For the 2 minutes of a film opening, my first thought of a genre for this project would be sci-fi due to being mainly inspired by the film TRON: Legacy
The second genre that came to thought was sports movies. While being underlined with motivation to get you going Rocky is a generational classic.
My blogs for the next few weeks will be all about my Cambridge Final Project. With all the notes I've taken, I'm starting to form some ideas. I looked at and studied many film openings and how to make them interesting.
My main idea consists of developing a character in 2 minutes that the audience finds mysterious. I need to find out how to make a 2-minute film opening without giving too many details about the character. To do this, I need to figure out how to grab attention and make people want to know more, but without giving away too many details. I’m exploring different ways to make it work.
The second idea consists of focusing more on the character's world and surroundings. Which could consist of a couple things shown in the film opening that revolve around making it feel familiar to the character in a way that the audience understands and believes this is a "real" person going through the motions of his "routine". I'm using that term loosely because my video will not be a getting-ready type of thing more of a montage to go hand in hand with my first idea of developing the character and his surroundings.
Planning My Music Marketing Project
For my music marketing project, I focused on research and simple planning. Here's how I worked:
I studied music trends, popular artists, and how they connect with fans. Social media was great for seeing what works.
I figured out who would like the music. This helped me decide where to post and what content to make.
I thought of ways to make the campaign fun, like social media challenges or playlists.
I created a timeline for releasing content to keep people excited.
Here is a picture with my group working hard!
Genre: Horror
Typical Target Audience
Horror movies are mostly for younger people, especially those between 18 and 34 years old. People who like getting scared and feeling thrills usually watch these films. They enjoy the intense feelings that come from fear and excitement, and some horror movies even talk about important social issues.
Genre Conventions – Content
In horror films, common themes are fear, spooky stuff, and things that make you feel scared. The stories often involve haunted houses, monsters, or creepy situations. The main aim is to scare the audience and make them feel uneasy, using intense scenes and a scary atmosphere.
Genre Conventions – Production Techniques
Horror films use tricks to create tension. They often have dark lighting to make things look scary, sudden jumps to surprise viewers, and creepy music to set the mood. These techniques help to build suspense and keep the audience on the edge of their seat.
Institutional Conventions – How Is Genre Marketed
Horror films are usually advertised around Halloween when people want to feel scared. Posters often show scary images or hints that the movie has lots of thrills. Trailers focus on shocking moments and spooky scenes to grab attention.
Film Sample 1: Get Out
"Get Out" is a modern horror movie that mixes scares with social issues. It tells the story of Chris, a Black guy who visits his white girlfriend's family, only to find out their dark secrets. The film uses real-life fears about racism and makes the audience uncomfortable in a smart way. The production techniques, like tense music and sudden scares, create a chilling atmosphere.
Film Sample 2: The Conjuring
"The Conjuring" follows ghost hunters who help a family dealing with a scary spirit in their home. This movie uses classic horror elements, like jump scares and creepy settings, to build tension. The strong characters and real-life background for the story make it both interesting and scary.
List of Other Film Examples
1. A Nightmare on Elm Street - A classic slasher film about a killer who attacks in dreams.
2. The Shining - A haunted hotel story with psychological horror.
3. Hereditary - A family drama mixed with supernatural scares.
4. It Follows - A unique horror story about a curse that follows you.
5. Psycho - A classic that set the stage for many horror films.
6. Scream - A slasher film that also jokes about horror movie clichés.
7. A Quiet Place - A tense thriller where making noise can get you killed.
What I've learned these past couple of days from sound lessons and videos is that it is essential to convey the tone and mood during a scene.
What I had to do for the sound project was make a short video entirely using only sounds with no visuals.
During brainstorming, I thought of different events or places where sounds are essential to how it feels. My outline was a football game and it helped by know what to look for and how I wanted the sounds to be arranged in my project. The editing application that I used was Premiere Pro
What was done well was the order and types of sounds used but what I would like to improve would be the timing of the sounds.
The directions of One Word Film was to create a short film about a given word, using different camera shots and editing techniques to tell the story without any dialogue.
During brainstorming for this project writing down and story boarding my ideas helped a lot with the creative process. My storyboard helped a lot because it is the idea for what is going to be shown in the film. I edited my project with iMovie.
I think the stronger parts of the project were the visuals and different shots and techniques. Next time I would like to improve the story and the editing.
The directions of this activity had students select one or two inanimate objects to create a visual story. Using 15 shots, you have to include particular types of shots in your 15.
I approached the project's development by brainstorming with my partner and storyboarding each shot we had in mind.
What I believe I did well was the storytelling and using specific shots at the right times which can help emphasize the story and characters. Something I would like to improve would be the quality of the production like better graphics, props, locations, etc.
I do not have the file as it was my partner who submitted the project on his device.
