AICE Media Studies Blog

    Location Spencers house A random street A basketball court Carter park Participants Spencer David Rashell Sam Health We will be sure to watch out for cars when crossing the street and keep a first aid kit on hand. Schedule On 2/2/2022 we created our pitch. On 2/8/2022 we researched and decided which genre our presentation would be constructed upon. On 2/14/2022 we researched movies within our selected genre.(Coming of age) On 2/18/2022 we researched title design of movies in our genre. On 2/25/2022 we planned the dates of filming, props, settings, safety protocols, our title design, and wrote our script. On 3/04/2022 we will create the storyboard for our project. On 3/06/2022-3/12/2022  we will film our first draft of the movie. On 3/15/2022 we will use to film any missing pieces or refilm any needed mistaken parts. On 3/18/2022- 3/21/2022 we will will edit our movie. On 3/24/2021 Final touches and turn in day. Backup Plans We should be filming at Spencers house, his basketball cou

   Scene 1 *Opens with the main character tying his shoe laces inside of his house, and retrieving things to leave* Mom: where you going? MC: To the track be home before 8 Mom: Them street lights better not be on and you not home! There will be dialogue and diegetic sounds Scene 2 *Scene opens with the MC walking down the street and passes a basketball court Puts in his headphones and a song starts playing Scene 3 Basketball boy: Yo  blank are  you finna come play with us Pauses song MC: Naw I can’t  Basketball boy: why not, don’t tell me you still tryna do that track junk MC: Chill *Smiles then walks away in dismay* Turns song back on Scene 4-7 These scenes will just be montages of him at the park training. Uses of the song picked

    Name of the Studio -R and D productions  (PRESENTS)  ( Who owns the rights )- David Brown and Rashell Broderick •  Name of the Production Company  ( Which company made the movie)- R and D productions •  Actor(s) names  ( Who is in the movie ) Spencer Gilliam-MC Rashell Broderick-Mom Elijah Wellington- Basketball Boy •  Film Title  ( What is  the movie  called ) The Drive Phase •  Music by  ( Who is the music you are using from ) Kanye West •  Edited by  ( Who edited the movie ) David Brown and Rashell Broderick •  Producer or  Produced  by  ( Who put up the money for the movie ) Rashell Broderick •  Story by  ( Who came up with the idea  for the movie ) David Brown •  Written by  ( Who wrote the script for the movie ) David Brown •  Directed by **  ( Who directed the movie ) Rashell Broderick Our titles will begin appearing on the first scene which states our studio name. After the first scene every single title will appear after the 2nd scene. Not only that, the title will form on

 Babyteeth  1.  How many titles are displayed during the opening sequences to the film?  Which ones? There was one title which was the movie title, short and sweet. 2.  What connotations do the images carry?  ( how  do you they make you feel)  The connotations were very uncomfortable, made us feel pretty weird or creeped out. 3.  How is genre reinforced through symbolic and technical codes from the outset?  (Can you tell what genre the film is) To be honest the genre is not related out throughout the title because there was only one title. 4.  What  conventions  are used to ensure the film appeals to its target audience? The name of the movie was definitely a seller. It made people curious as to what this movie was really about.

 Dora and the lost city of gold 1.  How many titles are displayed during the opening sequences to the film?  Which ones?  There were 3 titles, The production company’s, who they’re associated with, and the movie title. 2.  What connotations do the images carry?  ( how  do you they make you feel)  This sequence was a feel good nostalgic vibe. Seeing as it was a based on a childhood tv show. It gave audience’s  a sense of warmth 3.  How is genre reinforced through symbolic and technical codes from the outset?  (Can you tell what genre the film is) The codes given off were very vague. In all honesty you can take anything from this title sequence because it was extremely vague. But you do know that the main characters will have some kind of time jump throughout the film. 4.  What  conventions  are used to ensure the film appeals to its target audience? The conventions are definitely the characters. The movie is based in a Nickelodeon tv show. People are most definitely going to want to wat

