In our film opening....
actors are- Josh, Lily, and Erin
costumes- Lily and I will be dressed in all black, Josh will be dressed in an athletic outfit that he can run in
props- we will be using both my car and Lily's car, and a softball bat
location- a neighborhood on Marco Island and our friend Teagans basement for the final scene
dates and times- dates TBA, time, at dusk
scripts- our film is a silent film and has no dialogue
filming equipment- we will be using Maddie's camera but we will need to borrow a tripod and maybe some lights for the basement scene.
Monday, February 4, 2019
Sunday, January 27, 2019
Story Board
Sunday, January 20, 2019
Film Opening Examples
Rise- really like how the camera focuses on close up objects when introducing the main characters, do not like how the title takes up the whole space, definitely do not want to do that in my film opening, seems very professional until the character dialogue, I think that is something I want to keep out. Really liked the music throughout the whole film opening. The over the shoulder view then focusing on something that the character is looking at through the over the shoulder shot is very cool.
offline - really liked the noise of the typewriter introducing the title and producers but did not seem as professional as “rise”. I liked the contrast between scenes. The dark filming looks very cheesy and granulated. Did not like this film opening at all.
Dear lover- shaky camera, definitely needed to use a tripod, the voice over was kind of interesting but the filming seemed very unprofessional and not that high quality., Narrator talking directly to the camera does not look professional at all especially since it was a voice over. Seemed way too complex for a film opening, should have ended way earlier
Dare to thrill- did not like how the music was playing but the characters were speaking. The music should have been the only noise and the characters should have been muted because it was not hard to follow what they were doing and their voices sounded loud and were very distracting. Really liked the close-up shots of the objects in the car, definitely a nice touch and change of view. Girls screaming at the end was very cheesy.
After watching these film openings and taking notes on some, I have definitely taken things into consideration to avoid when making my film opening, and things to add to enhance my film opening. First and foremost, my group will be using a tri-pod at all times when filming. It was very obvious to tell which groups used tri-pods and those who didn’t and the difference is incredible. Also, I think, well at least speaking for myself, that our film opening should be silent for the most part. Maybe a few pieces of dialogue but it made most of the films seem unprofessional. Also, another filming technique that really stood out as a red flag was filming with low quality/in the dark. One filming technique I liked was close up shots on certain objects when introducing the producers or just in general. From watching these film openings, It has made me more aware of what makes a good film opening really stand out.
Sunday, January 13, 2019
What Inspired You?
What inspired me to chose the Detective/Mystery genre was my love for suspense. Through the work in this class and in previous years of watching television, I have developed a love for a rollercoaster of emotions when watching television and movies, especially when I feel as I am in the characters shoes. As the school year crept around again in August, I, along with a handful of other seniors had AICE Media first period. Although not a single one of us had the slightest clue as to what this class would entail when it appeared on our schedules, we all continued to pursue into our first period on August 15th at seven A.M. without a second thought of hesitation. As weekly blog posts became a Sunday night ritual for us first-time AICE media students, we were told to have a thought as to what our film opening genre would be in the near future. Most of us, Including myself, had completely forgotten about the blog post until the final day for submission, but it was okay because here I am writing about what inspired me to pick this genre. Although I did technically come up with my film opening genre last minute, many factors attributed to my group's decision such as previous work in the class, and a shared interest in Mystery.
Maddie, Josh, Lily and I all have many things in common, and one being our love for suspense. Mystery movies/tv shows always have each of us on the edge of our seats, but predominately me. On top of all of the classic mystery/detective movies such as Murder on the Orient Express, Sherlock, Silence of the Lambs, Momento, and more, my forever love for such a genre kindled through every episode of Hawaii Five-0.
Hawaii Five- 0 is a television series which focuses on two detectives who are part of an elite task force whose mission is to eliminate crime in Hawaii. This show really grabs its audience by each opening scene. The first two minutes of each episode starts with an establishing shot and establishes the whole storyline pertaining to each individual episode, and without these scenes, the show would be completely flipped around. The establishing shot includes the “crime” which the two main detectives, Steve McGarrett and Scott Caan, will soon be solving. By showing the crime first, rather than at the end, the viewer, including myself, automatically gets sucked in and is drawn to watch the rest of each episode, which eventually turns into being watching a whole season in one night.
