Audience and Institution Practice Essay

I answered question 5: In relation to the media area you have studied, discuss the whys audience consumption has changed over time.

I believe the ways people consume media has exponentially changed over time. I think the ways of consuming media have advanced greatly in recent years due to advances in technology and society. There are also definitely negative effects of these advances. 

To begin, just the way people view media nowadays has changed greatly. For example, in the 1950s, going to watch a movie was not as common as now. Most homes did not have a television and going to the movies was expensive. One reason for that is people in the 21st century have more expendable money, to be able to do leisurely activities, such as going to a movie. I think that helped the media industry grow, people being able to go and watch movies more often allowed for them to make more money. For example, in March of 1950 the top grossing movie was Cinderella, at only $52,403,594. On the other hand, the top grossing movie of 2019 is Avengers:Endgame which made 858,373,000 dollars. I believe this is a result of people having easier access to these movies and more income to go and watch the movies. 

To add, another way viewing media has changed is through social advances. Socially we have many more allowances for what is acceptable to be on television and movies, and what is not. I believe the more candid and open film makers are, the more they open up to a new audience. For example, a controversial show at the time was All in the Family, which aired in January 1980, and grossed 8 million dollars in today's money. Yet a politically correct show, Love Boat which aired in 1977 and profited 6.2 millions dollars in today's money. As you can see the social advances over time allowed for one television show to make more money.

To conclude,   media greatly changes overtime. This is due to social and technological advances. People can access media easier and more costly. Also, film creators are more open to controversial shows and movies.

My CCR and Final Product

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Re-editing: Almost there

Over the weekend me and my group edited our film together. We knew we had to to finish our project soon. We only had to finish up somethings. For example, we have to put in all our new clips. We filmed the previous week. All we had to do was get together all of our clips. We filmed on Camilos phone and my phone. Camilo air dropped the videos to my computer. I then downloaded IMovie on my computer. IMovie downloaded and I dragged all the videos from my desktop to the application. Then we all got together and started looking at what transitions to put in. I started working out Wich clips we wanted and not. We then put all the titles in. This did not take too long. The film is almost finished. The peer review was very helpful. The way we knew what to put in was the peer review. Overall editing took about an hour. We all worked together to finished our film. Editing was fun overall.

Re-Editing: Looking Good

There were many adjustments my group made to our film. The peer edit helped us a lot. We could now know exactly what was wrong with our film. First, I added the scenes that we refilmed. This was easier than I thought. I thought it would make it look choppy and weird, but it looked the same. I fixed those scenes and put them into the film. Then the next thing I did to improve my film is to add the rest of the titles. We were lacking in the titles because they somehow got deleted, so I agreed to fix them. This went smoothly and did not take too long. It was convenient because I could go through what I was missing from the list. The film was deemed choppy, from the peer editors. So I went back into the film to try to fix it. We made the transitions smoother and shorter. This made the film look a lot better and less awkward. The re editing process helped our film a lot. Going back and fixing it very much helped the smoothness of the film. The peer editing made it easy. Our film is now close to done and it is looking very good.

Reshooting: the fun of filming

Over the weekend my group and I did many things to improve our film. I had the idea to re shoot some senes. One reason I thought this was because of the peer review. They said that some sense did not make sense. I understood that so I decided to get my group together on Sunday. I picked both my group members up and we started driving to the park. The weather was around the same as when we filmed the first time. We all made sure we where whereing the same clothes as we did on filming day. The filming process went mostly smooth. It started to rain witch made it difficult. We ended up going into the car and waited for the rain to pass. This did make the rest of the filming process difficult. Although we had some set backs we did end up finishing. The peer review very much helped us in this. We could see what scenes we still needed, for example, and establishing shot. This made it very easy to look on our paper and check off the things we have and haven’t done. The filming process was very fun. My group and I feel that we greatly improved our film. The peer review very much helped us with our process. 

Peer Review Blog: Mila and Jordyn

I enjoyed the film very much. It was a horror movie and you could obviously see that it was. It was very suspenseful. Most of the scenes were scary and interesting. My favorite part of the movie was when the girl called 911. She called 911 and directly after the man came into her room. This scene was very suspenseful and scary. The group worked very well, considering they only had two people. One thing I would critique about the film is the story. The story is hard to follow at some points. For example, there is a scene where she unites herself. The next scene was her untying herself again. Along with that there are some title problems that are easy to fix. For example, at the end of the movie they had some titles missing. They had all the labels but some had no names assigned to them. Some of the cuts and scenes were a little choppy. The movie was still very good and well put together. I think this group was very successful in creating their horror movie. I think the group will take the critiques into consideration. They will probably go back and fix the titles and some of the cuts. Overall the film was very good.