 Hubie Halloween 1.  How many titles are displayed during the opening sequences to the film?  Which ones? This was very strange but there was only 3 titles, 2 production companies and the main title. 2.  What connotations do the images carry?  ( how  do you they make you feel)  This gave off the funny family feeling while giving the halloween vibes the movie was intended to give off.  3.  How is genre reinforced through symbolic and technical codes from the outset?  (Can you tell what genre the film is) You can tell the genre by the dialogue added in the opening sequence. It was clearly meant to be an upbringing fun family movie. 4.  What  conventions  are used to ensure the film appeals to its target audience? The music, they used the monster mash which is a very popular song.

 Juno  1.  How many titles are displayed during the opening sequences to the film?  Which ones? There were about 14 titles. The different titles displayed were costume designing,  the film studio, the production company, who the film was by. The important actors, casting directors, who  wrote and sang the music. Production designer etc… Ellen Paige  Michael cera  Jennifer garner Jason Bateman  Allison janney  Jk Simmons  Olivia thirlby  Music supervisors: Co producers: Film editor: Production designer: Production of photography: Executive producers:  Producers: Writer: Director:  2.  What connotations do the images carry?  ( how  do you they make you feel)  The connotations felt while watching the opening sequence was very welcoming. It made me feel like I was supposed to be watching the movie and connecting with it.  3.  How is genre reinforced through symbolic and technical codes from the outset?  (Can you tell what genre the film is) The genre is shown by the environment she is, and

 Art of the title is a very useful website. It has many opening sequences ranging from horror movies to family animation film.  It also had many popular title sequences, that caught the attention of a plethora of viewers. Making it in our opinion a very accessible website. Not only does it encourage it’s users to dive into movie title sequences, it also dissects the television shows. The different things you can explore on the website are also pleasurable. Going from articles, to studios and even featured films. The best thing has to be the diversity within the website. The website introduces many different cultures of film and keeps users on their toes. Art of the title is definitely a top tier website and can definitely do some good. I’d recommend it in the future.  The second website was typically comparable to the first but not as appealing to our interest. It had the same things but was more focused on interviews. It had a lot of opinions from third party viewers. The site had a v

 Boogie Release date - 2021 This movie is the closest to what we want our film to be about. It has the relationship drama, school drama. And the best thing, the mama drama. A young boy navigating through high school all while trying to impress and please the people around. All while playing sports. The setting in this movie is awesome, and city life setting with busy and bustling streets. The costuming  is spectacular and so are the dialogue. It’s natural and it doesn’t feel to forced. The p.o.c  representation was also nice We don’t like the amount of comedy incorporated into a movie with a topic  that should be taken more seriously. We feel as if there needs to be less humor, but just enough to keep the audience refreshed. Definitely something we wouldn’t incorporate too much off.

 Love, Simon Released 2018 This is your typical, coming out story. Simon is finding himself identity wise. He ends up cheating on his girlfriend with a boy and its a whole lot. This movie has a whole lot if relationship development. Like stated before, the relationship development was a big thing for us. We felt as if we needed to bring that into our film. It was the best way to tell our story. We do not want to focus our attention on the positive aspects of different relationships. “Love, Simon” portrayed a film about the different parts of a relationship, the good and the bad. That is terribly annoying, although it’s realistic. It is also annoying.

