Obstacles while filming...

Hello everyone!!

I know that I mentioned obstacles in our filming process in one of my previous blogs, but I thought it would be important to really break down what happened. Looking back, I realize that the biggest issue wasn’t just the small mistakes, but it was the lack of preparation. :/

One of the main problems was that we showed up to the park not fully ready to film. We had the idea in our heads, but we didn’t plan out the details the way we should have. We didn’t walk through the shots beforehand, we didn’t double-check on any of the props, and we didn’t think about timing. Because of that, problems kept popping up one after another.  I remember feeling extremely stressed because I could see the time passing and we weren’t making real progress.

For example, I accidentally brought the prop for the scene , Asher and Austin’s project, typed out when it was supposed to be handwritten. I have to be honest, that part was completely on me. Now, Instead of wasting time, we had to quickly turn it into something that made sense, so we decided to make it look like Asher was adding annotations to the project.

Those little delays kept popping up. It wasn’t the strong, organized start we were hoping for, and that really set the tone for the filming process.

Another major obstacle was filming the tracking shot at Brennan’s house. We refilmed it so many times that I genuinely lost count. I’ll admit, part of that was because I kept stopping the takes when something didn’t feel right. I wanted it to be perfect. If something felt of where, pacing didn’t match what I envisioned, I would go over it again with Brennan and JP. 

Other times we had to stop because Brennan kept laughing mid-scene, the lighting was too dark, or JP accidentally bumped into the door. None of these things were big obstacles really, but together they made the process feel long. It was a simple tracking shot of Asher walking into the house. Yet somehow, it became one of the most time-consuming moments of filming.

And then, of course, there was the mirror. When we finally thought we had a good take, we realized the camera and JP were visible in the reflection. This made us rethink the angle and positioning of the shot.

Even though these obstacles were frustrating at the time, I think they taught us a lot. We learned the importance of preparation, communication, and patience. We also learned that setbacks like these are part of the process, and sometimes the only way to move on is to move forward :)

Overall, even though it wasn’t the smoothest start, it was definitely a learning experience. 

Editing Process pt2

Hello everyone!

Today I’ll be talking about what we worked on during the editing process in class. Last class, Brennan, JP, and I were mainly focused on adjusting the lighting for our opening scene. When we rewatched what we had so far, we realized it was way too bright and didn’t really match the mood we were going for. Since we’re editing in Adobe Premiere, we used the tint and color settings to start experimenting. We played around with the different percentages, but it honestly felt like it was either too light or way too gray. After testing a few combinations, we finally found a balance that actually fit the tone we wanted and made the scene feel more intentional.

We also made specific lighting adjustments in the room scene. That setting is really important for establishing the atmosphere, so we had to be careful with how dark or muted we made it. It wasn’t just about making it darker, but about making it feel right for Asher’s character. The lighting really changes how the audience views the scene, so we had to keep rewatching it until it felt natural.

Another big change we made was during the reminder notifications on Asher’s phone. At first, the screen was way too bright, and it distracted from the small details we actually wanted viewers to notice. Those little details help reveal what kind of character he is, so they’re important. We ended up dimming that specific shot so the audience can focus more on the content of the reminders instead of just a bright screen. 

Here you can see on the left corner the percentages in regards of the tinting:

Obstacles in the editing process...

 Hello everyone happy Thursday! 

This week’s blog post is about the obstacles we faced during the editing process!! We started editing the clips from our opening scene, and although it was exciting to see everything come together, we definitely ran into a few obstacles.

One issue we noticed was an unknown clicking sound playing in the background throughout the transitions of the opening.  At first, I assumed it was part of the music we selected, since it blended in pretty well. However, the more we listened to it, the more noticeable it was. Even though the sound was subtle, it would be noticeable to anyone. We tried to figure out where it was coming from and how to remove it, but it wasn’t as simple as we expected. Small audio problems like that can make really cause so much problems and it was pretty frustrating. 

Another obstacle appeared in one of our clips. When watching it closely, we realized you could see the camera’s reflection in the glass screen of Asher’s phone. That moment immediately worried us because we thought we might have to reshoot the entire clip. The problem was that all of the filming equipment is being borrowed at the moment , so reshooting wasn’t really an option. Thankfully, Mrs. Stoklosa told us that the reflection could be edited out and it would be no problem.

