research 9, the short

 Today we watched the short film 9, the plot was quite confusing. I thoroughly enjoyed the animation style. It reminded me of the Disney film 'toy story' but if maybe someone like Tim Burton had written it. It reminds me of toy story because there was a robot cat kind of thing, that reminded me of one of characters toys which was a baby head on a spider robot body. It also reminded me a little bit of another Disney movie called 'Wall-E', because of the animation style. It also reminded me of Wall-E  because of the fact that in the beginning they were a trash pile, from what it looked like. The characters were very cute, they looked like little burlap sack dolls, or burlap sack minions, because of their eyes. The lighting used was mostly dark and eerie, and there was very little speech. The lighting was almost like they were in a dust storm, because of the clouds. The main protagonist is one of the burlap sack dolls who is called '9' and he is who the whole film was about. One of the main antagonists was the cat that I mentioned earlier, which also seemed to be a cats skull on robot spider legs. Which also added to the fact that it reminded me of Tim burtons style. The plot was quite hard to decipher, because there was not much speech, which made it hard to tell what was going on. So you have to pay really close attention, but once you start paying attention you're immediately hooked because the characters are so cute. They're like little trash dolls, but with personality and professionally made.

genre choice for film

 In a previous blog, I mentioned that my partner and I were researching genres. From those we researched, we had to pick one where our film would fit perfectly. We ended up picking coming of age. We picked this one by thinking of the scenarios and instances that would go better with each genre. This genre was chosen because the type of film and storyline fit better with it. Coming of age provides a lot of different elements that are relatable to younger audiences. It would allow my partner and I to see what really makes an audience relate to this film. Even more so, it would help us to put our ideas out there. It would also help us improve more as filmmakers. Coming of age will show all the hardships she will go through. Those hardships all lead up to her finding herself and who she is. There will be incorporations of some drama and romance. These are only minor details forming her growth or “coming of age”. The main idea of the story is coming of age. Luckily there is no need to change the pitch. The pitch matches up with the genre perfectly. We will use what we researched while making the film. Now that I have those things sorted out I can continue on to the next step. I am so excited for what is to come!

genre research: coming of age, drama, and romance

 

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genres i would like to research

 Now that I have made my pitch I can start to explore genres where this film would fit in. As you can see, I am taking quite a shift from my previous project. This time around I will be researching the genres: coming of age, romance, and drama. I am researching these genres specifically because the film will possibly fall into one of these categories. In this new film contrasts in beliefs are presented. This then creates tension between the characters. We can stem out from those conflicts and create a whole drama film. There is also an idea that there is a young girl coming to a realization about herself. She is finding herself throughout the whole story and figuring herself out and learning the further she goes on. This, in turn, can be a coming of age film of her finding who she is. In the pitch, I mentioned that she will run off with her girlfriend. Everything she does could be for love. Maybe everything will tie into her love for her girlfriend. Having the whole film revolve around love which would make it a romance film. There are so many possible genres for it to fall into. We can't know for sure which one will be the one we go with. Depending on which approach my partner and I take while planning this film we can determine which genre it will be. I will be sharing the research next blog. After evaluating the research an discussing with my partner I will be able to determine the genre of the film.

Pitch blog

 A girl that is having trouble being accepted by her parents about her sexuality eventually runs away to live her life freely with her girlfriend.

welcome back!

 Welcome back! Its been a while.Its been three months, since you guys have last seen me. Since then I've had a birthday, and am now in a different grade. As you can probably tell, I have decided to take AICE media again. I really enjoyed it last year. So i really hope this year will be just as fun. Im working with a new group this year. Most of my friends are not taking it again this year. But I will be working with my other friends. We came up with the story already. But we are not sure of the genre yet. I think this year will be a little harder. Last year was hard because of scheduling conflicts. But this year were have to social distance and stuff which makes it harder. I think that we could try using plexi glass. so that we can record without masks. We are also gonna record at eachothers houses. And out in public.

Audience and Institutions essay

media area: film 

question chosen: 1. assess the importance of marketing in the media area you studied.

Marketing is the study and management of exchange relationships. The way a film is marketed can make it or break it. The way a movie is marketed sets a tone for the movie and how interesting it will be and if it appeals to the audience enough for them to want to see it. One very important marketing tool is the trailer. Trailers are very important because they detail the important events of the movie. They also show the most jam packed parts. Tv advertisements are very important. For example marvel is owned by disney so disney channel advertises marvel content to their viewers most commercial breaks. Marketing is a very effective tool and is actually many companies downfall as to why their movies don't do well in the box office. For example, the movie Jem and the holograms came out in 2015 and their marketing team was not very good. Jem and the holograms ended up making way less than they expected on opening weekend and up getting taken out of theatres nationwide. It has now gotten its come back on netflix, but had they have marketed to people outside of their 90’s kid demographic they probably would have made a lot more. On the contrary a movie that did a great job marketing was avengers endgame. It marketed itself as the end of an era and marvel fans new and old flocked to theatres to watch it when it came out. Making it one of the highest grossing movies of the year. Avengers endgame was on any and every item you can think of because their marketing was that good anywhere you went you could see it: billboards, soup cans, gum containers, and chips. Another movie with amazing marketing was frozen 2. Frozen was already a huge movie when it came out so when it was announced that they were coming out with a sequel people were already excited. Even Though they already had a strong fanbase disney did not stop marketing they put out new toys and were even on food packaging such as: good to grow juice, cheez-its, goldfish crackers, and ritz crackers. Like stated previously marketing is an extremely easy way to guarantee if your movie will succeed or flop, and if done correctly can work miracles.