AICE Media Studies

 Hey guys and welcome back to my blog! Today, I am going to discuss the designs of our titles for our final task.  For the film , all the tiles are going to come onto the screen the same way. We are going to have them slowly appear on the screen and all of them will be in the middle. The titles will appear on the screen in a windshield wiper type effect. You will see part of the title fade onto the screen from one side until it's the full title showing. This helps creates the effect we want it to have on our audience. It helps creates that effect we ant because the fade onto the screen slowly will give the audience that anticipation that we want. We will put it all to the middle of the screen and we want it to be very minimalistic because we want the audience to have a focus on the opening sequence while the font of the titles adds to our genre while not overpowering.  Next , let's talk about how long each title will be on screen. We want to have each title on the screen ...

 Hey guys and welcome back to my blog! Today I am going to tell you about my group-mate and I's plan on our final task when it comes to the location, participants, health, and schedule Location The big umbrella location we will be using is Sawgrass Mall. It is a mall near our house and it has a big outside area which is where well film. For the first scene, we will film outside walking outside around the food and store area. The other locations we will film at the mall would be inside a store for one scene and then inside a bathroom, all other locations at the mall would be outside. The final scene will be filmed inside a car. Participants In total, we will have 3 participants. Our friend Sarah is one of the actors. She will play the main character in the opening sequence and will be in every scene. We will have another participant, Mya,  who will be Sarah's friend in the opening sequence who is concerned for Sarah. Finally, we will have one other person play the antagonist an...

Hey guys welcome back to my blog! We finished our script for the movie , check it out below SCENE ONE- WALKING WITH FRIEND The scene starts with establishing shots. As establishing shots are happening, SARAH'S FRIEND is talking. The establishing shots will lead to a wide shot of both actors and will lead to a close up on SARAH where she clearly seems on edge. SARAH'S FRIEND will then tap her sounding very concerned saying, "Sarah is everything okay?" and SARAH will respond very frantically, " ye-..ye-... yea I'm okay, lets just go inside the store"  SCENE TWO - INSIDE STORE Once inside the store a wide shot will show SARAH'S FRIEND looking in the mirror trying on clothes and say, "Sarah what do you think?". SARAH, who looks very shook still will open her mouth to talk but then there's a sound "*alarm sound ringing*". SARAH and SARAH'S FRIEND will join together where an over the shoulder shot will show a notification on bot...

   Hey guys , welcome back to my blog! Today, I will be researching the different titles of movies and the titles I will be looking at today come from the movie "The Nightmare on Elm Street" which I got from the "Art of the Title" website you read about earlier. I will not answer the questions about the opening sequence below.  1. What titles are displayed during the opening sequences? During the opening sequence titles displayed are the production companies first, then the title of the movie, next the actors and actresses, then the director of photography, next the production designer, then the special effects, then the editor of the film, then the music maker, then the executive producers, then finally the director who also happen to write the movie 2. What images are prioritized in the opening sequences? During the opening sequence, we don't get images we rather get a video. In this video it starts with someone making razors for fingernails and making them ex...

  Hey guys , welcome back to my blog! Today, I will be researching the different titles of movies and the titles I will be looking at today come from the movie "Split" which I got from the "Art of the Title" website you read about earlier. I will not answer the questions about the opening sequence below.  1. What titles are displayed during the opening sequences? During the opening sequence the production companies are titled, then the actors and actresses, then the casting company, then the music supervisor, then the maker of the music, then the costume designer, then the editor, then the production designer, then the director of photography, then the executive producers, then the producer, then finally the director who also wrote it.  2. What images are prioritized in the opening sequences? In the opening sequence, images aren't used but rather its a video that gives you a snippet and continuation of the video after every couple titles. In the video we can see...

Hey guys , welcome back to my blog! Today, I will be researching the different titles of movies and the titles I will be looking at today come from the movie "Get which I got from the "Art of the Title" website you read about earlier. I will not answer the questions about the opening sequence below.  1. What titles are displayed during the opening sequences? During the opening sequence of the "Get Out" movie many titles are displayed. Specifically the title of the production companies, the title of the movie, the actors and actresses, the name of the casting head, the head of the music for the film, the maker of the music, the costume designer, the editor for the film, the production designer, the photography director, the producers, the executive producers, and finally the director who is also the writer.  2. What images are prioritized in the opening sequences? In this film, the opening sequence the images prioritized seem normal. When watching a movie, you t...

