More about baking...

   Since my film opening is going to be about baking, I wanted to do some research on other baking shows or movies before I work further on my idea. This will be useful when filming and thinking of every aspect of my project - the story line, the setting, target audience, characters, etc... I will also be able to learn from these movies and perhaps incorporate some of its techniques into my project, and hopefully get some inspiration.

Chocolat (2000)

This movie narrates the story of a woman, Vianne, and her child, who have just arrived to a new town in France where all of the community's activities are controlled by the local church.  They decide to open a very unusual chocolate store, across the street of the church. As a society, they are supposed to abstain themselves from these pleasures, however, Vianne tempts her with her varieties of chocolate creations. Her store becomes more and more popular as the time passes, however, the town's mayor is not happy about this and is willing to make her leave town. She is not giving up and with the help of another new person in town, she plans a chocolate festival.

No Reservations (2007)

This movie is a comedy-drama film, sort of towards the romantic side. It narrates a story where two chefs start competing for culinary perfection. Later an accident occurs, which makes one of the main characters, Kate Armstrong, take cake of her niece forever. This was causing trouble in her daily life, since she was the head chef of a restaurant. The owner decided to hire a new chef, Nick Palmer, who was a recognized chef that could work in any restaurant he pleased. Kate felt threatened by him since he had a particular way of running the kitchen. Even though it was always a competition between them, Kate felt attracted to Nick due to his particular personality. Kate's niece, was coming to work with Kate everyday, so she formed a special bond with Nick. By the end of the movie, they end up falling in love and opening their own bistro. However, Kate's pride sometimes interfered in their relationship. 

The Hundred Foot Journey (2014)

This movie narrates the story of an Indian family that moves to France. They decide to open a new restaurant in order to start over, but later realize that they have competition next door. Helen Mirror, the owner of the restaurant next door, tries to sabotage the Indian cafe. However, later in the movie, competing chefs start falling in love. This movie also sends viewers a positive message about multicultural acceptance. All of this movies are Drama/Comedy-Drama. They are not only about the same topic or theme (cooking), but also the same genre, which I think can help me extensively in the developing of my film. Each of this films have a plot where the characters face and encounter an important dilemma or problem, which later changes their entire life. This is similar to my idea. The character in my film, Ellie, has a major problem, which is that she doesn't have enough money to pay her rent, so she later finds this baking competition, which completely changes her life. She falls in love with baking and opens her own bakery.