Genre Research: Get Out

The horror movie “Get Out” is based on a man falling in love with a causcasion woman who was not with him for the right reasons. Her parents and her collectively preyed on black people. The most common camera angles that were used in this movie were eye leveled, medium close up, POV shots, pan and tracking shots. This is important because the main thing was focusing on the characters reactions every time someone said something unusual. The location, a lonely city with an open field and the closest house being miles away were filled with artificial lighting and natural lighting that really made the film understanding. The characters wore regular clothes, though the questionable characters wore older clothing. The sound in this film was pretty regular with diegetic sounds and incidental music every once in a while. The editing that took were pretty basic editing skills that takes place in many movies such as razor cuts. In horror films, the main elements are fear, suspense, and creepy things occuring. “Get Out” was able to achieve this by following these guidelines and creating a strong suspense. I admired the fact that while I was watching this movie, I stayed quiet with the character and I was on my toes whenever someone would make a questionable statement. The director, Jordan Peele did an amazing job at keeping the audience interested with suspense. The one thing that was disappointing at first was the fact that I didn't understand all of the saying and pick up lines from the jump. I was disappointed the first time I watched it, but the second time I understood everything.

Genre Research: A Quiet Place

A quiet place is a horror movie. Some of the common CAMS in the film were zoom, pan, long shot, close up, and tracking shot. This helped add to the suspense and make some scenes scary and interesting.

    The costumes in this movie were simple. They mostly wore camping clothes, materials that did not make any noise, but they never wore shoes. The lighting was natural outside lighting. At night stage lights and small things like candles and Christmas lights were used. Throughout the movie, the characters could not speak or make any noise, so they had to use sign language. They also had to show their emotions through facial expressions and actions. They wore little to no makeup throughout the film. The actors gave a natural look through the entire movie. The monster they had to stay away used makeup/special effects. The monster is shown down below. The props and settings were a house, farm, and some small stores and just the normal things inside of those settings. A small but impactful prop in the movie were a toy airplane and hearing aids. Both of these props created big scenes during the film.

     There was a lot of ambient and diegetic sound. The actors could not speak so the audience heard many of the small sounds and nature sounds that were used. There also was a small amount of ambient sounds when the monster came around.

    Some of the common editing used were close up, cutaway, action match, and eyeliner match. These edits were used to enhance the films to create more suspension throughout films.

    The Quiet Place is a scary movie. I liked the plot of the movie. I also like the suspense created by the directors. During many times in the film, the audience was waiting for what would happen next and was on the edge of their seat. I did not like how the actors had to use sign language. For those who don't know sign language, the translation was on the screen. So the audience has to read and watch. But, it is important to watch the movie and pay attention to exactly what was going on because the actors couldn't make any noises. So the sign language translations were distracting from the movie.

Genre Research: US

The genre we picked for our film is scary. The movie, "US" is a scary movie. Some of the common CAMS in this film were two person shot, three person shot, tracking shot, pan, establishing shot, high angle, and some of the most famous shots of the movie were zooms.

     The costumes were very simple for this movie. The doubles of the regular people, which was basically a doppelgänger, wore a red jump suit and carried golden scissors for the entire movie. The regular people had on pajamas the entire movie. The lighting was fairly simple as well. Majority of the movie used natural lighting. It was dark outside and towards the end of the movie it got light outside. In few parts of the movie, the characters went into houses or building where stage lights were used. The regular people in the movie acted scared and frightened while the doppelgängers acted crazy and mad. The characters had on a small amount of makeup and it was very natural. The props and settings were homes and outside. They used a few different setting and props when characters got into the car or on boats. The only different settings were the building that the doppelgängers lived in underground. It was set up like a school with bunnies in it. There was a room full of cages the held the bunnies, which was food for the doppelgängers. The other different setting was the fair and beach that were set up right next to each other.

    Common sounds in the movie were ambient sound and diegetic sound. Ambient sounds were mostly used when characters were outside. The diegetic sound was used in scenes where the director wanted to build up the scene or make it more creepy and scary.

    Common editing in the movie were flashbacks, cutaway, cross cutting, and action match. Directors used this type of editing to enhance the film and make it scary and suspenseful to the audience.

