movie Title Research: Aquaman

I did another superhero movie and surprisingly this is also a sci-fi, fantasy movie. There were 31 titles in the beginning, just like the last one. There weren't really any people in it. It starts in the land and goes into the ocean to symbolize aquaman. Importance is out on the statues under the water that is telling the story of what is about to happen or happened. I believe most of it might be cgi becuase it had incredible detail and definitely caught my attention. Monsters and lights made out of crystals and rock. Fight scenes that are frozen and add suspense.

Title Research: Watch the Titles

  I did more title research because ii really need it, and don't know anything about them. I kind of got how many and when they should go. But I have much more to learn. I used a different website this time.

 This webdyhas feature films, student films and even has video games. I didn't need anything else other than feature. Under feature there were movies. They had no specific order, some were old movies. It had way more films. Some of them I haven't even heard of. 

  This website was way more helpful than the first one. It even has a picture of the films name. But it was confusing becuase some were shows not films.

  On this website it was also only the first 2 minutes with the titles. This website was also helpful and helped me better understand the titles. Now I know how to make them look. The font, and that the order is important and director is always last.

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Title Research: Art of The Title

   So I have started to do research for titles. I researched one website today called art of the title. It has a bunch of opening sequences from popular movies, of any genre. This would help me get ideas on where to places my title. How many. How far apart from each other and a good way to incorporate it with out making it look forced. So it can blend in but stand out.

   This first website has top 10 Title of the year. It is very helpful, becuase I can see what they did so I can learn it the best way to do it. Below it has more films that are really good.They are Fairly new made in 2019. I went under feature to find more that are good. The top 10 lists. Under titles to look at titles.

  This is great so I can add the titles to my films and make it look as good as possible.

This helps alot becuase I don't know anything about titles. I usually don't pay to much attention to it. I look away or skip them.Doing this research has been really helpful.

Movie Research: Annihilation

This movie is mostly sci-fi but it also has some horror aspects, which seems to be common. Camera angles we're almost alwaysedium close-ups of chest and higher. Had some tracking shots. A little p.o.v / low angle in beginning and middle scenes of interrogation. Costumes were casual or nice, suits. Lighting was light but got darker when were intoduced to the man. Actors had simple movements. Props were not really used but there were some weapons like guns. Some cut a ways when moving from person to person at beginning, and jumpt cut to show night and next day. It was mostly dark and had videos of particles and cells of alien creatures. I like the scenes of science and of them running into forest with gear and weapons but disliked the monster becuase it creepped me out.

More Movie Research: Resident Evil Afterlife

  I watched two horror\thriller sci-fi movies so far, for research. They are pretty similar. Not all of it is sci-fi, only the monsters. In this movie, the zombies are the science fiction, the giant underground lab, and the super powers of the main character: to have super speed, strength, regeneration, and make copies of herself.
  The common camera angles and movements where:

• Close-Ups

At the beginning, The main character records herself, and talks about how everything has been so far. We see it through the camera and see only her face.

• Pan

There are lots of pans. At the beginning when she runs after her friend, the fight with the giant axe zombie, and when they fight the boss of the umbrella company.

• Tilt

When she flies her plane there are some small tilts when she turns or dives.

• Tracking Shots

When the plane crash lands and they get off, tracking shot of them walking and in the basements. There are a few.

• Long Shot

Lots of long shots, when they enter the ship and free all of the people.

   Costumes-Worn down clothing that has tears on them, or minimal clothing. The members off the umbrella company have suits and some have military uniform.
   Lighting- Bright in the beginning, but once we see destroyed city's it gets darker. In the prison it gets way darker and creates a tense and lonely mood.
  Actors-Perform some stunts when killing the zombies, especially big one, and also the boss.
   Makeup-Not much, they have dirty faces with cuts.
   Props- The best one is the coin gun the main character carries on her back, but others are weapons.
   Settings-Alaska, The prison, Arcadia (the boat), and Tokyo ( original base of umbrella)
Non-Digetic sounds are used for zombies and rest is digetic.
Editing, lots of cuts, and cutaways are used to switch between characters and fight scenes.
I liked the zombie part of the movie and how the whole ship was a trap. Also the end scene.
I didn't like that everyone died except for the brothers an that the guy came back, it was kind of predictable.

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.