Filming Blog: Half of our film

Yesterday my group started the filming process. I had a big role in this process. First I had the idea of filming one Tuesday. The reason for this is so that we could finish. We left from school and I drove my group to my house. At my house I provided the lighter to start the fire. Then I drove my group to a park so we could film. During this drive we stopped at a store to get props. We split the cost for these props. For example, we bought coke, and marsh mellows. These props where for the campfire scene. We need this scene because it is before Luca gets kidnapped. Then when we arrived I started to collect sticks and leaves for the fire. We started filming in my car. This was hard because the shot we need was hard to get. Then we started walking into the woods. We all where chatting. This sene took multiple tryes. The reason this took so long is because everyone started laughing. I told the people that where helping us what to say. I told Camilo, the director what shots to use. We headed to where we where going to film. We realized we needed the storyboard. I went back to my car and got the storyboard out of my bag. Then I walked back and we started the fire. We got many good shots of this fire. The storyboard helped us get good shots because we knew to follow it. We did not finish all of our filming but a good amount was done. We left the park and I drove everyone home. 

Filming Blog: Not yet filming

Over the weekend our group did not have a chance to film. The reason for this is it was raining majority of the weekend first of all. We have very conflicting schedules. One thing that restricted us from filming over the weekend was Camilo having a soccer game. He had a tournament on Sunday, Wich is the day we where going to film. We could not film in the graveyard because we didn’t get approval for that date. We asked permission, and the owners of the graveyard said there was a funeral. We wanted to be respectful, so we decided not to film. On top of that, because of the rain it would have made it a very bad environment to film in. This restricted my group from filming. This is hard because now we have to film next weekend. Next weekend, directly after school we are going to go straight there. We have already gotten approval to film on Friday. We will have our props with us so we don’t waste time. Then we will drive to the grave yard and start the filming process. We will have all of our black clothes on to make the funeral sene look better. I believe this part of filming will not take to long. We need this to not take a long time so it does not get dark. It is not good to film in the dark.

Filming Blog: Starting the Filming Process

    Our group has not started the filming process yet. There are many reasons we have not started this process, although we need to. Every member in our group has a busy schedule. Camilo and Luca both play soccer and have games almost every weekend. Personally, I have volleyball three times a week along with tournaments every weekend. We do intend on filming this week. This weekend we all do not have sports other then Camilo. Camilo is able to fit filming into our schedule for this weekend. We are going to film on Sunday of this weekend and meet a my house. After everyone gets to my house we will drive to Michals to get supplies and props for our filming process. We will be getting things like sticks for the camp fire and a bag for when Luca gets kidnapped. Then, we will go to Publix to get things for s’mores. Then we will drive to rio vista, witch is our location for filming. When we arrive there we will start to get things out of the car. We then will set up all of our props, wich we do not have manny for the graveyard sene. When we finish the filming for the funeral, we will move on to the camp site. On the camp site we have many props, so we will set thoes up. We need to make sure it doesn’t get to late so we can see the film correctly. If it’s not to dark we will hopefully finish the process of filming. This gives us a lot of time to fix it, and to edit.

Planning Blog: Storyboarding

In the last two classes our group has been working on story boarding. Story boarding is one of the most fun things in the filming process. We all worked together and got our ideas down and drew them as good as we could. While we were story boarding, we thought about all the camera angles we were going to use, like for example we will use an aerial shot using Camilo’s drone. Story boarding helped our group to organize the ideas we had in our minds and improve them while we were drawing them down. This will help us a lot when we will be filming because it will keep us on the right track as we will just be following the things we drew on the story board papers. Lastly I think that working on this part all together made us come together as a group and build more chemistry in between us, which is very important because it will help to keep a professional and a cooperative mood in the group.

Planning Blog: Location, Participants, Health and Schedule

Today is Monday, February 10, 2020, and we have been working on all the components which will be of great importance following the filming of our two-minute movie production. Now the importance of these specific components such as location, participants, health, and schedule is that it helps in giving the filming team an idea of what will be occurring, and who will be involved. As well will map out everything which is done, so that we know what to do and not to do, so that it stays in check with the rules of the health and safety conduct. This will ensure a smooth and simple process. Without this planning many ideas would be scattered and uninformed, causing confusion between the group, which is not needed as it is key to keep the chemistry well within a group. In brief, our schedule seems to be very manageable and easy to go with as we discussed times that all of us would be free, as we are very busy with extracurricular activities such as soccer and volleyball. With no doubt I believe we will be concluding with a very unique and creative video which will be shown as we digently work with the schedule we have produced.