    This movie was scary and creepy. I liked the plot of the movie. It started as a home invasion and the movie had more plot twists as the movie continued. The audience found out many things about the main character as the movie went on as well. But, I did not like the cliffhanger at the end. The movie did not answer all the questions that were given to the audience. The directors left the audience to answer their questions with what they learned throughout the movie.

Genre Research: Rattlesnake

Some common CAMS in the movie are high angles, three person shot, medium shot, and POV shots. 

Some common CLAMPS in the movie are; When it comes to costumes it’s mainly suits and ties, hospital gown, and jeans and shirts. When it comes to lighting It’s usually natural light from the sun since majority of the scenes are outside. The actors are scared or they are serious and doing the scaring. The makeup is a very natural look for all the actors until one of them die then the makeup enhances and it’s now a bloody look on their face. Some props that are in the movie include guns, bikes, and a knife. Settings include in a house, hospital, in the dessert, on a road, in a trailer, and on a mountain. Common sound in the movie are very suspenseful sounds that enhance the movie and sounds of rattlesnakes rattling. Common editing in the movie include Fade in, Fade out, and razor cuts. The elements  of the genre in the movie were mainly suspense and fear. Most of the time someone was scared. Some elements of the movie that I did like were the fact that I was on the edge of my seat throughout the whole time. I never knew what was gonna come next it kept me interested and guessing. I loved the suspense of the movie. Some of the elements I didn’t like was the gruesome killing part of the film. I don’t like blood and I don’t like seeing people die so it was those parts where I had to close my eyes at and not look.

Genre Research: The genre we chose

The genre my opening sequence will be is horror. We decided to do that genre because of the way we want our film to be. We want our film to be scary and very suspenseful so we decided to do the third pitch of when the girl is trapped in the closet and confused on where she is at. The way we have it pictured to be set up it will be very suspenseful and scary. It will leave the audience on the edge of their seats which is how horror films leave viewers. We will include typical lighting and sounds that are used in horror films like natural and dark lighting. As well as common mis- en scene that are used.

Genre Research: Similar Genres to Horror

The two other genres that resonate with a horror film are thrillers and Noir films. In thrillers, camera angles such as high angle, close ups, tracking/panning shots, titled angles, long shots, low angle shots and handheld shots are used. Directors use these techniques so that the audience views the movie the same way they envision it. Common Mise-en-scene in thrillers are popularly known for their lighting, costumes/makeup, locations and props. The lightnings are usually low creating mystery and are surrounded by warm colors. Costume is very important to any film because it brings representation to the film. The location is usually somewhere extremely isolated and the props are commonly extreme weapons that create suspense. When it comes to editing a movie, the editing techniques are similar. There is reverse/flashbacks that take place and there is always action match scenes in thrillers. Due to these guidelines there are certain elements, elements such as suspense, tension, and terror that all create the thriller genre. Movies such as “Get Out”, “Us”, and “Don’t Breathe” all are thrillers with suspected terror. It is predicted that folio studio would be responsible for many of the sounds created like footsteps and surrounding noises. Incidental sounds are the most common sound effect use because it defines the moment of suspense in any thriller. The most appealing thing about thrillers are the thrill of course. You are watching this movie because you want to be amazed and the director usually achieves this goal with that being said, there is nothing unappealing about thrillers. 

The other genre is Noir. Common angles used in Noir are low, dutch and high angles. These angles allow the audience to see what the characters are seeing and in a sense feel the moment. Because Noir films were created in the earlier days, the mise-en-scenes have a certain type of aesthetic to them. The lighting in these films are usually shadowed with silhouettes. There is a high sense of darker colors because noir can be used to describe something black. The costume in these films are usually formal clothing that are well fitted on the cast members. The props are usually newspapers and cigarettes because around that time people thought cigarettes were cool. Noir Films used less editing technique due to the time that they were created and their focus. There was just quick razor cut and flashbacks in these films. The elements that create Noir films are the intense plots, lightings and intentions. Common Noir Films are “Sin City”, “L.A. Confidential”, and “Touch of Evil”. Sounds such as diegetic sounds, incidental sounds, and ambient sounds are used to make Noir Films. These films portray mystery which draws me closer to them. The only thing negative thing about these films is the fact that I can't relate to the things happening because of the time they were filmed.

