Carmen's Media Studies Blog

 Thai is the development for the film opening  and film pitch for our film 

 Our planing for a logline, supporting characters, and setting

This is the  Act 1 shot list planning and the Cat Beat Sheet

 This is the planning for our production company logo, its general information, audience, and  film crew and cast.

 For our opening film we conducted research for what our audience would be for the thriller genre. We learned that audiences who enjoy mystery and anticipation would be interested in our film. We also figured out  our  psychographics and demographics of our audience. Teenagers from 13-19 who love watching thriller movies, who have the public highschool experience, anxious people, and those who love fiction. We used this information to use it in our editing skills that way our audience can be engaged and get a sense of the opening film portraying a real thriller movie.

 For the opening film I made research o how to market our opening film for when we publish it. We will  post flyers and a trailer onto social media apps, Tiktok, instagram, youtube. We will post our marketing onto social media since our target audiences are teenagers and teens have the largest influence on social media and are the demographic who use social media the most on a daily average. With posting our film advertisement onto social media our audience will be targeted that way we get a higher box office, and more viewers. Another way for marketing a  thriller movie which includes social media, is to have the actors in the film market the movie as well. The actors are teenagers just like the target audience is so the teens watching the teens of the film tell them how thrilling, scary, and entertaining the upcoming movie is that will have them interested and want to watch the movie when it is available as soon as possible.

      Costume is an outfit worn to create the appearance characteristic of a certain period, place, or thing. Hair are the hairs growing on ones head. Makeup are cosmetics used to enhance a characters appearance. The significance of hair, costume, and makeup  in film are that they tell a story of the character. There are five elements to costume hair, and makeup: tone, style, time, place and the characters personality. Tone is the characters attitude towards the plot and characters. Style is the type of way in which the film was made. Time is the period and duration of the clips of the movie. Place refers to where the characters physically are on the map. Characters personality is how they talk and act towards people in situations. My media teachers had us get into groups of four to conduct a powerpoint. In the powerpoint I worked with Anjuel C, Melanie A,  and Valentina P.  While working on the costume, hair and makeup part of the powerpoint we  liste...

     Acting is the art of human representation. Acting is significant to film production because it shows the actor's abilities  and interactions in the scenes. Acting has five elements: actors appearance, facial expression, body language, vocal qualities, and mannerisms of the character. Actors appearance is the actors physical appearance. Facial expression conveys an emotion that tells us about the character and the way they react to a situation. Body language are gestures, posture, and body contact. Vocal qualities are tone of voice , accent, and pace of speech. Mannerisms of the character are how  a character moves can be connected  to their body language. My media teachers had us get into groups of four to conduct a powerpoint. In the powerpoint I worked with Anjuel C, Melanie A,  and Valentina P.  While working on the acting part of the powerpoint we  listed the five elements of acting and there definitions. I also presented the key def...

Setting is the time or place that a narrative happens. Setting is vital in film because it expresses where and when the movie is taking place, the mood of the movie, and the genre. Setting itself contains eight elements: place, time period, time of day, cultural values, socio-economic status, mood of the scene, message in the scene, and the genre of the film. Place refers to the time or place the narrative occurs.  Time period is the year the film takes place. Time of day is the period of time in which the setting takes places. Cultural values are what shapes the society and influences  the people in that society. Socio-economic status is the measure of a individual's combined economic and social status. Mood of scene is how the viewer feels about the plot and characters. Message in the scene is the theme of what the film is portraying. Genre of the film is a category of artistic composition characterized by similarities in form, style, or subject matter. My media teachers had...

 Sound is what you hear when you view a film. Sounds tell the thoughts of a characters inner thoughts. Sound skews the  emotional and physical aspects of a character. For the audience, sound in film creates a emotional effect, and illusion, a sense of believing the film's concept, and enhances the movie to the point where the audience can engage with what is the next scene. Sounds connect to what is on the screen and matches the actions of the characters or objects to appear real and in real time. Sound creates a mood for a film, sets the setting, and  rises tension occurring on the screen. hen watching a film you will indeed hear dialogue, music , and sounds. Dialogue is a conversation happening between characters in the film. It engages he audience to what the characters are speaking about, so they can be informed n their emotions and actions. Sound effects are sounds pre recorded to make a story, excluding dialogue or music. Sound effects enhance a film by portraying w...

  For our film we have chose the genre thriller/ horror. To support this we will use various dialogue lines, sound effects,  and musical pieces. The sounds effects that we will use are, dialogue, footsteps, eerie background music, breathing, infrasound, screaming. The dialogue lines that would be included are, " What was that." "Help me." "What's wrong." "There's a killer outside." "The killer is chasing me." The musical pieces we will include are,  loudness, timbre, pitch and rhythm. 

 The sound designer is the person who is responsible for sound in film. The sound designer is the leader for a film's audio track, dialogue, sound effects,  and re-recording of the film. A famous film editor is Lee Smith, best know for editing the film's : The Dark Knight Rises, Ender's Game,  the Prestige, and  the way back.