Planning Blog: Title Design

A lot of work went into this power point, because of its importance. This helped us really devote the movie, because it made us think about what the titles will look like. The titles have to give the audience a certain connotation. There are many things to think of while trying to design your titles. One large thing in our film, for the opening sequence is we do not want to make the titles distracting for the auicence. If there is something crucial going on in the scene, and the text is large and bright, and moving, then the audience will be distracted. This is why the opening sequence will look modern, yet sill visible. On the other-hand, the title of the movie will be eye catching. We want this part of this film to be important and to help the viewers understand what they are going watch.The way will will so this is with, bright, mysterious colors, and big, dramatic fount.

Planning Blog: Sound Script

Today is February 6, 2020, and my partners and I have been working diligently on the sound script for our movie. Sound plays a key role when it comes to a drama genre movie. Me and my partner made sure to have in this movie as many different types of sounds as possible because a movie like ours that involves drama needs to have good sound effects and sounds in general like music for example. Depending on what type of sound you choose and in what scene they come can change a viewers entire perspective in a movie. This movie will have both Diegetic Sounds, Non-Diegetic sounds, dialogues and as well background music to accompany the ambiance of the setting. Our group will be very careful when selecting sounds and music because most of the time they will get copyrighted and this will cause altercations. I realized that writing a sound script is really fun and easy. It allows you to create ideas and implement them in your movie. I have also learned that you can not write a sound script before you write your shooting script as you need to know whats going to happen before you know what sound to add. Me and my partners will be coming together tomorrow and email some music companies to ask their permission for the use of their sounds and music. Hopefully we will be getting a good response and be able to add the songs we want in the background of our 2 minute film.

Planning Blog: Shooting Script

Our group I believe came together for this blog. We all had an important role to play while creating it. We also all helped each other by facetiming one another for help. This task is very important to the filming process. The reason this is is important is it basalt maps out everything we will do while filming. It one, makes it easier for the actors in the film to know where to go and also what props to being. It benefits the director as well, because he then knows exactly when types of camera angles to do, as well as camera movements. Also the director knows at what time he needs to shoot certin senes. This makes everything for the group easier, so the filming process can go as smooth as possible. We will be sure to reference this powerpoint while in the stage of filming.

Title Research: Island of Dogs

The first thing the viewer sees when the movie starts is a disclaimer that all characters speak in their native language. It also says that it is translated by an interpreted and has captions. Another thing that is in the first part of the movie is a lot of Chinese writing. There are 27 titles in the opening sequence of the film. It included many things such as the director and the producers. The producers include Fox Searchlight Pictures and Indian Paintbrush. They also included actors and who they are playing. For example, Edward Norton as Rex, and  Bob Bablaban as King. There was only one part of the opening sequence. The whole part where big men playing the drums. These men are also playing other instruments. They are also in a dark room with one light above them, there are only three of them. They are also in asian attire, which establishes where they are, so does the lettering one the sides of the opening section. The connotations of these opening slides is very dramatic. It also establishes the setting. The way that the genre is reinforced through technical coodes is the music. The music is the main way this film is expressed as a drama. I find its introduction music to be very dramatic with large bangs of the drums. Another way the film expresses its a genre is the lighting in the opening sequence. The lighting that is in the opening sequence is a spotlight on the drum players, the spotlight is dramatic. The way that the film establishes and enigma from the beginning because of all of the Chinese language. The strategies used to target an audience  is the translation of words that is embedded into the film. This means that the audience may mostly be English speakers. Another audience is also targeted in this film. It may be Chinese speakers, because that is the language used. One way that technology is used is because this film is stop motion, which takes a lot of time and a very advanced new camera. One type of camera angles that is used in the opening sequence is an aerial shot.This is when they are above all the drummers.   

Title Research: Gone With the Wind

The film at hand, gone with the wind, starts off with the company who produced it. It is on some sort of plaque and it says a Selznick International Picture. There are forty titles displayed in the opening sequence. In the opening sequence the movie introduces the actors, producers, and directors to the audience. One title that was displayed was the production designer. The production designer is William Cameron. Also a large part of the opening sequence was the actors. For example, George O'hara plays Thomas Mitchell. There is steady aspect of the opening sequence that stays in the majority of the sequence. In the background of the titles that are being introduced there is a countryside. This countryside includes morses, a white house, and a grass field. The connotations of the images is that it is establishing the setting. The audience from the start is being introduced to the setting and where the majority or all of the film will take place.  The genre is reenfored from the outset by the sound. There is one soul sound throughout the whole title sequence. This sound is very dramatic, it sounds like an orchestra playing. The music creates a dramatic and emotional effect right from the beginning of the film. The way the film creates and enigma from the outset may be from the soothingness of the music and scenery. This film is a drama, and is very exciting, suspenseful, and scary at times. The smoothness of the beginning of the film may confuse readers to think the film will not be as exciting. The strategies that are used to target their audience is by the amount of suspense and scary parts of the film. This targets an older audience because this dramatic film is known to not be for kids. The way that the technology is being used correctly is from the editing standpoint. For example, this is a very old fim, yet is has nice transitions for the words. One way the words transition is byt moving up the screen.

