Title Research: Superman/Batman:Public Enemies

Okay, I promise you this is the last blog of the day and we are done!
so this next blog will be on a drama film, Superman/Batman:Public Enemies (from Art of the title). In this film there were 19 titles total, showing the company, movie, actors, etc.. The main images consist of major U.S. areas such as the White House and Statue of Liberty. It as well showed the colors of Batman and Superman. The connotation is tense and ready for anything considering the relationship they both share. The genre was reinforced through the suspenseful music used in the title sequence. The enigma was created throughout the whole sequence, the music had you anticipating what was going to happen. The way they appealed to a targeted audience was using the colors, music and DC characters. The way technology was used was throughout the editing process of using smooth transitions throughout the sequence.
As promised that is the last blog of tonight.
goodnight everyone,
~tay

Title Research: Saturday Night Fever

Yes, me again I promise I'll be done soon so we all can get back to our happy sleeping schedule.
So this blog I'll be watching the title sequence of Saturday Night Fever (from Art of the Title). In this sequence there were 19 titles. First of course being the company who produced the film, the actors, choreographers, costume design, producers, directors, and the director. The focus image point was the city (NYC), the whole sequence started off by showing the city directly before even showing one of the actors. This connotation was much harder to figure out but I'd say it's very relaxed and not in a rush to go anywhere. How the genre is reinforced is by the music and the subtle dancing through the streets. What created an enigma until the very end is why he was strolling through the streets of New York with a paint can. How this appealed to a target audience is the music and the titles that were written in red stage like lights. The way technology was is how many low angles there were, eye level angles, a POV, constant tracking, and over the shoulder shots.

Title Research: Salsa

Hey ya'll,
Yes, I'm back again. Don't worry I'll be done soon. This blog I will be answering the same questions about the title sequence of the film, salsa (from art of the title). In this title sequence there were 24 titles shown. The first being the company that produced the film. After there were credits given to actors, choreographers, costume designers, music producers, producers, and directors. In the images shown in this sequence the mainly prioritized theme was workers in a car garage dancing while working. The connotation of this was extremely positive and upbeat, everyone is dancing, laughing and having a good time. The way the genre is reinforced with this is everyone is constantly dancing, in everything they do, there's rhythm. The way there's an enigma is in the end we see all the workers getting yelled at but we don't know what happened, we can only imagine what actually happens. The way the appealed to a targeted audience is by using dance and happiness while working simultaneously. Technology was used well in this film because there were smooth transitions in the beginning, then there are many high and eye level angles. There are a few high angles and many tracking and over the shoulder shots so we could see what's going on.

Title Research: Nappilly Ever After

Hey ya'll,
So the first film I'm going to watch is a drama film called Nappily Ever after (Film from Art of the title). I will be answering questions given to me. In this title sequence there were 24 titles that appeared in the two minute window used. At first they gave that it was a Netflix original then they gave the production companie(s). They further began to give credits to actors, hair stylist, music directors, producers and directors. The images in the sequence are centered around hair care products because that's the theme of the movie, hair care/ styles. The genre of this film is a drama. The connotation is relatively positive, everyone included seems happy and hair is in every which way. The genre is reinforced by showing things that you would actually see in the film, using all the drama caused in the film as well. It establishes an enigma by showing the relaxer going into her hair to showing the scissors and the champagne. To ensure the film would a people to a target audience they used an animated title sequence and colorful titles. Technology was used effectively because the transitions of this were smooth all around. Because this was an animated title sequence there weren't any camera angles or movements.

Title Research: Watch the Titles website

Hey ya'll,
Back again, this time with a different website. This website is watch the titles. On this website, when you open the website you see a series of films. As you go through the website, you see everything that you need to research what a title introduction should look like. You also see a series of interviews  in the website. There's everything from Featured films to French Friday films. There's also a section for video games. This website does the same as the other when it comes to helping learn about how a title should be based off the type of genre being used. It shows the first two minutes of the film where all the titles are. This website as well as Art of the Title will help me learn how to create titles based on my genres.
that's all for this blog loves,
~Tay

Title Research:Art of the Title website

Hey ya'll,
So I'm back with another blog. So we've started our research on titles. This is one of the websites we're using. So on this website there are a number of movies but they only show the first two minutes of the film to show the different types of styles of titles according to what the film is about. There are different sections for certain types of films. There's also a section where some of the top films are, this contains all types of genres. This website also shows movies that range in years. It shows all types of title introductions, from Marvel to animated titles. It shows how all titles are different and helps give an idea of how yours should look. This website is helpful because it'll help give me an idea on how I should title my film.

