Genre Research: What happened to Monday

Having decided to create a film part of the sci-fi genre, my group and I thought it would be best to watch and analyze a few movies part of the genre to get a better understanding of the conventions part of it to create ours. One movie we watched was “What Happened To Monday” released in 2018. We noticed that it had many different camera angles, movements, and shots. Some common angles in it were high-level, over the shoulder, medium shots, medium close-ups, close-ups, and medium longshots. There were also many two-shots and three-shots in this movie. Some camera movements we noticed were pans, flash pans when showing the setting, tilts to show entirety, and tracking shots to move along with the action happening. Lastly, some camera shots I noticed in this movie were crane shots and I believe I saw many stock shots.

When watching this movie and the other movies, I do plan I made sure to take note of every aspect of CLAMPS present in the movies. In this particular movie, the costumes we saw were professional clothing worn by professional workers, scrubs worn by doctors and scientists, and every day clothing (such as a t-shirt and jeans) worn by the normal people in the film. The common lighting in this film was basic three-point lighting, hard film lighting, low-key lighting, natural film lighting, and practical set lighting. The actors in this film had to act sympathetic, dramatically, violently, and hopelessly for the many different moods the scenes had. The make up in this movie compared to other science-fiction movies was not too dramatic. The actors had make up that highlighted certain features of their faces, but not dramatically. The make up seemed to look like every day make up women would wear in the real world. The main props in this movie were technological items such as computers and machines. There were three main settings in this movie which included the outside world, the inside of the houses, and laboratories.

The main types of editing we noticed in this movie were cross cutting, cutaway, eye-line match, shot reverse shot, and jump cut. As far as the common sound in this movie, they were diegetic sound, dialogue among the actors, and voiceovers. For the soundtrack there was score, incidental music, and ambient sound.

All of these elements in this movie “what happened to Monday“ made the movie very interesting and involving. Watching this gave my group and I ideas of the types of camera angles, shots, and movements to include into our opening scene for our film. It also gave us idea of the sound we should include, as well as the editing. In this movie we enjoyed the suspense and the acting. At some points in the movie some scenes were dragged on and became slow and that is what we would have to say we disliked about this movie. But other than that, it was a very good science-fiction movie.

Genre Research: Ready player one

My group members and I have been watching movies within our genre, which is Sci-Fi, so that we can learn from them and use the conventions in the movies in our project. One movie that really caught my group members and I’s eyes was Ready Player One. This movie is a Sci-Fi thriller that came out in 2018. In this movie specifically the shots that were commonly used with a purpose were POV shots, Close-Up shots, Wide shots, Two shots, and Long shots. The angles that were commonly used with a purpose were High, Low, and Eye Level angles. The movements that were commonly used with a purpose were Tracking and Pan. The costumes used in this movie were different because the storyline mainly took place in a virtual world more than the real world. This aspect effects each area in CLAMPS. When it would switch to the real world the characters were wearing everyday clothes, but when it was in the virtual world the characters became animated giving a full range of “costumes” because it was any game avatar you could imagine. The lighting in the real world was often natural lighting, dim lighting, andl basic 3-point lighting. In the virtuarl world the lighting was often dim and natural as well, along with colorful animated lighting. The acting in this film was serious yet lighthearted. The props in this movie consisted of virtual reality sets and equipment. Lastly the setting was mainly in the virtual world called the Oasis, and in the real world  it was in the space that people would play virtual reality.

Common sound used in this movie was a lot of non-diegetic, dialogue, score, and voice overs. Common editing used in this movie was cross cutting, split screen, reaction, cutaway, and insert.

Overall I really enjoyed every aspect of this movie. I really enjoyed all of the CAMS, CLAMPS, and sound/editing used throughout the movie. I feel like watching this movie allowed me to get some ideas for our project as well.

