Aice Media studies

 Scene 1:  28 seconds What a wonderful world by Louis Armstrong beings playing. The song plays uninterrupted for 14 seconds. Narrator: "Though no large world conflicts are happening there are currently 110 active landmines around the world" 9 seconds. *10 seconds go by of panning over the small scene of a battlefield.* Scene 2: 26 seconds *The first firework goes off under the battlefield scattering the green army men.* Narrator: "Each of those landmines costs anywhere from 3 to 30 dollars, an average of 17 dollars a mine." 10 seconds pans over army men exploding for 16 seconds while What a wonderful world continues. Scene 3: 36 seconds Narrator: "In the year 2000 the United States approved the military to spend 320 Billion dollars in that year alone.." 10 seconds *Army men continue to explode for 8 seconds uninterrupted* Narrator: "By the year 2019 that budget from 2000 doubled to 686 Billion dollars." 10 seconds *The explosions continue for  an...

Whenever I saw this blo I decided to research title websites. Amazingly I found two of them which are very useful. One of them is called  https://www.watchthetitles.com/ . It is a website in which movie openings have the title at the end play. It has multiple sections on the website for different openings. It has Feature films, TV shows, Event TItles, Student Projects, Video Games, French Friday. The one I need the most is the feature film section. In that section, it says this quote. From the groundbreaking to the obscure, from Hollywood blockbusters to indie flicks, this expanding collection covers some of the most ingenious Main Titles ever created for the silver screen. When you scroll down it has a lot of rectangle movie titles that you can click on. If you click the title it takes you to a video player. When you click the video player it shows the opening to whatever movie you choose on the initial screen. This seems like a great website for my movie convention research The o...

How many titles are displayed during the opening sequences to the film? Which ones?  I decided to do it in Doctor Strangelove. There were 7 titles 6 of them being the names of cast and crew and 1 being the title of the movie. What connotations do the images carry? (how do they make you feel). They make you feel confused and uncomfortable, with such a eerie monologue that has nothing to do with what your watching. The pencil based title font reassured you that this is not serious. How is genre reinforced through symbolic and technical codes from the outset? (Can you tell what genre the film is)  The Genres that define it which is war and comedy technically are shown with the silly title font which shows the comedy of this movie, the other thing is the showing of the bomber planes in a close up and uncomfortable close shot show this is a war movie. What conventions are used to ensure the film appeals to its target audience? The discretion that happens before the movie begins alo...

How many titles are displayed during the opening sequences to the film? Which ones?  During this opening sequence there are 7 titles that show up 6 of them being the names of the cast and crew. What connotations do the images carry? (how do they make you feel). They make you feel mostly uncomfortable like your watching a horror act play out since you know how this is gonna end, someone’s gonna get shot. How is genre reinforced through symbolic and technical codes from the outset? (Can you tell what genre the film is)  You can tell what genre it is by the graphic use of guns and the fact that you are in fact a bullet, the technical aspects within let you see this by the fact that most of the films are in pov. What conventions are used to ensure the film appeals to its target audience? The opening is very visceral especially in its ending where someone gets shot additionally the opening to it tells what kind of movie it’s gonna be by circumventing your expectations by giving a t...

    The first genre I’d like to look at is spy movies. To begin the spy movie I looked at intro was a very well known one. Golden eye was a movie released in 1995 and its opening sequence is very well renown. The camera angles that it uses are mostly mid and long shots. Though the camera angles aren’t what makes it special. Another quirk about the camera is it is in a constant pan that doesn’t stop. Unlike many things it also ends with a fade out. The sound is a ballad made specifically for this intro which permeates this genre. The things that are great about this genre is it is so visually stunning. Due to it being an aura of mystery. It permeates this mystery by maybe showing only silhouettes or blanked out models. Though keeps the dangerous iconography by showing many many guns. This is also the problem with the genre

How many titles are displayed during the opening sequences to the film? Which ones? The opening in full displays 13 titles 11 of which are for the cast and crew 1 of which is for the production company and one for which is for the producers. What connotations do the images carry? (how do you they make you feel) The images make you feel pumped with it’s rock score and the abstract images that move to the beat. . How is genre reinforced through symbolic and technical codes from the outset? (Can you tell what genre the film is) The biggest Symbolic and genre defining code is actually the action lines which like bang pow and kazam in comics show off action and give the film its much needed action flair. What conventions are used to ensure the film appeals to its target audience? The conventions used are sound and editing the quick cuts between the different images along with the punk rock music set the tone for this movie and set the audience expeditions for what kind of movie this is.

The Movie Lord of War is one of my favorite Movies ever definitely my favorite war movie. When it comes to Nicholas Cage this is some of his best work and shows how he really can be an amazing actor. Even though as of recent he hasn't been in stride. It scored a 6/10 with average film critics and a 9/10 average with moviegoers. Common CAMS in the movie A lot of the shots in this movie are very uncomfortable it makes you feel weird and bad about what your seeing. Which is a very interesting way to film a movie. This is best seen with its opening sequence life of a bullet in which you take a pov of a bullet as its created and shipped out before it is used to kill a child solider. Common CLAMPS in the movie  The lighting in the movie is all digetic, due to the movie not wanting to seem fake. It wants to be real so that the user connects with the story more and believes that it is non-fiction or feels that it is. The costumes are natural clothing, alot of the protagonists wear suits du...

