Genre research Mystery

 The aspects of the Mystery genre include:

• Common cams:

- Shot/reverse shots, mid-shots, close-ups, wide shots, close shots, extreme close-ups, high-angles, low-angles, pan shots, tilt shots.

  • Common Sound:

-Non-digetic sound, diegetic sound, dialogue, and ambient sounds.

  • Common Mis-En-Scene

-Clothing specifically varies to match the era/location in which the film was set in. Usually has dark lighting, has makeup that varies to match the era/location in which the film was set in, props depending on the movie(letters, clues, etc.), Setting depends on the movie.

  • Common editing 

-Mostly cuts and fades to show the passage of time.

  • Example of films 

- Zootopia, Enola Holmes, Knives Out 

  • Elements of the genre I like

- The pacing, the suspense, and that most mystery movies leave me satisfied with a good ending.

  • Elements of the genre I don't like

- Corny conflicts or plots.

Genre research Adventrure

the aspects of adventure movies include:

  • Common cams:

- Long shot, Mid shot, close-ups, point of view shots, over the shoulder shots, mid-angles, low-angles, high-angles, birds-eye view, pans, and tracking shots.

  • Common Sound:

- Diegetic sound, non-diegetic sound, dialogue, and ambient sounds.

  • Common Mis-En-Scene

- Varies in costumes, (usually jungle wear), usually bright lighting, regular makeup just to brighten faces, props vary depending on the movies (boulders, artifacts, etc.), setting varies on the location (usually in a jungle, temple, city, or space)

  • Common editing 

- Cuts, dissolve and fades.

  • Example of films 

- The Goonies, Jumanji

  • Elements of the genre

- Action, excitement, Grand journeys, Courageous  Protagonist, Evil adversaries

  • Elements of the genre I don't like

- Sometimes are riddled with trophies and overdone ideas, also many films revolve around a miguffan.

 • Elements of the genre I do like

- Very fun and interesting quests, Feels like you're on the adventure with the characters. An overall solid genre.

Genre Research Thriller

These are the aspects of the Thriller genre:

  • Common cams:

- Birds eye view, dutch angles, Low angle, Close ups, shot reverse shot, Extreme close up, zooms, and tracking shots

  • Common Sound:

-Diegetic, and sometimes intense background music

  • Common Mis-En-Scene

-Basic costumes, just normal civilian clothes, dark lighting, any shape or sized actor, pupular, or unknown, basic makeup, props can range from a pencil to something like a gun, settings can be anything nonfictional and fictional

  • Common editing 

- Fast and slow paced editing, using a lot of quick cuts and drawn out scenes

  • Example of films 

- Fight club and A quite place 

  • Elements of the genre

- I love the excitement, thrills and terror that the films bring, it is very engaging 

  • Elements of the genre I don't like

- Some times the suspense is too long of a wait, and it doesnt follow up with a compatible amount of thrill.

Genres I Would Like to Research

To continue on with our project, we needed to add on to our idea. we need to find the genre for our project. We brainstormed some ideas about the project, and found three genres that could fit with our pitch. The first Idea genre that we thought of is the genre of Mystery. The genre of mystery is about the solving of a death or a crime by a detective of some sorts. However it Our pitch does not deal with murder, or a well known detective. It but will be based on the core idea of solving a mystery with clues that the protagonist has to follow. The protagonist will act, and mock the stereotypical actions of popular fiction detectives like sherlock holmes. This is probably my second favorite genre for the project. I had this genre in my mind when we were creating the pitch. The Second genre that we brainstormed is the Thriller. The thriller genre consist of using the themes of suspense, excitement, emancipation, and anxiety. Even thought The pitch we created didn't have the idea of it being a thriller in mind, it does have the themes of it. It could be easily turned into a thriller if we just use darker ideas, and have a different tone. The last idea that we though of is the Adventure genre. The adventure genre consist of a journey or a quest that the protagonist has to travel through, where he learns lessons on the way, leading to his end goal. This genre fits even more with the pitch than the original genre we thought of. We would probably make the short film reminiscent of "The Goonies". having wonder and exinment riddle in the film. This is my favorite genre of film, and i wanted to make a film using this genre last year, but at the time, i didn't have a good idea. These are 3 really good ideas, but we need to pick one.

Pitch Blog

Before a kid goes to exchange school his dad gives him a list of clues leading to treasure about his deceased mother.

Group blog

 Today we finalized our group, and it it decided. Last year my group was four people that i knew all from elementary and middle school. we had good connections, and being group members was fun last year. This year though, things changed. 2 out of the four people in our original group picked different classes this year. so there was only 2 of us left. Our group was down to only two of us, so we thought of getting more members. it turned out that there wasn't that many people taking A level that we knew. so we just stuck to are 2 man group. Thinking back on it now, we are totally set with a two man crew. Me and my teammate are fully capable of doing this project. We have devised a plan too for the project based on our skills. My skills are based on the more creative side of thinking, art music and design. My groupmate however is a lot different. he is a rigid thinker, who is good on writing and editing, but also has some free form ideas for imput. we don't need the others for this project. me and my group mate have this one handle. we have it planned out already on whos going to do what. We have a good group, and we will succeed on this project. we are also going to enjoy it too.

A level introduction

 

    Hi and hello ,This is my first blog for second year of media studies. this is my sophomore year and if all things go correctly, it's going to be the last year i need to take an Aice class. I took 3 aice classes last year (including media studies as level) and im taking 4 aice classes this year. I decided to take it to the next level because i did enjoy this class last year and picked decided to pick it again because of that. This year im expecting to have harder work, but still be easier. i think this because i know know the fundamentals and know how to film a 5 minute long movie.Last year, the hardest part was just learning how to make the movie but we have that under control so it alot better now. Another problem last year was the editing because that was really hard, but were at home so i can use a powerful editing software so i'm good. Being back is refreshing, i haven't had a real class in a while, since corona started in march. The only downside of this year is my group. Last year, i had a group of four good friends that i worked well with, even though we had our ups and downs. it was fun working with them but not all of them wanted to do 2 years of this class. Only me and one other of the group mates wanted to do this class again so now it is just a duo. That is kind of a problem because were not going to have as much actors. We won't have as much ideas and inputs on problems we have, but we will make do on what we have. My group member is pretty reliable too, i've know him for a long time and i have a lot of trust in him. He was the group member that worked the best last year with me so i'm glad i have him. This year tho we only have one major project to do so we will have a lot of time to make something that is really good and that can blow the rest out of the water. I am excited to work on this upcoming project and have some good ideas for what we are going to do. i have hope in this year, and i believe that me and my group mate are going to do great