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The film starts with a standard studio logo, indicating it is a new movie. The first scene shows a party hat in the past, suggesting the film will involve a past event. Eerie background music in the first minute also hints the past contains some mystery. The scene then cuts to a lonely man in a dark house, holding a tablet. Empty food containers indicate he lives alone, linking back to the family shown in the past scene. In under two minutes, the opening provides clues about the film's focus on a mysterious past event and a man living alone in the present.
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Media evaluation question 1 & 2
The opening represents normal teenage girls aged 16-18. It focuses on an average girl to allow audiences to relate to her experiences. It shows girls as happy and friendly, while briefly mentioning boys as nasty or not caring about feelings through the dumped main character. The conflict arises from the breakup text message.
Textual analysis
The document analyzes shots from the opening sequence of an independent drama film. It summarizes each shot and discusses the techniques used and what they connote about the characters and narrative. Key points include shots being shaky and spiraling to convey the protagonists' lack of control over disturbing events of the night. Lighting shifts from dark to brighter to represent changing fortunes. Sound and editing are also used effectively to set the mysterious tone and engage a sophisticated audience.
Insidious Textual Analysis
The opening scenes of the film Insidious effectively set an ominous and eerie atmosphere. Various camerawork techniques such as panning shots, invisible cuts, and a range of shot types are used to draw the audience in and make them feel like they are experiencing the horror firsthand. Low-key lighting, minimal color, and unsettling non-diegetic sounds and music further the ominous tone. The introduction of a vulnerable sleeping boy and a lurking demonic figure in the house creates tension. The slow editing pace and use of fades to transition between establishing shots also contributes to the overall ominous atmosphere created in the opening scenes.
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The document provides a brief synopsis and background of the horror film "It" (2017). It discusses how the film is based on Stephen King's novel of the same name, which was previously adapted into a 1990 TV miniseries. The 2017 film version remakes and updates the story for a new generation in a darker and creepier tone. It focuses on a group of outcast kids in Derry, Maine who are targeted by a mysterious killer clown. One particularly disturbing scene discussed is when a character named Ben is chased by the clown in the library while a creepy nursery rhyme plays. The film is said to be part of a two-part adaptation of the novel.
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The short film Roommates follows a new roommate who grows suspicious of one of his roommates. In the trailer, establishing shots are used to set the location as a seemingly normal house and neighborhood. However, eerie music contrasts with the safety of the house to make the audience feel uncomfortable. Various shot types like long shots, close ups, and medium shots are used for both comedic and tension-building effects. The trailer builds intrigue around the suspicious roommate and the protagonist's paranoia.
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The short film "Roommates" follows a new roommate who grows suspicious of one of his roommates. In the first scene, the suspicious roommate threatens to murder the protagonist's family. Later scenes show the protagonist disturbed by seeing the roommate eating what he thinks is blood, but is actually spaghetti sauce. The protagonist discusses his fears with the other roommate. In the final scene, a new roommate arrives as the two roommates greet them with a creepy smile, implying the cycle will continue.
Unit 21 Pitch
The document describes a proposed short horror film about a man named Jev who receives disturbing phone calls from an unknown person late at night. Elements from films like The Ring and Scream are incorporated, with the killer stalking and terrorizing Jev. Production details, a schedule, and budget are included to plan shooting the film at a haunted hotel location.
New Pitch Unit 21
Here is some feedback on your survey:
- The questions could be more specific. For example, instead of just asking "What did you think of the film?" you might ask about specific elements like the story, characters, pacing, scares, etc. This will provide more useful feedback.
- Include a variety of question types - not just open-ended questions. Mix in some multiple choice, rating scale, and ranking questions. This allows for easier analysis of responses.
- Keep the survey short, ideally 5 questions or less. People have short attention spans and won't want to spend a lot of time filling it out.
- Consider incentives for completing it like entering a prize drawing. People are more likely to
Pitch for when a phone rings 2
Here is some feedback on your survey:
- The questions could be more specific. For example, instead of just asking "Did you enjoy the film?" you could ask them to rate how much they enjoyed it on a scale of 1-5.
- Include some demographic questions like age, gender to get a sense of who your target audience is.
- Ask open-ended questions to get qualitative feedback, not just yes/no. For example "What did you like most about the film?" "What could be improved?"
- Consider asking about specific elements like characters, plot, pacing, effects to get feedback on different aspects.
- Make the questions unbiased, don't lead the respondent to a certain
EVALUATION of Media Production
The document summarizes and evaluates the opening sequence of a student media project titled "Charly Luck". The opening uses conventions of the thriller genre like dark shots and lighting to create mystery and tension. It also challenges conventions by incorporating lighter scenes and focusing on creating narrative enigmas rather than action. The main character is a sad young boy, eliciting sympathy from the older target audience and driving them to learn more. Feedback showed the character was effectively portrayed. The full film would be best produced and distributed by a major Hollywood studio to maximize budget and profit potential.
Twilight
The document discusses the opening two minutes of the film Twilight. It begins with non-diegetic sounds and music playing as the main characters talk to set the scene. The film is based on the popular book Twilight and focuses on the relationship between a human girl and vampire. The opening scene uses sound effects and music to build emotion and mystery without showing characters. It establishes the film's forest setting and that the main character is a shy girl through her monologue.
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- 1. Analysis of the first 2 minutes of taken The film starts off with the standard 21st century fox logo. This shows that this film is not yet a block buster because if you take for example the last Simpsons it got it very own redesigned 21st century fox logo. So this shows to me that this, movie is new on the market and is not yet famous and probably the first movie of its type. The first part of the movie is of a party hat in a cone shape the colours are off just as if it is a family film, this shows to me that we are looking into the past this let the audience know that we are in the past at this point. This also leads me to believe that the movie is all going to be about an event that happened in the past The music in the background at the start of the first minute of this film is non diegetic and is quite and eerie this leads me to believe again that we are in the past and there is not something right about this part of film which we are later going to find out about later on in the move but what it is we don’t know you as they audience. But we are hooked because there is a mystery about it. The movie the film then cuts to a man sitting in the dark holding a tablet, he then turns the light on. The colours are now back to normal and it is in high definition so the audience now know we are in the movie. Even though he turns the light on it is still a very dark house this I believe is there to show that this man is lonely and he lives on his own. There are empty take away boxes on the table in the middle of the room, once again this indicates to the audience that this man is living on his own, thought society perceived stereotypes. The family film we saw before links to this it must be his daughter and his family he had in the past. From this first minute of film we can tell a lot about the film and the audience can already work out the basic path of the movie. This shows how important it is to get the first scene of a movie correct because it keeps the audience interested.