Hey guys and welcome back to my blog, today I am continuing to find websites to help me research titles and I found a 2nd one! As I was looking on google, I came across this really good website called "Art of the Title". When comparing this website to the previous one I found, I can see that this one looks more complex. But while it looks more complex, I have to give it to the website that it is very organized. It shows title sequences very easily and clearly. Some of the organization of this website can be seen how it shows the designers and studios who made the titles. This website also puts lots of emphasis on color. So while this site may be more complicated I think it does a great job in aiding me with more background on the titles. I think this site is really good like the other site I found and would benefit me a lot in my research of titles. Thats it for now, I have found my websites so be back when I actually begin researching the titles, see you later!   

Hey guys and welcome back to my blog, I have finished researching movies about my genre, now I am researching titles of movies. I was looking for websites that showcase this on Google and I found a perfect website. When I was looking in the google engine I found a website called Watch The Titles. I decided to use this website due to how the layout was very good while also being easy to follow. It gives a clear showing of what the titles are and it even uses different colors to help you. The website focus on the titles themselves and how easy the layout was to follow gave me easy access to the titles without requiring much effort. Also, Watch The Titles showed images of the movies to give us a preview on what the titles would be like. The website is also very organized on the types of titles which makes it simple to find what you need and the website contains various sections for different film mediums. Overall, the site's presentation is straightforward but effective gives plenty o...

 Hello everyone and welcome back to my blog! Today I will continue my research on different films representing the horror genre. Today, the movie I will discuss is called Us. Us is a movie that falls under the horror genre that was released to theatres in 2019. I would say this was a unique horror film as it wasn't always the different mis-in-scene that was horror but it gave a psychological scare. Us is a horror movie that diverges from typical horror movie tropes while still following that typical horror genre convention. Like previously said the film relies more on psychological horror than on jump scares and eerie sounds. The fear of the unknown and the possibility of the same thing happening is what makes the movie scary. I liked this aspect of the movie even though it kind of went against typical conventions but it was very unique. But while that aspect kind of goes against conventions , it does have conventions. For example, Us uses horror conventions such as dark lighting a...

 Hey guys and welcome back to my blog. The last time you read I was researching movies that fall under my chosen genre: horror. Now, I will continue that journey with today's movie , A Quiet Place . A  Quiet Place is a horror movie released in 2018. But while this is a horror genre it is a very unique horror movie that relies heavily on sound. This element is what makes the film so remarkable. The disturbing sounds, the fact that characters cannot make noise, and the movie's portrayal of this concept are all very well done. The movie contains many of the usual horror movie conventions, such as scary monsters and jump scares, with some moments of darkness. However, what really sets this movie apart is its use of sound. The way the story is crafted to utilize the horror of sound is truly remarkable and something to emulate in the future. It goes against usual horror movie conventions a little of not having that eerie sound constantly but it adds a new layer to the horror genre ,...

 Hello everyone and welcome back to my blog! Last time, I mentioned that I picked the horror genre for my research. Today, I am researching movies. I am researching movies that perfectly goes with the conventions of my chosen genre, horror. The first movie I will be researching is called "Insidious: The Last Key". "Insidious: The Last Key is a horror movie that was released in 2018. Many aspects of this movie were conventional to the horror genre. When I first start the movie the movie uses a first-person perspective. The use of first person type scenes immediately capture my attention. The scenes are really gritty and they have that conventional eerie sounds. These eerie sounds and the gritty scenes  build suspense and fear that show that horror genre. The dark lighting also plays a factor in this movie when it first begins as it uses that lighting which creates that engaging impact but also still be very terrifying as it should be .One of the most important aspects of ...

 Hello everyone and welcome back to my blog, today I wanted to share with you my group's decision on what genre our final task will be.  The first genre we considered was a comedic genre and this was a genre we spent a lot of time looking at. When looking at it, we liked how comedy and comedic decision is spread throughout the entire media,  for example, you have the comedic and goofy movements with the camera shaking and going upside down. As we reviewed it more, our thoughts changed about the props and we originally didn't like the use of props but as we reviewed we began to see the comedic purposes that props play and that purpose,  it can be the actor using it to do something silly or really anything, and we also liked how we would use diegetic sound like laughing to get the genre across even more. But, there was a really big dealbreaker when it came to part of this genre and that was the dialogue aspect. The reason this was a dealbreaker is because we thought it...

