AICE Media Studies

 Welcome back! This blog will give a detailed overview of my agenda and plan for achieving my short film. Starting off with the location I plan to film in my house. I decided that filming at my house would be convenient and cost efficient. I would film in various different spots of my house. I want to film some scenes in my bathroom, bedroom, and my kitchen.  For the casting, I’m planning to star in the film as the protagonist. My film focus on one person life and the situation they are in so to emphasis this I only wanted one actor to be in the film. Due to being the person starring the person in the film I would need someone to record. I decided to let my sister be the videographer while I also help direct everything. Having my sister record makes things more easy because due to living together I don’t need to arrange any transportation. I want to include my dogs in the background like background actors because I think it helps gives the effect of a regularly person and make...

 Welcome back! For my final short film research  I watched "Strange Beasts". This film had many elements of the previous films I researched but did have some different elements. For example, the lighting of this film was extremely different. The lighting was bright and natural. I preferred this lighting over the other dark lighting in the other films I researched. I thought that it went more well with the futuristic era and technology. Even though the storyline was creepy I thought it was nice contrast. The lighting suggests a cheerful atmosphere. I believe it makes the technology that is being advertised of like eye contacts where you can see virtual pets make it seem normalized and common. It made everything seem okay. But in reality it wasn’t. It wasn’t because the film showed the guy to have a daughter that wasn’t real. This gives the film a creepy twist. Angles the film included are medium close up, close up, long shot, and wide shot.These angles were used when the guy w...

 Welcome back! "Ana" is a science fiction film that I researched to find more info about the genre. I learned many different elements that the film used. The film depicts angles like over the shoulder shot, establishing shot, medium close up, tracking shot, and dutch angle. All these angles are used to show what’s happening to this guy working in a factory that makes cars. However instead of workers making the cars there are robots making the cars.In my previous research the same sound is used. Dialogue and non-diegetic sound is a common sound that I seen in this genre. Non diegetic sound is used to increase the intensity of the story and add more suspense to the mood. The lighting of the film is dim and cool. In one point of the film the lights are flickering to show that something wrong is happening that is being caused by the robots. The robots who tried to kill the worker and was watching him through the security camera footage. The setting is set in the same location but...

 Welcome back! I watched a short film with a genre of science fiction called "Rise." This short film is about robots and how there being targeted to be eliminated and destroyed by humans.The setting starts in a factory where a mass production of robots are being made. The lighting is dark and the atmosphere is intense. High angle shots and aerial angles are used to show the factory and the amount of robots in the factory. While this is happening a voice over is used to tell the story of the situation and giving background information. The voice over explains how the robots are being treated and how robots are developing human like emotions. The setting then moves to a warehouse setting where there’s a two shot. In the two shot is a robot and a guy who is wearing a military outfit. The editing then uses cross cutting to show the outside world of how more police man and military using weapons as props towards robots. It displays them trying to gather and eliminate the robots. B...

Welcome Back! In my short film research I decided to watch the short film "A Thousand Suns." Common Sound in this genre is non diegetic and dialogue. In the beginning, music played to start off the film. There is a guy who is talking to himself while traveling through the mountains. The setting was in different locations. The setting took place in the mountain, space, and the sky. The lighting is dark, foggy, misty , and cool. It gave a mysterious effect. I noticed the lighting matches well with the setting because the mountains are very blue from the snow and have that dark gloomy vibe. The actor used different props like backpack, futuristic technology, and wore a space suit. The film include a variety of different angles: zoom, wide shot, and  medium shot.A zoom was used to show the entrance of a space ship. The science fiction genre uses a lot of technology that haven’t been made. The editing it has was an eye line match up. When the guy was looking at something they show...

 Welcome Back! Im researching about the process of making a short film in order to prepare for making my short film. Through my research I learn valuable tips  and important elements needed. Understanding the resources you have available to you are important to take in account when writing your story. This way you’re able to work with the resources you have available and use them to incorporate in your writing. When writing don’t do your first instincts on how your story should unravel because the audience will expect that as well. Instead try to do the opposite on what you want to do so that way the audience is surprised by what you do. Knowing the tone of the film is essential because it correlates on how you will set up your location, camera angles, and wardrobe. So make sure everything is corresponding to create the intended tone. Having good sound is needed to capture and complete the work because it makes the work feel more organic. Neglecting the sound will be negative ...