AICE Media Studies

 For short film research I decided to watch the short film, Kiss Chase Ebele Tate. I looked for similarities between the drama genre and this film.  Common Sound: The film similarly uses non-diegetic sound to use calming music in most parts of the film. The film also uses background music to express emotion in the film. The film also uses sound effects which could be used in action films as well.  Common Mis-En-Scene: The film uses similar costumes to the drama genre with shirts and jeans. The film also uses the sun as a primary source of lighting to show the sweat on characters which brings out the intensity. Common Editing: Common editing between the film and the action genre is the use of lots of shaky camera movement and enhancement of images. The use of jump cuts are common in this film I like how the drama genre appeals to bringing out intensity in film which is not the hardest thing to do. Filming the drama genre also sounds extremely challenging but still fun. I think filming a

For this short film research I chose Pommel by Paris Zarcilla. Pommel is about two British-Asian gymnast brothers and draws on the filmmaker's own experiences of growing up in an Asian household in the UK.  With an overbearing and disapproving father, the elder brother begins to take out his frustrations on his younger brother. Both Pommel and our short film are of the sports drama genere. sound can be used to assist in the creation of tension, mood, tone, and changes in rhythm. This short did not include much dialouge, most of the emotion and feelings were conveyed through the characters actions and faces.  The short included mainly diegetic sound. There was not much noise added to the movie. The use of mainly diegetic sound made the story seem more realistic. The director did however remove a lot of sound. This created tension and was able to focus your attention on the actors portayol of thier feelings. The most common Costume, Lighting, Sound, and Props in this genere were clos

This short film features sound, set design, and editing that are all relevant to our film. The diegetic sound is the first thing that comes to mind. This is a technique employed in drama films to communicate the film's emotions. The sound in this film is employed to convey the shock and anxiety he is experiencing. A non-diegetic sound is also used to depict the film's surrounding feelings.  To make the viewers in shock, the film uses a dramatic entrance of the main character. Then there are gunshots and people fleeing to add to the film's unsettling atmosphere. The mise-en-scene in the film is inspired by the clothing. The man is dressed in typical street clothing, and the girl is dressed similarly. All of the characters wear the costumes that they are portraying, thus it is a true representation of their personalities. This is primarily utilized in drama to depict how characters behave and respond to emotions in their everyday lives and attire. Continuous editing was emplo

  The film I chose to research was the last 3 minutes. This short film takes you through a tear-jerking flashback of a man's dying life. The short film the previous 3 minutes differs from our drama because in the last 3 minutes it displays a life drama meanwhile in our movie we display a sports drama. A Typical life drama would often be slower paced meanwhile our sports drama would most likely be a little bit faster.  sound can be used to assist in the creation of tension, mood, tone, and changes in rhythm.  This short included little to no dialogue about his entire life showing his life early on and how he has progressively aged showing his adventures along the way, instead the dialogue is displayed through the characters' body language and emotions. This sound from within the film is both diegetic and nondiegetic, the diegetic coming from the different events such as the army or the new baby or the beach, and the non-diegetic coming from the background music trying to create

 Short film 9 begins with a very dark and ominous setting. We noticed quickly that the genre was remarkably similar to the action genre and contained a lot of its aspects. The entire film was an action/thriller. There were multiple jump scares and fight scenes. There was lots of dark imagery as well as lots of CGI like a typical action movie. The plot of the film was short obviously, due to it being a short film the viewer is thrown from the beginning to the middle of a longer story. It follows the character 9 as he seeks vengeance for his friends and defeats the monster who once killed his old friends. There is truly little character development, but an example is in the beginning character 9 was scared but now he is brave. Sound effects are a big part of the short film as there is no dialogue, however there are many unique sound effects and loud crashes which are conventional in the action genre. There were lots of aspects that made the full-length film different. The full-length fil

 The words short film are a teaser. Although the name may sound like its an easy quick process, short films take a lot of time, effort, and energy. I learned from this video that planning is one of, if not the, most crucial of all steps in the short film making process. One of the most key takeaways in planning I got from this video is that it is crucial to write for the kind of movie you are trying to make. Now this sounded obvious until I thought about it deeper. When writing our script and planning for the creation of our movie it is key that we do not bite off more than we can chew, meaning do not try to incorporate things into our film that we know will not be possible for us to create. For example, we must make sure we do not go over budget and include pieces that will cost more than we would be willing to spend, and not writing for a cast that would include more than the people we know will be accessible to us. After setting that into our heads, we can actually begin the writing

