Title research: Zodiac

The movie Zodiac had about 23 titles, the first three were the companies then the rest was the actors and the producers, editors, make-up, costumes, and sound/music. The images that were prioritized was the main character's job. This shows that this will be important throughout the movie. It symbolizes that it will be a big part of what the movie is about. Since the Zodiac killer is very known in the United States, I think it will show the postal place (the character's job) receiving their cryptic message. It appeals to the viewers because the Zodiac killer was still relevant and no one ever found out who they were. The music and how it was filmed (like a non-stopping movement) makes it feel chaotic and keeps the viewers attentions because they want to know what happens next but also how this movie will portray the killer and killings that they did. 

  

Title research: Get out

In the movie there were 24 titles in total. The first three were the companies that "made" the movie (as in who owns it and who produced it.) The other titles who split into the actors and the behind-the-scenes people. They were the people that were in charge of casting, makeup, costumes, music, editing, etc. The images that were prioritized was the trees. The importance of the trees is already giving the viewer the idea that at some point in the movie the main characters will be isolated. The trees was most of the beginning which implies that it is lengthy. The beginning is showing the trees and showing the two main characters seeing each other again because one of them picked something up from a bakery and the other is at their house getting ready. It tells the watchers that they might be going somewhere and the trees are telling them that they might be going to a place that is far away or that is secluded. The trees establish an enigma because it seems like miles and miles of trees which gives an eerie effect. Strategies that are used to appeal to its target is the simplicity of the characters. I think that people would rather have relate able characters then over-the-top. But throughout the movie, there are things that you didn't expect to happen, which draws more viewers. The techniques and angles that the directors used gave the beginning a calm feeling. It makes the people watching it not to expect what will happen throughout the movie. 

Title research: Venom

There are 17 titles and 7 actors in the opening sequence to the first two minutes of the film venom. The image prioritized in the opening sequence is the main characters antagonist which is the monster. The connotations the image carry is the villain of the story aka the monster.The genre is reinforced through symbolic sounds by the music from the opening sequence and it is reinforced through technical codes by the camera angles and movement they use in it. This film establishes enigma through the images it displays of the characters monster. The strategies used to ensure the film appeals to its target audience are the colorful images and the different editing in the film.

Title research: Halloween

For the opening of the movie Halloween there are 19 titles and 12 actor names displayed on the opening sequence fir that movie. The imagine that is prioritized in the opening is a pumpkin, the image carries a reverse connotation. It goes from a rotten pumpkin to a perfect one. The genre is reinforced though the symbolic codes by sending the watchers to a suspenseful vibe. To get them wondering what the pumpkin stands for and why is it going from a rotten pumpkin to a good one. The genre is reinforced by technical codes by the camera zooming into the pumpkin as it goes back to being a normal carved pumpkin. The film establishes enigma by having the first two minutes be about a pumpkin rotting and the background music having a puzzling affect on the watchers. The strategies used to ensure that the film appeals to its target audience is the carved pumpkin. Since the title of the movie is "Halloween" they use a dark background and a lit up pumpkin to give the audience a thrill as to what is going to happen. The technology was used effectively through their editing techniques and their camera angles. The producers used a zoom affect and they used a reverse time-lapse to give the thrill to the audience.

title research:www.watchthetitles.com

Watch the titles is an opening scene website. Once you click on title sequences, sadly they are not in alphabetical order. They also are not ordered under genres. It also makes it harder to narrow down. You have to open up another tab and search the genre. Or you could look at it and try to guess, which is not very accurate. This website is very pretty. I enjoy the layout. It is easier to use than the last one. I like that the website is separated based on ways to find things. It even has student flims, which i find really cool. Watching the student films can help us see examples from a non-professional perspective

































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































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Title research: www.artofthetitle.com

Art of the title is a website that lists most movie opening scenes. They are not listed in alphabetical order. Nor are they ordered by genre. When you are looking for a certain genre kit makes it hard to look for what you want. It also makes it harder to narrow down. It makes you look through all titles and check and see if they are your genre in a separate tab. I do however like how you can kind of narrow it down if you know the designer and studio it came from. But that is kind of a hard thing to know because the names are so specific and i was expecting just a tab with the Big 5 and then a last one with independent. The colors of the website are also really cute too. I like the way the shade of  blue they use and the black and white compliment. The aesthetic is very pretty. For researching titles this website is very reliable. It is also very important.

fractured review

                                                         

