Father of the bride: Research of father daughter relationships and scenes

This clip is something that i have drawn inspiration from; i have researched these types of scenes and transitions to gain ideas about different ways to show time passing and the mentality of the patriarch. This clip of the father and daughter playing basketball has given me more knowledge of how to expand the father, daughter scenes at the start of my trailer, also these simple type of effects can be included and referred back to later to emphasise time passing and mental confusion. By keeping the father in the same scene, but the shots of the daughter interchanging there is that clear sense of time passing and the father looking back on memories. For my own scenes i have no intention of the shots showing memories but more so about the protagonist's unstable mind and to show the gaps in time and his relationship with his daughter. Simple things such as tracking the ball to the daughter and having the older girl move into the shot rather than trying to merge the two characters into one is very effective. This scene i will adapt and use for a different intention in my trailer.



In this clip, one of the main things i have dawn on is the father's reaction; i noticed how effective simple effects such as zooming in at critical times can emphasise the state of confusion of the character. Also he blinks to stop himself from seeing something unrealistic. This is something i could use in my trailer, but again for a slightly different purpose when put in the context of the genre. Also by simply switching back and forth between the father and daughter it is seemingly easy to turn the camera back to the daughter as her younger self, having her sit in the same position on the chair. This is something i will attempt to weave into my trailer's narrative.