Genre Research: Creep

     The camera angles, movements, and shots in the movie were: point of view shot, eye level, high angle, low angle, two shot, close up, extreme close up, hand held camera shots, mid shot, long shot.

     The costumes the actors were wearing in the movie were: jacket, jeans, wolf mask. The lighting in the movie was: practical lighting, high key. The actors were: Mark Duplass played Josef and Patrick Kack-Brice played Aaron, both are the main characters. There was no makeup in the movie. The props used were: camera, hatchet, money, phone. The setting of the movie was in a small town.

     The sound used in the movie was: diegetic sound, dialogue. There was sound of water when Josef was in the tub and sound of screaming when Josef was watching the CD at the end.

     The editing in the movie was: eye line match.

     The elements in the movie was intensity and suspense that are in thriller films. The plot twist about how Josef lied about having a pregnant wife and that he was actually talking about his sister. The movie was all hand held camera shots because Aaron was filming Josef the whole time.

     The elements we liked ware the intensity and suspense and the plot twist in the movie. The element we did not like was the fact that it was all hand held camera shots.

Genre Research: Berlin Syndrome

     The camera angles, movements and shots in the movie were: three shot, two shot, tracking shot, over the shoulder shot, aerial shot, close up, extreme close up, long shot, medium shot, establishing shot.

     The costumes that the actors were wearing were: jackets, jeans, leotards. The type of lighting in the movie were: key lighting, practical lighting, high key. The actors in the movie were: Teresa Palmer played Clare Havel and Max Riemelt played Andi Werner, both are the main characters. The makeup used was fake blood. The props in the movie were: backpack, camera, books, basketball. The setting was in a city.

     The sound in the movie were: diegetic sound, non diegetic sound, dialogue. There were cars honking to represent how busy the streets were.

     The editing used in the movie were: shot reverse shot, eye line match.

     The elements in the movie was the intensity and emotion the characters showed. The downside of the movie was the fact that they started speaking another language which made it hard to follow the story line.

The Last Three

The first genre we researched was crime. We made a PowerPoint on it discussing all the elements, editing, sound, CAMS and CLAMPS. Crime doesn't really fit with our movie because our movie isn't really about crime but more of a mystery or thriller type of thing. The second genre we researched was fantasy. The reason we researched fantasy is because its a genre for one of our pitches. The third genre we researched was thriller. Thriller fits perfectly with our movie because since the movie is a stalker film it has a lot of suspense and excitement which is what a thriller is.

The Fantasy Behind the Thriller

     The genre for the movie we are filming is thriller. The camera angles, movements, and shots in the genre are: low angle, tilted angle, zoom, pan, close up, point of view, tracking shot.

     The costumes that are in thriller movies: dark clothing, long jackets, hats, suits, dresses. Key lighting, back lighting, high key lighting, under lighting, filler lighting, low key lighting, and top lighting are all different lighting used in thrillers. The type of actors you will see in thrillers are: serial killer, stalker, victim, agents, cops. In thrillers is not type of specific makeup. Props in thrillers are weapons, phones, money, and brief case. Common settings in thrillers are cities and suburbs.

     The editing techniques used in thrillers are: jump cuts, elliptical editing, shot reverse shot, parallel editing, graphic match, match on action, fast paced editing, slow paced editing, focus, continuity, montage, transitions.

     The elements in thrillers are: the protagonist faces death, forces of the antagonist must be initially clever or stronger than the protagonist, main storyline for the protagonist is either a quest or a character that cannot be put down, each character is dragged into a dangerous conflict.

     Some examples of thriller films are: Parasite, Get Out, Us, A Quiet Place, Taken.

     Sounds used in thriller films are: silence, dialogue, music, sound effects, voiceover.

     Elements that we liked are: each character is dragged into a dangerous conflict, the protagonist faces death.

     Elements we did not like are: forces of the antagonist must be initially clever or stronger than the protagonist, main storyline for the protagonist is either a quest or a character that cannot be put down.

     We chose the genre of fantasy because we knew that was genre of another pitch that we had. In movies like the 'Harry Potter' series, there are many shots throughout the movie that implies power over another character, or conversation. When there is a fight scene, there are many wide angles or extreme close-ups to show how severe the situation is. In action filled fantasy, such as Frozen and Frozen II, there are camera movements and angles such as tracking, zoom, pan, and tilt. 

     In fantasy, there are many different types of costumes. For movies like Frozen, there are princess dresses. In Harry Potter, there are robes and cloaks. In The Wizard of Oz, there is a costume for a tin man, a scarecrow, and a lion. There are also fantasy films where the characters wear normal clothing with no special meaning. The lighting in most fantasy films are bright and open or dark and mysterious. The bright colours represent adventure, like the lighting in the Avengers films or The Hobbit trilogy. The darker lighting represents a fighting scene or darker times in the characters lives, which is also found in the Avengers and Harry Potter. Actors in fantasy films also very, although there is usually someone who: has a magical power or ability, is a super-villain, a quirky best friend or other main character, and someone extremely normal who was put there to question everything about the plot. This person can also be the best friend of the main character. For example, in Frozen, Kristoff was the normal person who questioned everything about Anna and why she was chasing after her sister in the mountains. Make-up can be very dramatic, which is only worn by someone who contributes a lot to the plot, for example, a fairy princess who starts the main character in their long journey will probably be wearing a full face of bright make-up. Props in fantasy will be something that holds some sort of magical ability; including wands, a staff, a hammer, or a crystal ball. The setting can be taken in any point in time as fantasy is an extremely old genre, although it is usually taken place in an alternate universe where magic or superpowers are a big deal. 

