Movie Research: BiRd BoX

  The movie Bird Box is sci-fi thriller. The common camera angles are Close-Ups and Extreme Close-Ups to see the eyes and how they change when they were the monster. Tracking shot is also a really important part of this film, so we can follow when she travels throught the river and the forest. The costumes are old dirty clothes, and warm clothes becuase it's cold and windy. Lighting is mostly dark but gets lighter at the end. Makeup isn't really used, but thier faces do get dirty sometimes with dirt and scratches.

  The sound is digetic and only a few scenes with non-digetic sounds, for example music playing. The sounds of birds chirping and the sounds of leaves blowing in the wind.

  The editing is interesting. The movies switched back and forth in the past and in the present. So it would be cutaways and cross cutting. For the begining to the end. 

  The whole movie has an eerie feeling to it, because we know when the monster is here but we never actually see it, and the movie is sci-fi, because that monster doesn't exist. I like that the movie had lots of digetic sounds, the sounds of birds. I also liked that it was dark and it was creepy and mysterious. I didn't like that it was gory and you can see blood and hear the sounds of bones cracking and knifes stabbing people.

MAKING MY DECISION

  So, I made my decision on which pitch I choose to make my movie on. I choose my first idea, the sci-fi one. I just really loved the idea of memories and dreams. It's rarely used and it's a cool concept. The actually filming isn't going to be hard becuase I won't need to film scenes in space or places like that. Costumes won't be to hard and makeup. I already know how the beginning is going to go. Camera angles and movement won't be hard, and my setting is going to be the city. Editing might be hard, looks of cross cutting.

Movie genre Further Research

  I researched two more movie genres: Sci-Fi and Romance. To know more snd help me better make a decisions for which movie idea I want to choose. 

  First C.A.M.S, I. Sci-fi there is mostly extreme long shots and pan shots. A common sci-fi takes place in space and other places like that, from far away. In romanece, there is alot of over the shoulder, because they have conversations. Also, two shot, because the two that are in love usually spend time alone, only two. In romanece, they also use tracking shot when they walk somewhere.

  Second, C.L.A.M.P.S.

C- In sci-fi the costumes are more futuristic and robotic, but in romance thay're more generic and everyday clothing.

L- In sci-fi it has a cooler tine to give it an eerie and mysterious look, but in romance a more warm to give it happiness and covey the emotion. Romance also had brightness and shadows are important.

A- In sci-fi it could be robotic and abnormal, something from another world. In romance it could be romantic gestures that show thier feelings.

M- Makeup for sci-fi would depend on the type, in another world it could be alien. In romance it's generic makeup, everyday or lots of makeup for a date.

P- In romance it can be gifts, like choclate, flowers, rings, or jelwery.

S- In sci-fi it can be outer space or a different world/planet/dimension. In romance it can be Urban, for example in a school or a local dinner.

  In sci-fi it has its own editing and sound. Most of the sound used in sci-fi comes from a synthesizer because it's eerie and otherworldly. The editing is VFK. Simple visual effects are always used.

  In romance the editing and sound are, simple editing, and cutaways to show the two people, and sound depend on the mood, sad or happy.

Movie Research: The Martian

 The Martian is Sci-Fi fantasy. The martian has an establishing shot of planets, i'm pretty sure its mars. Most of the Camera angles are long shots, to show how the person interacts with the planet. Also a lot of tracking shots of when he travels to places on the planet. The costumes are Space suits, and actors performs pretty normal task. Props are food and regular things. Setting, is space and at the end an alien spaceship. In the last scenes everything get weird.
   Editing, lots of cut a ways, sound is non digetic, because we don't know how mars sounds like.
I liked that is was about space and aliens. I didn't like how it started to get confusing at the end.
  Aliens are really common in sci-fi, people love to add them in movies. Also, the discovery of new planets, that humans can live on.

Movie Genre Research PowerPoint

 I created this PowerPoint at the beginning of the year. We chose randomly a movie genre. I got Dance. I did research, searched common lighting, sound and other stuff that is usually seen in those types of movie. I also searched up examples of that movie genre and added it to my PowerPoint. I gave example, and explained it a little bit, for each description of the genre. I made this PowerPoint myself, by researching up stuff on the Internet. I didn't add to much words, and i added a few picture to help explain and give examples.

Chosing my top two Pitches

 I have chosen my favorite two Pitches that I came up with.

       1. Sci-Fi about dreams and memories merging with reality and how we see it.

       2. Gangster film about a gang taking over a city, which causes chaos and doesn't have a good end. 

I loved all of my ideas but these two I thought were more original and creative. Both were more interesting to me and I thought if I did those It will be much more better.

   The reason i choose  number one was becuase it's sci-fi and I love sci-fi, also the concept  about dreams and memories almost never is done in films. Also it would be cool to make, becuase it's going to be a lot of editing and filming.

   The reason I chose number two as my top two was that I like watching movies that involve organized crime to get revenge or achieve thier goal. In my idea there isn't a happy ending to the story. That idea was more interesting than horror and creative.

 The one I ended up chosing for my project is Sci-Fi. I love sci-fi and it would be amazing if I did it. I also love the idea about dreams and memories. I also have a good story for this one.

Starting the Final Task

  Hi my name is Rigo and I am in AICE Media Studies learning about films and how they are made, the whole procces that a director goes through to make the movie. This is my first blog for my last film which is part of my final test for this class.  So far I have made two films since I started this class. A commercial and a music video. I am working byyself becuase that's just how I concentrate more and work fastest.

 Just from making those two films I have learned a lot. What I can do the best is in the actual filming and editing. I know who to use the software really well and I know everything the camera and tripod can do to get the most perfect shots. I know how to do everything else but those are the two things I feel I am the best at, and can easily do. Today in class I thought of three ideas for my class, and I wrote a pitch in all three. Pitches are short and explain the idea some one has for a new film. In class we are doing elevator pitches Wich means they are 30 seconds long, same amount of time it takes an elevator to get to the next floor. The pitch is to explain my ideas and see which one gets approved. My three pitches are:

1. My idea is of a sci fi movie that explores dreams and memories and how we interpret things, in our minds and try to distinguish reality from dreams.

2. My second idea is a gangster movie, of organized crimes happening around a city that slowly take over the city and gets over run by criminals.

3. My final idea is a horror movie, it's going to be about a hunter arriving at strange town looking for paranormal creatures that terrorize the residents of the town.