Hey guys and welcome back to my blog. This is my last genre i will be researching and the lucky genre is : Drama!!! Drama is a very used type of genre across the film world.   In Drama, c ommon camera angles you see are  establishing Shot, long Shot, wide Shot, aerial Shot, high/low Angles, tracking Shot. In drama some type of Common Mis-En-Scene Outside environment, High Key Lighting, Props, Costumes. Lighting plays a big part in this as the lighting has to match the feel for the movie and in drama since it gives off the suspenseful feel , this is a huge part. The Common Editing includes Cutting, Eyeliner, Match, Action Match, Crosscutting, Slow Motion. Some type of Common sound Diegetic, Non-diegetic, Dialogue, Sound mix, and Ambient Sound.    Example films within the drama genre includes five feet apart, After, and the sun is also a star. Within the drama genre there are some things I like. But, while there are some things I like there are some things I don't like...

 Hey guys and welcome back to my blog. Today, I'll continue covering and researching genres with today's genre being comedy.  There are usually very common angles that go across all realms of comedy film. One is the close up, which a lot of directors use to comedic effect. Another is the establishing shot, which is often used to r begin segments. The establishing shots used are also to bring the actors to a new scene with a comedic interaction. Another common one is the POV shot, which is often used during or after the comedic event.  Next, the lights. It depends, but often times are scenes usually light and vibrant to emphasize the comedy, unless otherwise obvious. Acting is vey vibrant, and over the top because a lot of the comedic effect is combined with the actors and the camera to really bring it all to life. Movement is where comedy movies can really shine. For example, if a pole hits a camera and makes it shake to imitate the movement. Props are also really importa...

 Hey Guys and welcome back to my blog! Today, I'll be going over different genres starting with Horror.  Horror is a very distinct genre. In Horror movies , they tend to  have a lot of different conventions from many other movies, and that's what makes it so unique.  Horror movies tend to have very close, creepy hots. You'll not really see any far shots, like long or extreme long, because the focus is either on the subject to the fear or the fear itself.  Lights, often dark. It's very dark in horror movies to help hone in on that suspense. Acting it depends. Usually the actors are always scared, but depending on the movie, the way that they portray that fear is different. Some will scream, some will just be terrified but not scream, and so-so. Movement in horror movies is very common. A lot of running is involved, it's all about them in this situation. Props are oftentimes the weapons the people or the horror character may have, like a gun, a knife, or some...

 Hey everyone and welcome back! Four our final task, my group came up with two ideas : Pitch #1: A girl has had bad luck with dating ever since a bad breakup with her ex. But, when she thinks she finally found the right one, the romance turns from pleasing and lively to dangerous and fatal. Pitch #2:  A girl goes out and hangs with her friends to distress. But, on what is supposed to be a relaxing day, it turns out to be a living nightmare from friends who thinks she's delusional to a kidnapper on the loose. As a group, we loved Pitch A. We loved this pitch because we are able to capture such a complex type of piece. We also liked the idea because I think the idea is broad enough for us to be more creative  But there were many limiting factors working against us. First, we had to look at the timing of things. Being that this video can't be anymore than 2 minutes , we felt it would be very hard to tell this story we would want to tell within that time frame. We felt it wou...

 Hey guys and welcome back. By the name of the title, I think you can guess that today we will be discussing my group. More specifically this blog will be about who I will be working with for the final task. I worked with the same person for the past two project and I have finally come to a decision. I will CONTINUE TO WORK WITH MYA! Mya and I worked so well for our past two projects together and she has such great input. Another thing I love about Mya and why I would work with her is because of how reliable she is. For example, I'm not a perfect person. Specifically,  I sometimes forget to do something regarding our projects in media studies. But, even if I forget  I know I can count on Mya remind me. I can also count on her to always help out with anything needed. Another reason why it is so easy to work with Mya is because of her location. Mya lives directly across the street from my house. Like I can walk out my house, walk a block , and her house is right there. This...

 Hi guys and welcome back to my blog. It's been about a month since you have heard from me and so much has change. If you forgot, my name is Marvin Exantus and I am a sophomore currently taking media studies. Specifically im in AS Media Studies. The last time you saw me was when I was filming my music video. Time is flying by so fast now because I am about to be filming my final task soon! I have enjoyed media studies so much. The work does feel overload sometimes. It also sometimes hard to schedule stuff in being that the class does require you to meet up with your group outside of school. This feels sometimes hard because of having to fit it into my schedule due to all the other classes I'm taking. But, the class does have positives as well that I like. At times, when I finish all my work early I'm able to relax in class and talk with my friends. One of the things I have loved the most so far was the editing process. I liked the editing process because it allows my creati...