Overall, this week reminded us that editing is not that simple as expected but it’s more about paying attention to every small detail. Even subtle sounds or tiny reflections can impact the final result like our portfolio project. Although the process was a bit stressful at times, solving these problems helped us understand how important patience are during post-production :D

Here are the photos where we plaued with the audio a bit:

Titles and Fonts! :0

 Hello everyone! Today we will be researching fonts and Title cards, and show you what I have drafted for our title card! :D But before that, I wanted to let you guys know that we just started editing our opening since we filmed this past weekend. So I wanted to start looking at title cards and I've seen some pretty cool examples that I wanted to share!

So one of my first inspirations is American Psycho.

The title card in American Psycho is super clean and minimal. It uses a thin font for the word "American", but a bold one for "Psycho". The background is clean and white but witha splash of red.  The design feels polished and bland, which matches the main character’s personality. I was thinking of going in this route with our main character Asher

Another big inspiration for me is The Silence of the Lambs.

This title card is much more traditional and what I thought my members would personally go for. The font is less dramatic and has a style of Times New Romans.  It doesn’t try too hard visually, and that actually works well for us. Since our character Asher, doesn't stand out that much as an individual, it feels serious and  like you’re about to watch something psychological rather than a traditional horror film. 

Now as for the title card that I'm working (which is a draft at the moment) I wanted to make it more like "American Psycho" when it comes to the font. I wanted it to be simple and have the title come abrubtly with a cut. This is what i was thinking:

Group Meeting #2

 Hello everyone!!!  Today during class we had our second group project meeting! This meetings really do help bring insight to what we could be doing wrong or better :) For this group project we were grouped with different people, except Isabella, she was in my first group project. Here I'll tel you what they each discussed during the meeting:

Abriel: Idea for his portfolio project is a coming-of-age opening. When it came to obstacles, there were issues with showing the beach in a car scene. The issue specifically was wanting to shoot with the sunset in the background, but it was too dark to capture that. In terms of the CCR, he's thinking of doing a transition between a radio of them speaking to the actual setting that takes place.

Brianna: Her idea was a coming-of-age story as well but revolves around growth from grief. She hasn't filmed yet but plans to this weekend. As for CCR that our group recommended was creating a video of questions that are popped up on the screen and the actors answer the same questions, just in different parts of the video. 

Mateo: His opening is more of a crime/thriller genre and also includes violence. Mateo already knew what he wanted to do in terms of his CCR, and is planning to do a podcast with the actors and director :)

Isabella: I've worked with Isabella before with my previous Group meeting project, so I had a good idea on what to expect. She plans to film soon as well and is thinking of having her CCR videos be in the moment while filming. Or actually I recommended her this idea. Having a crew member go up to the actors in the moment while filming or when they're taking a break, to have them answer questions right there and then.

Clara: Her idea is a thriller/psychological genre. Her main character will be suffering with reoccurring nightmares and can't get rid of it. Her opening circles around that, and Abriel gave a cool idea on what she should do for her CCR. He suggested on having the actor answer questions nightmares, specifically the person tied up in a chair, answer questions in the setting of the actual nightmare, if that makes sense. Like the actor will be interviewed WHILE they are tied up in the chair while being in a nightmare.

As for my CCR, they reccomended I answer the questions like an inttoragation. For example, have myself or one of my group members answer the CCR questions as if we commited a crime of some sort. I thought this was a brillant idea, and I'll see later if I can execute it.

To summairze, this group meeting was very beneficial for coming up with ideas on hwo to carry out our CCR videos. :D

Set design

 Hello everyone!!! Today I will discuss the set design, and the process of it all ;) 

So, we arrived at the park, and we knew that Asher would need pencils and his papers placed in a specific way. Remember, Asher is someone who is organized and very structured. So, we really wanted to incorporate that when placing items on the table. Like having the paper highlighted with annotations and having the pencils spaced out but specifically. Another I did was add reminders onto Asher’s phone to show how organized he was. This is more of a prop discussion but I still though it was important to mention. Here I will share a photo of Me and JP setting things for the scene.

Afterwards, we filmed at Brennan’s house. When we filmed Brennan (Asher ) in the hallway, we used lighting in his house which made the environment have dim lighting. Specifically yellow lighting ;) Later, we filmed in his room, and we had to move everything off of his desk. Again, we wanted to show the little details. We also had a circle light in the back of the room to give the room a creepy effect. We also wanted Brennan’s to turn on the light when he entered his room. We included a textbook and notebooks onto his desk. As well as a couple of pieces of paper stacked on top of each other.