 Le Jetee and the remake 12 Monkeys have many similarities, one would assume with the tag of a remake, but also contrast quite variably in the way they are produced and shown on screen. Le Jetee is a strange film in the fact that it is not actually a fluid motion picture but instead a photo novel of still pictures about a post-nuclear war experiment in time travel. On the other hand, 12 monkeys is a motion picture about a convict that is sent back in time to gather information about a man-made virus that wiped out most of the human population on the planet. Both movies can be broadened up into the genre of sci-fi, as much of the movie's take place in futuristic worlds where time travel exists. One of the biggest takeaways I got from watching this video is that remakes are able to live up to the feeling of original movies as long as they are done properly. This relates to our project in that we can take certain aspects of well made movies and use them as inspiration and guidelines i

 Choosing a genre is a super important aspect of our film. We narrowed it down to comedy, sci-fi, and drama. These genres are extremely unique and have very special storylines. I personally would love to research comedy as they are the most enjoyable watch. Comedy movies are extremely easy to create ideas, but the execution is hard. If you have poor execution in a comedy film then it will end up extremely bad. The next genre is sci-fi, sci fi is the opposite of comedy. sci fi is known for its obscure, un real nature that defies the limitation of real life. sci fi normally takes more advanced technology to create, as you are not following the "rules" of nature. Because of this, sci fi is a hard genre to pursue with a low budget, and very little time and experience. Drama is one of our personal favorites. I like drama because of the way it is able to create emotion in the viewer. Drama is often known to be overall emotional especially compared to other genres like comedy. 

  My group decided to choose the drama genre. The genre looks extremely interesting to film with and I am supper excited to work on it with my group. We wanted to be original and try out a different genre this year since we have already tried the thriller. Since we have an extended amount of time for the film it makes it easier to choose the drama genre so we can add all the details. We chose the genre because it fits in with many of the shooting locations we have already decided on. This also helps us with the editing and music as well. Through drama we can really highlight the acting in the film so out number 1 goal is to perfect our acting in the film. We do want to focus on avoiding mistakes that are common in the drama genre. We want to focus on avoiding acting that is overdone and corny. We do need to tweak certain things on our pitch but we must go over that with our group before we can make those changes.

  Common camera angles in the horror genre; Close Up, Tilted Angle, Low Angles, Hand-held Camera Angle, Wide Angle, Tracking Angle, Birds eye/High angle. Common Mis-en-Scene in the horror genre: Some common props in horror films are knives, crosses, machetes, chainsaws, axes and masks. Horror movies also often use dark lightning and are filmed in a common setting such as the woods or a dark house. They are also  always filmed at night time. Common editing aspects in the horror genre: Jump cuts, Parallel cuts, Cross cuts, and Over-Extended Scenes. There is also a lot of cgi to make monsters and special effects. Common sound in the horror genre: Lots of sudden noise, loud noise, eery noise, high pitched noise and noise that is unpleasant to the ear. There is also a lot of silence to build tension during the scene. There is then usually a loud sudden noise to break the tension Example films in the horror genre: Sinister, Hereditary, Insidious, The Conjuring, and The Ring Some elements of

         Common camera angles in the comedy genre :   Establishing shot, extreme close - up, long shot, point of view shot, two shot, and tracking shot.   Common Mis- en -Scene in comedy:   In comedy there are lots of different approaches when it comes to the Mis- en -Scene. Really any prop or costume that will surprise the audience works for comedy. They can be filmed anytime, anywhere.   Common editing aspects in comedy:   Lots of jump cuts, over-extended scenes , and cross cuts. Comedy films usually use lots of jump cuts to help the  transition between dialogues by e ach character as dialogue is extremely important in comedies   Common Sounds in Comedy:   Diegetic Sound, non-diegetic sound, ambient sound .      Some comedies tend to use laughing soundtracks in an attempt to bring out the humor of the situation .   Example films in Comedy:   Blended, Grown Ups, Murder Mystery, Don’t Look Up, Despicable M ovie, 21 Jump Street, Superbad   Features I really like in the comedy ge

  Common camera angles and shots in Sci-Fi: Medium long shot, medium shot, close up, extreme close up, wide angle, tracking angle, and high angle Common Mis-En-Scene in Sci-Fi: Set in space, high tech computers, use of futuristic props, use of violent actions and gore including makeup, futuristic costumes, and strange alienist bodily movements. Common edits in Sci-Fi: Use of VFX, increase of shutter speed, cool color tones, jump cuts and cross cuts Common sounds used in Sci-Fi: Futuristic noises, lightsaber noises, strange alien noises, loud mechanical noises, and spaceship sounds. Some common films in the Sci-Fi genre include: The Matrix, Star Wars, Men in Black, Gaurdians of the Galaxy, and Star Trek. Some aspects of this genre that I like and would use are the use of futuristic looking props as I think it would look cool as well as advance and make our story a bit more interesting. I also like the use of futuristic sounds and think that it would be interesting to incorporate that in