AICE Media Studies

 Location: At night on the road. and then in a car.  participants: my friends, TJ, Justin, and leahann helping me.  schedule: Monday, Wednesday and Sunday nights are the nights everyone is free from work, so we are able to film. Such as taking an hour or two each day to film. 

scene 1: A girl walking alone down a late-night street. scene 2: A guy behind the bushes taking pictures of the girl  scene 3: 10 pics shown in a fast paste of the girl mini clips. scene 4: Turns back to her walking and she breaks her heel  scene 5: The title slide Scene 6: switches to the man in the backseat of the car scene 7: the guy driving says "ready" scene 8: the man in the backseat says "always" and jumps out of the car.  scene 9: turns to a black screen with a scream  scene 10: shows the wall the man created about the girl. 

 Title Design The opening credits to my film will appear as a person is walking horizontally on camera. It will look as if the words are following the person behind them as to fit the plot of a stalker following the main character in my film. They will be in a bolded-italicized white ' Macando ' font ( Just like this style ) to fit the dark setting of the film and will take up the majority of the screen for 3-4 seconds before the scene switches to a girl being followed by a stalker with a camera and notepad. The working title for my film will likely be " Skulker ". The credits for my film will most likely appear in a black ' Permanent Marker' font ( Just like this ) and will appear highlighted on the notepad that the stalker in the film is writing in about the person they are following. They will appear for 2-3 seconds as the stalker is flipping through his notepad. The rest of the notes that the stalker is writing will not be highlighted as to give more atten...

 I have chosen the genre, horror, as horror can be creepy and give a little mystery. Horror reflects social worries and the fears people have. Horror explores the nature of evil and the minds of the people with a life of crime. The genre Horror could be a comedy, romantic, violent, or depressing. As I have all these options for my movie. Horror movies can be as creative as the writer wishes, as anything can be added to horror. With horror, I can end my opening sequence keeping the audience with a mystery or giving them a little imagination. Horror is my favorite type of genre of movie to watch, to create this with creativity can become very fun. 

 Another Genre I am researching is Mystery. A mystery film is a genre of film revolving around a problem or a crime. Mystery can also be referred to as detective fiction. The genre Mystery can include high angles with tilted cameras, different light exposures, or just any creative lighting during the film. I feel like mystery is such an entertaining genre, especially how I could give the audience room for creative thoughts. Since the lack of knowledge creates suspense. The only thoughts that have me worried about this genre are how would i like to make my film different, and original and not make the genre look too similar to horror. common sounds used in the genre mystery are creepy music, slow music, and small background noises that can be interpreted as creepy. Two mystery opening sequence examples that I liked were, 'Dark City' (1998) and 'Knives Out'. Both of these opening sequences are nicely done and inspiring for my ideas for my film. 

 The genre of crime fiction can have a variety of different film-making ideas. This is one of the elements that interested me about this genre, as someone can incorporate mystery or murder mystery. This genre deals with crime, criminals, police work, and detection. Many things can go into this genre which is what I look forward to as well. Crime involves action, so this genre may take place outside and at night. As crime is also considered an action movie the film, some camera movements and angles would include, tracking, long shots, close-up shots, and eye-level shots to create suspense. Fast and slow past editing, to create suspense, dissolve transitions. One example is the movie 'Drive' (2011) opening sequence scene. Its unexpected ending gives the audience room to be curious to make it suspenseful, they used cut editing to cut from film to film and various light exposures. quick/sharp edits, as this is related to action. Another film example would be 'Baby Driver' (...

 The first Genre that I would be researching about is horror. A horror to seek for fears or disgust of the audiences. Horror could have a hand-held camera to give it the experience the audience is there. Low camera angles are also common. Tilted angles and shots. This is to give a dramatic look, excitement, and tension. Lots of tracking. The camera follows someone running/ walking fast. Bird's eye camera angle is also used. This is a high angle, which could show the surroundings of the character to give a view of what could happen. This could reveal things or give more tension. In horror, Mise-En-Scene can tend to be dark, deserted locations, or just nighttime at the location giving the dark look.