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WEEK 4 OF FILMING

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I began my individual filming this week. I had initially started off with the idea of filming an animation, but I soon came to the realization that this wouldn't be possible: with the busy school and work schedule that I have. So I had to adapt and change my theme, essentially instead of doing an animation that can take very long, I decided to film myself. Most of my filming concept is based around the theme of "coming of age" This picture above was taken during my filming during work. I only filmed a small portion of my film. During this setting of filming I filmed myself placing my Home depot apron on. The clip was about 30-45 seconds long. I had difficulty filming the scene without background movements, since everyone is always at the locker rooms changing or eating lunch. This picture was taking when filming outside. I was really looking to capture a sense of emotional symbolism to represent in  my film, sense the film is based around the aspect of emotional depressi...

Preparing for Film

During this week, I have been working on figure the main elements to my film.  actors: Since my film will be an animation, I will not be needing any actors. Despite this, I have been drawing out how I would like my character to look.  costumes:  Customs will be drawn not be needed, at least not physically. I will be drawing my characters clothing on .  props: For props I will be needing paper, scissors, and glue/tape. This will be used to create the characters clothes and materials  locations: Location will be made. Draw out on paper. The film will be mostly located in the main characters bedroom.  dates and times: I plan to start filming on Wednesday after using the weeknd of February 6th and 7rh to create props and characters clothing and such.    scripts: The character will not be doing much talking so, I will be using sound effects which will be placed in the video affter recoding  and film equipment:  I will be using my iphone to fi...

Initial Storyboard

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  I created this storyboard because I wanted to express a animated characters that feels sad and tired all the time. This was inspired by what we all have been experience because of COVID-19. With my story, this characters feel like he is stuck and fins himself just waking up and doing and feeling nothing. 

Movie Opener Brainstorm & Research

 Rise  The intro film has a motivation song in the background playing to show the character is working hard  The film seem to be within the motivational genre Offline  Shows a creepy and horror genre, the viewer can feels confused and unsure what will happen. We see a girl struggling to get out of a cage  Dear Lover  The film is emotional and talks about a sensitive issue. This in turn creates this sense of true emotions and feelings in the authors film.  Dare to Trill  the film shows a teenager and action film showcasing a bunch of teens having a trill night while riding an unknown car. The music adds very much context towards the genre  Always Watching  the film is a very horror film where a character attempts to still another persons life and replace him. The film was very dark. The music and dialogue add many context that help create the films horror theme   The Blue Boar  The film the blue boar reminds me of handmaids...

"Semester Exam - Film Analyses of Black Mirror (season3, episode 4, San Junipero)

How the extract constructs meaning, including the specific representations of individuals/groups/events/places, through the following technical elements: camera shots, angles, movement and composition sound mise-en-scene editing This essay should be at least 500 words. You may write and then type if you like but your essay must be submitted typed, by the end of the testing period on Thursday, January 14. Many filming aspects such as sound, editing, mise-en-scene, and camera shots are used to help the viewer understand the components are the fim and many of those include. When the episode of Black Mirror starts the viewer hears the non-diegetic sound of Netflix theme song. This helps the reader that the show being portrayed will be related to Netflix. In addition, The viewer also hears a non-diegetic sound that goes along with the back mirror theme song. The sound is eerie and creates a form of suspense and mystery for the reader. This lets the reader know they should be ready to ex...

"My Film Opening Project - Genre & Group Members"

 I plan to do my project on the genre of animations and plan on working independently 

Film Opening Research # 2- Frozen 2

  How many titles are displayed during the opening sequences to the film?  In the opening sequence of Frozen 2 only two titles are shown in which states, Disney and Walt Disney Animation Studious  What images are prioritized in the opening sequence?  The Disney castle imagery and mickey mouse turning the boat wheels is prioritized in the opening sequence of the film  What connotations do the images carry?  The imagery carry the idea that the film is going to be an animation. This specifically portraited in the mickey mouse animation opening. This animation is mostly scene in Disney animation opening credits. This shows that the movie will be family and kid friendly  How is genre reinforced through symbolic and technical codes from the outset?  The genre is reinforced in the films outset through the animated backgrounds that can be seen within the ending credits. In addition the ending sce...