Genre Research : \ Picking the Genre

After looking through three different genre's which were Action, Comedy, and Sci Fi  my group and i chose Sci Fi. Science fiction is a genre of speculative fiction that typically deals with imaginative and futuristic concepts such as advanced science and technology, space exploration, time travel, parallel universes, and extraterrestrial life.Watching Sci Fi films enables us to reflect on the ways people interact with each other, with technology, with our environment. A good science fiction work posits one vision for the future, among countless possibilities, that is built on a foundation of realism.  Sci Fi relies heavily on scientific facts, theories, and principles as support for its settings, characters, themes, and plot-lines, which is what makes it different from fantasy. We chose Sci Fi Because p\out of all our pitches our Sci Fi genre was the best in my opinion. Going forward with Sci Fi being our chosen genre i know our film will be a great one. 
  

Genre Research: Action vs.Sci Fi

A genre that my group looked at is the Action genre. Action genre is a film genre in which the protagonist or protagonists are thrust into a series of events that typically include violence, extended fighting, physical feats, and frantic chases. Some blockbuster films that fall into this genre includes Avengers End Game, War for the Planet of the Apes, Dead pool 2, Jurassic World, Transformers: The Last Knight, and many more. The Action genre can deal with many different types of films like protagonist vs. antagonist or Action adventure, comedy, crime, drama, horror and thriller. To understand the genre more you could look at the genre's convection's. Camera angles normally found in the action genre are High angles, Low angles, Eye level, and Over the shoulder angles. Camera shots found in the genre are Close up shots, Long shots, Medium shot, Two shots, Three shots, Wide shots, and Point of- view shots. Camera moments in the genre include are Pans or Tilts, and Zooms. These conventions are called the CAMS of media and this genre and are used in all types of media. In addition to those conventions here are the CLAMPS of this genre. The typical costumes in the action genre are super hero costumes, spy costumes, and many others. Lighting commonly found in this genre is Hard film lighting, Basic 3-point-lighting, Motivated lighting, and Natural film lighting. Types of acting found in this genre includes Classical acting, Method acting, and many others. Lastly the props found in this genre include Swords, Jet packs, Guns, High tech gear, and many more. Some elements in this genre includes stunts, chases, fights, battles, and races. Some common editing in this genre include Cutaways, Crossing Cutting Fade in/Fade out, and many more. Examples of comman sounds found in this genre are gunfire,explosions and shouting.Some things I like about the action genre are it’s mindless escapism. You don’t need to think about action movies much, you can just sit back, munch popcorn and watching it all unfold. Everyone needs that from time to time. It helps that action, unlike comedy, isn’t really subjective.Things I do not really enjoy about the genre is nothing really action is a really popular genre.
Another genre my group looked at is the Sci Fi genre.Science fiction is a genre of speculative fiction that typically deals with imaginative and futuristic concepts such as advanced science and technology, space exploration, time travel, parallel universes, and extraterrestrial life. Some major films that are in this genre include The Star Was series, Interstellar, Inception, The Martian, and many more. To get a better understanding of the genre you would need to look the conventions of the genre. Camera angles normally found in the Sci Fi genre are High angles, Low angles, Eye level, and Over the shoulder angles. Camera shots found in the genre are Close up shots, Long shots, Medium shot, Two shots, Three shots, Wide shots, and Point of- view shots. Camera moments in the genre include are Pans or Tilts, and Zooms. These conventions are called the CAMS of media and this genre and are used in all types of media. In addition to those conventions here are the CLAMPS of this genre. The typical costumes in the action genre are super hero costumes, spy costumes, and many others. Lighting commonly found in this genre is Hard film lighting, Basic 3-point-lighting, Motivated lighting, and Natural film lighting. Types of acting found in this genre includes Classical acting, Method acting, and many others. The elements that are in this genre include Interplanetary warfare, Parallel universes, Fictional worlds, Time travel, and Space travel and Exploration. Props used in this genre include Light sabers, Star ships, Alien ships, and many others. Some comman editing found in this genre includes Fade in/out, Cross cutting, Eyeline Match, and many others. I enjoy the Sci Fi Genre because it show the audience a new aspect on the world even though it's mot real it makes us feel as such. Things I do not like about the genre is that there are not as many good Sci Fi films as other genre's. 