Title Research: Seven

How many titles are displayed during the opening sequences of the film?
During the opening scene it was viewed that there was over 100 titles displayed, and 117 to be exact.
What Images are prioritized in the opening sequences?
The images that seem to be prioritized are that of the ones that hold a meaning to the story, such as the drawing a a child figure, then the hands which seem to be taken as if it was a criminal.
What Connotations do the images carry?
This image carries a powerful connotation as it makes sure that the viewer be anxious to know what is happening and the images are very dramatic.
How is genre reinforced through symbolic and technical codes from the outset?
The genre is reinforced through symbolic and technical codes from the outset as it can be seen through the texts and how they are placed in the sequence.
How does the film establish an enigma from the outset?
The fil establishes an enigma from the outset by first creating suspense and drama in the movie with the quick pace of tempo and the quick transition in each title displayed in the opening sequence. This is very key in drama movies, due to the fact that without it it would give less attention and un-dramatize everything.
What strategies are used to ensure the film appeals to its target audience?
The strategies which are used to ensure the film appeals to its target is the music which is sounding in the background, as it creates suspense in the viewer. Furthermore, the use of the fast pace sequence it thus creates the dramatic essence of the whole entire movie.
How has technology been used effectively?
Technology was used very effectively in the whole aspect of the opening scene. The reason as to why it was so effective was that many editing techniques were used in the process of creating this opening sequence. The use of different transitions gave smooth and powerful impacts to the overall gist of it.

Title Research: Sabrina the Teen Witch

This website is very helpful for researching movie titles for our specific genre. The reason I am looking at this website is to advance my knowledge on movie titles. I am looking specifically for my genre and what it looks like. Also how real people in the industry make the titles. The title design is usually linked with the genre. I learned many things from this website because it had so many things to look at. For example, something I learned from this website is how certain genres have certain movie titles to match the connotation of that genre. Chilling Adventures of Sabrina, is a horror movie that has a very interesting title. This specific title caught my eye because ive seen the movie. Also the fount is very fitting for this film because it is creepy. Also the color of the fount is good because its yellow, which you don't see often so it is special. It is also creepy because it has a black figure and a bear tree with falling leaves. This highly advanced my knowledge on the subject of title design. Even though it was not my genre, analyzing any movie can help you. I now know that your title has to fit the connotation of your genre, and it needs to be eye catching and interesting. 

Title Research: Watch the Titles Website

As we get closer and closer to filming, we have to continue to research to get a better understanding of the "Drama" Genre. One of the important aspects of drama is the way in which they incorporate there opening sequence. This is why its critical for us to research because it will help us in brainstorming our opening research as we will have visual examples of what it should resemble. Furthermore, it is vital to make our research credible with sources. So we used "Art of Titles" and another website called "watch the Titles". These two websites were very easy to manage and it made researching a "stroll in the park" compared to what it would've most likely been if we had to search up drama movies, then figure out on what platform to watch it, and find at what time the sequence begins. They were so easy due to the fact that you would select a genre and it would give a variety of different types of movies categorized in the genre of "Drama". Throughout our research we will be keeping an eye and taking notes on the fonts which are used, the size of the text, and as well the placement of the titles. After we research we will discuss as a group what we will want to incorporate and not have in our short movie. This will be done collectively and efficiently as we have a great chemistry and are good in finding ways in which everyone in the group will be in agreement with our plan.

Title Research: Art of the title website

This website is very helpful for researching movie titles for our specific genre. The reason I am looking at this website is to advance my knowledge on movie titles. I am looking specifically for my genre and what it looks like. Also how real people in the industry make the titles. The title design is usually linked with the genre. I learned many things from this website because it had so many things to look at. For example, something I learned from this website is how certain genres have certain movie titles to match the connotation of that genre. Chilling Adventures of Sabrina, is a horror movie that has a very interesting title. This specific title caught my eye because ive seen the movie. Also the fount is very fitting for this film because it is creepy. Also the color of the fount is good because its yellow, which you don't see often so it is special. It is also creepy because it has a black figure and a bear tree with falling leaves. This highly advanced my knowledge on the subject of title design. Even though it was not my genre, analyzing any movie can help you. I now know that your title has to fit the connotation of your genre, and it needs to be eye catching and interesting. 

