AICE Media Studies

This video gives advice on ways to better a short film. One thing the speaker in the video points out is to plan. This ensures he doesn't write a script for 10 people while only 3 people are in the short film. He also says to write everything that will occur. For example, the script, setting and plot of the short film. This is so you can know exactly what will be needed to complete this film. This also helps you to know what you need to go back and change. Another thing the speaker says is to do the opposite of your first instinct. The example he gives is that instead of having a figure showing in the mirror when the actor raises his head, he instead did nothing. He continues to explain that he does this because his first instinct is also what most viewers would expect to happen. So instead he chose to not go with his first instinct. This choice allowed more tension and suspense to build up for a later event. If he would have went with his first instinct the built up tension would ...

  A short film can be made in different ways. For example, Le Jetee was a series of pictures with audio that was narrating the story. A motion picture isn't the only effective way to portray the events in a short film. The pictures were used as visualization of what happened. The narrating voice was used to tell the story and create the plot. In some cases a short film is a remake of a full length movie. In other cases, the full length movie is an extension of the short. It is used to add more detail, character development and depth to the story line. On the other hand, a short film can also be the base of a full length movie. The video helps explain ways a short film can portray the plot more effectively. This can help with the short film process because it helps explains ways to portray a story effectively using only pictures and sound. As stated in the article, Le Jetee was a work of art. Le Jetee was created using unconventional methods. One of these methods being the use of bl...

  The short begins with  a doll (5) hitting at something on the ground. He then walks over to another doll (9). 9 is standing by broken light and 5 seems to have an idea. He goes into his doll body and pulls out items that are used to fix the light. Then a loud sound can be heard and 5 tells 9 to take the light and other things and hide. 5 tries to fight the mechanical monster but is defeated. His soul seems to get sucked into a disk like object that glows green. Later on in the short film, 9 is chased by the mechanical monster. He is chased for several minutes until he has an idea which ultimately defeats the beast. 9 connects two glowing disks and frees the souls of dolls who had  the same fait as 5. The setting is a gloomy and deserted dump where dolls live. The full length movie begins with a man creating a doll until he eventually dies from a spark. The doll (9) comes to life and travels outside to a deserted and destroyed town. He finds another doll (2) who helps hi...

    Out of all three of the genres chosen, we decided to finally go with Drama. The reason for this choice is that a drama is simply more flexible than the others. There are so many aspects to a film that can make it be considered as a drama. On the other hand, Horror and Comedy have a big more restraint. When making a horror film, there has to be some element that “scares” the audience. Whether it is actually scary or not isn’t the point, but whether it creates a chilling atmosphere. It just didn’t really seem to fit into the prompt of our short film. We don’t want the audience to be too distracted by “not getting scared” to the point where they miss the message we are trying to send. Comedy was a little more close than horror, but again, it didn’t seem to match our story. The main purpose of comedic films is to have the audience laughing. Another, more subtle idea, would just be to have traces of humor throughout the film. However, why would we want to add comedy to a film...

  The PowerPoint presentation describes all the aspects of a Comedy film or series.  There are multiple types of lighting seen in Comedies. Some include high key lighting, three point lighting, and low key lighting. Camera angles that are used can include the high angle, low angle, and Dutch angle. Examples of each term are also shown in the presentation. Some camera movements seen can include the pan, steadicam, and the handheld camera movement. Like every other film, not just comedies, the mise en scene of a comedy always contains the setting, props, costuming, and acting of the character. Some examples of comedy films like, Madea’s family Funeral and Brooklyn Nine Nine are also listed in the PowerPoint.

  Drama is one of the most likely chosen genres for a show or film Common scene lighting found in dramas include: -Three point lighting -High key lighting -Low key lighting -Back lighting Lighting helps to distinguish the moods that appear during different scenes. Common camera angles used in dramas can include: -Low angles which create a superiority complex for the subject -High angles which characterizes the subject as weak or inferior -Dutch angles, also known as canted angles, are used to emphasize an obscure or unordinary situation  Common Camera movements used in Dramas include: -The Dolly -Tilt -Pan -Zoom/Reverse Zoom Different elements of Mise-en Scene include: -Makeup -Costuming -Props -Setting Every part of Mise-en Scene is extremely important to a film because they pull the concept of each character and scene together. It further tells the audience what kind of role a character is playing or what type of atmosphere a scene is me...

There are many elements that are used to make up the genre of horror. A common lighting technique used in horror is silhouette, where the main object is dark while the background remains visible. Another common lighting technique is spotlighting, where a light is put onto an object to illuminate and signify it. A last common lighting technique is low- key lighting where shadows in the scene are highlighted. A common angle in horror is a high angle, where the camera is pointed down at the subject. Another common angle is a tilted angle, where the camera is set at an angle to the side. A last common angle in horror is a low angle, where the camera is looking up at the subject. A common camera movement is a tilt, where the camera tilts up and down. Another common camera movement is a pan shot, where the camera moves left and right. Some common Mis-En-Scene in horror are clown costumes, dark eye makeup and pale faces. One of the mainly used Mis-En-Scene are  dark or abandoned hous...

  We chose three different genres that we believed our pitch could fit into. The first genre we chose is comedy. Our pitch could fit into the comedy genre because of some events that could occur. For example, while the bully is learning from his mistake someone could make a joke. It could also fit in this genre because of its elements and Mis-En-Scene. Such as, the casual costumes and classroom settings of many comedy films. The second genre we chose for our pitch is horror. This pitch could fit into this genre because of the acts of violence within the scenes. Another reason it could fit is because of some common sounds found in horror. For example, screaming; this could be used in our pitch during a scene where the bully is bullying someone. The last genre we chose for our pitch is drama. Our pitch could fit into this genre because the relationship between a bully and his victim revolves around drama. The story line of dramas commonly revolve around high schoolers, which our pitc...

  1. A rich person loses all of their money and is forced to see life through a less wealthy o poor person's perspective. 2. A bully goes home and has a dream about the person they bullied doing the same thing to them and gets to see how it feels to be the victim. The next day the bully goes to school and apologizes. 3. An assassin is hired to kill someone by their boss. They go to complete their mission but find out the person they are supposed to assassinate is their brother. Me and my partner picked the second pitch to film. We agreed on this one for several reasons. One reason is because it's simply easier to convey with the tools and experience we have. Another reason is because this is a topic that we can relate to . A last reason is that this film can help spread awareness of the topic of bullying.