Sunday, April 7, 2019
CCR
FInal Video
Finally, after weeks of hard work, I am very happy to present our completed film opening, "Infatuation" Enjoy!!
Click here to watch!
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1nq2OxnICi3ugl1dqO2BLX2AQ8blaq7mc/view
Click here to watch!
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1nq2OxnICi3ugl1dqO2BLX2AQ8blaq7mc/view
Reflection
Overall, I think this was a very interesting process. I thought this whole project was very stressful and that we did not have sufficient time to do all of the necessary steps for the project, especially with the interruption of spring break and other heaping of work from all of our other classes. I am very happy with the way our project turned out, I just wish that we had a little more time so we could make the project perfect. I think the process was also very rewarding because I got to learn many new things about the production.
- How does your product use or challenge conventions and how does it represent social groups
- or issues?
-In our film, we have a female teenager as our lead. We tried to represent teenage love to a
heavy extreme, where the line crosses from attraction to obsession. In most stalker-based films
and tv shows, the male is the aggressor because he asserts his natural dominance over the
victimized female. For example, the recent Netflix TV show, “You,” follows a dominant male, Joe
Goldberg, who stalks a young woman named Guinevere Beck and develops an obsession revolving
around her that eventually leads to him murdering her “out of love.” This is a similar concept to our
film, except we challenged the status quo and made the female the dominant aggressor. It also
represents the issue of mental illness, because something in Lauren (our female lead)’s head
causes her obsession to spin out of control. We tried to represent her mental illness through the
overlap in the voiceover when she says the word “crazy” and it repeats as it fades into the rest of the
film
heavy extreme, where the line crosses from attraction to obsession. In most stalker-based films
and tv shows, the male is the aggressor because he asserts his natural dominance over the
victimized female. For example, the recent Netflix TV show, “You,” follows a dominant male, Joe
Goldberg, who stalks a young woman named Guinevere Beck and develops an obsession revolving
around her that eventually leads to him murdering her “out of love.” This is a similar concept to our
film, except we challenged the status quo and made the female the dominant aggressor. It also
represents the issue of mental illness, because something in Lauren (our female lead)’s head
causes her obsession to spin out of control. We tried to represent her mental illness through the
overlap in the voiceover when she says the word “crazy” and it repeats as it fades into the rest of the
film
- How does your product engage with audiences and how would it be distributed as a real media text?
-Our product engages with audiences because the suspense attracts an audience, especially the
target audience of teenage girls. Although in reality, people do not go to the same extremes as it
does in our film, there is a very relatable theme of teen love or having a crush that is present in the film
opening. Most teenage girls can relate to developing a crush while in high school, and the suspense in
the movie draws them in. A technique that we thought would be effective is showing the result of the film
at the beginning. The outcome of the plot is that Lauren ends up killing Christian. This was revealed
in the very beginning of the film, and then the audience is left wondering about the events that led to the
murder. This technique was seen in the movie “The Escape Room” where one of the very last scenes, of
the final escape room, was shown in the first seconds of the film, and the duration of the film showed the
events that led to that scene, with plot twists at the end of the film following the repeated scene of the final
escape room. If the film progressed, we would followthis same technique. If the film were distributed as a
real media film, we would want it to be presented in movie theatres and would target advertising towards teenage females. So we would display mini trailers on social media and before Youtube videos,
and then full trailers before movies in a similar genre of teen drama.
target audience of teenage girls. Although in reality, people do not go to the same extremes as it
does in our film, there is a very relatable theme of teen love or having a crush that is present in the film
opening. Most teenage girls can relate to developing a crush while in high school, and the suspense in
the movie draws them in. A technique that we thought would be effective is showing the result of the film
at the beginning. The outcome of the plot is that Lauren ends up killing Christian. This was revealed
in the very beginning of the film, and then the audience is left wondering about the events that led to the
murder. This technique was seen in the movie “The Escape Room” where one of the very last scenes, of
the final escape room, was shown in the first seconds of the film, and the duration of the film showed the
events that led to that scene, with plot twists at the end of the film following the repeated scene of the final
escape room. If the film progressed, we would followthis same technique. If the film were distributed as a
real media film, we would want it to be presented in movie theatres and would target advertising towards teenage females. So we would display mini trailers on social media and before Youtube videos,
and then full trailers before movies in a similar genre of teen drama.
- How did your production skills develop throughout this project?
-At the beginning of this project, my skill level for production was very very very low. However, throughout
the project, my group members and I learned from each other and combined our strengths to improve our
production skills. A large part in the development of my skills included the rented camera equipment from a
local tv station, Becon TV. We were able to rent a camera and lighting, and as we learned the ins and outs
of the equipment, we developed our skills in production. It was very interesting to apply techniques that we
learned in class, such as the impact of different camera angles, to our film opening. Through collaboration
with my group members and other peers in our class with more advanced skills prior to this project, I was
able to increase my personal production skills.
the project, my group members and I learned from each other and combined our strengths to improve our
production skills. A large part in the development of my skills included the rented camera equipment from a
local tv station, Becon TV. We were able to rent a camera and lighting, and as we learned the ins and outs
of the equipment, we developed our skills in production. It was very interesting to apply techniques that we
learned in class, such as the impact of different camera angles, to our film opening. Through collaboration
with my group members and other peers in our class with more advanced skills prior to this project, I was
able to increase my personal production skills.
- How did you integrate technologies – software, hardware and online – in this project?
-We integrated technology into the project with our editing software, Wondershare Filmora9. We previously
purchased this software for another project in this class and became familiar with this editing software.
This software allows us to accomplish all of our editing goals and capture the vision we had for our film.
This software allowed us to have clean transitions, an eerie filter effect, and time our voice overs effectively.
purchased this software for another project in this class and became familiar with this editing software.
This software allows us to accomplish all of our editing goals and capture the vision we had for our film.
This software allowed us to have clean transitions, an eerie filter effect, and time our voice overs effectively.
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