Research about three film openings from thriller based films.

 Thriller films are exciting and very tense throughout all films. That's what makes thriller films special, so today I will provide three film openings from separate films in the category of thriller genre and discuss them.

I am doing this to not only gain knowledge but to get experience for my own Portfolio Project in which me and my group would make a film opening

First film opening: (The Dark Knight)

                                                    Video:https://youtu.be/Dbvj1prhdr8

Overview: The film opening doesn't open with Batman, instead it initiates with a bank robbery carried out by a group of masked criminals, which states that it isn't a normal super heroe setup. Instead viewers are striked with instant tension, danger, and constant pressure.

One by one each criminal is taken down, leaving one survivor, The Joker. As he walks out, his calmness clearly makes sure the audience knows whos in control.

Some techniques are: Instant tension without explanation, opposite of the expected, meaning not what usually happens at the start, and the use of sound and pacing.

This film opening introduces the antagonist which is the Joker, achieving this by major chaos and such.

Second film opening: (The Silence of the Lambs): I initially saw this in the nearpod the teacher provided for us and I checked it out afterwards and it seemed interesting. So here I am, explaining the film opening!

                                   Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lr1w7YxSR9M

Overview: This thriller film opening establoshed the characters immediately. Clarice( main charactor) being determined, isolated, under pressure, as the audience understands her personality due to details. As it creates mystery instead of fear, it creates the tension by the audience asking themselves these questions: What assigmwnt she will get, who she will face, and why they called her.

This film opening forms and builds suspense through character psychology, power, and the unseen danger that was expected from beggining to end of the film opening.

Third film opening: (Mission impossible-- Prague Operation)

                           Video:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EmYF7CdGsB0

Overview: Mission Impossible always has impacting film openings that never leave the audience empty handed. They create suspense and great danger, not only at the start but throughout the whole film. Non-stop.

The film starts with a CIA mission led by Jim Phelps attempts to stop a mole from stealing a list of undercover agents. The operation is done carefully, then suddendly it all goes bad with extreme tension.

The audience is expecting a normal spy mission, but no. The team is wiped out one by one causing shock and a sense that no one is truly safe. The secret signals and cross-cutting technique really helps develop furthermore then what it was originally made for which adds to the great tension the film opening had.

By killing the entire team, it leaves Ethan, which is one of the main characters in the whole series of films, all alone, which is crucial for for a thriller as there is absolutely no support system.

All these films have had a great impact in their film openings, and me and my partners will try our very best to maintain high level film opening attempts like the ones I provided, if we get to maintain the genre thriller without change.

That is it for today, but tomorrow I will be back at it in another blog. Thank you for you'r time. See yall in the next one!

Research post of my choice/ Genre research #3

 Research of my choice.

Since my past blogs, me and my partners have changed our minds about our genre we considered to be best for our film opening. We have recently agreed to look more into the thriller genre since we have gotten interest by that.

What is thriller?

Thriller is a type of genre in which it creates tension and suspense as well as excitement. It requires a lot of techniques to make a film opening based on thriller but nothing is impossible to do. especially if my mind is fully locked in for the project.

Thriller:

Thriller is usually aimed towards teens (14-45) due to the intense themes, the violence, and the complexity. 

Thriller is for viewers who like suspense, crime, mystery, danger as well as fast paced narratives. 

The themes:

Crime, justice, corruption, identity, deception, paranoia, survival, and power.

Techniques matter a lot:

 In this case thriller requires special techniques such as, low-key lighting, tight close-ups to show fear, handheld camera, fast-paced cuts while the action takes place, and sudden silence before important moments.

My personal best show of all time: "Breaking bad" was and is sill he best film ever created. Breaking Bad was the most peak show I have ever watched and now that I learned more about the media sphere I can see why. 

Breaking bad was a thriller/Drama show about crime and how a normal science teacher turns into one of the largest drug distributer and creator in the whole nation. Having the best product, the science teacher changes his whole character. Once a normal father and science teacher, happily married to a criminal mastermind behind the deaths of many.

The best film ever!!

 The show always had constant danger and suspense creating that thriller aspect. Breaking bad is a great example of a well made thriller film. This film used every technique possible to make that thriller type of mood and tense environment.

That was it for today. Our recent change of genre is going to be a big switch off in our blogs in general. Mine specifically!

My Portfolio Project schedule

 My Schedule:

Since week 1 already happened, me and my group need to start thinking of how we will schedule what we are going to do. We initially got 8 weeks but now with 7 weeks we need to manage our time. I have came with my schedule plan to initiate everything starting now.

Week 1( already done): (1/16-1/23)

-Research genres/sub-genres

-Start with our initial plan: Research possible ideas.

- The transition the the Portfolio Project.

Week 2: (1/26-2/1)

- Researching film openings to gain ideas from the preferable genres as well as researching credit scenes to not only gain ideas but gain experience for our own film opening.

-What I am doing right now is making my schedule for the whole project which is partt of week 2

- Researching another genre for a possible change of main genre for our own film opening.