Genre research: chasing mavericks

Beginning of Movie:
Lighting in this movie plays a big role as it gives the audience an understanding of the ambience of the current scene. Since the movie starts off at the beach it continues to show natural lighting, rarely using any artificial lighting, unless if necessary. In the beginning of the movie the characters are introduced and we are shown that the little kid is the protagonist of the movie and the other actors are going to be supportive characters for the main character's story. We are given a little glimpse at the aspect of make-up 5 minutes into the movie, as the main character "Jay Moriarity"stumps his nose against the surfboard and begins to bleed out of his nose. The props that are shown in the movie are the tennis ball, the letter, the bottles, and then most importantly the surfboard. Now the reason as to why the surfboard carries so much meaning behind it is because at the beginning of the movie "Frosty" a supporting character saves Jay only due to the fact that he was surfing. Then later on, it's seen that Jay wants to go learn how to surf and the only reason he is able to even go out with his old and broken board is due to the fact that he gets parts which Frosty owns. This indicates and foreshadows the idea that Frosty and Jay will have a continuous close relationship as the movie carries on.

Middle of Movie:
Camera angles are very important in this part of the movie. The reason for this is because most of the scenes we saw in the middle portion of the movie were while the actors were surfing. This provided the audience a better understanding of the perspective of the character and the difficulty of surfing giant waves. Some of the angles that were used were: High angle, low angle, POV angle, Two shot, Master shot, and Over-The-Shoulder. Camera movements also helped in creating the feeling of the audience practically being in the movie themselves, as they gave many different perspectives and dimension to the movie. If it hadn't been more camera movements like, Zoom, Pan, Tilt, and Tracking shot. the movie would have been very basic. It would've taken away a lot of the beauty of the movie. Two big camera angles and movements that were used and stood out a lot was God's eye and POV. The reason for this is because God's eye allowed us to see the difficulty of what the surfers were doing. Furthermore, the POV allowed us to see the danger's of what it really is to be in the water when surfing these colossal waves.

End of Movie:
Sound has a powerful impact in the movie due to the fact that during the end of the movie the drama occurring is at its highest. With the waves crashing, and the panicked and worried crowd. it plays a big role in giving the audience understanding what's happening in the movie. As well the music at then end allows us to understand the shift in the mood of the movie. It went from uplifting when Jay surfed the wave, to sad when we find out Jay had died, and then back to uplifting as we find peace in knowing that Jay left a mark on many people's heart and touched the lives of many. The ending shows a true clip of Jay and this was done by the process of editing. The use of this makes the story more powerful as it how's that this was a true story, and allows us to see who he really was.
 

Deciding Final Genre

Deciding the final genre was probably the hardest thing we had to do as a group because each of us wanted to do a different genre. Our group came to the final decision of doing drama as our genre. We picked drama due to the reason that it is one of the most interesting, easier to comprehend for the audience, and fun to do for us genres. one of our group members really wanted to do horror, which seems very fascinating to do but it is harder than it seems. We would've needed a lot more props and make-up in order to have a very good film. Luckily our group member understood the problems of doing horror as our genre and agreed to do drama as it is what the other group member and I wanted to do. I think that our final film will be excellent because the chemistry in the group is very high and we are all ready to put effort and work hard to achieve the best work possible.

Genre Resarch: Rocky

Beginning of Movie:
Lighting in this movie plays a big role as it gives the audience an understanding of the ambience of the current scene. Since the movie starts off at the beach it continues to show natural lighting, rarely using any artificial lighting, unless if necessary. In the beginning of the movie the characters are introduced and we are shown that the little kid is the protagonist of the movie and the other actors are going to be supportive characters for the main character's story. We are given a little glimpse at the aspect of make-up 5 minutes into the movie, as the main character "Jay Moriarity"stumps his nose against the surfboard and begins to bleed out of his nose. The props that are shown in the movie are the tennis ball, the letter, the bottles, and then most importantly the surfboard. Now the reason as to why the surfboard carries so much meaning behind it is because at the beginning of the movie "Frosty" a supporting character saves Jay only due to the fact that he was surfing. Then later on, it's seen that Jay wants to go learn how to surf and the only reason he is able to even go out with his old and broken board is due to the fact that he gets parts which Frosty owns. This indicates and foreshadows the idea that Frosty and Jay will have a continuous close relationship as the movie carries on.

