s age and

2. must follow college rules. Also, I have to ask the actor’s permission for kiss and
to touch each other. So, I will research moreabout them in my research
projectbecause that is very interesting for the romantic film.