Week 3: (2/2-2/8)

-The first reflection based on the group meeting#1 in which the feedback we ger back could be very helpful towards the overall film.

-Research for media theories to see which one works best for our film opening.

-Finding an inspiration towards the film opening.

-Finalizing the storyboard for an overall view on the Portfolio Project.

Week 4: (2/9-2/15)

- Integrating ideas about the characters in the film opening and their development that will be done throughout the film.

-Plan mise-en-scene

-Plan audio elements

-And possibly start filming

Week 5: (2/16-2/22)

-Any planning we add is done this week.

-Design the production logo

-Begin filming and film the process

Week 6: (2/23-3/1)

-Post production and reflection preping

-Film any scenes we missed in our original day we planned to film.

-Edit the footage we have for the film opening

-Research and plan CCR#1

Week 7: (3/2-3/8)

- Research CCR #2/#3 and #4

-Plan CCR structure aswell as content and film approach

-Produce CCR and edit

-Write the final reflection on the overall project

Post the links to finalize the project

Week 8: (3/9-3/17)

-Since we plan to finish before. Week 8 is just in case any unexpected obstacles.

I hope this schedule can work as efficient as possible so that me and my partners can complete this easily by sticking to the structure.

Thank you for the patience, we are so close.

SEE YOU SOON!

Transition to the Portfolio Project

 Hello friends. The portfolio project is a Aice Media AS level end of the year project worth 50% of the overall final exam grade. It is crucial that this project is done right and efficient to exceed the requirements.

For the Portfolio Project, I will be working with 2 of the same guys that I had recently done another project with in which we did good and got a very good grade considering that the grading is intensely strict. I came into this class just wanting to get the Aice diploma, and I'm not going to lie, I even thought that it was a class in which we would take the final in fall. I even wanted to leave after i really found out was this class truly was. Then integrating myself in the class was when i truly started liking it. Yes, I lack some skills, but now that i am more motivated then ever, I will put my fullest effort to succeed in this Portfolio Project.

We as a group agreed and eventually made a plan/draft: 

We initially decided we wanted to make a film about 2 brothers or best friends which have a dream to make it to a professional level of a sport. Whether it is soccer, baseball, basketball... We don't know yet but you are soon to find out. One of the brothers dies and the other is left alone chasing the dream both once had.

 

We decided to make the brother/best friend that hasn't passed away to receive a phone call, whether it's from the hospital or police to communicate to him about the fact that his brother/friend has just passed away. We wanted to be very very close to 2 minutes as that is a rule. We want to make it as realistic as possible, as well as to not make it cringe  and to build suspense for the audience to enjoy a good film opening.

Well, that was a lot of detail. I hope you stay tuned and see you in the next one!

Portfolio Project Genre #2

Sub-genre: Action-drama

I personally wanted to do this type of film because out of all the films I have watched action-drama has always been my favorite genre. I'm not saying that there aren't any other good genres but this one specifically stood out when I watched these films.

Here are 2 incredible action-drama films that really impressed me and is why I am choosing this sub-genre.

Top Gun was an amazing film released in 2022 in which surprised me a lot. These type of movies really catch my attention and for many others as well. 

One more that I enjoyed the most was Sinners:

 This film specifically had one of the best character development I have seen. It has a deep back round and the creators didn't hold back when making very likable characters just for them to turn evil. Anyway, this film is one i truly liked and for sure would recommend to anyone seeking for a movie to see.

Action-Drama films usually tend to target teens and adults (15–45) who enjoy intense, fast‑paced types of films. These people who enjoy watching this type of genre, just like me, tend to like fast paced narratives as well as sharp thrillers with some drama of course to entertain ourselves. People look for high risk missions and dangerous situations and this sub-genre really helps with that ambition that they seek.

A variety of conventions like fast paced editing, hand-held camera for some realism, and close ups in tense or emotional situations are what action-drama sub-genre films have and help develop many themes throughout the events that occur.

Portfolio Project Genre #1

 Genre: Action

The usual primary target audience is typically males  ranging from 15-45 years old wanting to watch intense like films. For example "mission impossible" is a great example of an action movie which viewers acquire a lot of intense content in which became very popular due to the continuous movies under this title. Audiences willing to watch action movies typically have interest to Thrillers, combat, adventure, crime, and just intense stunts.

Viewers should expect different variations like life or death situation, threats to an individual or just anyone or anything in general, aswell as hand to hand combat, gun fights, car chases, explosions and even destruction.

Some techniques that should be included in action films are: fast paced editing to create a tense tone throughout the film aswell as maybe including hand-held camera movement to create a tone in which nothing is perfect and chaos of some kind is currently going on.

Posters of some kind like the one I provided. In action movies these posters tend to have weapons or anything threatening, in this case tom cruise: main actor: has scars and a meesed up face indicating chaos.

Apart from Mission Impossible another action movie that is great in John Wick. I recently watched the newest one and it was great. A lot of combat aswell as a criminal underworld which overall made the film intense. Again with a gun and very intense backround.(RED)