Title Research: Comedy (Zombieland)

The last movie was Zombieland and I watched it on Art of the Titles. There were 15 titles in the opening sequence. Zombies were definitely the priority in the movie. They were in most of the shots and scenes. There was also a lot of people running from zombies and people being attacked by zombies. The images give the watcher a sense of horror with the zombies eating the people and the people running from the zombies. The zombies and the whole situation isn't made to seem that serious which makes it kind of funny. But people running and trying to escape the zombies gives it that adventurous and action-packed genre. There is also a lot of action when humans come up with new ways to survive. The opening sequence raises some obvious questions. For example why are there zombies and how did it come about? Who and where was the first zombie? How fast did it spread? All of these are mysteries which will most likely be answered throughout the movie. Some people are into watching other people die in movies or really like zombies so this movie really appeals to those types of audiences and will draw those people in. All of the equipment used to film the movie helps the success of the movie because that filmed the movie people are watching. Then whatever devices were used to edit. There was a lot of slow-motion in the opening sequence. There were a lot of long shots as well as inserts.

Title Research: Comedy (Deadpool)

The third movie is Deadpool and we watched it on Art of the Titles. There were about 13 titles in the movie. But the titles were funny and comedic but that goes with the movie. For example one of them was "this movie was produced by *ashats." This goes with the overall theme of the movie. In the opening sequence, there are a lot of dead people. It is showing that Deadpool probably killed those people because there is also a car crash and the only person who is not dead is Deadpool. This is probably telling us as well that Deadpool and whoever those people where do not like each other and are enemies. The images show that the movie will have a lot of fighting and action. It will also show the Deadpool will often be outnumbered. The titles are comedic which works with the genre because the genre is comedy. Also, a few images shown in the opening sequence were funny as well. Then the dead people and people being killed and the car crash went with the action. Also, the car was on fire as well which went with action. The opening sequence establishes some mystery with the whole thing. First of all, who is the person under the mask and why is he wearing a superhero suit. Who were those people chasing him and what do they want? Why is he being chased? These are all questions and mysteries raised by the opening sequence. It makes the watcher curious and wants to watch the rest of the movie. All of the gear to film the movie and edit are being used to the movie's success. These things take a lot of effort but help the movie. The camera sort of moves backward starting from the first dead goon or whatever you call it to the car and then Deadpool.

Title Research: Comedy (21 Jumpstreet)

The second movie my partner and I did was 21 Jumpstreet and we watched it on Art of the Titles. The opening sequence has 21 titles. I am not sure if they did that on purpose because it's "21" Jumpstreet, or it was just a coincidence. The opening sequence is full of different pictures and images. But three are mainly shown. Those are money, drugs, and explosions. This is showing the watcher what to expect from the movie and what it will be about. Then also there are some scenes with guns and that is another indicator of what is to come from the movie. The images show that the movie besides drugs and that stuff will be action-packed with more than just drugs, money, and the stuff I listed. The opening sequence is a whole montage of pictures. Those pictures show whoever is watching that it will have a lot of action. But it also shows that the movie will be funny, this is because there are funny moments in the montage along with the action. The opening sequence also shows that there will be more than just drugs and stuff and those scenes won't be as action-packed as the rest of the movie. The montage or opening sequence brings some mystery in the sense of you see all the action and comedy and stuff, but you as the watcher also wonder how they got into those situations and what events led up to that. It also makes you wonder if they get out of those situations that you see at the beginning. As the watcher, you also get curious about what they are doing in the situations shown and what they mean and contribute to the overall story. They show a lot of different things which makes you want to watch the rest of the movie. All the action also shows you that there will be a lot of action and makes the watcher want to watch it and see what happens in the end and all the stuff that happens in between that got them into that situation. The technology used to film the opening sequence and to edit and all the sound is very important to the overall movie. Also,the movie makers added all of the titles to the movie which is also another very important part of the movie. There were a lot of mid shots and long shots. Also, the camera was often at eye level and they showed a lot of inanimate objects and used the camera to rotate and see the object on all sides.