genre research: let's dance

hey guys!
so this last film I watched was a very new film to me. this film had so many new characteristics that are very strong. Aside from this film being in a different language, the type of dance was slightly different as well. This film combined acrobatic dancing and hip hop and also put ballet into the mix. This really showed the versatility these actors have. In the beginning we are greeted with a voice over of Jospeh talking to his father over the phone explaining that he's leaving to follow his dream. Once he and his friends get to Paris, go to their audition where the leader of the team is very hostile when he realized there were more dancers auditioning than he wanted, so everyone was slightly hostile towards each other until the end of Joseph's audition. There's a lot of non- diegetic sound due to the amount of dancing being done. There was a lot of natural lighting as well as artificial lighting. The clothing was quite simple, causal with the occasional dressing up. The costumes fit those who were dancing in a certain style. While during a competition and an audition both of the main characters had the same flashback of them dancing together and focused on that until the end of their performance and both had gotten standing ovations for it. There was a lot of stage lighting due to mainly performing but, the studio had all natural lighting. There were many three person shots as well as two person shots. The main type of prop was a purse. There were a few high angles and low angles and in the end there was an extreme close up. There were also many establishing shots. What I like about this film is how different it was, how new. It pit me in a whole new place with a whole new perspective on how certain things needed to be filmed. To be completely honest there wasn't much that I disliked in this simply because it intrigues me and it's so new to me.
Now that's really all for tonight I promise, good night everyone.
~Tay <3

genre research:Bring it on: worldwide cheer smack

hey guys!
So the next film is Bring it on: Worldwide Cheer Smack. Let me start off with I really love this film with my whole heart. So as the film starts we have non- diegetic sound which is music then comes in with Destiny (the Rebels cheer captain) shouting out to the crowd. During this it's all natural lighting as it's outside. During the cheer the music stops and the rebels get cheer smacked by the truth. During this the rebels are wearing crop tops with spandex shorts and the truth are wearing crop tops with back leggings. During this whole film there are inserts, jump cuts, establishing shots, POV shots, tracking shots, close up shots, two person shots, etc. There were a few high angles, a few low angles and a few eye level angles. There were also a few eye line matches through out the film. A lot of the time they wore casual clothing with minimal make up. There were a few reveals here and there, in the end there was a lot of artificial lighting due to the cheer competition that was going on. Many cheer teams performed from online due to this cheer smack being worldwide. There were no defined judges but the people watching. When it came time to reveal the winner of the competition many teams stayed in their cheer uniforms while the rebels and the truth changed into sweatpants and a jacket while standing on stage awaiting the results of who would win the world wide cheer smack. What I like about this film is how it showed that no one can live just off the same routine and their reputation forever, it shows that every now and then you have to change up somethings that you've always known and that you have to learn new things as life goes on. What I disliked about the film was in the way that Destiny had to realize what she had done and her mistake. I also disliked how long it took her to realize it when everyone she cared about was constantly telling her what she had done wrong. What I honestly liked most was how they included everyone who was watching everything that was going on. They'd jump from place to place to show peoples reactions.
Well that all for today!
~Tay

Genre research: Step Sisters

Hey ya'll!
So this next film is called step sisters and it's basically about how Jahmila (the main character) teaches girls from the sorority Stigma Beta Beta how to step so that she can get a recommendation to get into Harvard Law. In the beginning we get some music along with Jahmila's original sorority performing a step combo. The shot is eye level and all of the girls are wearing dark red lipstick. They are wearing overalls with their sorority symbols across their chest with a red shirt underneath and black boots on that are made for stepping in itself. They are performing at their school. After stepping  Jahmila gets a text and there is an insert so that we can see what is being said. Then there is an establishing shot showing the apartment Jahmila shares with her boyfriend. While eating with Jahmila's parents there's a wide variety of over the shoulder shots and some POV shots as well. The setting then changes to the office at the college and Jahmila's boss is wearing and suit and tie. Other than at the office, clothes are mostly casual unless they're stepping. At SBB's sorority party there are many tight dresses and tight outfits. After everything that happened at the party we see Jahmila stressing out over getting constant messages as she lays in her bed in pajamas. We see a low angle as Jahmila comes down the stairs to SBB's basement to begin practice, it then goes into as high angle so that we can see the members of the sorority already working on their stepping. They are mainly wearing athletic clothes such as sweatpants and tank tops. In the basement the natural lighting is little so it's quite dark even with the help of artificial lighting. When we see students in the court yard it's all natural lighting. Durning one of the step competitions many sororities were wearing skirts and SBB we're wearing an all pink cowgirl like outfit. There are many three person shots, mainly when Jahmila is talking to her parents. In the final competition, Thi Chi Theta, Jahmila's sorority wore coveralls. Each group had their own type of style. What I like about this film is how it teaches others that it doesn't matter who you are or what color you are everyone can share the same love. What I dislike about this film is how it starts off with stereotypes but that also develops the stories plot.
Well this is all for this blog my loves.
~Taylor

