AICE Media Studies

1.  How many titles are displayed during the opening sequences to the film?  Which ones?     There was a total of 18 title scenes, 20 including the two quotes at the very beginning. It started with the quotes then went to the main production company(Columbia), the production, who the film was by, finally the cast. They showed two cast members then the main title, Gattaca, then the rest of the cast. It is assumed that the two first cast members listed are the main actors. Then finally, the other important people that added to the film at the end. 2.  What connotations do the images carry?  ( how  do you they make you feel) The imaging at the start is most just blue screen. It shows something falling and bouncing around in the background. Then at the end you can see a main shaving his beard. The movie is starting at the end of the title sequence. The imaging at the beginning make me feel wonder as to what's going to happen and leave me sus...

  Art of the Titles We are researching this website because of its excellent movie title presentation. The site seems simple, and easy to navigate. The cover page shows exactly what we can find on the site. The 2021 Emmy nominations for main title design gives me good examples for title sequences. By having well appreciated shows in the homepage, the site looks like it contains helpful information. Without even having to search for movies, there are some recommended. You can hit the "Title Sequences" tab and and there are "recommended" titles as well as "classic" ones shown. The main reason for researching this site because of its priority in film titles. It shows mainly film tiles, with stories about them. There is also a search menu for movie titles, broadening our line of sight. Forget the film, Watch the Titles Forget the film, Watch the Titles is an even more eye catching website. Immediately upon visiting the site, there is a slideshow filtering thro...

 We chose a drama movie. We are going for a bit more dark of dramas. This movie appeals to our type of drama. It is more serious and deep. This movie has dark lightening, substance abuse, serious scripts, and more. Dramas are supposed to make you feel something. This movie definitely does by using real life scenarios and intensifying them with the editing and filming style. The movie used a lot of slow editing and chose an editing style to go along with the music and along with the action in the movie. The movies uses a lot of flash backs and fade in and fade out editing from one scene to the other. The costumes were everyday clothes to make the movie seem more real, they also used everyday props(highschool setting). A good similarity we have between our upcoming film and this one is the age gap. We are all young high-schoolers going through life, and we want our film to represent some form of normality for someone. This film uses voiceovers to explain situations and explain feelin...

One great part about the Joker is its emphasis on the drama. An easy alert of the Joker character is his distinctive makeup. The movie uses his makeup, along with special effects makeup on many other characters. Makeup will definitely be a big element of our movie intro. Along with makeup, the characters costumes will also be taken into account. The characters in the joker are dressed rather normally for the day and age. In our piece, i see us also bringing looks out with makeup, but maybe creating more emphasis on costumes. Many scenes of this movie took place in a home, neighborhood or dark alley. This is a popular setting for drama movies. We are most likely going to have scenes filmed in these places. Throughout the film, point-of-view and close-ups were used. The use of these film techniques "encouraged the audience to identify with a character". This is exactly what we want in out film. We will definitely be using these film techniques in order to get pulled in and atta...

Thirteen is a popular teenage drama in the film world. It is filmed to present a very real story with a dramatic movie flare. One of the main aspects of this film is that there is a twilight blue hue cast over the entirety of it. This dark sort of overcast is an element we would love to incorporate in our piece. The movie consists of tracking shots. It also has a lot of zoom ins which create w really cool affect. The different angles that are used to shoot bring the drama element to this show. The music sound track was also very fitting, and the same elements of song will likely be incorporated. Some aspects will probably not be used in out film. For example, there were numerous over the shoulder shots used throughout the film, but I don't see us using that in our movie intro. Majority of props used were drugs and alcohol, which will play a big part for our film. There are lots of eye level shots and close ups in this film used to make the characters seem even further gone and t...

  Common Camera Angles close up long shot birds eye/high angle over the shoulder shot medium shot extreme close up     Common Mis-en-Scene dialogue sound effects music voice over incidental music décor high-key lighting low-key lighting dull lighting costume  hoodies trainers tshirts caps props alcohol drugs knives guns body language staging positions full-front quarter-turn profile three-quarter turn back to camera location flats schools ghettos neighborhood streets Common Editing juxtaposition flashbacks cut-away continuity editing montage Common Sound diegetic sound non-diegetic sound ambient sound parallel sound Example films requiem for a dream american beauty thirteen euphoria skins beautiful boy mid-90s perks of being a wallflower What elements do you like and would use? We love the different types of lighting, like dull, low-key, and high-key, and would be using those. Also using a flat for a location or neighborhood streets. Props like drugs, and alcoho...

   After thorough research and thought, we've decided on the Drama genre. Horror, drama, and comedy are three entirely different genres, and are rather difficult to compare. Our pitch has a rather dark and serious aspect to it. With this, concluded that the lightheartedness of a comedy was definitely not the way to go. Aspects of a comedy include things bright and joyous lighting, fun props and light makeup. It is clear that a film capturing battles with substance abuse and addiction would not be portrayed in a breezy light hearted way. Further, popular movies under the comedy genre, like Step Brothers and Mean Girls, have none of the vision that wee see in our movie. This left us to decide between horror and drama. While these can both have chilling, surreal aspects, one just fit our theme better than the other. Horror films make use of dark lighting, setting and mood, but horror does it as the scare the watchers, and we don't want to go THAT dark. Horrors use a lot of eerie ...

 Common angles:  -wide shot -high angle -extreme close up -tracking shot Common mis-en-scene: -sound affects -eerie visuals/music -large/scary props -dark costumes and special effects -dark lighting -dark area or house Common editing: -jump cut -split screen -eyeline match -zoom -graphic match Common sound: -sound bridge -diegetic sound -incidential music -sound motif Example films: - Quiet Place -It -Us -Chainsaw Massacre -Child's Play What elements would you like to use? I would love to use dark lighting, dark settings, and dark/eerie music. However the most important one would be the special effects and big costumes for the "monsters". What elements do not appeal to you and what would you stay away form? I believe all of the elements i have listed are necessary to make a horror film.

 Common camera angles:  -long shot -over the shoulder shot -tracking shot -wide shot Common mis-en-scene: -bright lighting  -light acting -natural makeup or brighter makeup -bright colors/costumes -fun props Common editing:  -jump cut -split screen -eyeline match -montage Common sound: -voiceover -diolouge -ambient sound -sound bridge Example Films: -Mean Girls -21 Jump Street -The Hangover -Despicable Me -Step Brothers What elements would we use? We would love to use good lighting, creative scripts, many interactions, voiceovers. We would love to get plenty of actors for this comedy film as well, to create many different funny characters.  What elements do not appeal to you and why wouldn't you use them? Some comedies use funky costumes and crazy makeup. I would want to steer away from that to build a better quality film.

  Pitch 1: A dark childhood can send anyone down the wrong path, but this pain and abuse led to an even stronger addiction than her fathers alcoholism.  Pitch 2: A fun loving summer road trip just before college. Go out with one last hurrah before they all go our separate ways. After careful though we decided to go with pitch one. The dark theme it presents may be challenging, but we think we can capture it best. There is a lot of room for creativity and vision with this storyline. Even if majority of this is filmed indoors, the dark winter feel right now will allow us to get good outdoor clips as well. This pitch is drew our attention more and there are already so many ideas going though our head that we will be able to use in a dark theme. While pitch two seemed like a fun idea, we felt that it wasn't the best choice. A roadtrip idea seems more suitable for the summer, but we are in the winter season right now. This means that all the fun, bright Florida scenery won't be cap...