#FINAL FOUNDATION PORTFOLIO

2. HOW DOES YOUR PRODUCT
USE OR CHALLENGE
CONVENTIONS AND HOW
DOES IT REPRESENT
SOCIAL GROUPS OR
ISSUES?
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3. The movie opening that I have
made has a mystery genre.
However, the title of my opening,
'Karma', does not give away the
genre of the movie opening.I in a
way did and did not follow the
conventions of a mystery film. A
mystery film normally begins with a
murder or a missing person, then
the detective looks for clues and
solves the case.In my movie, I have
also done the same which shows
that I have used the conventions as
well. Also as per the costumes
part, in a mystery genre film,
often the characters are shown
dressed in normal clothing in order
to create realism in the film. This
is also done in order to make the
audience feel like they could

4. be in that situation increasing the fear
felt by the audience.An example of this
could be that the female character is
shown clad in a kurti which in a way
highlights the clothing of Pakistan. It
therefore properly acts as a signal for
the audience. Also costumes can also be
used to indicate the moral alignment of
a character.Good characters wear light
and bright colours whereas bad and
morally ambiguous characters wear dark
colours. In my case, the good character
shown poisoned is wearing a light colour
shirt. However, the other character
helps bring a contrast because she is
displayed in light clothing but she is
anything but good. Also, again a bad
character which is the murderer is
shown dressed in dark clothing.

5. Also, I have used conventions
like the ones shown in shows
like Castle, Scooby-doo and
Pink Panther.The following
cartoons are the shows which
have kept me interested in this
genre. Overall these shows
have inspired me in order to
make this genre my choice for
my movie opening. Other than
this,as per conventions mystery
films also contain weapons like
a knife or a gun which is also
present in my movie opening.

6. I have used the conventions
for this genre in case of the
setting used which was to be
an urban area and that is
exactly what I have used, I
have kept the setting a house
hence its a way of telling the
audience how they could be in
the same place.Moreover, I
have challenged the
conventions also because in
the beginning I have shown a
sunny day, birds chirping can
be heard.However if the
conventions are taken into
consideration then for the
starting part often pathetic
fallacy is used

7. for example,usiing a
rainy day to show the
murder or crime scene.
Other than this, for
the lighting,
conventionally, low key
lighting is used in a
mystery genre film
however, in my film
opening I have
challenged the
conventions and
presented my opening in
high key lighting.
LOW KEY LIGHTING
HIGH KEY LIGHTING

9. The unique selling point of my
movie opening is how there is a
twist shown. Basically, the girl
first poisons her boyfriend,
and after that she gets a
taste of her own medicine and
gets murdered. Hence the
name of the movie which means
whatever you do come backs to
you.Also,my movie opening in a
way acts as a public service
message for teens since it
shows the consequences of an
unlikely/unexpected situation
something teens don't consider
thinking about. I would prefer
distibuting my product as a
real media text through the
internet by means of facebook,
youtube, twitter and other
famous websites which would
enable my movie to reach an
audience interested in my
particular genre.As per my
research, I would have chosen
Warner Brothers for my
distribution considering this
company has distributed
mystery films like 'Inception'
but then I realised that I may
have made a great opening but
it may not be up to their mark
and even if I do distribute my
movie to Warner Brothers, my

10. movie may not be liked
by the majority of
masses as they will be
expecting a much better
product when they would
see the Warner Brothers
logo. Also, considering my
mystery is produced from
a small budget and
consists of amateur
actors, involvement of
Warner Brothers won't
really be recommended.

11. HOW DID YOUR
PRODUCTIONS
SKILLS
DEVELOPE
THROUGHT THIS
PROJECT?

12. When I took up this subject, I
had no knowledge about the
various camera shots or about
the sound or lighting.
However since the start I have
been working on my camera skills
and they have improved pretty
much after i created this movie
opening.This project basically
gave me the opportunity of movie
making. Also, it taught me the
importance of the various
camera angles and when to use
which one.This project helped
me in expanding my knowledge of
production and equipment as well
as the use of a dslr with and
without a tripod as properly as I
could.
Mid
shot
Wide
shot
Close
Up

13. Point of
View shot
Establishing
shot
Point Of
View shot
The shooting part was really
fun and interesting however I
did struggle a bit with the
editing part. I had to edit the
video properly many times in
order to get the proper
results. Merging two or more
camera angles together was
something I found tricky. Also,
searching for sounds was even
hard therefore I ended up
making a friend produce the
sound where the boy is shown
to be drinking in my
movie.Adding the correct
sounds for the scenes was
what I had to keep on
doing.The following task was to
be considered a bit
troublesome but in the end I

14. I had many ideas regarding
the making of my movie
opening but I chose this one
as I had to keep all the other
things in mind like mis-en-
scene, proper location, setting
etc.Therefore I decided to
pitch this particular idea to
my camera and started off.
My production skills have
developed because I am
able to highlight the errors
in the different camera
angles whenever I am
watching a movie. I have
learned the importance of
'headroom' in different
camera angles as well since
that was one thing I had to
keep a check on while
shooting.I can also pinpoint
the continuity errors and
mistakes for example a
patient is shown wearing
makeup.

15. How Did You
Integrate
Technologies-
Software,hardw
are and Online-
In This Project?

16. For the making of my video I
used Nikon D3100 along with a
tripod. As per the part where
the editing is concerned, I
used Windows Live Movie
Maker. I used Youtube as a
source for my primary
research so that I could look
for different opening
sequences for the film. Also, I
used Slideshare to help me
with the details of my
genre.The advantage of using
this camera was that it was
easy to carry around and
everything was being recorded
onto its SD card through which
i easily transferred the videos
onto my laptop.

17. I used Windows Live
Movie Maker because I
have used it for making
my previous videos as
well therefore I found is
easier to use for the
editing of my movie. It
allowed me to trim my
videos as well as add
proper sound to my video
and make it better
overall. It allowed me to
merge different camera
angles together without
any issue as well.