Genre Research: Honey: Rise up and dance

Hey ya'll so these next few blogs are gonna be about films that I'm watching related to my genres. The first one I watched was Honey: Rise up and dance. So I'm going to kind of tell you about the types of things that I saw while watching this film. So first I saw many CAMS. When it first starts it you get a pan establishing shot, showing the city then you get an establishing sot that shows you Skyler's(the main character) home. As Skyler is dancing her mom comes into her room and we get multiple POV and over the shoulder shots. As they move through the house we also get close ups and two person shots. When Skyler goes to Pulsar, a crew her sister dances will you see high angles, there is diegetic dialogue as Skyler and her sister as well as their  friends all interact together, you also get a three person shot. Once Skyler leaves, Pulsar begins to rehearse and you get non- diegetic sound due to the music playing. In the studio there is natural lighting coming through the windows. When we cut to Skyler's place of work at the roller rink, there is a lot of colorful and artificial lighting, it is the same when the crew go to the club together and when Skyler and Tyrell (the male lead) go to an underground dance club together. Through out the film there is a lot of casual wear, Skyler wears a uniform at work, a lot of athletic wear and a lot of tight clothing and sweat pants and jackets/ hoodies. Throughout the film there is always a considerable amount of skin showing but not so much that it's inappropriate. During rehearsals dancers will often wear kneepads. A lot of the scenes are at the studio, Skyler's home, or Tyrell's dance studio. Men often wore tank tops and sweatpants. The make up was fairly natural aside from some dark shaded lip stick. In Tyrell's studio there are fairy lights covering the dance floor, along with graffiti all along the walls and some benches in the studio. A lot fo what I liked in this film was how it was constantly changing in setting, they never stayed in one place for too long but it didn't seem crazy like jumping from one place to the next. There was also a good amount of drama throughout the film. Especially between Skyler's boyfriend Luke and Tyrell. What I disliked is we never really saw too much dancing but we saw enough to understand that they were preparing to compete and were pushing to win.
That's all for this blog, see you soon
- Tay

Genre Research: Choosing the genre

Hey guys!
So I've decided to put two genres in one! I've decided to combine Drama and Hip hop. I've come to this conclusion after researching both types of genres. Hip hop is the basis of my film, however this film cannot survive solely on just hip hop. Another genre needs to be paired with hip hop, luckily with drama films anything can be the basis and drama can be roped in. I feel that these two dramas will make this film strong and keep it interesting while still focusing on the fact the whole film is based on dance. I feel in any case with films there will have to be two genres. It just happened to work out that both of these genres can tie in together without creating too many problems.

Genre Research: different genres

Hey ya'll,
      So today I'll be telling you about two different genres and in my next blog I will tell you which genre I will I will be using to film. So the two the two genres I will be explaining are hip hop and drama. I will be explaining the CAMS, CLAMPS, the common editing, common sound, elements of the genre, types of films in the genre, and the elements that I like and dislike. All my film examples will be within the last 7 years.
    We're going to start off with the hip hop. We're gonna start with the CAMS, the common types of shots used are:
1. Long shots
2. Wide/Establishing shots
3. Mid shots
4. Medium close up
5. Close up
6. Extreme close up
7. Over the shoulder
8. Cut in
The common CLAMPS are:
For costumes it's very simple common wear that you'd wear everyday or athletic wear such as leggings and a flannel. Lighting is usually either natural or artificial lighting if in a studio. Make up if any is very natural and minimal. Props are simply water bottles, a speaker and a phone. Setting is a studio or any open space.
Common Editing is:
1. Jump cuts
2. Cross cutting
3. Stylizing
The common sound is:
1. Diegetic
2. Non- Diegetic
3. Parallel Sound (when the music matches the mood of the scene)
The types of elements in this genre are:
1. Rapping
2. DJing
3. Graffiti on the walls
4. Freestyle dancing
5. Choreographed dancing
6. Stepping
Common films in this genre are: I will be using two of these in soon coming blogs.
1. Step Sisters (2018)
2. Honey: Rise up and Dance (2018)
3. Battle of the year (2013)
Elements that I like:
I like the passion that is shown for dance and how many people in the films strive and push themselves sometimes to prove a point other times to prove to themselves that they can do it. I also enjoy the music and the types of lighting used in more extravent films such as Honey: Rise up and dance.
Elements I dislike:
With this genre there's not much I really dislike as someone who is passionate about dance.
Our next Genre is Drama!
Common CAMS:
Shots:
1. Close up
2. Shot reverse shot
3. Pov
3. Establishing shot
4. Over the shoulder
Movement:
1. Tracking
2. Handheld movements
3. Eye line match
Angles:
1. High angle
2. Eye- line
Common CLAMPS:
Costumes:
Highly reflect the characters personality (troubled characters typically wear black).
Lighting:
1. Neutral Tones
2. Low key lighting
Actors/Characters:
1. Develop throughout the film
2. Main character facing some type of struggle
3. Relatable
Make up:
Natural
Props:
Reflective of Characters
Setting:
Often reflects the mood of the scene or type of scene.
Common Editing:
1. Face paced editing
2. Jump cuts
3. Inserts
Common Sound:
1. Non- Diegetic (emotional or suspenseful music)
2. Diegetic Dialouge
3. Non- Diegetic (voice overs)
Elements in the genre:
1. Realistic situations (Emotional Response)
2. Social issues explored
3. Forms a realization at some point
Films in the genre:
1. The lost city (2016)
2. La La Land (2016)
3. Spiderman: Homecoming (2017)
Elements I like:
I like how relatable everything is and how you feel like you yourself are in the film feeling the emotions.
Elements I dislike:
I dislike how in some films there are stereotypes.

