Short Film v. Length Film

So now Ive watched the short film “9”, and the film feature film “9”. I can honestly say I like one better than the other. Could you guess which one? Well, in the short film and the feature film the main character nine was amazing. But in the feature film, we got more a feel of “9”. We actually heard him talking to feature film, unlike in the short film. I actually got to watch his character develop in The feature film. While in the short film I did not, since The plot happened so quickly. One thing I liked about the short film, was in fact it’s length. The feature film “9” was lengthy. The short story, left out lots of details that were included in the feature film. For example, the findings of two, and the many conflicts they faced in between the resolution. I enjoyed the feature film better. I think it’s because I, like when stories are explained. I don’t know if this makes sense, but I feel like the feature film explained the pitch better than short film did. I think the short film was phenomenal as well, but it wasn’t as informing or interesting as the feature film. The short film was kind of a bore, mostly because of the no talking. I couldn’t really engage with the film like I did with the feature film. Feature film was, a great catch. I would really recommend these two movies to anyone.

Research 9 Feature film

 Today I also watched the feature film 9 on netflix. I’d watched this movie before when I was younger. Although, I didn’t remember the plot. When the movie first started, I wasn’t really interested. But as 9 began to seem adventurous, and tried to help his friends I found the plot interesting. I really liked this movie. 9 at first seemed like he’d do anything he was told. But as the movie progressed, his character changed. He became in my eyes the leader of all the others, even though he was the youngest. 9 lead the others to help save them selves and their friends from the technology monsters. The plot of the movie seemed well thought out. The conflict, and 9’s resolution to the conflict in the story was a great touch.! The characters in the film actually spoke, it was a great touch!  We saw as they developed through out the film. They all seemed scared at first, to go out and observe the monster machines, but 9 eventually persuaded them to.  Special effects in this movie were, ordinary things I seen regular animated movies. Some aspects in the film seems as though they were actual, they seemed real life.  In all, I enjoyed watching this movie for the second time. The characters were interesting, the plot of the film kept me interested, and the edits weren’t corny. “9” was a great film I really suggest it!!

Research 9: The short

Today I watched a short film “9” by Shan Acker. I can honestly say it’s not at all how I expected it to be. I expect a reply to be a little similar to the movie. And I thought the short film would be like the movie, just summed up. As the short film started I thought my audio on my computer was messed up.Eventually I realize the short film had no sound. I can say this is one aspect I did not like.Right away in a short film I recognize 9. The depiction of him was much simplified than in the full movie. 9 is simply a ragdoll that’s adventurous and wants to know more. It was kind of hard to tell what was going on without any audio, but I think I got the idea. Short film seemed incomplete. It seemed like it could have been a pitch for a real movie. Which in fact it was but that’s not the the point. The setting of the dark and eerie feel, kind of like a horror movie but not completely. I feel as the special effects featured in the short film, could have been a little better. Towards the end I seen 9 near a green site, kind of like something that glowed. And I feel like the director could have added more effects, so that the part was interesting. All I enjoyed the short film. Maybe not as much as the movie, but it was still a great thing for me to

Genre choice for film

 My partner and I had three genre options to choose for our short film. The three genres were crime, thriller, and drama. While discussing which one we wanted to pick we decided not to do drama. We didn't want to do drama because it didn't really focus on our pitch. After talking to my partner for some time we were stuck between picking  thriller or crime to be the genre that represents our short film. We both agreed that the genres had many similarities that could be used. After discussing it the genre that we choose to go with was crime. We choose this specific genre because our pitch is mainly about a crime being committed. Due to the fact that the genres are so similar we thought it would be a great idea to go with crime because with the crime genre we'll be able to include the features of a thriller movie on our film. For example, we expect our film to give off a suspenseful mood to the audience. We also expect it to keep the viewers  excited and keep their anticipation level extremely high throughout the entire film. While researching we found that a sub genre of the crime genre is a "legal thriller". We were inspired to choose the crime genre out of all three options because we realized that that would be the genre that would best be portrayed in our film. Our pitch was "A lady supposedly goes on vacation and when her house is broken into her body is found floating in the pool". At the time we thought the pool would be the best place for the lady to be found. Now we realized we most likely will have to change that part of our pitch. Neither of us have access to a pool right now. Since we don't have access to a pool we decided to say that the womans lifeless body will be found in a bathtub. This is not a big tweak so it shouldn't affect our pitch too much. If we are able to gain access to a pool when it comes time to film we'll make sure to keep a note of that.   

Genre research - crime, triller,drama

 

A genre were going to explore is the crime or criminal genre. Common CAMS in the criminal genre include high and low angled shots, close-ups, extreme close ups, dolly zooms, dolly movement, and handheld shots. Common sounds in criminal thriller genre include soundtracks, diegetic sounds, non-diegetic sounds, ambient sounds, sound bridges, dialogue, and incidental music. Common Mis en scene in this genre include, lighting, actors, make-up, props, and settings (in mysterious places).  Common editing technical used in this genre consist of dissolve transitions, montages, fade outs/ins, cut always, and jump cuts. Example Films include the movies “Rope”, “Dial M for murder”, and “The silence of the lambs”. Elements of the genre I like is the suspense that comes from the conflict, the foreshadowing, and when the crimes are solved.

Elements of the genre that do not appeal to me are the fact that you can sometimes tell how the story will

end. I like to be surprised, and these type of films aren’t really suspenseful.

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The second genre we’re going to explore is the thriller genre. A thriller is a suspense film the evokes excitement and suspense in the audience. Lightings used in thriller movies are key lighting, under lighting, and filler light. Common camera angles and shots in thrillers are high angle shots, low angle shots, canted angles, wide shots, and panning shots. Characteristics of common sounds found in the thriller genre, is dark and eerie sounds. The music starts in a slow pace at first whilst gradually speeding up the pace helping to create the tension and build climax.  Common Mis En Scene in thriller, weapons art the common props in fight scenes, which are commonly used to create tension. The thriller genre uses the elements of story(action), plot, character and setting. The story in thrillers uses tension and excitement to stimulate the viewers moods. Examples of this genre consist of Get Out, Taken, Seven, and Unknown. Thriller films are enjoyed because it keeps the audience at the end of their seats and build suspense and tension, it entertains the audience and engages them through the film.

Finally the last genre we're going to research is the drama genre. Common camera angles, and shots in this genre are long shots, close-ups, two-shots, and over-the shoulder shots. Continually, common camera movements include tilts, zooms, and dolly's. Characteristics of common sounds found in this genre are dialogue, sound effects, diegetic and non-diegetic sounds. Common Mis En Scene in the drama genre include, costumes, lighting, actors of course, make-up and props. Common editing skills used in this genre, to elaborate its stories are jump cuts, split screens, cut away's, and fade outs. Examples of drama films include, “The Godfather”, “Boogie Nights”, and “12 Angry Men”. Elements from this genre I find appealing are the serious presentations the movies are presented in. An element that does not appeal to me is the fact that throughout the film we have to worry about the main characters mental state. It’s not something I personally find interesting.