Middle of Movie:
Camera angles are very important in this part of the movie. The reason for this is because most of the scenes we saw in the middle portion of the movie were while the actors were surfing. This provided the audience a better understanding of the perspective of the character and the difficulty of surfing giant waves. Some of the angles that were used were: High angle, low angle, POV angle, Two shot, Master shot, and Over-The-Shoulder. Camera movements also helped in creating the feeling of the audience practically being in the movie themselves, as they gave many different perspectives and dimension to the movie. If it hadn't been more camera movements like, Zoom, Pan, Tilt, and Tracking shot. the movie would have been very basic. It would've taken away a lot of the beauty of the movie. Two big camera angles and movements that were used and stood out a lot was God's eye and POV. The reason for this is because God's eye allowed us to see the difficulty of what the surfers were doing. Furthermore, the POV allowed us to see the danger's of what it really is to be in the water when surfing these colossal waves.

End of Movie:
Sound has a powerful impact in the movie due to the fact that during the end of the movie the drama occurring is at its highest. With the waves crashing, and the panicked and worried crowd. it plays a big role in giving the audience understanding what's happening in the movie. As well the music at then end allows us to understand the shift in the mood of the movie. It went from uplifting when Jay surfed the wave, to sad when we find out Jay had died, and then back to uplifting as we find peace in knowing that Jay left a mark on many people's heart and touched the lives of many. The ending shows a true clip of Jay and this was done by the process of editing. The use of this makes the story more powerful as it how's that this was a true story, and allows us to see who he really was.
 

Genre Research: Dr.Strange

Dr. Strange - Genre Research
Common Sound
Diegetic sound : One example of diegetic sound would be Dr. Strange screaming in agony.
Non diegetic: An example of this is while Dr. Strange uses his powers the sound that is created when he uses his powers.
Dialogue: An example of dialogue would be Dr. Strange conversing with the Master.
Camera angles
POV: Dr. Strange being shown the Multiverse by the Master and seeing the universe from the Doctor's POV.
TWO shot: An example of a two shot in the film is when the Strange is fighting with his fellow peer.
Close up is used in the film as we are shown Strange's face after the accident
 Camera movements
Tracking shot: the young boys mother is creating an activity for the boy and he is running in the room. The camera follows him as he runs
High angle: there is a high angle in the film when Strange and the peer are fighting and the peer goes above him
Lighting
Low key lighting:  low key lighting is used when Strange is given permission of staying with the Master and be mentored with her teachings.
Natural light is also used in this film because of the fact that strange is traveling during the day in broad daylight trying o find the location where he was told to go.
High key lighting is used in this film when Dr. Strange and his "lover" are in the hospital. There are bright lights because of the windows and the other doctors.
Makeup
There is a very grand use of makeup in the movie as it is incorporated in many parts of it. This is mostly seen however in the scenes incorporating Strange and his gruesome car accident. Now the reason for the use of makeup is that it is needed to sow how bad in a condition Strange truly is.

Setting
the setting is established at the beginning in New York City, as it starts off with Dr. Strange being a world renowned Neurosurgeon. Then it goes into the multiuniverse into other dimensional settings.
Actors
For most of the film the main actors are, Dr. Strange who is the main protagonist of the story and plays the role in saving everyone, then theres the master who teaches Strange everything he knows.
Sound
Diegetic sound : One example of diegetic sound would be Dr. Strange screaming in agony.
Non diegetic: An example of this is while showing the opening when we hear the monitors and the beeping. This shows the aded sounds which were not incorporated in the original filming.
Dialogue: An example of dialogue is the Doctor conversing with the patient.
Props
One prop that is significant is Dr. Strange's Coat and as well as the books he reads. The importance of the books are that they are what he reads to help him learn the understanding of his Master's teachings, and furthermore the Coat plays as the tool Strange uses to fight his enemies.
A common sound used in the film is the effect of opening up ports and using the magic which they are taught.
Common editing in the film is the effects of the powers and how it causes everything to change in different ways.
Elements of the genre that I like: I like the story’s which involve drama. They are very intriguing and keep people interested. Sometimes dramas have lessons within the film.
Some elements of the genre that I don’t like is the film can be a little to suspenseful. In some ways this is good but for many people they may not like it and it could be considered scary.
Elements of the genre include the plot and the dialogue Wich is expressed very well in this film. The plot is intriguing and keeps the audience wondering what’s next. The dialogue expresses what is truly happening in the film.