The movie Fractured is a thriller movie where the main character Ray is frantic of the where-abouts of his daughter and wife after the hospital where they stayed at claims that they are not there. The setting of the movie is in a hospital away from big cities. The costumes in Fractured are winter clothes, hospital uniforms, and police uniforms (it is the most common throughout the movie.) An important piece of clothing is the daughter's yellow coat. There are a lot of close ups and medium close-ups. There are scenes where actors are talking so they camera would do a shot reverse shot and show their body movement. Another edit in the movie was action match. This was mostly used the hospital when Ray was searching for his family. The sound is the movie was digetic, non-digetic music and dialogue. There was music in some parts of the movie to add an dramatic effect and to keep the viewer on edge. The elements that I like are that you think that you know how it will end but there was many plot twists. An element that I did not like was that there are some parts of the movie that I have questions on but were never answered. I think that this is a good element because the viewer is still drawn to the movie after the movie but for me personally, I rather know everything and not wonder what happens next. 

47 metres down review

In the movie the CAMS and CLAMPS are mostly the same throughout the movie. The setting is in the ocean. The main props is the shark cage and the oxygen tanks that the two main characters are wearing. The makeup is very minimum since they are underwater for most of the movie. The lighting is dim but clear. The lighting does not change much because they are at the bottom of the ocean. The actors are in a panic because they can't get back up. The angles were high and low. Throughout the movie the viewer sees the actors from inside the cage or swimming in the ocean. There were also a lot of tracking shots. I think that there was a lot of movement because the ocean isn't still. The most common angles that appeared in the movie were low angles, and medium close ups. The lighting was often dark. It was mostly kept dark because they were stuck under water most of the time. The only few times it was light was before they went into the tank and when Lisa faces hallucinations about escaping.

genre research

The first genre that we research was Drama. The genre is usually a main character in a serious setting and they have a conflict. The viewer can see all the highs and lows of the character. There are intense situations throughout the movie. Drama movies make the viewers feel empathy for the characters because there are intense emotions. The CLAMPS are different depending on the setting and plot of the movie. The genre has dramatic elements. For example, drama movies are historical or based on something that is true. 


https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/16M1vwte3ODe8L_hcHRY56vl7DSbo889WuufmAfSArys/edit?usp=drivesdk

you get me review

For another one of our reviews we chose You get me. The genres are crime, romance, and thriller. The camera angles mostly used are high, medium close up, closeups, and Dutch/canted. The movements are mostly zooms, pans and very little tilts. The most common sounds were dialogue, footsteps, leaves crunching, and school bells ringing etc. The editing was very seemless and they used a lot of jump cuts, fade ins and outs, and action matches. The movie was mainly about Tyler and Holly. Tyler has an amazing girlfriend named Ally but they break up and he meets Holly. They both have a one night stand but Holly becomes obsessed. One thing I didn't like is that it falls under the crazy ex lover trope, which is often used in movies targeted towards teenagers. One thing I did like is that it had a very good soundtrack and I feel like those are very important. I also liked the casting choices because those are extremely important to how a movie flows.

why horror?

For our genre we chose horror and thriller. We chose these because they are easiest to be portrayed. Within two minutes, it would be hard to do a romcom or comedy. We also really like watching American horror story. Which is a horror/ thriller too. We are going to use most of the same angles they use. They mostly use high angles, tracking shots, and sometimes trunk shots.

facts about our genre

In our last blog, which was about our PowerPoint research on the drama genre. We know have decided on two other genres to write about and do some research on that too. We chose thriller and horror. We chose them because they both have similar movies made for the genre. Our main one will be thriller since our movie will be based on the thriller genre. Camera Angles used in thrillers are high angles, close up shots, tilted angles, and long shots. Some camera movements are tracking, panning, zoom, and dolly. Some shots are over the shoulder shot, point of view shot, hand held shot, and wide shot. Some costumes for thrillers are normal clothing type,such as normal daily outfits you would wear to school, to work, anything of that type. For the lighting, since most thriller and horror movies are more dark and have the scary and suspenseful affect on its audience the lighting that is  most commonly used is low-key lighting. Other common ones are back lighting, filler light, under lighting, and high-key lighting. For make-up and hair, most thrillers may be seen as normal and natural makeup but some thrillers may use special affects makeup for their film. Now for our props, many thriller films have the main plot be death. which would lead to them using weapons and such things as their props. The props may vary from a computer to a gun or a blanket to a plate. It all varies from what your plot is. Many props have to fit their antagonist personality. If the they are more violent they would use something bigger and stronger, if they are less violent they might use something small. Lastly for our setting, the thriller genre most commonly uses abandoned houses, forests, dark alleys, empty streets, and any dark area outside to set the mood for their setting. Some common editing in thriller movies are jump cuts, titles, elliptical editing, graphic math and parallel editing. Some thriller film examples would be Jaws, Get out, IT, Us, The Joker and many other films in that genre. Thriller movies use music, sound affects, dialogue and silence. They all combine to give that suspenseful vibe to the movie. Some elements that appealed to me were that the protagonist and antagonist battle at some point of the film, and that at one point a character will be dragged into a very dangerous situation that they had no clue was coming. Some elements i didnt like were that sometimes the main characters always die.

