AICE Media Studies

Hi Again!    Finally, we have started to outline our introduction for a film! There is a lot of planning that needs to be done, so this will serve to organize and finalize our ideas as an actual agenda. We made sure to consider all components of a film, such as props, setting, costumes, and even a backup plan if something goes wrong.  Participants:  We have two actors for this film, a married couple who will play husband and wife for the film. We chose to use Sara’s parents as they were the most willing of our options and the most available.  Props Given the main character will be baking, there are many minor props that are needed for this scene.  Firstly, we are going to green food dye to mimic poison to Secondly, we will use various kitchen materials such as a spatula, bowl, oven, and oven mitt. Thirdly, we will need baking materials such as flour, sugar, or just a cupcake mix to show for the baking.  Next, we will the finished cupcake itself as ...

Hello! The opening credits of my film will appear in an old-style sans-serif font that will fade in and out of the bottom right corner of the screen. None will be embedded which was a purposeful choice as the type creates an exclusion from the scene, forcing the audience to be observers rather than feeling entrenched in the scene which might give a creepy effect.  Working Title: The title of this film is likely to be “The Cupcake.” - It will be a bold typewriter font in all lowercase on a highlighted background. We chose this style particularly because it gives an air of mystery and crime we hope to evoke in our introduction.  This is a general idea of its appearance: General Titles:  Titles will all fade in and out onto the screen. Disappearing after three seconds, they will be in either black or white font depending on the lighting of the scenes to whichever provides the best contrast; Most likely, that will be the white, but we are keeping our options open.  It w...

  Scene 1:   Begins on a black screen, slow, classical music fades in  the  background as you hear two people in a heated conversation;   Husband: You know I don't like you talking to him. Wife: He's just a coworker, we were just talking about work!      Scene 2:   From a birds-eye shot, we view the  wife baking cupcakes, the camera focuses on her hands, measuring and pouring the ingredients. The music gradually gets louder and no dialogue occurs.  Scene 3:    Shown through the shadows of a window, we view people  arguing. The dialogue is muffled and no music plays. It is clear they are arguing through hand motions and body language. The man then storms away. Scene 4:     The camera then cuts to t he wife pouring a poisonous substance into one of the cupcake trays and placing the tray in the oven.  An action match shot occurs, transitioning into her pulling the cupcakes out of the oven. We then get a h...

  Hi There! I was able to research a multitude of title sequences such as the one in my last blog on Se7en! This one is also a thriller, titled Fight Club (1999).  What titles are displayed during the opening sequence?     The titles displayed go in this order;  the studios' name (Fox 2000 Pictures and Regency Enterprises) and then the production company (Linson Films). Then, it follows with the director's name (David Fincher). Next, it includes the actors (Brad Pitt, Edward Norton, Helena Bonham Carter, etc). Immediately, it switches to the title of the movie (Fight Club) before continuing to the casting director (Laray Mayfield), costume designer (Michaell Kaplan), sound designer (Ren Klyce), editor (James Haygood), Production Designer (Alex McJowell), director of photography (Jeff Croneweth), the executive producer(Arnon Milchan), the original author (Chuck Palahniuk) the screenwriter (Jim Ohls), the producers (Art Linson, Sean Chaffin, Ross Grayson Bell), an...

Hi There! I was able to research a multitude of title sequences such as the one in my last blog on the Watcher! This one is also a thriller, titled Se7en.  What titles are displayed during the opening sequence?      The titles displayed go in this order;  the studio name (New Line Cinema), the producer (Arnold Kopelson), and the director (David Fincher). Then, it follows the actors' names (Brad Pitt, Morgan Freeman) the title of the movies (Se7en), and then strangely continues with the actors (Gwenyth Paltrow, Richard Roundtree, R. Lee Herney, John C. McGinley, etc.). Next, is the people who cast the movie (Billy Hopkins, Suzanne Smith, and Kerry Borden), who did the music (Howard Shore), the costume designer (Michael Kaplan), the editor (Richard Francis-Bruce), the Production Designer (Arthur Max), director of photography (Darius Knondji), the co-producers (Stephen Brown, Nana Greenwald, Sanford Panitch), the co-executive producers (Lynn Harris and Richard Sape...