AICE Media Studies

 We chose the film Buried. It was released January 23, 2010, and directed by Rodrigo Cortes. I chose the movie from (artofthetitle.com). 1.       What titles are displayed during the opening sequences? The titles displayed don’t give us a list of the actors themselves like the Panic Room does. It only gives one name of an actor which is Ryan Reynolds the main character. It gives us the name of the producers, the company, and films behind the movies, writers, etc. 2.       What images are prioritized in the opening sequence? The images prioritized is a black screen with the different titles placed. It showed certain snippets of money and the dirt as a background. It shows us as a family tree of everyone who contributed to the movie. 3.       What connotations do these images carry? The images carry a positive connotation as it doesn’t give off anything that wouldn’t portray this isn’t the genre it...

We chose the film Panic Room.  It was released March 29,2002 and directed by David Fincher. I chose the movie from (artofthetitle.com). 1.       What titles are displayed during the opening sequences? Titles displayed throughout the opening sequence is the name of the actors themselves. It also shows the name of the studio and production company. It gives us the name of the producers, directors, writers, designers, etc. 2.       What images are prioritized in the opening sequence? Images prioritized throughout the opening sequence are buildings from the outside in New York City. It shows from the side of buildings and houses. It also shows the city with cars from high buildings. 3.       What connotations do these images carry? The connotations of these images are very positive. It shows us the beautiful city of that New York has to offer. It shows the tall buildings and the outside of where peop...

  We chose the film 30 Days of Night to use as a sequence for this blog which is from the website ( https://www.watchthetitles.com/ ) 1.       What titles are displayed during the opening sequences? The titles that were displayed during this scene include the names of the director, the writers, producers, production designers, editors, and the actors. This is basically what is shown in all movies during the opening sequence. 2.       What images are prioritized in the opening sequence? The images in the opening scene were very disturbing. The images either fade into darkness or they dissolve out. 3.       What connotations do these images carry? The images give off a negative connotation. The negative connotation comes from the disturbing feeling the images give off. It is like a chilling feeling as you see them. 4.       How does the film establish a feeling of the ge...

  We chose the thriller film Se7en for this blog from the website http://www.watchthetitles.com/ . 1.       What titles are displayed during the opening sequences? During the opening sequence of Seven, full names of actors and crew members of the movie were shown on the screen. The title of the movie was also featured. This is normal and typically shown in many films. 2.       What images are prioritized in the opening sequence? Distorted images of books, recorded information, and photos were prioritized in this opening sequence. The images were also a series of writing motions by a hand with a pen. This may represent foreshadowing in the film. These images were also dark and creepy to see as they dissolved into the next picture. 3.       What connotations do these images carry? The connotations these images carry were extremely negative and disturbing. As you watched you would only get an unsett...

The overall website was very inciteful because of the type of films they had. They had old films and new ones of different genres. You could see interviews with different title designers and how they contribute to the movies and shows. This was one of the first things you could see. There are a lot of designers who create titles that we do not even realize. One of the designers is named Karin Fong. She has worked on some of the most iconic titles that we have seen. These titles are from The Cat in the Hat, South Park, and The Pink Panther 2. She has received over 7 Emmy nominations and has won the statue twice for her title work. This was for her work on the series Masterpiece Theatre and Counterpart.

 This website was very resourceful, especially if you wanted to learn about different designers and studios. This website gave you the option to look deeper into the creators of movies from all genres and what other films these creators contributed to. For example, after clicking on the random designer names I was able to see their achievements and other works in film. As I scrolled down on that same page, I also found other shows or movies that the same designer worked on. If I clicked on a studio name such as ‘Pixar Animation Studios’ I could find articles about some movies Pixar has made. The information posted was also very simple and wasn’t cumulative for the viewers. Discovering other titles was extremely easy because the information was sorted where the user could be able to either search it up or scroll down a list of all titles. Each title on the website came with an article that held helpful information about the film. Films like The Queen's Gambit, Birds of Prey, Code 8,...

 A Fall From Grace was released on January 17, 2020, and directed by Tyler Perry.  He is known as one of the best movie directors there is. This film gives you a lot of suspense and leaves you on the edge of your seat. This film gives you all the elements a thriller film should have. A thriller film should be cutting edge with anticipation leaving you to think about what’s going to happen next. Thriller movies have many elements that give the audience what they desire. The elements this movie gives are plot twists, suspenseful music, high peaks, point of view, etc. A fall from grace is a great example of how all of these elements play a role. This movie gives us a perfect example of how we need to shoot our film. The elements I like were the plot twist and suspenseful music. Throughout the movie, we see the point of view of the female actor as she portrays what she went through. We see the transition of a plot twist that leaves the audience not expecting that to happen. When t...