Netflix’s Original Tall girl Released in 2019 In tall girl they incorporated the general idea of “the boy next door” concept but also a girl finding herself out looking the standards of high school. Something that we would definitely love to incorporate into our film. Some kind of character development should be shown. Like all coming of age films The people that surrounded the main character played the perfect roles. They helped move along the script and gave the main character its her own boost of morale and flavor. That is one of the most important things that could be incorporated into the storyline of a “coming of age” film. The clothing was so cliche, and it just wasn’t good. We do not want to have those clothing types anywhere near our film. We prefer to keep it as realistic as possible. Not tacky and flashy

   We decided that a coming of age film was the appropriate genre that matched our pitch. A coming of age doesn’t always have to match a specific criteria, so it would be easier to incorporate different things into the opening sequence without it being considered unorganized. The music is also a choice that we can make, with the proper permission. Seeing as we can use a song with or without words because both tend to be normal for those kinds of blogs. The costuming and acting is entirely off of what we decide to make our story about. Coming if age is honestly the simplest and easiest to work with. Out other two choices were drama and comedy. We can easily incorporate both if those into a coming of age and kill three birds with one stone. At first we felt as if it would be hard to try and incorporate all of that into one sequence but we realized that if we did coming of age, we wouldn’t even have to incorporate “all” of anything. Our final decision is coming of age.

   CAMS- Most comedy films don’t have camera work in their opening sequences but when making the film their CAMS would be.. Tracking Shots and Pan shots to follow specific characters  POV shots (they always have atleast one scene where they show a situation from the characters perspective.) MIS-EN-SCENE- not a lot of this in an opening sequence but when there is it’s normally… costumes can honestly range depending on the type of film but are usually pretty casual teenage clothing, nothing out if the ordinary  makeup if not a cartoon or something of that nature is natural, nothing dramatic unless the character has a specific look to portray props would be based on scenes. lighting all depends on location but it is usually bright because of the happy feeling the comedy is trying to give off but it may vary depending on the film (for example scary movie) the acting always depends on the plot, which is normally depending on whether the main character is a girl or boy if there is acting in

 Drama CAMS- Dramas are usually associated with extremely close up shots, bird eye views, medium shots, over the shoulder shots and close ups.  MIS-EN-SCENE For drama's things like setting, props, and costumes may vary but in regards to things like acting and make-up they are usually the same. Through most of the movies viewed, drama's are usually associated with serious acting, not a lot of joking around. The makeup like most films that aren’t superhero movies, are natural. Same for costumes, the just depend on the characters  Editing- The editing always has some kind of foreshadowing. They try to let the characters know that something is going to happen through the way they edit the sequence is very fore-shadowy. Sound-  The sound happens to vary, but it’s normally a very still-sounding no word track playing. Like horror movies, not a lot of descriptions Examples of dramas would be Little Women, The fallout, and After Things I love about the opening sequences are the usage of

 Coming of age CAMS- Most coming of age films don’t have camera work in their opening sequences but when they their CAMS would be.. Tracking Shots (always following the main character some where) Pan (main character maybe being followed from the side) MIS-EN-SCENE- not a lot of this in an opening sequence but when there is it’s normally… costumes are pretty casual teenage clothing, nothing out if the ordinary  makeup is natural, nothing dramatic unless the character has a specific look to portray props would be based on scenes, if they are at school then they’d have a bag, or a phone lighting all depends on location, and the mood of the scene. sadder scenes, darker lighting. happier scenes, brighter lighting the acting always depends on the plot, which is normally depending on whether the main character is a girl or boy if there is acting in the opening sequence, then it would probably be acting that misleads the audience from what the actual plot of the movie is Editing-  editing is a

 Pitch 1 Imagine a struggling young boy who has nobody to believe in him who's only chance at college is track. We believed that this was a good idea because of our previous knowledge. We have past experience  dealing with athletics and actors that perform sports so much we thought that this wouldn't be a big hard role too follow. Not only that we both share interest in track and field which only pushed us even farther to go with this idea. The last reason as to why we suggested this as a possible pitch is because of our resources. We have access to track runners who can be potential actors, a track, and a coach all willing to be apart of our production. Pitch 2 Imagine a young girl who was raised in a toxic household, took to drugs to escape the life she was born into. At first we thought the pitch about the drugs was a good way too really capture the way a toxic household is. We loved the concept of a young girl turning to drugs as a way out or an “escape”. But then we though