Media Studies Blog

  We are trying to go for a very dark eerie feeling with our film. Our main characters will be myself and Salvador. Our settings will be in a dark bedroom looking at a bed. Our other setting will be scenery of the woman's jobs building. While she is walking to her job the setting is very light and warm. Our costumes will include very dark colors at the beginning of the film and towards the end become lighter and then back to dark. We will have very little to no light in the beginning of the film. Towards the middle it becomes very bright because the woman is walking to her job in the outdoor. Toward the end it becomes dark again when she goes back to the same room that the film started in. Our props will bullet shells during the flash back she has. 

  Our final project is going to be thriller. The camera will start off having an overhead shot of someone resting in bed in a dimly lit room. Music plays in the background, and as the camera is moving closer and closer to the subject, flashes of clips of a murder appear over the screen. There is then an abrupt cut to the same bedroom and a person waking up for the morning, the mood in this scene is bubbly and bright. I am excited to bring my groups idea to life through our film. I am excited to work with my group members. I am worried that we might not be able to find the right place to film. Also that we might not have all the resources we need. I am worried we might disagree on some decisions.

1. Rise -Film Opening  The film started off as being very happy and cheerful but slowly you get the feeling that something ominous was going on. Every time they would turn to the guy the music would get weird and a creep mood would be created. 2. Dear Lover  The film has a solemn mood with is created through the sound and the bleak colors. It also ends the clip by starting the story, which I think is a nice idea. 3. Dare to Thrill The film started off by having an cheerful and happy mood. Then later on the film had a very upbeat and epic sense of thriller.  4. Always Watching The film had a sad and an angry mood during the beginning of the film. The mood then changed to a more aggressive and violent mood. 5. White Coat  The film shows a man, tied up and while he is escaping it shows another person in a white coat making mysterious mixtures which makes me think it was for the man. The film had a very mysterious and ominous tone through the dark rooms and only backgrou...

  My group members are Hannah Hugh-Sam who I've known since the 2nd grade, Salvador Clemente who I've known since 7th and myself Grace Martinez. I chose this group because we have been in a group before and we have worked well together in the past. Some ideas and genres we have thought of incorporating in our film is thriller. A idea we thought of was for a dramatic murder to happen and show why it happened.

I chose these pictures for my for my mood board because I wanted to have a very dark, and scary feeling when you look at these images. I tried to convey a sense of uneasiness and alarm as a sort of thrill with the images. I also tried to create a mysterious ambience through trying to create a story that the person looking at it can create their own story with suspense, plot twist, etc. I use darker images with a lot of shadows to create a idea of a moody or eerie story.  Horror interests me because I love the thrill and sensation of feeling scared when you watch a horror movie or see scary images. I also love the intrigue aspects of movies and all the different elements that create a chilling feeling. I am also interested in the plot twists that happen in the movies and how the characters react. I also love the suspense when a movie is dead quiet and not knowing what is going to happen next.  My mood board represents the dark and eerie feeling in horror films through the dark ...

  Why is sound or the lack of sound so important to a scene in a film? Sound is important to a scene in a film because it can give emphasis to what is happening on screen and silence can create different moods like shock or unnatural silence. Explain why it was or was not difficult to come up with sound ides for a story that would not have visuals for the audience to see. It was not difficult to come up with ideas for a story without sound because we just thought of a scene visually and got the sound so people can visually see the scene with just the sound in their head so the visual was necessary but it creates emphasis in other film with images. Explain weather you believe or do not believe that your group was able to create a sound story that the audience would be able to understand by just listening to the sounds that were chosen. I think our group was able to create a sound story that our audience would understand because the sound helped create a base for the audience to visu...

 https://hannahhsmediastudies.blogspot.com/ comment:  I think the shots clearly show the emotions its trying to convey and they made me feel specific emotions for example the low angle shot made me feel very intimidated. https://bellajarque14.blogspot.com/ comment: Amazing shots! The high angle shot made her look very vulnerable but the low angle shot made her seem more powerful.

  This is a low angle shot of myself and Salvador. This angle makes the subjects seem intimidating.  This is a close-up shot of the one and only Hannah. This shot shows all the features of the subjects face in greater detail. This is p.o.v shot of Salvador and one of Hannah's hands. This shot shows the world of the point of view from subject. This is a two person shot with Hannah and Salvador. This shot shows with subjects entire bodies form head to toe and some of their surroundings. Summary I thought this assignment was very interesting and fun because we got to interactively take the camera angles and shots and see what its like to actively take the shots ourselves. We did not run into any problems with this project. I think we did a relatively good job with the different kinds of shots with our experience and knowledge.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LvOzI3oL5cc This scene has an extreme close-up. This scene shows extreme intense emotion and detail in the character's face. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xBAeOTHtZVg These scenes are all establishing shots. The establishing shot shows the audience where everything is taking place and gives them an idea of what is going to happen later on. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xBbOAVSBvpE This scene is a close-up shot. The close-up shot shows greater detail of something and shows the emotions and reactions of the character. It also helps the audience get into the characters mind. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NgrM4_JMi9w This scene is a wide/full/long shot. The wide shot show the entire body and lets the audience read the characters body language.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oBqqI6NMeaM This scene is over the shoulder. The over the shoulder scene shows the intimacy of the characters converstaion.

Hello, I am Grace Martinez, I'm in 9th grade and I go to  Charles W.  Flanagan  HS. I have a 8 year old dog named Ziti. My favorite colors are dark purple and dark green. I enjoy listening to music and coloring. Some of my hobbies are archery and color guard. And  I live in Pembroke Pines, Florida.   I am taking this class because I was interested in taking the other class English gen paper 1 and then I found out about this class and wanted to take it too. I hope to learn how different types of media communicate meanings. I would like to learn how to use different types of equipment to create media. I want to learn how to edit camera shots, sound, etc. to be able to make films. Finally I would like to be able to learn about the impact media can have on the viewers.