Genre Research: Power Point

So in this power point converted to a JPEG. This project was to help us understand how to research a genre and how to understand a genre. What we had to do was make a slide for different segments our teacher assigned us. We researched the common CAMS (camera angles, movements and shots) and we had to explain them in slight detail and provide pictures. We also researched common CLAMPS (costumes, lighting, mis-en-scene, props, and setting) we as well explained that in detail and provided pictures. We also did common sounds, editing, elements and the elements we liked and disliked. We used pictures for them all and explained why or why not we liked or disliked somethings or we explained the common things. We provided examples of films in the genre and sounds in the genre. 

Choosing the pitch

Hey y’all,
I’m back again, and in this blog I’ll be choosing the pitch I will be using. Sorry it’s a little late. So the two pitches I narrowed it down to are a high school love story and the dance troop pitch. So I’m gonna explain how each of the pitch ideas are good and bad to do for the final task, then I’ll reveal which pitch I’ve chosen.
So for a high school love story, it’s a good pitch because it’s relatable and easy to do. The whole reason doing this would prove difficult is the setting. It would also be difficult because there’s many movies out there with a plot like this. Finding a place to end it but show that there’s more coming is quite easy, especially with this type of plot. There are many cliff hangers and many types of ways to end a scene. However, at the same time filming how the movie will start proves difficult.
For the dance troop movie, this movie would be easy to do because I can use my sister as an actor as well as some friends who love to dance as well. I could also ask some kids in my dance class if they’d like to be in it and I could ask my dance teacher if we could use the room since it is a dance studio. Finding places to film wouldn’t be hard because I could use my house, such as the backyard and until February 4th, I can use some open spaces at my moms school. There’s not many down sides to this film because it’s easy to start and easy to end.
So now that you know the break down of everything, I can now reveal the pitch I’ve chosen. I’ve chosen to do the Dance trope film because dance is something that I love and I can do it with the people I love.

Start of the final task

Hey ya'll!
  So I know it's been a while so let me introduce myself again. My name's is Taylor and I've decided to work alone for this project. I'm a student at FLHS. I enjoy things such as theatre and dance. I'm also playing softball for the school as well, so the season has now started. I'm a very quiet but nice person, and I'm outgoing around people I'm comfortable with. I have a big family and we all get along well for the most part, we all enjoy different things and support each other. My birthday is coming up and finally I'm turning 16. I do a lot of things school and home wise, I mostly take care of my little brother. My favorite type of music is mainly country music. For the most part my style is comfortable but I'll dress up every now and then. Okay that's enough about me, lol.
    So in the previous semester we learned about the fundamentals so to say about filming and film making. We've learned the types of angles we need to use to get the best quality of footage. We also learned this different types of movements needed for certain parts of the film. My favorite thing we learned how to do is editing. I enjoy editing a lot because you get to see piece by piece how everything comes together. Editing is really fun but it can be very frustrating sometimes. Honestly the one skill I'm excited to use for the final task is editing. Yes, it can be the most frustrating and time consuming thing in the world, but all of it is worth it. Editing to me is like making choreography. Frustrating but the end result is the best part of it.
     Now to the good stuff, so before I get into this whole thing to you let me quickly define what a pitch is. A pitch is used to describe an idea in 25 words or less and leaves enough time for questions to be asked. So my top three pitches are: The first one is about a group of friends running away to escape reality. They'd be gone just for the weekend because they just want a quick get away from reality, they would meet in a place only they know of. My second pitch is and two sisters who love to dance, it's their favorite thing to do. One day they were dancing in the park and they caught the eye of a dance troope near by and they challenged the sisters to a dance battle. My last pitch is about a high school love story of unrequited  love.