What inspired myself and my group to chose the Detective/Mystery genre was not the fact that we had previously done a powerpoint on this genre, but the fact that creating a piece of work in honor and replication of something we love meant so much to us. Although everyone loves a good laugh and even a scream every so often, we decided to dedicate our second semester to something we have the most knowledge, passion, and love for… and that is the mystery/detective genre. Monday, December 17, 2018
Film Opening Research #2 - Murder on the Orient Express
how many titles are displayed during the opening sequences to the film? There is one title prior to the actual footage in the opening scene. It is a black screen with blue type written ink spelling out "Murder on the Orient Express". The black screen then slowly fades into what looks to be a sunrise which is an example of parallelism. The next title is during the establishing shot when the camera is panning the city then focuses in on the people and the wall and says "The Waiting Wall, Jerusalem, 1934". The date in this scene can really help the audience understand the time frame of the film.
what images are prioritized in the opening sequence? Some images that are prioritized in the opening sequence are the panning of the city, which is symbolic of the timeframe, and a little boy running through the peaceful town where everyone seems to be praying at the Waiting Wall. The scene of the boy is very significant because the suspenseful music makes it seem like someone is chasing the boy for whatever he is holding in his hands, yet the reason he is running is simply to delivery eggs on time
what connotations do the images carry? The images carry importance to the main aspects of the film, the boy, and the time frame.
how is genre reinforced through symbolic and technical codes from the outset? detective/mystery is not really shown yet this early in the clip. I believe it starts to get more mysterious as the plot continues.
how does the film establish an enigma from the outset? The film establishes an enigma by using the little boy as such as an important character in the opening scene. The little boy runs back and forth over town just to get new eggs for someone who looks to be of high power. This gets the audience wondering if the little boy is a chef or if his father is a chef.
what strategies are used to ensure the film appeals to its target audience? Honestly, murder on the orient express does not really evoke any sense of mystery/detective at all. It just seems like an older film that may be a war movie.
how has technology been used effectively? technology has been used effectively by using symbolism in the editing at the beginning when the title turned into a sunrise.
Sunday, December 16, 2018
Film Opening Research #1 - A Quiet Place
how many titles are displayed during the opening sequences to the film?
Two titles are displayed during the opening scene. The first title is "Day 89" and the second title is a little later into the film opening which reads "A Quiet Place"
what images are prioritized in the opening sequence? The images that are prioritized in the opening scene are the ones that look the most abandoned. The opening scene shows an empty storefront, abandoned cars, and a quiet city.
what connotations do the images carry? The connotations that these images carry is loneliness and abandoned. The empty cars and stores show that everyone has left in a hurry or has been killed. This is important for the viewer to understand that these people are the only ones in this town.
genre reinforced through symbolic and technical codes from the outset? The genre is reinforced through symbolic and technical codes by showing a black screen with white words spelling out "Day 89" to start the scene. This type of title has become very well known to represent some type of apocalypse or hideout, which lets us know that the characters have been hiding for 89 days from some creature.
how does the film establish an enigma from the outset? The film establishes an enigma from the outset by having the characters stay silent. The audience, including myself, can be very confused as to why the family does not speak and tries to not make any noise at all.
what strategies are used to ensure the film appeals to its target audience?
The strategies that are used to ensure that the film appears to its target audience is the thematic content and type of shots, and editing techniques. In the outset, it is obvious that this is a suspense/horror movie just by the slow movements of the characters, the setting, noises that are present from the daughter Renee's perspective who is deaf, and the build-up of one the main characters deaths. The establishing shot is also very important because it shows the "Day 89" followed by the abandoned town which lets the audience know that this is going to be along the lines of an apocalypse film.
how has technology been used effectively? Technology has been used effectively in the opening scene in two ways that stood out the most. When the audience realizes that Renee is deaf, by hearing a low pitched hum when the view is from her perspective, and when the monster/creature is coming for the child and we only see flashes of his body before he attacks.
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