AICE Media Studies

  Font: For the font we are most likely to use an online font called zorgeous to match the genre. The title will probably be all caps with moderately wide spacing between the letters. Color: The title will consist of 2 colors white and another color that has yet to be determined but will most likely be red. Working Title: Our working title for this film is “Unaware” Titles: The titles will pop up on the bottom and top corner adjacent to each other, while the main title will fade into the middle of the screen as the 2 minutes end. Each title will be about 3-5 seconds depending on the amount of time we have. Titles will appear as typed into the movie and not embedded.

Location The apartment complex of one of our group members. Specifically the club room, pool, hallways, staircase, and lobby. A parking garage A street bend parallel to the apartment complex. Participants Felipe Lopez- Man in possession of briefcase. Alex Jean- Driver of mobster Yousev Cash- Russian Mobster Jude Joseph-Original owner of briefcase Noah Sherman-Rocque-Guy in the elevator Health & Safety We will keep a first aid kit on set to help injured actors. We will also have someone watching for traffic in the first scene. We also will have a CPR and lifeguard certified staff on set. Schedule On 2/2/2022 we created our pitch. On 2/8/2022 we researched and decided which genre our presentation would be constructed upon. On 2/14/2022 we researched movies within our selected genre.(Mystery) On 2/18/2022 we researched title design of movies in our genre. On 2/25/2022 we planned the dates of filming, props, settings, safety protocols, our title design, and wrote our script. On 3/04/20...

  Scene 1 Sound: Soft mysterious movie                                                                                                                        Lighting: Parking garage lights Jude walks into the parking garage and collapses. Felipe walks out of the building and sees man on the floor.  Felipe: Sir, are you okay? Jude: (In a dying breath) Take this and run. Hands Felipe the briefcase.  Give it to... Felipe: (Said concerningly)  Give it to who? Vehicle approaches and as Felipe sees the vehicle he runs away. Yousefv exits the vechicle. Yousev: Where's briefcase?  (In Russian) Scene 2 Sound: Continued music from previous scene.        ...

  How many titles are displayed during the opening sequences to the film? Which ones? This opening sequence had thirteen title screens. The first title was the name of the production company, which was then followed by the two produces of the film. After this the film lists the name of then director, then the sequence lists the two star actors of the film. This is followed by the listing of actors which is concluded by the mentioning of two casting agents. What connotations do the images carry? The images of the title cards specifically those listing the actors Harrison Ford and Tommy Lee. These cards where particularly striking because the designer made these cards much bigger than the other and added a transparency that shows a spooky scenery behind the text. Furthermore the designer also used the same deep blue color scheme of the text coupled with a thick black border.  How is genre reinforced through symbolic and technical codes from the outset? The designer of the title ...

  MOVIE: SE7EN How many titles are displayed during the opening sequences to the film? Which ones? There are 11 titles displayed during the opening sequences. One was the name of the production company, another was the name of the director, one was the name of the producer, one was who made the music, one was the costume designer. Another was the co-producers, one was the editor, one was director of photography, one was the writer, one was the executive producers, and the last one was the title of the movie. What connotations do the images carry? The images carry a negative connotation because the images are of someone bleeding and holding a razor blade. Also, they are writing in a diary it seems and they're crossing out young people's faces. This indicates that something bad is happening. How is genre reinforced through symbolic and technical codes from the outset? The mystery genre is reinforced because they use explicit imagery of mysterious actions but we don't know who...

  MOVIE: KNIVES OUT How many titles are displayed during the opening sequences to the film? Which ones? There are 3 titles displayed during the opening sequences. One was the name of the production company(LIONSGATE), another was the name of the director, and the last one was the name of the movie.  What connotations do the images carry? The images carry a neutral connotation because the images are just pictures of characters faces. There is no indication of negative or positive emotion on the characters face. How is genre reinforced through symbolic and technical codes from the outset? The mystery genre is reinforced because they introduce all the characters on post-it notes on a cork board. Just like what detectives do when trying to solve a crime. So, this indicated to me that the movie was going to be about solving some sort of mystery. What conventions are used to ensure the film appeals to its target audience?  They use camera shutter sounds and dialogue to appeal t...

  MOVIE: Underwater How many titles are displayed during the opening sequences to the film? Which ones? There are many titles displayed but some are more noticeable. The production companies were the first mentioned. After you could see the title of the movie. It then listed all the actors/actresses in the movie. It continues to name all the producers and in each category of what they produced. It finished with the director.   What connotations do the images carry? The images are maps of the site and news articles. All of the articles allude to some creature, but nobody knows. This creates the mystery for the viewers.  How is genre reinforced through symbolic and technical codes from the outset? The genre is reinforced throughout the movie because of the actors/actresses ability to continue to solve the mystery. There is also a lot of foreboding music that makes the movie more intriguing and mysterious. What conventions are used to ensure the film appeals to its target au...