Title Research: Comedy(Back to the Future)

The first movie opening sequence we watched was Back to the Future. We watched on Art of the Title. The opening sequence had 16 titles. There is some action with the character turning on the machine and the watcher not knowing what it is going to be used for. There were a lot of clocks and different types of machines in the opening sequence. There was also the lady on the news talking about stolen plutonium and how it was false then later shows the plutonium under the character's bed and focuses on it and has the camera stay on it for a few seconds. The clocks add a sense of mystery and definitely go with the title "Back to the Future." The emphasis on the clocks also shows that time will probably be extremely important throughout the movie. The machines and clocks go with the action but the explosion at the end goes with the action and adds an element of comedy. How the camera focuses on all of the clocks makes the watcher interested and curious why they are all there and what they are being used for. Also with the stolen plutonium, the watcher has to guess what it is going to be used for and when the character is setting up the machine by flipping up all the switches it is curious and mysterious to the watcher. The mystery keeps the watcher want to see what happens next and the explosion adds some action to keep it from being boring and just one big mystery. There is also something about a mansion blowing up and that also makes the watcher curious. The technology was used effectively in the editing and the filming. There were close-ups and the whole thing was basically one big pan shot. There were jump cuts between the room with all of the clocks. The camera would also focus on the important things.

Watch the Title

My partner and I are researching titles for the final draft. We went on another website this time. It is called Watch the Titles. Like before, we are researching titles for our final projects. This is because we have to add titles to our opening sequence. We are on there to learn about titles. Also, how the titles and opening sequences work together. This is very important. This is because it is a big part of our grade. We need to put what we learned in our project. Depending on what our movie is that will determine how the title is. We watched a bunch of opening sequences. This is to get a sense of how the titles work. Hopefully this will help with our project. Then we need to watch some more to learn some more.

Art of the Title

We are researching titles for our final task. The first website that we went to was Art of the Title. They have a lot of titles and opening sequences from movies and shows. But we are focusing just on movies. We are researching titles because that is a very important part of the opening sequence. It is going to be important that we learn about titles. It will be an important part of our grade. It is going with out movie and genre. We will need to learn how to make it go with our genre. Which is comedy. My partner and I watched some to get an understanding of them. That will help us with the opening sequence. Then we need to apply what we saw into the final task. It will be important that the titles go with our opening sequence. There is also another website we are also going to look at.

Genre Research: Ride Along 2

4th Movie-Ride a Long 2

The last movie is also a comedy. Just like the other three movies. I have to go over the conventions in the movie. Like before some of the conventions are the same as the other movies. Some of them are different. I'll be going over what is normally found in this movie. There are different editing techniques. The different camera angles and shots. Lots of dialogue. This is between many main characters and antagonists.

There were a lot of camera movements. There was also a lot of camera shots. There were low angles. There was also high angles and gods eye view. There were pans and tracking shots. There were mid shots and long shots. There were wide shots as well. There were also a couple action matches. There was also some slow motion. Eye-line matches happened often in this movie.

There were a lot of diegetic sounds. There was also a lot of non-diegetic sound in the movie. Ambient sound was also in the movie. There were a lot of jump cuts in the movie. But there were a lot of those in the other three movies. Zoom shots were in the movie. There were also shots where they zoomed out. There were a lot of establishing shots. This is because the movie was taken place in big cities. They were Miami and Atlanta.

Genre Research: Isn't it Romantic

Again like the first movie. As well as the second movie. I did a comedy. Again I have to go over the conventions of the movie. Like before there are some similar conventions. Then there are some different conventions. The editing and stuff like that are partly similar. Same with the camera angles. Also, the camera movements are partially similar and different. But this is my third time doing this so it should be easy.