 A Quiet Place was released on April 6, 2018, and directed by John Krasinski. This film is also a mix of horror and thriller just like the film Get Out. A Quiet Place is a movie about a family who lives in a world where they must stay silent or else it will prove to be fatal. Just as you would expect from a thriller film, A quiet Place clearly show all the elements a thriller film should have. To make a thriller film successful it must have fitting music, plot twist, a clear threat, multiple points of view, cliffhangers, character growth, and most importantly suspense. A quiet place was able to represent all these qualities of a great thriller movie, throughout the film. As for our group movie we want to do something just like this with A Quiet Place as our guide. Some elements my group and I will be sure to focus on will be cliffhangers, plot twists, clear threats, and fitting music. My favorite elements that a quiet place included were multiple points of view, a clear threat/ Ant...

One of the films we decided to do was Get Out. It is a mix between horror and thriller. It was created by Jordan Peele who is notoriously famous for his films in the genres of horror and thriller. It was very popular when it came out in 2017. This film has many different elements that you would find in these types of films. The elements of the movie that we would use include the element of surprise, the atmosphere, the proper music, plot twists, obsession, high stakes, and threat. We want to include these because they seem like the best thing to put in. They are also the basis of thriller movies. With these elements, a perfect film is created. We feel like without he input of these elements, a film would not be considered as a thriller. This movie will leave you in suspense and have you on edge just like these movies should. It will leave you wondering what is going to happen next. The elements I liked in this movie included the proper sounds that went along with scenes, the plot twist...

 The genre of our opening sequence will be a thriller. Thriller is the genre of literature. Thriller movies are dark, suspenseful, and enthralling. We came to this conclusion after many ideas had been passed along. We were originally stuck between comedy and drama, but we wanted something that we would also enjoy. Creating a comedy film would be hard to leave the graders laughing in just 2 minutes. Creating a drama film would be hard because we would need to have more time in order to end off the film correctly. As a group, we wanted to give our all as this is our final project for this class. Thriller movies give you the question of what comes next, with intense excitement, suspense tension, and anticipation. From watching thriller movies as a whole, we believed this would be the best option.  We wanted to make sure that our thriller film was not just 2 minutes of 5-second clips but an actual opening scene our graders would enjoy. After watching many thriller movies, we reali...

The action and thriller genres have many similarities and differences, especially when it relates to CLAMPS. Action Films Action films tend to use different aspects of lighting such as, three-point, low key, natural, and high key lighting. Like thriller films, action movies contain excessive use of make-up and costumes to make the movie seem and realistic as possible. Not to mention, directors use make-up and costumes to separate normal and abnormal characters within the film. In action movies low-key, high-key, natural, and three-point lighting are commonly used during film. During the editing process, editors of action films are more likely to use graphic and action matches, slow motion effects, and plenty visual effects. Especially in movies like Spiderman, Avengers, and Iron Man. As for camera angles action movies are usually seen with using aerial shots, high angles, low angles, and canted (Dutch) angles. Common camera movements would be pan, tilt, dolly, and crane. Moving on,...

  The PowerPoint project included researching a genre that I was interested in. It was also about informing people on the aspects of the genre. The first thing I did was choose a genre which was horror then researched the common conventions in horror films. When researching I had to go to different websites to try to find the specific information. I started off with the lighting which included under lighting, low key lighting, and top lighting. Common angles which include close-ups and tilted angle. Common movements in horror films include handheld cameras and tracking shots. Common Mis-En-Scenes include dark lighting, rural settings, creepy costumes, and scary makeup. Elements in horror films that make it scary include the atmosphere, element of surprise, backstory, and proper music. Examples of films of the horror genre include It, The Shining, and Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark. Common sounds include screaming, feasting, and monster noises. Elements I like about horror films ...

To start off we have chosen a horror/thriller genre for our movie. We picked thriller and horror for our genre of the movie simply because they are more interesting and exciting to create. The first pitch for the film states “two females organize a kidnapping against a young female”. The second pitch is “A team of two females organize together to kill the girl they suspect of a murder”. Both pitches are taken into consideration with the time we have to film. The first pitch will keep the audience intrigued about what will happen for two minutes. The first pitch was suggested by Anayah Saintil as she is a horror fanatic who has a clear understanding of those types of films. The second pitch suggested by Kadia Khan, was chosen because it fit our theme and ideal plot of the film.  Prior to choosing and creating pitches we had an idea of what the plot should look like and what our theme should be. Thus, the reason why pitch one and two were chosen out of all the rest. They contained si...

Hello my name is Kadia Khan and I am 16 years old. I am in the 11th grade. I am taking this class to learn about the types of things that happen in the media. I want to attend a college in New York or another state. I also want to pursue my career in New York. I fell in love with the city ever since I’ve visited my brother there. I am obsessed with having good grades but at times it can be too much but I find a way to deal with it in the end. School can be a stressful thing to deal with at times especially when you have other things to worry about. I always find a way to stay organized through the stress. I am always reminding myself that I am doing all this for my family and that is what keeps me motivated. I am working on this project with Keemori H. and Anayah S. I choose this group because we have worked on a project before and it turned out very well. We worked on our music video project very easily and we did not have any problems. Our project got done in one day for filming and ...