Horror Genre Research

The power point was about the genre horror. We included Mis en Scene which included talking about  the lighting which is typically dark, the settings which range from forests to houses, props like rocking chairs and children's toys, and costumes like mask. The common sounds that we hear in horror which include ambient sound and different sound systems that help create the creepy sounds we hear. The camera movements which ranged from zoom, pan, tilt, establishing shot, and tracking shot . The camera angles which were high, low, and oblique. The common lighting which were things like silhouette and underexposure. Some example films of horror were movies like It, US, Insidious, and The conjuring. The elements of horror and how they are suspense, fear, mystery, imagination, spooky music, foreshadowing, and disfigurement. What elements of the genre that we like and don't like. We liked the special effects, suspense, and the whole idea of being scared but didn’t  like the gross special effects and old fashioned horror movies.

Final Task Pitches

From the three pitches that was created, two of them seemed more intense and achievable than the other. The first pitch is “ A young woman was seen reading a book by herself being watched in a library. She then ended up dead in the back of a car. The second pitch is kidnapping a kid at the park, killing that kid then trying to find somewhere to dispose the body ASAP so that more kidnapping and killing can occur.

A young woman was seen reading a book by herself being watched in a library. She then ended up dead in the back of a car. Pitch one is being used because of how well thought out it is. The idea was brought up by a group member who was interested in a trunk shot. We wanted to exercise every material that we could possibly use to make this movie trailer interesting. We also have a good amount of people in our group that can act and record each scene the way we vision it. It is also very common in our days because of the amount of kidnappings that have occuring. In a sense, it'll be an awareness film of your surroundings as well as a suspenseful film. 

A girl walking up confused about her surroundings because she's trapped in an unknown closet with weird noises coming from the outside is the third pitch. This trailer can be visually pleasing in a sense when it comes to figuring out what the girl might do. We are able to use all the shots and props necessary to fully execute this trailer the way we want it to be. A scene with the girl looking out the closet with the lines across her face is expected and we plan on hopefully executing a scene like that to test our skills. We have enough members to properly record and act in this trailer as well. 

These two pitches are both suspenseful and informative, which is why they are the two perfect pitches for our trailer. They will leave viewers thinking about what will happen next and test our skills.

Start of the final task

Being overwhelmed is an understatement when it comes to my everyday lifestyle. Being more than overwhelmed and staying constantly curious doesn't make it any better. With different perspectives, it's a blessing and a curse. Blessing, because im constantly trying to outdo myself and grow from yesterday but a curse because there's never a time when I can rest. In this world we live in, im somewhat happy im constantly curious. There is always room to grow as a person and with other people. The biggest lesson I’ve learned for the past 18 years, is that we are supposed to experience people( im currently experiencing my group members, Naiya, Namya, and Brandon) and things. That being said, there's no need for ownership or a bad judgement on someone/something, instead it should be lesson. That ties in with curiosity perfectly because I'm constantly on the go and feeling different vibes from things that I can only speak on behalf of. And instead of always being negative or gloomy about something you did, the good way to flip is by saying, ‘at least I experienced it’.

I joined Aice Media because of my curiosity and I don't regret it. So far I believe I have learned every possible thing about the class. From the jump we started with camera angles, shots, movements, sounds, mise-en-scene, editing, film-making process, and how to use movie making programs. Throughout everything my favorite thing to do is editing. That is the stage where I choose which videos are fitting and find ways to integrate the editing skills I learned into the overall video. In the final product, I want to push myself hard enough to see how well my editing skills are. It's pretty easy to edit a commercial and music video because of short they are. This time I have to edit a movie trailer that is two minutes long and I’m up for the challenge. The movie trailer will be filled with everything I learned this year with the right intention. The editing skills will have to be impeccable which is possible with everything that I have learned.

A pitch is a hollywood term used to describe an idea. The film is summarized down to at least 25 words to give an overview and hopefully impress a director. For the movie trailer, the first pitch is “ A young woman was seen reading a book by herself being watched in a library. She then ended up dead in the back of a car. The second pitch is kidnapping a kid at the park, killing that kid then trying to find somewhere to dispose the body ASAP so that more kidnapping and killing can occur. The third pitch is a girl walking up confused about her surroundings because she's trapped in an unknown closet with weird noises coming from the outside.