Overall, I believe the pictures will help give you guys a better idea of what we did with the set design. Hope you guys will enjoy the final product! :D

Revised Project Idea

Hello everyone! There's been tweaks in our project... and I thought it was only right to let you know before you see the full portfolio project. So a few weeks ago, JP and I talked to Mrs. Stoklosa about our project idea and she gave us advice on how we should create our portfolio and I mean setting wise. Pretty much Mrs. Stoklosa said it wouldn't have made much sense for Asher to be walking down the road with paper and a pencil in his hand. So, we ended up switching the setting to a different location entirely. I'm grateful and happy that we did, so it helps make our portfolio project more realistic.

We'll have Asher set up at a table in a park. It will be a natural setting, and we'd include sounds of people nature cars, and animals (birds) .We wanted to show that Austin and Asher were scheduled to meet there at a certain time, and they have a project to turn in that same day. We then want Austin to show up abruptly and have him right behind Asher, Then afterwards, Asutin will want to take the project home , just to have it for himself, when it was supposed to be the both of them together. Mind you. Asher has had enough. Austin will walk away with the work, and Asher will use his pencil as a weapon to not let Austin get away. 

Afterwards, we won't show the aftermath of what happened, but you can guess. Then we want to transition to Asher looking into the distance after what he had just done, to a 2-day before sequence of him entering his home. We'll use a traking shot of Asher entering his house all the way to his room. We then want to incorporate certain characeristics that show Asher is a very particular person. Then we would end it there, showing a continuation of the story. That is our project idea! 

Filming process!!!

 Hello everyone!! Today was our first day filming!!!! We all met up at our selected location, Indian Trace Park, and agreed to meet up at 1:30pm. I'm not gonna lie, there was unexpected troubles along the way.  In the beginning, all of the tables were used and we needed one as it was a part of our set design process. One of my group members, Brennan, had to go and ask the person politely if they could let us borrow the table for our class project. The person ended up saying no in the beginning, but we got a hold of it later on thankfully. We pulled out the script, as well as the storyboard to guide us for the opening :)

Afterwards, we begun with an establishing shot of Asher (Brennan) sitting down at the park working on his project and waiting for Austin. During the whole park scene, I was the director for the whole thing. I guided Brennan on how he should portray himself when it came to facial expressions. As for Jp, one of his struggles, as well as Brennans, was trying to not laugh when it came to the dialouge. Which is totally understandable since I was also holding in my laughter. But I advised him to treat as a natural conversation and let it flow naturally. To no think about the fact that he's acting, but just treat the situation as reality. 

As for the camera, we had one and it was handheld. I was holding the camera on one hand, and holding the mic on the other. Thankfully, Brennan could borrow it from his TV production class. If not, that would've been a whole other situation we didn't have to go through. We used handheld camera work during the confrontation scene at the park to create a psychological discomfort. Now, when we filmed at Brennans house, Jp was filming but having the camera held hand gave it a effect that I wasn't expecting. Having the camera be handheld gave an almost creepy effect if that makes sense? It adds character to our opening and went very well with the dark lighting that we were aiming for. 

Overall, our filming process taught me many things, like you can never be prepared for everything. New problems may appear, and it's up to you how you handle it. 

Production Company Logo

 Hello everyone! Lately, we've been looking at ideas to create our own company logo, and we've already started and finished the process.

First off, we started off by thinking whether or not we wanted to use an intense color in the background like red, but then we realized that most production companies include logos. What we specifically had in mind was using glasses onto our production logo. Why? Well, fun fact, me and my group members all wear glasses, so we wanted to incorporate something that represented all of us. We also chose the production company to be labeled as " BRIGGS Productions". One of my group members, Brennan, we used his last name as the label since it sounded pretty different than other typical names :D

Here is our logo!!!

My group and I decided on this logo during class and tested out different fonts that would suit us. We also were deciding between using "pictures" or "productions" as part of our company name. We want to have it fade in then fade out as we use it in the opening. We were also inspired my other companies which were more simple like ours. Companies like Pixar, Dreamworks, and Disney really inspired us. Pixar’s logo is minimalist and Dreamworks and Disney have a bit of personality to them like ours. When I mean disney I mean this (so you have a clearer idea of what I mean) :

Overall, this is what we chose for our Logo, and I'm very content with it :D Expect to see it in our portfolio project ;)

Prop and Set Design

 Hello everyone! For today's blog post we will be discussing AND researching about props and set design! Props and set design will essentially provide an insight to the audience of how our characters are portrayed. For our portfolio project, the set design will have pencils, papers, calculators, and even more items to demonstrate Asher as the main character. But for now, lets research! 

