AICE Media Studies

  The next movie we are researching is called Casino it is a crime filled drama movie that was made in 1995. It can be related to other movies like Oceans 11 and Goodfellas. The dramatics in this movie are truly recognized seeing as as soon as the movie starts it is like the quiet before the storm. The movie opening begins with introducing the Studio names, Production companies, and what the story was created based off of. The visuals displayed to show the titles are does so with casino themes colors that go perfect for the movie style this represents. The actors are then portrayed followed by the movie title, more actors, casters, costume designers, title sequence makers, the editor, production designer, director of photography, screenplay, producers, and directors of the film. The Image that showed priority in the film was the ending mid range shot that provided a full view of the Mis-en-scene showing that he is standing in the center of the casino. The beginning of the opening t...

The film we are talking about today is a 2006 film based on a journalist true story. When viewing the opening of this film the title sequences that were displayed included the Name of the Studio, Name of the Production Company ,Actor(s) names, Film Title , Casting ,Music, Editors ,Production designers , Directors of Photography, Producers, Storyline, Written/screenplay , and the Director. In this opening it was more of a journal entry kind of thing. The style and images that were focused on were the style and font type of writing that was used to put emphasis in the background. Michael Riley stated, "The credits are set in a basic sans-serif font which makes nice contrasts to the (post-processed) live action footage of writing. Black ink gets absorbed into the thirsty, white paper-a reference to the diaries kept by the main character". This movie is based off of a true story. So the meaning behind the authenticity enthused handwriting was to portray the image that even for ba...

  1. Titles shown in the opening included movie by (Gillian Armstrong, Winona Ryder) the cast members (Trini Alvarado, Gabriel Byrne, Samantha Mathis, Kirsten Dunst, Claire Danes, Christian Bale, and Susan Sarandon, Eric Stoltz, John Neville, Mary Wickes) Casting Directors (Carrie Frazier and Shani Ginsberg) Music credits (Thomas Newman), Costume Designer (Colleen Atwood) Co-Producer (Robin Swicord) Film Editor (Nicholas Beauman) Production Designer (Jan Roelfs) Director of Photography (Geoffrey Simpson) Movie Based on the Novel by (Louisa May Alcott) Screenplay by (Robin Swicord) Produced by (Denise DiNovi) Directed by (Gillian Armstrong). 2. The opening sequence, created by Australian de signer Belinda Bennetts, features credits typography set atop woodblock illustrations and calligraphic ornaments, flourishes with graceful curves over fields of snow. Also from the first moments of the opening sequence, the film is imbued with a sense of ease and familiarity. 3. These images depi...

What titles are displayed during the opening sequences? Titles shown in the opening sequence included cast members names (Ellen Page, Michael Cera, Jennifer Garner, Jason Bateman, Allison Janney, J.K. Simmons, Olivia Therlby), Casting Directors (Mindy Marin and Karin Lipson), Costume designer (Monique Prudhomme) Music credits (Mateo Messina) Song Credits (Kimya Dawson), Music Supervisors (Peter Afterman and Margaret Yen), Coproducers (Jim Miller, Kelli Konop and Brad Van Arragon) Film Editor (Dana E. Glauberman), Production Designer (Steve Saklad), Director of photography (Eric Steelberg), Executive producers (Joe Drake, Nathan Kahane, Daniel Dubiecki) Producers (Lianne Halfon, John Malkovich, Mason Novick, Russel Smith) Writing Credits (Diablo Cody), Directing credits (Jason Reitman). Other titles included the various film studios where the movie was filmed. What images are prioritized in the opening sequence?   The images prioritized in the opening sequence were the characte...

  We are looking at this site because it has great examples and lots of inspiration to help with our project and creating a title sequence. This website is filled with interviews from great title sequence designers like Lisa Bolan and Aaron Becker. The site also includes title sequence examples from tons of genres of films, Tv shows, student projects, video games, and event titles. I learned that every director has their own personal style that title designers adapt to and bring to life. In addition to that I learned that every title sequence designs has their own signature when its comes to their work. For example, Lisa Bolan's work is characterized by incredibly complex compositions that mix live-action footage with 3D  elements and motion graphics. This website was truly insightful in my research towards creating my own title and title design for our film. I've never truly appreciated titles and title sequence designs until this website. Title sequences really set the tone ...

  Today we start working on what kind of designs and techniques we would like to use to insert our title sequences into our film opening. Once we decided to do a drama film understanding the art of title sequences was the next important area of focus. This lead us to an agreement that we should know which ones would be best suitable for a drama film before it even comes close to the time to edit. So this began our search for the perfect title sequence styles. Seeing as it would be weird and unaesthetically pleasing to use horror themed art titles in a drama film; we are just researching what would be the best way to style and organize our opening titles. We decided to use a website called "Art of the Title'.  This website, while browsing through it I managed to find some really pretty theme styles for drama films. This website provided many examples that would be appropriate. It showed us the different fonts and ways to input them into our film creatively and selectively....

While still being entertaining and divert our attention from our everyday lives. A film that we felt best suited at least three of these categories is called The Hate U Give. This movie is about a main character named Starr who witnesses the fatal shooting of her childhood best friend Khalil at the hands of a police officer. After this tragedy she is facing pressure from all sides of the community leaving Starr to understand that she must find her voice and stand up for what's right. This movie started out as a novel by Angie Thomas that talked about a teenage girl who grapples with racism, police brutality, and activism. These are all examples of what other people fight for under the categories of social change, interpreting information, and communicating universal themes their whole lives. The elements that we chose were plot, sound, and diction. This movie exhibited all three of these elements in the most perfect way possible.  The storyline and plot was simple and to the point....

