AICE Media Studies Project

 Hey, I was hoping you would come back. So today our focus is on answering these questions: "What are the settings or locations of other films in my genre? Where and when are they often shot?" "Who is the intended audience for my film? Why? What are their moviegoing habits? How will I get them to see my movie?" OK! BOOM !, let's get straight into it so to answer the first question is the setting of other films in my genre are usually in basements, houses far away from the city, in the woods, haunted houses, abandoned amusement parks/carnivals, asylums, hospitals, and cemeteries. Now to tackle the second question well they are often shot in the settings located in the previous sentence and they are often shot at night time when most people are sleeping or very late evening when everyone is heading home from work or stores. Ok, we are on a roll lets keep this momentum. Number 3, the intended audience for my film is a mature audience that consists of teenagers, you...

  Hey, so today we are going to be focusing on answering these questions: "What kind of movie am I trying to make?  What are the basic genre conventions of my movie (themes, style, characters, etc.)? What do the opening sequences look like in other films of my genre? How does an opening sequence reveal meaning and tone without giving away too much? How much action really happens in the first 2 minutes of a film? Complete a detailed shot-by-shot analysis using screenshots." So let's get into it, to answer the first question the kind of movie I'm trying to make is a horror/thriller/mysterious movie because movies in this genre type generally have lots of suspense and that's what I'm aiming for in my film opening. The themes of movies in this genre are usually " don't take life for granted" or " be grateful to your family each time you get" or " live life the best you can" or the childlike one " Never talk to strangers"...

Hey, today we are talking about the purpose of opening credits. Which no-one really sat to really think why we have opening credits and how it's different from a title sequence. Well, I know that opening credits are needed to reveal the cast members in the film, the producers, and the directors of the film. Do you know what the difference is between opening credits and a title sequence? ................ Hmmmmm do you really know?  Well, the answer is that most title sequences consist of music, a lot of action, and sound effects but in the opening credits, you are getting the beginning of the movie/episode which will mostly be the introduction of a problem or a situation. Also in title sequences, you get more of the theme music of the movie or episode for example in the title sequence of Phineas and Ferb you will be able to tell that its a title sequence and not opening credits because their older sister Candice says at the end " Mooom, Phineas and Ferb are making a title seque...

 I created a blogspot account on January 5th. I started this blogspot so that I could give weekly updates on the film opening I’m working on. Lately, I have been doing some research on what a film opening should look like and consist of. I have seen many examples of film openings the good and the bad and the ones that you could just tell they didn’t put any effort into them. My AICE Media Studies Professor assigned my class a film opening critique assignment that allowed us to choose a film opening and break down the elements of which created that opening. We were able to complete this assignment by using a Film note taking template. This template consists of different sections that you would fill out about the film openings mise- en- scene, cinematography, theme, and etc... I did mines on the opening of the movie “ Good Burger” which I thought would be very interesting to know the break down of shots that the cinematographer(s) used in one of my childhood favorites. While doing my...