Props are pretty much items or objects that actors may interact with on screen. As for set design, it refers to the overall setting or environment of where everything takes place. Like how it will be decorated or will any objects have meanings, does it mean something in the way we set it up, pretty much those kind things if that makes sense. 

Examples & Research:

In Get Out, everyday objects like the teacup become tools of control. What seems harmless at first slowly means something else.  This shift creates tension because the audience begins to see the ordinary items as something related to danger. I want to achieve that by showing the pencil in Asher's hand, and showing that it later becomes a weapon. Something as ordinary as a pencil, can be shown as something must worse. 

In Shutter Island, the asylum’s dark narrow hallways, and harsh stone textures create claustrophobia. The effect of set design that's doen here is exactly how I want to imitate in my portfolio. But of course, with a different kind of effect. 

But overall, in psychological thrillers especially, small details in the background often hints at what happens in the future. Like, a
cracked mirror or an unfinished drawing can show the secrecy. 

Now, for our portfolio project, we will use props and set design to display Asher’s character without directly stating who he is.

Our set design will include:

• Pencils scattered across the desk

• Papers filled with writings

• A calculator

• Possibly stacked textbooks

These items suggest that Asher is academic AND detail-oriented. However, I want the audience to see that the items are arranged in a certain way for a reason. In summary, these were our ideas as a group, and I believe these movies use props and set designs amazingly. :D  Hopefully, the vision that I'm aiming to show is understood in some way.

What audio will I use??

 Hello everyone! We are going to talk about a different topic today, which is AUDIO!!:o

One of the issues that I thought of was getting a hold of a mic for the dialouge, which is essential to the opening. My group member, Brennan, suggested that he could get a hold of one from his TV class, or we could record it with our phones if necessary. :)

Anyways, me and my group want to make this opening as realistic as possible. So, we want to incorporate many natural sounds especially in the park scene. In the beginning of the opening, we were thinking of including the sounds of wind, and the sound of Asher writing as well as papers rustling. In the previous blog post, I mentioned that I wanted to include reminders form the phone to demonstrate how structured and organized he was. So when including the reminders, i wanted to add the realsim and include the notifications sounds as well as any other electronical sound. Also, for the sounds of Asher writing or whatever action that is done, we were thinking of foleying the sounds! To include more original works of our own ;)

When it comes to Austin walking ahead of Asher when he takes the project, we can foley the footstep sounds and especially when Asher comes from behind. 

In the next scene, where Asher shows up in his house, we wanted to include natural sounds in his house that would get louder and will become like a ringing sound in his mind that he wants to get rid of. For example, a tracking shot would be done, with following Asher through his room and ignoring anything that comes in his way. Like the sounds of his mom talking or yelling at him (haven't decided that yet). Or maybe the TV is on or a sibling trying to get a hold of him. Once Asher enters his room, then it will go silent. Almost as if it was his safe place. 

Now for the title card, we were thinking of adding music, any music that creates tension will do. Maybe get a hold of that sound from somewhere online where it isn't copyrighted or I could create a piece on the piano..??? If it sounds good of course, and if it's doable. 

This is a video I wanted to share with you guys, and give you an idea on the way I want to incorporate my foley sounds for my portfolio project! (natural sounds in specific)

Explanation behind the setting and props

 Hello everyone! In this blog post I will discuss more about the specifics of the props, as well as summarizing what our settings will be. I know that I talked about the props in my blogs before, but there's been some changes that I wanted to add. The setting is still the same, we'll film at a park. But I wanted to go more indepth of how it will all look like in the opening. 

For setting, we're thinking of filming at the park closest to all of us, it's called Indian Trace Park. No music or anything like that. We want to grab a table and begin the story there. We'll use the table as showing the person in authority. The one sitting down will be Asher, as for the one who arrives late and is standing will be Austin. This is to show the person in "power" per se.