     

     Editing for fantasy can range from editing a green screen to show an unrealistic shot of someone in space, to editing in special effects and powers like flying, or streaks of colour shooting out of a wand or hands. 

     A few films in fantasy are the Hobbit trilogy, Frozen I and II, the Avengers movies, the Harry Potter films, any princess movie, the Barbie movies, etc. 

     Common sounds found in fantasy are intense music, exciting music, sounds of magic leaving an object, the sound teleportation or flying would make, that woosh sound, and lots of dialogue. 

     Parts of fantasy that are enjoyable are the characters and the setting. To see people living in a world that I could never be in and doing things that I could never do but feeling like I'm there with them is a great feeling in the moment. I really like the feeling of getting to be in their world for a few hours. The leave enjoyable part of fantasy, is probably the plot because they're always unrealistic, and even though that is the point of the film, sometimes the filmmaker goes out of their way to make it so unrealistic that it turns into a bad film.

Genre Research: Genre PowerPoint in September

This is a genre PowerPoint that my old team and I created toward the end of September. It was the first project that we worked on together, which created slight tension between us because we didn't know how we worked together. We decided to work together only because we were sitting so close to one another. When the teacher called up one person of each group, Kyndell went up and got a slip of paper with the word "crime" on it. This let us know that we were going to work together to make a PowerPoint about the genre, crime. We split the PowerPoint into thirds and worked on our separate slides. After creating the title slide we picked apart the PowerPoint in terms of what each of us knew we would be good at researching. Which ended up with Kyndell working on the first three slides, Bianca working on the middle three slides, and me working on the last three slides. When we were done creating the slides, we all judged each others slides to make sure it was good enough to submit for a good grade. Since we all worked well together, and did our part well we knew, we would be a good group for future projects.

Never Give the Pizza Girl the Address to Your Past

     We are starting with our three pitch ideas. Our first pitch is a stalker film, our second pitch is a magical fantasy, and our third pitch is a dramatic love story. To figure out what film we don't have the most passion for we have to break down our three films. We have to put each film in realistic terms that allows us to have a flexible schedule and work with what we have. Our first idea can be filmed completely in one location which eliminates travel problems from the equation. Our next idea has a lot to do with magic which will need intense editing. Our last idea deals with two college students in realistic time. Taking into account everything that we would have to do for each project we are deciding to eliminate our second idea about the girl in a magical fantasy. Now that we have removed our second idea we can now dig deeper into the other ones.

     To begin, our first pitch the stalker film can be shot in one location. This helps with transportation issues. The film won't require many actors to act in it which eliminates the issue of obtaining people. Although the film can be shot in one place it will require lots of editing. The editing may not be that big of an issue because we are giving so much time to do it. We won't haver an issue with costumes because we will already have everything needed. With very little problems with transportation, actors, props, and location the film will be a good choice to produce.

     For our second pitch we will have a dramatic love story. The film would need to be shot in several different locations. We would have to find a quiet cafe, an empty hallway, a crowded house for a party, and a lecture hall. Because of the fact that we are in high school we don't have easy access to a lecture hall or house party. Although we could work around that its would deter the film from being the best it could be. Since there will be many locations to shoot from it will also require a lot of editing. Unlike our first pitch we will need to find many people to play roles in this film. Unlike professionals we don't have the time, reliability, money, nor resources to get an abundance of actors. The props that we need for the film we already own because we are students.

     Comparing the pros and cons between each pitch. We are deciding to shoot the stalker film. Our reasoning is based off of the fact that the stalker films pros out weighs the romance films pros. We also feel that the stalker film will have more attention and will be more fun to produce. To end, we feel the production of the stalker film will enhance our directing abilities and prepare us for the possibility of working in the film industry.

Starting the Final Task

     I came into Media Studies half way through the first quarter. I was lost when I first came into class. After the first week of being in the class I began to understand the material. I didn't have any friends in the class. Eventually I made some. The first friend I made, Bianca, also came in the same day as me. I really enjoy the class because it is one of my easiest one's. I have been doing good so far in the class. Bianca is my partner for the final project and I am happy to be working with her again. She is a great partner and is great with filming and production.
     I've learned so many things from the class. I've learned how to use a camera properly. Storyboarding was the hardest for me to learn. First of all, I didn't know how to space out the film. I also didn't know how to put what I was thinking on paper. Filming was the easiest for me to learn because I like being behind the camera. If I ever get into filming it will be very useful to know all of this. I'm excited to use
     Pitch "Hollywood term to describe an idea where a film is encapsulated in 25 words or less, usually with one sentence". Our first pitch isa story about a girl who stole another girls boyfriend. What she didn't know was that this now single lady holds grudges like no other. Now she will come back to ruin her life. Our second pitch is about Lucy the homeschooled c-average girl as normal as could be never expected to be so extraordinary. She will have to battle her magical future while stepping back into her cursed past. Our third pitch is about a girl who starts college in a new state to get a fresh start. She soon falls for the "bad boy" and struggles to balance school and work. She realizes that this could be her worst mistake yet. Will she drop her bright future for the "bad boy"?