There was a lot of dialogue. Just like the other two movies. The main character is always in the dialogue. There really wasn't a conversation the main character was not apart of. There was a lot of natural lighting. There was also a lot of artificial lighting. The lighting was mostly soft. There were some establishing shots. Again, just like the other two movies. Those were mostly at the beginning though.

For angles, there were a lot of high angles. There were also eye-level angles. There were a lot of mid shots. There were also a lot of long shots as well. Shot reverse shots were also in this. There weren't too many but there were some. Then there were jump cuts. Just like the other two. Pan shots were common in this movie. Tracking shots were also pretty common.

Genre Research: Long Shot

2nd Movie-Long Shot

The second movie I did was Long Shot. Like the first one, this is also a comedy. There are some of the same conventions as the first movie. Some same shots and angles. Some same editing and sound. The first 30 minutes of the movie were good. Just like the last one. In the movie, there were a good amount of conventions. There was a lot of dialogue. In the movie, people are always talking.

There was not really a moment in the movie where people weren't talking to each other. There were some voice overs. That was really the only part there wasn't dialogue. There was also a lot of diegetic sounds. There wasn't that much non-diegetic sound. If there were any non-diegetic sound. There were jump cuts and shot-reverse shots. There were more jump cuts. But there were some shot-reverse shots.

There were tracking shots. There were also pans. Just like the first movie, there were a bunch of these. There were also some overhead shots. But not as many of those. There were some eye-level shots. Some low shots were also in the movie as well. Those were actually pretty frequent. There was a flashback in the movie. At the same time as the flashback, there was a fade-in. There weren't as many of those as other things.

Genre Research: Secret Life of Pets 2

1st Movie-Secret Life of Pets 2

The first movie I watched was the Secret Life of Pets 2. It is a comedy. Which is why I watched it because the genre for my final task is comedy. I have to go over the conventions of the movie. Which involves editing and stuff like that. I would also include things I normally find in the movie. There were a lot of different things. There was a lot of dialogue. But there wasn't that much between humans. There was a lot of dialogue between animals.

However, there was more interaction between humans and animals than humans and humans. The humans in the movie don't talk much in general. They probably talk to animals more than other humans. There were a lot of jump cuts in the movie. There were also some eye-line matches. There were some pan shots. There were also tracking shots. There was a good amount of both of those in the movie. Most of the tracking and pan shots were at the beginning of the movie. There were also a couple cutaways.

There were some voiceovers throughout the movie. This was with the main character mostly. There is also a lot of non-diegetic sounds. This is throughout the whole movie just not at any certain point. There also is not that much diegetic sound in the movie. But there is just a lot of background music but it goes with the movie. There is a lot of low shots as well with everything else. There are also low angles frequently in the movie. These were in the movie during the whole movie. Then there were a few establishing shots at the beginning.

Research Blog:Our Genre (Comedy)

My partner decided on a genre. That genre is comedy. We decided on comedy because we like it better than in other genres. We also have some general knowledge of the genre. We thought that it would be easy. There is also a lot we can do with it. We can be very creative with it. That is one of the things we like about it. Then there is the comedic aspect we like. These are the main reasons we like it.

Genre Research: Horror & Romance

1st Genre:Horror

Costumes-Lots of masks like Freddy Cougar and there is a lot of costumes in general.
Lighting-Different types of lighting are silhouette, hard lighting, uplifting, and shadowing.
Acting-Some famous actors are Boris Karloff, Christopher Lee, and Lon Chaney.
Makeup-Most of the makeup is sfx or gore. There is also a lot of blood.
Props-A lot of the props in horror is weapons like knives, bats, and other melee weapons like that.
Setting-Many horror films take place in a small town or abandoned houses.

Sound-Sound is often used as background music for suspense.
Editing-Splicing is in trailers and transitions.
Camera Movements-Zoom in and out is common.
Camera Shots-Reverse shot, close up shot, and tracking/pan are common.

Things that I like-I like how intense it is and the plots and stories.
Things that I don't like-I don't like the jump scares or scary scenes.