Two New Genres

Epic films are a genre in the filmmaking world with high scale, sweeping scope, and spectacle. Like epics in the classical literary sense it is often focused on a heroic character. Usually an epic movie tends to use natural lighting since they are filmed in nature. However, movies nowadays are filmed inside with green screens, so they have to create their own. There is softer lighting.  In  an Epic movie there tends to be a lot of aerial shots, this is so they can show the audience the extent of a journey. An example of this would be in a lot of the Hobbit and Lord of the Rings shot where they show the entire group walking up a mountain. They also use long shots that show the extent of nature of the beauty of their environment. Additionally, in an epic film they use tracking shots to show a conversation through some terrain.   In these films there tends to be 5 types of movement: The camera moves in relation with an object , The camera moves in relation to people,  People move in relation to the camera,  People move in relation with each other and other objects in a frame,  Framing elements move in relation to themselves or each other But when it comes to epic movies you will see a lot of tracking shots to carry the conversation. Epic films can really be put into two categories, mythic/fantasy epics and war epics. In a mythical/fantasy epic you would be heavily relying on nature, using costumes that represent the time period or the storyline. The same goes for epic, but the costumes would be more of a rusty, torn look. You would also see maybe broken trees or devastated areas. Some examples of epic films are, The Lord of the Rings Trilogy, The Hobbit, 300 Apocalypse Now, and Ben-Hur.  

Crime fiction is the genre of fiction that deals with crimes, their detection, criminals, and their motives. ... First there is the crime, usually a murder; then there is the investigation; and finally the outcome or judgement, often in the shape of the criminal's arrest or death.  The Key Lighting in the crime genre is: Back Lighting, side Lighting, low key Lighting, high key Lighting, and ambient Lighting. Common movements in crime genre is hand held Shot, Flash,  Zoom, Trunk Shot, and   Tracking Shot. Common Mis en Scene in crime is,
location- Office Space, Crime Scenes, Medical Centers, Alley, Homes, etc.
Costume- Police Costumes, Criminal Costumes, Prison Jumpsuits, etc.
Make-Up- Fake Blood, Materials to make Bruises and Cuts, and Special Effects, Prosthetics.
Props- Fake Weapons, Fake Vehicles, Fake Illegal Substances, Crime Solving Tools.
Lighting Design- Dim lighting, Shadows, Ambient Lighting Color Design- Black, Grey, Navy Blue, Brown.

Genre Research: Room

Common Sound

Diegetic sound : One example of diegetic sound would be the young boy moaning when he wakes up

Non diegetic: An example of this is while showing the opening credits, each time a new credit would come on a tapping noise would be made that was implemented into the movie after the filming. Another example of non diegetic sound is the young boy talking telling the story of his birth to the auidense. 

Diaglouge: An example of dialouge is the young boy telling his mother it is his birthday and he is five. 

Camera angles

POV: the boys mother is eating and talking to the boy about his birthday and to show she is talking to him they use a POV.

TWO shot: An exaple of a two shot in the film is when the child and the mother are getting ready and they are both stretching on the floor.

Close up is used in the film while the mother is talking to the man who captured her. 

 Camera movements 

Tracking shot: the young boys mother is creating an activity for the boy and he is running in the room. The camera follows him as he runs

High angle: there is a high angle in the film when the young boy and his mother are baking him a cake 

Pan: A pan is used while showing the mother and the son in the hospital. 

Lighting 

Low key lighting:  low key lighting is used when the young boy is in the closet it is dark and the light is contrasted.

Natural light is also used in this film because of the skylight from the room. This shows that the skylight is the outside and the room is the inside. 

High key lighting is used in this film when they mother and the boy are in the hospital. There are bright lights because of the windows and the doctors.

Makeup

There is little to no make up used in this film other than a couple of instances. One would be when the mom is getting ready for an interview to tell her story. A makeup artist puts on what you would call street makeup, light amounts of lipstick and concealer. 

Setting

the setting is established and stays the same for a large majority of the film. The setting is a small room consisting of a small kitchen, bath and a small bed. In the beging of the film you know nothing about where the characters actually are. It is until the beginning of the film where you learn they are in Akron, Ohio 

Actors

For most of the film the main actors is a young boy named Jack and a mother named Joy. Later on the auidence meets Joys family and some other characters such as doctors and journalists.

Sound

Diegetic sound : One example of diegetic sound would be the young boy moaning when he wakes up

Non diegetic: An example of this is while showing the opening credits, each time a new credit would come on a tapping noise would be made that was implemented into the movie after the filming. Another example of non diegetic sound is the young boy talking telling the story of his birth to the auidense. 

Diaglouge: An example of dialouge is the young boy telling his mother it is his birthday and he is five. 