bird box review

For one of the movies we chose Bird Box. Its genre is both thriller and drama. For the CA in CAMS which is camera angles we have plenty of them. The most used camera angles in Bird Box are high angles, close ups, canted angle and low angles. For the M in CAMS we have movement and there was a lot of zoom, panning and tilt.For our S which stands for common sounds they were footsteps, water sounds, wind blowing, birds and sounds of nature. Some common editing there were a lot of flashbacks, action match, and eye-line match. For the elements of bird box we have the protagonist which was Malorie, she was pregnant when this disaster started. People would see something that means a lot to them but it would end with them dying. The way they died is their worst fear. The antagonist is their biggest fear. Only people who were happy were able to see outside and not be affected by the visions.  One element i didn't like was that the you could guess what would happen next because it was a circle of events, which the same thing kept happening over and over. 

99 problems but a pitch aint one

Our first pitch was about a teen who kills her friend. We based off of the Alissa Bustamante case where she killed her six year old sisters best friend for fun. She then thinks she's in the clear until they search her house. When they search her house they find her diary with a scribbled out page, after using a uv light they make out some words and question her. We thought we could call it 'Thrill kill' because thats what the courts described it as. We also thought 'In for the thrill' could be cool. This idea was good because its going to be quite easy to convey in two minutes. We thought it would be easiest because we do not need character introduction. Kat came up with idea of doing a interview where our main gets arrested. Then once in the police station they tell her that they have her diary, and know what she did. We have had this idea since the beginning of the year. When we found out we had a two minute movie opening due we all told ideas. I had went through a true crime phase and remembered hearing of this case. We changed from her killing her little sisters best friend to her killing her best friend because we couldn't finfd someone small enough.

When we pitched we each suggested an idea and weighed them out. We each decided that going with the pitch about the 'thrill kill' would be easiest because it is based on a true story. So rather than try and come up with how to start it we are going to do a flashback scene of our main character killing her best friend. Then we are going to see her getting interviewed by the police where they tell her they know she did it. We went with this idea because we have had this since the beginning of the year. We also picked it because we all like murder mystery  movies and wanted to see what it would feel like to star in one.

Although we have a while for this project we are going to start filming and storyboarding as soon as possible. As we have had mishaps in the past. We are also going to buy items that make it look as real as possible. We will be using fake items though, because obviously murder is illegal. There is a party city near Kats house so we will probably go there before and pick up supplies.

starting our final task

Hi! Welcome back to my blog. I haven't blogged since last year haha. Well not a lot has happened since last time. I have decided to work with the same group as I did for the previous tasks. We worked really well together and I enjoyed working with them. My group consists of me, Katherine, and Luisa. Kat and I are sophomores but Luisa is a freshman. I met Kat my freshman year, because we had culinary class together. I met Luisa in middle school when we followed each other on instagram.

I enjoy taking AICE media studies because I have learned so much. I thought this would just be another fast paced AICE course that people do to get their credits. I have realised that that is not the case because it is such a fun class. Making new friends is a key factor in this course. I have also noticed that whenever I am watching something, I look at all of the camera angles. I also use watching tv shows as a studying tactic as a way to learn how many is too many and how to get them to flow. I also learned that there are lot more angles than just high and low. I thought that there was only a little bit of things to learn when being a director, but as well as knowing how to work a camera you also need to be able to work with people. I have also how to script write. From watching our commercial to our music video you can tell just how much we have learnt.

For our movie we are thinking of making a movie based off of the 'thrill kill' a 15 year old girl lures her little sisters best friend into the woods and murders she wouldnt have been found if it was for her diary. Our next idea is a teen who becomes a serial killer to feel closer to her father,who is in, little does she know he's innocent. Our final idea was a superhero who spend his days fighting crime but when he gets he goes back out and murders people for the fun of it.