2nd Genre:Romance

Costumes-Lots of fancy clothes and normal clothes.
Lighting-High Pitched, soft lighting, warm colors.
Acting-Famous actors are Julia Roberts, Nicholas Sparks, and Richard Curtis.
Makeup-The women in romantic films tend to have a lot of makeup.
Props-Flowers, rings/jewelry.
Setting-Urban settings like a beach, school. Then some are in big cities like New York City and Hollywood.

Sound-It normally depends on the mood of the film and the characters.
Camera Angles-Close ups, long shots, establishing shots, two shot.
Camera Movements-Zoom in, zoom out, tracking/pan.

Things I like-The plot and the drama.
Things I don't like-The parts where there is no action and nothing is happening.

Genre Research:Comedy

For this project, my partner and I randomly got assigned a genre. Then we had to make a PowerPoint on that genre. Our genre was comedy. In the PowerPoint, we went over different things in comedy. We went over lighting, camera angles, and sound. Then we went over what we like and don't like. It was fun making. We both did research. We both also did some of the PowerPoint. We also designed the PowerPoint together.

Picking the Pitch

My partner and I have to cut our three pitches to two. It wasn't too hard to decide which one to get rid of. We decided to get rid of our first pitch. That pitch was about a stalker. We got rid of it because we like our other two pitches better. We also thought that they were easier. The idea of a stalker just did not appeal to us like our other two pitches. Our other two were about a robbery and the other was about a romance. These two are going to be easier. We also like the other two ideas better.

Pitch 1: A very wealthy family hires a new house cleaner. She ends up stealing all the family fortune but will she get caught or not?

This is the first pitch that we have narrowed it down to. We have narrowed it down to this one because it is easy. But we also like the idea of a robbery. I like how it has action but also a suspenseful tone to it. But I don't like it because it is a little simple. We could be a bit more creative. But overall we like the whole idea and are excited to do it. That is if we choose it. We also have to go over the other one. Then decide between the two.

Pitch 2: Two best friends since birth but one of them has a secret crush, will she confess her feelings. Or will she keep it a secret?

This is the other pitch that my partner and I are thinking about. We like the idea of a romance. It is a simple concept. That is one problem with it. But we like it and don't think that many other people would be doing it. Also,it would be easy for us since we probably won't need any props. If any at all. Then there is a lot of different ways we could do it. This is because romance is so broad. This would give us a lot of options.

We decided to go with the first pitch. That was the robbery one. We decided to go with this because we just like the concept better. Then we also like the simplicity of it. But there are so many options and routes that we can choose with this. It is also an easy concept to come up with. Then we can choose how we want to make the movie. But there are so many options that we can go with. I think that it will be fun and I am excited to be creative with it. This is why we decided to go with the first pitch.

Starting the Final Task

Hello, my name is Kol. I've already gone over this but I have to re-introduce myself. I have started my final task for Aice Media and this is the first assignment. For my final task, I have to make a two-minute intro to an original movie. But since I have to re-introduce myself I guess I should actually talk about myself. I am a high school student. I like sports, video games, and reading. I decided to take Aice Media because I thought it would be a good experience. My partner's name is Julia. We have done multiple projects for this class together.

For this project, I think that it will be a little difficult. This is because it has to be two minutes. But the filming part shouldn't be too hard. The editing part shouldn't be too hard either. This is because both my partner and I have some experience with it. I would rather film than act. This is because I think that I am better at filming than acting. But if I need to I will act. But I don't think that my partner or I want to act. But we both probably will end up doing both. 

Pitch 1: There's a new neighbor and he sees the girl next door; they become friends overnight, the boy becomes overly attached and follows her every move.

Pitch 2: A very wealthy family hires a new house cleaner. She ends up stealing all the family fortune but will she get caught or not?

Pitch 3: Two best friends since birth but one of the has a secret crush, will she confess her feelings. Or will she keep it a secret?