AICE MEDIA STUDIES DS - 1

 After looking over the shots shown I created a shot list for each scene in the 2 minute segment.  The Shot List: Scene Shot  Shot size / angle Movement INT/EXT Time of Day Shot description   1 Long Take  Close Up/ Overhead Angle Tracking Backstage-Backstage Daytime Long Take of script getting picked up from table and passed around   1 Short Take Close Up/ Overhead Angle Tracking  Backstage  Daytime Someone picking up paper then transition to someone else   1 Short Take Close Up/ Overhead Angle Tracking  Backstage -Backstage Daytime Someone picking up paper then transition to someone else   1 Short Take Medium Shot Pan Backstage- Set Daytime The main character picks up the script and reads   1 Long Take Full Shot Still  Backstage -Sitcom Set Daytime Character Tells a joke   2 Short Take Close Up/oblique Steadicam Sitcom- Sitcom Daytime Close up of main character telling a joke   2 Short Take  Close UP / Obli...

 One of my roles as editor is to create a shot list. The cinematographer presented me her shot inspiration from movies and episodes she watched to help me grasp where she wanted the location of the cuts and how to establish the shot list. This over the shoulder shot was said to be used as the main character is getting confronted by the cast and backstage workers. To compliment this shot there would be an extreme close up of the main characters facial expression and then a POV shot that would show the faces of the people confronting him. Even though this breaks the 180 rule, in post production we had an idea to invert the image to keep each character on the side they were shown. The next shot was  two characters from the film "Ocean 11" leaning into the rule of thirds lines which embraces their relationship.  This scene is showing them ask their rich associate for the money, and the main characters are on the left and right side of the rule of thirds lines with the associa...

Due to me and my team having a film based on a character being stuck in a 90's sitcom, we had to recreate the same mise en scène by generating similar dialogue, music and the background laughing that is always included. To gain a better feel of this I went out and watched a few episodes of different 80's and 90's sitcoms to be able to mimc their semantic and symbolic codes. I've observed that the music in these 1980s sitcom introductions is remarkably similar. To set the scene, there is  a brief, enticing guitar riff with the protagonists in both scenarios opening with a humorous action that makes the audience laugh.   The sound we plan on using as the catchy guitar riff will most likely be an unsettling orchestra song. My team presented me an audio of an orchestra playing dissonant music in a TikTok. As editor I was able to trim the TikTok and convert the TikTok into a 2 minute mp3 and played it for my team and they were pleased. This was my first time converting a Tik...

Today me and my team decided to work on how we are going to incorporate sound into our film. Previously we had to create a  chess film where dialogue wasn't allowed and we had to rely on diegetic and non diegetic sound. Now that we are able to make the characters speak, we can ensure they have impactful lines that push the plot along.  With that being said, we had to come together and create a script for the clip. One of my main influences from the dialogue would be from a minute - thirty second clip from the movie Smile. In this clip the patient is seen just smiling at the doctor while the doctor is the only one responding. This and the creation of my chess film inspired me to use minimal dialogue and use more symbolic codes. Making the main character being the only one talking after his realization and having the backstage and cast just stare at him will create a sense of isolation which is wanted for this film.  Before the main characters realization, we are going to h...

Before starting the production, I thought Mise en scène was solely the setting of where the film is shot. As I began to do more research I found out Mise en scène included everything that appears before the camera; Meaning the composition, actors, sets, props, costumes and lighting in addition to the setting.   As me and my team reunited they came up with a setting of where they wanted to shoot the film. Immediately after seeing the set I began cogitating on what semantic codes are going to be established by using this area and how can we manipulate it to establish our own connotative effect. As seen in the pictures our set has a lot of harsh lighting coming from the back drop so to compensate for that, closing the curtains and using our own lighting from ring lights will be the solution to that. But overall the props in place such as the couch, lamp and vintage scenery give a 90's effect and as editor, I can compliment this with grainy effects in post production.

Today me and my group began to decide on what we will need to shoot our film. The main setting of our film is backstage a film set where the main character breaks the fourth wall realizing where and what he's doing. With this being said we needed to acquire film equipment to not only record but to use as props in our film. The first thing we were thinking to get was a green screen. The green screen would be used as a disruption in the film where we will have it start glitching as we have the main character realize he is acting in a sitcom which was told to be his real life. Next we had to find lighting. For lighting the main purpose is to focus it on the fake 90's sitcom. In these sitcoms there are high contrasts with very saturated images. To achieve these semantic codes we are going to use ring lights with yellow panels to portray the warm look on the image. As an editor it's going to be my job to add vintage effects onto the video to add to the 90's aesthetic. Lately...

Today we began class trying to establish what genre we can put the overall film under. This was a slight hassle due to their being a series of different venues it can go under. Making it a horror would be easy due the main character being kidnapped. But the fact that its a 90s sitcom would throw off the "scary effect" its supposed to have. Putting the film under the mystery genre was another possible suggestion but was to small of a box to subjectively put our film in. Mystery was mostly only going to be used as the first 2 minutes but the overall film we had planned on making would be more of a psychological thriller.  What sets a psychological thriller apart is it  expressing the darkness in the human mind . The narrative of our film is told from the point of view of a  psychologically stressed character. The s toryline is layered with frequent twists, surprises and an unresolved ending . The tone is often chilling, edgy, disturbing, unsettling, moody, ominous and foreb...