This is more of a props discussion but at the park, I was thinking of having Asher check his phone, and the audience would see many reminders on his phone to show how structured he is. I was also think of using the project , and having Asher write only his name and erasing Austin's name or something like that to show Austin isn't getting any credit for the work. Or that maybe Asher seems fed up with Austin and HIS behavior. 

Like I said in my previous blog posts, we were thinking of having a pencil be the weapon. And then when Austin would walk away, Asher would sharpen the pencil and come at him from behind was our thought process. Yes it does seem brutal but what's a thriller movie without conflict right?

We're thinking of filming during the Daytime, as it would be most natural to have Asher and Austin there meeting up for a project. A park feels safe, open, and ordinary. This shows a contrast between a peaceful daytime environment and something dramatic makes the moment hit harder. We'll make sure to not have people in the background, since a incident will occur. 

Now, for the second setting is Ashers room. After the murder happens and we transition to the next scene , it will be at Asher's house. We're thinking of a tracking shot of Asher going to his room, then doing close-ups of items in his room that demonstrate his character. We want to show his room as key here. His desk is spotless, his clothes or shoes are organized in a certain way , and assignments on the side or something. He could have blank face to show his detachment.  Decorating his room will be very essential to the second half of the opening , to portray Asher's character. What do you think?

Lights, Camera, Mise-en-scene?

 Hello everyone, happy Thursday!! We're going to discuss more about mise-en-scene, lighting, props, and more! :D In the last post, I talked about the clothing ideas, setting and the overall personalities of the characters. For this blog post specifically, I'll go into the mise-en-scene and lighting! Lets' dive in!

I made a collage of Asher's aesthetic and all of the factors that represent him. While we film, we want to incorporate these characteristics onto Asher's personality. Again, Asher is very studious, organized, and very diligent. I also showed screaming, to demonstrate the chaos in his mind. Th eyes are meant to be disturbing for later on; Asher does the unthinkable. For this collage I used pictures from Pinterest and made it on that platform. Pretty cool right?

This one I'm personally proud of. You can tell Austin has selfish issues and only cares about himself from this collage. The disturbing smile, the scary eyes, and he likes the gym :D His grades are...quite bad, this demonstrates the contrast between him and Asher.  His character is violent and we want to really show those facial expressions in the opening!

Now let us talk more about the lighting!! We want the lighting to be gloomy with no sign of a light color. No emotions relating to happiness is what we're going for essentially. I was either thinking of only using natural light OR making it have cool toned lighting. Here are examples I thought of:

This is a scene from "Adolescence" (2025) which is a thriller series that is distributed on Netflix. Here they have natural lighting but also have the characters here wearing deeper colors. It's almost a contrast between the colors here. 

Here, we have a scene from "Se7en" (1995) which is a movie that's also a thriller :D They incorporate more of a cool tone lighting that I'm interested in imitating. Cool tone lighting usually uses blue or green tint, which gives a "creepy" effect if that's what you want to call it. 

The lighting is going to be tricky, only because in the beginning of the opening we're going to be filming outside. But overall, I think I have selected two good choices. Two choices that would give that thriller effect. 

What about the character development??

 Hello again! We are now moving on to character development, which should be pretty fun to do. We'll look through costume design, setting, and lighting too! We have to figure how we want to represent Asher and Austin in the opening. 

The backgrounds for these two characters somewhat ties together. They'll have past history (which we are still deciding), and have that included in the opening

Now, we will first begin with the main lead, Asher. 

As of now, we want to portray Asher as secretly insane, plain, and as frail. These ideas don't entirely correlate with one another, but you'll understand it soon enough. For costume design, I was thinking of having Asher wearing soemthing plain, with basic style, nothing unique.  Maybe like a regular sweater or shirt and shorts? Over all a simple style. 

As for Austin, we're thinking of something a little bit with more style just to show his bold character. We want to portray Austin as rude, selfish, and of course is in style. Austin is someone with a bit more muscle, and takes style into more consideration. He stays on task with the trends but not with assignments....

 

Now moving on, what am I thinking for the setting. It most likely would be filmed at a park of some sort and later film at either someone's house or at school. We would want the lighting of course to be gloomy and no sunlight filters to bring any colors out. We want the atmosphere to be as realistic as we can make it be. 

A setting that could represent Asher specifically would be his bedroom of course . And we want the room to be as plain as possible (no offense if your room looks like this)

One of the aspects of character development which I'm excited for.... PROPS!! Props are so interesting to come up with and all with the purpose of showing who the character is. Props that we may choose is a pencil (weapon), pencil sharpener (for darker reasons), and a phone and headphones. Again, we're still deciding whether we want to have the project be silent or to have music without any copyright. We want to show Ashers creepiness with maybe listening to a podcast on how to be "normal" or something like that.