Genre Research (Starter Up)

This power point project was on the genre Epic. In the project me and my fellow group members examined and analyzed the genre. Looking back at first semester, my group and I completed a genre project. For this project, we were assigned a specific film genre and instructed to conduct heavy research on it. Being given the "epic" genre, we researched many different aspects of the genre. We researched the common camera angles, movements, and shots. We also researched the types of lighting found in scenes from different epic films, such as natural and dark lighting. Moreover, in our research we found that common elements of epic movies include heroic figures and figures of royalty, vast and extravagant settings, lavish costumes, and specific time periods and eras. The research also gave us insight on the typical sound effects and music in epic films, such as triumphant music and expansive music scores. Three examples of epic films are Les Miserables, Avatar, and The Hobbit. Finally, after this heavy research of the genre we came to conclusion of what elements are appealing and not appealing in epic films. The extravagant settings and time periods in the movies are very appealing, while the makeup of the characters is not so much.

The final task pt. 2

Having our three total movie pitches, my group members and I had to begin the process of choosing our final pitch. We narrowed our pick down to our two favorite pitches out of the three. Moreover, we eliminated our least favorite out of the three.
Eliminating our third pitch, we kept our first and second pitches. As we read them all out in respect to our project, we concluded that there are a few good reasons why pitch number three should have been eliminated the way it was. While it indeed was a good storyline, it was definitely the least interesting and creative out of the three. It had potential, should all of the other details have been added, but all in all it was a basic idea. Many coming-of-age movies have had similar storylines. It just was not wow enough.
After eliminating, we were left to choose between our first and second pitches. We all agree that pitch number one was very interesting. There are a few, but not many films about simulations. So, we thought it may be interesting to bring the idea to life with the opening scene. Our first pitch is good because it allows for a very interesting development of the plot. Viewers would be on their toes the entire film waiting to see what happens next. For our project, this page would be good because we could have a very effective opening scene. We would be able to introduce the problem, leaving the viewers wanting to watch the entirety of the film by the end of the two minutes. There are people our group have in mind to play some of the rules in the video.
With these analyzations of our main pitch, we came to a conclusion. The final pitch we chose for our project is our first pitch. From the beginning, that was mine in my group members favorite pitch idea. The idea of portraying an individual stuck in a simulation and having to find them self out somehow, seems so unique and interesting to us. We believe it will make for a very appealing opening scene for our project. It will leave any viewer wanting to watch what happens for the remainder of the film.

The final task ( REDO)

Hey it's Derek and im back to tell you about my new project im working on. Before we get to the new let's talk about the past. In the last six month's I've had two different projects. The first project was a Nike Commercial in which i was the actor and co-director of the film. In the second project my group and i made a music video and i relatively ketped the same jobs. In these months my skills in film and media have grown expeditiously in my opinion. I went from not knowing how to even work a camera to making a form of media. I can definitely see myself doing this in the future. For this project which is my last project for my class i will be working with two other people. The people I'll be working with are the same two from the other projects Jada and Jazenya.
In my last to projects I've used the knowledge gained from this course to help my products. Media can be defined as the main means of mass communication  broadcasting, publishing, and the Internet regarded collectively. We plan on having different schedules for the different stages of the filming process. The first on our schedule is developing our story and getting through the pre-production process. During the pre-production process, we will formulate our script, create our storyboard, and secure our actors and locations.  Next on our schedule is to film and record all things needed in the commercial. This will include the footage and voice overs. After this we will edit all footage, recordings, and special effects. During this part of the schedule we will review all footage, and should there be anything we need to reshoot, we will do so.
A Pitch can he defined as a way to describe an idea or what the film your pitching has to offer. Pitch #1: Simulation- Boy wakes up and feels out of place and starts to question his reality. After realizing he's in a simulation he works to find his way out. Pitch #2: Stock home syndrome- Girl held captive falls in love with her kidnaper. She knows it's not right, but will she choose love or freedom? Pitch #3: Last day of Cryschool:  Friend group of five finally graduate high school but whats next? Where will their paths take them will the remain friends?