Props

One prop that is significant is the rug that is used to transfer the boy out of the room. The reason this is important because this prop shifts the whole film from being in a small room and being captured. Into being in the reals world free. 

A common sound used in the film is the toy truck Jack got for his birthday. This makes a mechanical sort of sound. It is significant because it is the thing that his capturer him for his fifth birthday. 

Common editing in the film is a cut. This is the most used edit in the film. The reason it is used so often is to build suspense. 

Elements of the genre that I like: I like the story’s of genres. They are very intriguing and keep people interested. Sometimes dramas have lessons within the film. 

Some elements of the genre that I don’t like is the film can be a little to suspenseful. In some ways this is good but for many people they may not like it and it could be considered scary. 

Elements of the genre include the plot and the dialogue Wich is expressed very well in this film. The plot is intriguing and keeps the audience wondering what’s next. The dialogue expresses what is truly happening in the film. 

Genre Research Drama

For this power point I put a lot of time and effort into making it a good powerpoint. This took a lot of time but it helped when trying to understand our project better. This assignment helped when creating our project to be able to make our film more like this genre. The reason this helped is because our research told us the type of camera angles people use while creating this genre. We also got to learn about the lighting usually used in out genre. We used natural lighting because this genre usually does this. This is  why researching our genre is important to know what should be included in out film.

   

Final Task

              Hi, my name is Ryan Brooks and my group has many ideas for our final task. I very much enjoy filming for this class. I find it very fun to start and finish something and be able to watch all my hard work. Editing is a very fun part of this process because you get to fix everything. You have a bunch of random clips and the editor gets to put it together and make it flow. Also I like that I am able to work with other hard working people. The people in my group are super fun to work with and very productive. My group includes Luca Montes, and Camilo Prado. I’m very excited to start the process of creating our final task. Also to be able to work with my friends and create an amazing video. 

               Personally I have learned many things from this class. One thing is that you cannot wait to film and edit. The way I found this out is I edited the night before our music video and I ended up staying up very late. To add to this, I learned that you need to communicate with your group. This is key to having a functioning group because you need to split up the work and make sure your idea gets portrayed correctly. This means you need to meet with your group and make sure that everyone is on the same page. Also, I learned that the filming process is one of the most important. The filming process is important because you need to have a lot of footage. You need to make sure of this because it is hard to go back and make it look like it is the same day. The reason for this is to make sure we have talked a lot about our video and what we are going to do for it. 

                A pitch is a Hollywood term to describe idea where a film is encapsulated in 25 words. One out of many pitches we would have teens going to a graveyard on Halloween night with the Ouija board and eventually one teen disappears the teens look for her and her name is on a bloody grave. For our second pitch a soccer player is in the pros and he breaks his leg and eventually hit rock bottom, loses everything.Our third pitch is all of us at a cemetery at a funeral with a voiceover. After it shifts back to the past showing what happened and the voice over starts telling the story of why we are at our friend’s funeral. I think all of our pitches are mostly practical. These would all be good final tasks and fun to film.

Flashback Blog

We have narrowed down our 3 pitches now to 2. Our group to a lot of time discussing witch pitch we would eliminate. We decided that we would cut the soccer player pitch. The reason we decided this is because it would be too hard to film someone breaking their leg. I do not know how we would film this. Also there would not be enough to film. The reason we think this is because we need to film the beginning of the film and the beginning would not interesting. We thought about the audience and if they just say the soccer player playing and then breaking his leg I don’t believe that the audience would be interested. The soccer pitch is hard to film and hard to keep people interested. That is why we choose to eliminate the pitch.

         Our first pitch about the teens in the graveyard is very good. It would be easy to film because all we need is a Ouija board and some candles. Also I think it would be very intriguing for the people watching the film. The first part of the film will catch the audience's eye. The reason for this  is very suspenseful because you don’t know if the teens are going to be able to save the girl or not. One aspect that is bad is we would have to go into a graveyard. This might not be allowed and it would be scary. Another thing is that filming when it is dark is hard. Even though there will be candles it could still be difficult. Being able to see the actors is critical to the film so the audience knows what is going on. 

           Our third pitch is most likely the best option. The reason for this is us being at a funeral the second it starts is super interesting. Our audience will be intrigued and they will want to know why they are there. To add, our costumes would be black clothes and this is a common thing. One reason this may be difficult is creating a fake funeral would be difficult. The reason it is hard is because you need a lot of people. It will be easy to do a voice over for the flashback. The actual flashback will be people running away from something. This is very easy to film and edit together. The third pitch is the most practical and the best idea. This is why we are choosing this pitch to film.