AICE Media Studies

  These first 6 boxes is the main character waking up and going through her morning routine. When she leaves her house, she says bye to her mom. She hears her mom respond back, but when she gets outside she realizes that her mom isn't home.  The next 6 boxes is the main character hanging out with her friend at the mall. The main character watches as her friend starts stealing from a store.  The main character then calls out her friend on her actions. They walk out of the store into the parking lot and start arguing. .  The main character gets home from the mall and empties her bag. She notices that there's a bunch of rando items in her bag that neither of them bought. She texts her friend about what she did.  The last scene is t friend picking up her phone.  The best friend answers the texts. The friend argue back and forth again. The best friend claims she didn't put anything in the min characters bag. The argument ends with the main character slamming her...

     Hello! welcome back to yet another blog. It amazing to see you again, and I'm beyond excited to catch up. For my project, I am working with Harley Hansen, and Franchesca. We plan on creating a thriller/ mystery genre short film. In which the pitch applies to "A girl struggles to realize the blurred lines between fiction and reality." This id appealing to us as this genre is extremely intriguing, and it also allows us to explore an option we enjoy. Not only this, but we are also extremely familiar with this genre, in terms of our past projects. We plan to create a short film that not only meets our genre, but also ties in a few scarier/ horror elements. In terms of roles, we will all split editing's, filming's, acting, director, etc. For this movie, I plan to be an actor, potentially the leading role. As this is still under discussion with my peers, I plan to evaluate my role in an emotional way. For scenery, it is still to be decided who's house we will b...

 This was by far a favorite, this storyline explains a man who lost his best friend, Julia with curly red hair, in a murder, however, he saw the killer but could not recognize their face due to his medical condition prosopagnosia- a condition that prevents a person from recognizing anyone's face. In the beginning, the man is being interrogated by an investigator, the investigator seems to get more aggressive with the man because he believes he is to blame for Julia’s murder. However, he explains he loves Julia very much and that he saw the clear but simply couldn't recognize him. The only thing he can say is he had a Yankee's shirt and was the same description as him. The investigator eventually gets evidence to believe him; they both end up driving to the crime scene to prove something which somehow causes follow-up questions including any past with Julia. The man dated Julia but he ended it due to him only seeing her in a platonic way, eventually, he got with another woma...

 For one of our films of research we did a thriller mystery called 'Jet.' Overall the film starts off with a man in a car about to shoot himself in the head,  but before he does anything he sees a little girl which stops him. He sits in silence allowing him to see the girl get abducted by a man in a van, he then follows the van to end up at the house she has been taken to. The man then walks up to the house with the gun he planned on using on himself. Two other men come out which results in them being shot. Then the man walks into the house to save the girl just to find her sitting unharmed. Though what happened isn't clear one could assume that she was safe and those people he shot were her family of some sort.      However, to get a sense of feeling instead of just a storyline, angles, costumes, props, and editing were key factors. The directors of this film used many wide shots, hidden angles like in a bush, point-of-view shots, close-up shots, tracking shots...

   “Wanderer” By Mark O’ Brien and Jake Wilkins are yet another short film that falls under the Mystery/ Thriller Genre. This short film includes many elements in which apply to our chosen genre, Mystery. This short film is based on a male traveler who arrives at a secluded house around the evening time. As he is looking for shelter, he stumbles across a youngish couple that appears to be around his age group. They invite him into dinner in which later leads to the uneasy feeling of the woman. Leading to the following questions, “Could it be that the nomadic serial killer who has been stalking the area has just walked into their house?” “Will they survive the night?”  “Wanderer” was produced in way in which readers follow up with the following question “what is going to happen next” In this case, with the usage of sound/ noise. With quitter, less noisy sounds, this film allows for reader to maintain a less sudden approach. Background noise plays a very large role in the a...

 After looking into a few short films in which applied to our genre, I found that that that “Scruples” by Adrian Powers was a great fit. This film is based on two ‘cleaners’ for a criminal gang who have been sent to tie up a loose end. However, one of them is an undercover cop who finds himself in a tricky spot. A slightly insincere account of how policeman would actually have to act Is the approach that overall surrounds this film.   This short film has great similarities when it comes to appealing to audience, including sounds. Commonly sound sounds in this genre include dramatic sounds that interpret exhaustion, or sudden surprise. Like found in the short film, background noise is intriguing and allows the audience to feel a sense of suspense. This also applies in terms of CLAMPS, in which the mystery genre often uses costumes that may make a character look often overlooked, like in the short film where they were basic-colored coats. Lighting is often dimmed down during the...

 Writing to what you have resources to is a strong saying that we’ll have to live by when developing our plot and script. We can only write with what we have.  There’s only so much we can do with the camera that we’re filming with and the lack of mics. Knowing that we’ll need time to edit and fix the pacing of the film. There’s only 5 minutes we have, so we need to be careful on how much we film and the amount we’ll cut. Over filming is the best option, but we need to make sure the plot isn't one that doesn't have to be fully fleshed out to be able to understand. There does need to be payoffs of some sort and every scene has to count, there’s not room for filler. There also can’t be a lot of predictability within the film, which will be hard because of the groundhog type day plot we plan on using. There has to be types of scenes that the audience won’t see coming, while also following the theme of the story. The theme will drive our plot, and it needs to be understood by the a...

part 2 The short film LeJetee is one that can’t be fully understood within just one watch. The film is one that you can watch several times and pick up on new things every time, which only makes the plot twist even better. You could even do background research to fully understand what the film is conveying. I gathered that the concept of the film must be one that leaves people wanting more. So, the film must be complete, but the plot is short. The short length of time though, shouldn't take away the depth of the film. It should be able to be expanded, with a plot that can be developed. This is helpful to keep in mind while creating our short film. We can’t put every single scene we think of into the film, just the ones that are needed. So as long as the plot can be understood and the plot twist is done well everything should be achieved. There was also a certain type of filming theme that was followed when creating both films, along with what type of shots and scenes were used. Wit...

 Part 1  The film 12 Monkeys is a homage to LeJetee. They can’t be compared, because they aren’t the same thing. The short film is considered a photo-novel, while 12 Monkeys is an actual film. 12 monkeys uses dialogue and scenes where people are actually acting. The actors in LeJetee are also acting but not on the same way, they’re acting in pictures. Each photo has to be taken at the perfect moment to get the right shot.The story is left for the audience to play out in their head.LeJetee’s sound comes from the narrator doing a voice over, which tells the story of the photos. The photos are in black and white, while the film is in color.  When creating a short film the same scenes can be used, it's how they’re used that matters. The context behind the scenes will change as the plot is driven.Using a different editing style when using the same scenes conveys a change of the meaning of scenes. The music will also change the feel of a scene. We plan on using a groundhog day ...