Dunkirk is a 2018 smash hit of a war movie showing the world the movies and battles of yesteryear with a new and interesting spin with out modern filming and cg. Common CAMS in the movie A lot of the shots in this movie are very uncomfortable it makes you feel weird and bad about what your seeing. Which is a very interesting way to film a movie. This is best seen with its opening sequence life of a bullet in which you take a pov of a bullet as its created and shipped out before it is used to kill a child solider. Common CLAMPS in the movie  The lighting in the movie is all digetic, due to the movie not wanting to seem fake. It wants to be real so that the user connects with the story more and believes that it is non-fiction or feels that it is. The costumes are natural clothing, alot of the protagonists wear suits due to them being business men, Common Sound in the movie  The sound is actually non digetic to get into the head of the main character through the narration he give...

    Common CAMS in the movie A lot of the shots in this movie are very uncomfortable it makes you feel weird and bad about what your seeing. Which is a very interesting way to film a movie. This is best seen with its opening sequence life of a bullet in which you take a pov of a bullet as its created and shipped out before it is used to kill a child solider. Common CLAMPS in the movie  The lighting in the movie is all digetic, due to the movie not wanting to seem fake. It wants to be real so that the user connects with the story more and believes that it is non-fiction or feels that it is. The costumes are natural clothing, alot of the protagonists wear suits due to them being business men, Common Sound in the movie  The sound is actually non digetic to get into the head of the main character through the narration he gives. Common Editing in the movie  The editing also gives an uncomfortable feel very long shots and quick cuts to new scenes or location. Elements...

This is my blog for my choice of Genre for the movie. I was choosing between super hero movies, Spy movies and War movies. The reason I didn’t choose superhero movies is because of practical limitations. I cannot use 3d rendering green screens or 3d editing. That makes it very hard to actually make it look like superpowers are there. I additionally dont have the budget for those wacky costumed heroes normally wear. The only thing I could make with super heroes is a parody movie. Past that the other movie Idea I did not go with was spy movies. Spy movies are mainly due to availability and iconography. The iconography is to say the least not ok. The alcoholic and sexual undertones of the genre simply would not work in a school setting. Due to it being so integral to the genre I don't think there is a way to stop it. Additionally while guns are not disallowed in out current world climate it might not be the best plan for realistic guns. Through process of elimination you can most lik...

The next convention of media I will be doing is war movies. War movies were never really in the mainstream of cinema other than a few specific examples. Though I still think it's a very cool genre. The Genre normally uses a lot of close up and mid shots which the occasional setting shot if they need to introduce a battlefield or barracks. They do this to make it feel uncomfortable and close. The sound for these kinds of movies normally involves diegetic sound letting the ambience of the war field take over. For integral moments they then normally use a slow piano track or an upbeat inspiration track to convey emotion. The editing of this genre is normally letting shots linger for a long time using diegetic lighting and only ever cutting when necessary to move the plot forward, normally using jump cuts. Some good films in this genre are 12 strong, Company of Heroes and Lord of war. The benefits of using this genre are that it is quite easy to film using mostly close up and mid shots...

  The first genre I’d like to look at is spy movies. To begin the spy movie I looked at intro was a very well known one. Golden eye was a movie released in 1995 and its opening sequence is very well renown. The camera angles that it uses are mostly mid and long shots. Though the camera angles aren’t what makes it special. Another quirk about the camera is it is in a constant pan that doesn’t stop. Unlike many things it also ends with a fade out. The sound is a ballad made specifically for this intro which permeates this genre. The things that are great about this genre is it is so visually stunning. Due to it being an aura of mystery. It permeates this mystery by maybe showing only silhouettes or blanked out models. Though keeps the dangerous iconography by showing many many guns. This is also the problem with the genre. It isn’t the most school appropriate there is a lot of sexual content since there are a lot of naked women and guns. Which heavily complicated things with this gen...

The next genre of movies I would like to look at is super hero movies. This is a genre that has recently come into its own. With record numbers at the box office with movies like avengers infinity war, spider man no way home, and black panther. The camera angles in the intros to these type of movies are normally just medium shots the entire way through. The ways in which they change is the editing as they jump cut through different scenes. When it does this it does this in 1 of three ways. The first way super hero movies do it is by showing the origin of a certain hero through comic pages. In recent we saw this in the dc cinematic universe and it’s normally done when the heroes have an established comic origin. The second way is by having the editing go to mostly quick cuts through out scenes within the movie or in more impressive examples such as the X-men from 2003 which follows the camera throughout a battlefield in the movie. Though that can be considered more of a war movie. The l...

 My Pitch is as follows. The first pitch is a car driving down a highway and as it goes an upbeat song from the 90s plays on the radio. They drive along the beach as the sun eventually sets in the background the sun goes from sunrise to sunset in the sequence of the intro.  The problem with this is mostly filming restraints. I don't really have a good way of filming this. Standing in the road is a definite no go. Filming from the beach means facing away from the sunshine since that means not getting the integral shot. Also no camera I have can specifically protect from lens flair issues, Which really makes this all and all a completely unviable strategy. Overall while it is possible it simply isn't feasible with my equipment right now. This in general while in my mind would be a good idea really does devolve when you think about it. Maybe at the next level of professionalism.  My other and most likely smarter idea is filming a pan of a "Battlefield" filled with green ...