  Malcom and Marie revolves around a young couple, a filmmaker and his muse, and their seemingly toxic dynamic. Despite being a modern day film, the movie is in black and white playing into the elements of drama. Setting a gloomy and dreary atmosphere. An element of drama this movie has is mood and atmosphere. The writers did a wonderful job of conveying a serious mood throughout the film. Although there were moments of laughter the film maintained its seriousness. Another key element of drama within this film was dramatic tension. The constant revealing of subtle but plot altering information kept the audience at their toes. Throughout the film the character Marie reveals she was indeed an addict and Malcolm’s entire film was based upon  her life experience. The dramatic tension is presented once again when Marie seemingly has a ‘relapse’ and pulls a knife out on Malcolm threatening him to tell her where the pills are. Marie being an actor on the rise only did this to prove t...

Eighth grade is about a thirteen year old girl who faces many disasters during her last week of middle school. Throughout the obstacles she faces she learns new lessons that helps her grow and prepare for her next journey in high school. One element that we are using in our opening that is also seen in the movie is plot. The climax of the movie is similar to our plan for the opening. Another element seen is character. The  actor that plays the protagonist expresses different moods and emotions that contributes to the overall plot of the movie. We want those same emotions when we film our pitch. The sound/music choices that were played in the movie were very enjoyable. The songs played were songs average teenagers would listen to and it links to the genre of the movie. There wasn't any element seen in the movie that wasn't enjoyable. 

 The genre we will be using for our opening sequence will be drama. Originally, we could not figure out what genre our pitch goes under. We were going to make it a romance and have the two main actors have some type of love connection. Then we changed that idea and thought it should be a comedy in which a lot of jokes would be made and audience laughter would play throughout the opening. We then realized since our pitch has something to do with coming of age, emotional/relational development, and struggles it would make the most sense to put this in the drama category.   Therefore with the time we spent into this research we found other things that we could thin k about for our film that we will make soon. We took this as the time to stop and address what an actual drama film looks like. After doing so we decided the next step would be to provide examples after assessing the things other directors and film writers put into creating a drama film. We knew that although this...

  Romance is defined by intimate relationships. In some cases, there may be a twist but at the end the main point in films is about the pursuit of love. Romance is not only its own genre but can also be seen in other genres such as thriller, Comedy, Drama, etc. Common lighting usually seen in romance includes high key lighting in which makes the seen more cheerful due to the brightness and warm colored lighting to create an inviting and mellow mood. A close up shot is an example of camera angles that are seen in films. It allows the audience to examine the characters face to see their feelings and emotions. Another common camera angle seen in romance films are over the shoulder shots. It captures the face expressions and body language. Common sounds heard in romance movies are usually diegetic and non diegetic. For example, a musical that has romance incorporated into it includes singing and it helps exaggerate the feelings the characters may have. Sometimes there may be a sound pl...

   Horror films are designed to scare the audience and elicit certain emotions. The different aspects when it comes filming and editing horror has been looked into. For starters, the common lighting used in horror films is lowkey lighting. It creates a mysterious mood that builds tension, stress, and fear. Frequently used camera shots includes close-up shots, over-the-shoulder shots, low angle shots, high angle shots, and canted angle shots. These draw the audience's attention and contributes to their thoughts on the context of the storyline. There are many elements in horror films. Some include special effects, in which leaves the audience scared of what they are seeing, suspenseful music, in which leaves the audience with suspicion as to what may happen next, acting, in which actors portray as someone or something that frightens viewers,  and etc. Costumes, makeup, props, and the setting are very important in horror films. They also take part in scaring the audienc...

   For our final project, we had to come up with our own pitch for the film. Originally, we were going to do a coming of age movie where a normal teen goes to school with people who have disorders. They would arrive on their first day and notice that everyone is separated into groups depending on their disorders. The disorders would vary between eating disorders, bipolar, depression, anxiety, etc. No one would have more than one disorder. The normal teen would get bullied and would start off her day alone. As we began planning where would set our location and who would be in it we began to rethink the pitch. We realized the pitch wouldn't be the smartest idea because it may be insulting to people with disorders and it wouldn't be very interesting. We then decided to form a new pitch. Our new pitch ended up being about two best friends where one of them was diagnosed with leukemia at a young age and had it removed before it spread. The cancer comes back leaving both of them rea...

  My name is Nishayla Hamilton and I am an 11th grader attending Fort Lauderdale High School. For my final project I have teamed up with Idline Altema, Ciaya Cook, and Rohanna Wollaston. I decided to work with them because I have teamed up with them before for a different project. Working with them allowed me to learn new things such as recording skills, editing skills, acting, etc. Idline knows many things about cameras and filming and she taught me a few tips and tricks to recording. One of the most useful things I've learned from her was how to find the best lighting and get a good angle. To this day, I use her advice whenever I am taking a photo or video. Rohanna and I traded a few tips on editing between each other. She didn't teach me much due to the fact that I already had some knowledge on how to edit but the things she told me were still very beneficial and I hope to learn more from her during this project. Ciaya taught me how to fake cry and how to make it look believ...