AICE Media Studies

      The movie begins with a tracking shot following a young dog wondering through out the woods. Cutting to a scene where character 1 is convincing character 2 that it will be wise to get a puppy. Character 2 denies and thinks its a bad idea financially and mostly for the characters mental health and sanity. This dialogue will be followed with side shots and tracking as character 2 is frantically pacing convincing their partner/ friend have not decided about their relshonship yet because we aren't sure who will be acting. Following character 2 is convinced this dog will be the end of him because of  all the trouble of having a puppy. Character 2 is mainly worried about the house being destroyed and having to take care of it. The next scene is a tracking shot of a car headed out north to see the new born puppy's. Once arrived character 1 and 2 get out of the car a tracking shot of there feet walking...

  1.What titles are displayed during the opening sequenced? 2.What images are prioritized in the opening sequence? 3.What connotations do these images carry? 4.How does the film establish a feeling of genre from the outset? 5.What strategies are used to ensure the film appeals to its target audience? 6.How has technology been used effectively? In Paul Blurt: Mall Cop the opening sequence presents an array of titles of people that contributed in making the film. This includes not only the title of the movie but the directors, producers, writers, etc. Each title is displayed on screen for a few seconds, accompanied by a visual of the mall or a humorous visual gag. The titles establish the film's production companies, the director, and the title of the film. The use of playful and cartoonish visuals and music during the opening sequence signals to the audience that they can expect a lighthearted and humorous film. Images that us prioritized in the beginning sequence establish the...

    1.What titles are displayed during the opening sequenced? 2.What images are prioritized in the opening sequence? 3.What connotations do these images carry? 4.How does the film establish a feeling of genre from the outset? 5.What strategies are used to ensure the film appeals to its target audience? 6.How has technology been used effectively?     Titles displayed in the opening sequence of Home Alone appear on a black screen as the film's theme song plays. The opening titles are in order from "Twentieth Century Fox presents", "A John Hughes Production", "Macauly Culkin", and lastly the title of the film "Home Alone." These opening titles are presented most simply and straightforward as possible providing the necessary information about the films production company, producer, and star. Images prioritized in the opening sequence is the exterior of the McCallister family's large suburban home, which is covered in snow and adorned with Chr...

 Art of the title Website This website heavily focuses on opening scenes and sequences. As soon as the website loads the viewer is greeted with Michael Deforge interview about the site. It is followed below that with his top five opening sequences. His top 5 consist of she hulk, montage of top 10 best, Guillermo del toros cabinet of curiosities. The site also has a designers and studios tab with a drop down of hundreds of names. Another drop down of title sequences with hundreds of movies. You can even find movies on there several decades old. Along with a she hulk summary. The site has a classic section swell for classic opening sequences. instead of scrolling for a while they have the classic sequences noticeable. Watch the titles website Every topic thought about in movies is on this site. Perfect because as soon as it loads up it is all right there on the home page. Also packed with interviews which makes the art of the title website look weaker. This website also contains a de...

  What elements of the genre that you chose to base your final task on does this movie   have?   What elements of the genre did the movie have that you like?  What elements of the genre did the movie have that did not appeal to you?  Many hero's' journey provides specific tell tales that shadows to the viewer what is happening. For instance, whenever there is a protagonist there is a backstory to what they have trouble with. These elements would consist of the characters struggles, daily life, and routines also known as "the ordinary world." The movie I chose that relates to this would be Star Wars. In this movie Luke expresses a sense of dissatisfaction with his life and yearns to leave the planet to become a pilot like his friends. Setting also plays a key role in the development of a hero's journey. Relating back to stars wars I noticed the setting of Tatooine is depicted as a harsh and desolate place where danger lurks around every corner. This was esta...

      Movie Conventions Research: The Hangover What elements of the genre that you chose to base your final task on does this movie   have?   What elements of the genre did the movie have that you like?  What elements of the genre did the movie have that did not appeal to you?      In The Hangover this film contains an abundance of farce comedy. Some scenes also use physical comedy, for instance, the actors are all drunk after a night out in Vegas and are always falling and crashing into objects. In one of the scenes one of the characters accidentally drives their car into a police car and tries to escape. This led to a series of slapstick mishaps. Another convention used in the scenes is the improbable situations the characters went through. To further elaborate, the characters went through highly improbable situations that they have to navigate from. One scene that displayed this was the characters ending up on top of the roof tra...

  Movie Conventions Research: Step Brothers     What elements of the genre that you chose to base your final task on does this movie   have?   What elements of the genre did the movie have that you like?   What elements of the genre did the movie have that did not appeal to you?                The movie step brothers contains physical comedy including scenes of sword fights, bunk bed collapses, and bicycle races.The film also uses satire the film satirizes the idea of grown men who refuse to grow up and act like adults and pokes fun of the way society hates on them. The film also uses absurdity in many ways as in over the top humor in many of the films scenes. This film also contains many of scenes that display these conventions. All the scenes have a convention scene throughout scene. The character's also display character based humor the humor comes from there lead characters Brennan and Dale with their ch...

  There is many different genres of films that my group and I reviewed and looked over. The genres we went over was action, comedy, and mystery. Understanding what these genres are is very important to the development of the recreational movie that we re subjected to create. After gathering information about action we concluded that the production to make one is very action packed as it is in the title. Camera angles, sounds, and transitions is very intense in these films. To mimic this, it will require extra planning ahead for what props, sounds, and plans for post development regarding the editing process. Quick transitions, loud bangs and claps tell the audience that it is indeed an action movie. My group and I rather strayed away from this genre as it did not fit our theme. We then looked at comedy to see what it brought to the table. There is countless of comedic packed films that never fail to amuse my partner and I nor others. Additionally, we observed that comedic movies co...

 My groups genre research comedy. This is an embedded Microsoft Office presentation, powered by Office .

 My groups research for genre- mystery. This is an embedded Microsoft Office presentation, powered by Office .

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 Pitch 1: After an advanced and professional murder in a confined area a group of tenants work together to identify the murderer.  Pitch 2: After refusing spouses pleas for a puppy, he/she caved and accepted the offer to purchase a puppy. During training and destroying their house along with other destructive things as a young pup. As the pup grows older the man/ women who didn't want the dog eventually ended up loving the dog dearest.  Based off of pitch one we believe it would be easy to execute and follow through with the general idea of a murder mystery because it is simple to understand. Continuing our project based off of pitch one is possible. The setting of pitch one is also important because it can help throughout the film. We have access to possible locations to film. Along with locations other things working on our side are the people it wouldn't look good or well played out with only the 2 people. Because murder mysteries always have upwards of 10. Based off o...

 My group for this project would be the same partner. This partner has unique editing skills and has been a good partner in the past. Me and him will work out good together because he won't mess up any acting. My group mate also knows how to use advanced editing software. The software he knows how to use is adobe primer. This is a hard editing website to learn on. Although he 

 I am excited to be back and working with the same group because of our ability to work together. This time around me and my group may add an extra person to help us succeed with editing. We want someone good at editing because of their ability to do what we can't do. Since preforming well on the commercial we sinned changed around a few people because of the poor editing skills. The music video also went well because of our new group mate that was alone bed\fore our project ha started. Since our group is well put together, we started organizing our project better because of new group mates that forced their habits on us. Thus, was beneficial to us because of the new habits that were good. These habits included good organization and advanced vocabulary towards this project. During all these projects it is a constant learning scale always achieving more. And constantly advancing. Some vocabulary words that have stayed with us are simply fancy words for editing brought by one of our ...