                   What do we think?    

Our storyboard!!

 Hello again , today I will be sharing the storyboard that one of my members did and helped draw it out. We have an idea of what we want the opening to look like, and hopefully you guys will understand once you see it.  I joked at the fact that the art style kinda looks like beavis and butthead. That's besides the point- as for the script, we're still working out what the characters should say and the right jargon for the situation. Not only that, but HOW we want the actors to say it. Also, we're having two of my group members be the actors This has become a bigger process that I could've imagine, but I'm enjoying it so far. :)

This photo above includes how the beginning of the opening would look like, and we want to start with showing Asher walking and just introducing him as a character overall. You will also another character here, Austin the Bully, and we're trying to go for something different not just a cliche. 

Here, we have the bully(Austin) walking past Asher after verbally insulting him. We also state the certain shots that want taken as well as the actions. The lighting and color schemes aren't mentioned, but I personally have ideas of my own. I'm thinking of deep color (gloomy blue) and its going to be outside so mroe natural sounds. 

Of course, as we're doing a thriller opening, we want to include TIGHT extreme close ups. Definitely want to make the audience uncomfortable as possible :D

But yeah, hopefully you guys see the idea that we're aiming for, and see the result in the end!

What is my inspiration??? What's my project idea???

Finally, what we have all been waiting for..... what is our project idea?!?! So I've said that our project aims to do a thriller genre for our portfolio project and we have established our main characters Asher and Austin. But let me explain to you what the story is. Also to make it clear, this idea is still not yet completed, we still have drafts to come up with.

 Soooo the story starts off with the main character Asher who we see walking down the street from school. We're debating whether or not we should have Asher listen to music or just have it be in complete silence. Afterwards we then introduce Austin as a bully, who starts bothering Asher and starts saying things to him (still figuring out the dialogue). Then we''ll show Austin bullying Asher by saying rude things and pushing him aggressively. We will be using tight close up shots on Asher's face with him being pushed to the edge and...... a murder will happen.

As I mentioned before, we're aiming for a thriller here, and we want to protray Asher as morally empty. Afterwards, we insert the title, and do a 12 hours before sequence. That is all we have so far, and we still have much to come up with. 

As for our inspiration, I know for me personally I love watching thriller movies and shows. I like seeing the psychological aspect to it, and finding plot twists all over the stories. I knew as soon as I heard that we would be doing a 2-minute film opening, I would want to imitate that. 

One show that inspired me was this K-Drama called "Strangers From Hell" that came out in 2019. I really liked how it creates fear and tension without constantly showing violence. What stood out to me most was how unsettling the story feels simply through atmosphere, behavior, and psychological pressure rather than graphic scenes. This helped shape my project into something that feels more realistic. I reccomend you give it a watch ;) 

Which media theory should I incorporate in my Portfolio Project?

Hello again! Today I will be talking about which Media Theory I'm choosing to incorporate into my project. I had a couple in mind but I've decided on Representation theory.  I chose this because I wasn’t interested in showing violence in an obvious or exaggerated way. Representation theory  uses choices like specific angle shots , sound, or editing to shape how the audience sees the character. 

Now the main goal of how I wanted to use representation theory was to show our main character, whom we have chosen the name as Asher, to be shown as a psychopath with little to no emotion. 

I was thinking of using just silence as a sound to show the unsettling atmosphere as well as portraying Asher as unsettling. We can also use tight close ups , to give discomfort to the audience from his awkwardness. As well as using mise-en-scene to portray Asher as a teenager who is emotionally detached.  This makes the character feel more realistic and unsettling. It also reflects how media can influence perception without being graphic.

And I wanted to do that without having to say anything or rather than showing violence directly, I wanted to explore how we can suggest madness through little details.

 By doing this, I am  shaping the audience’s perception of the character, demonstrating how media representations can be shown in our own way. :D

Heres a movie example! 

NIGHTCRAWLER

This movie here Nightcrawler is a strong example of Representation Theory because the film shows the main character, Lou Bloom, as unsettling and morally ambiguous without relying on any kind of action. Instead, the audience’s perception of him is shaped entirely through behavioral cues and stylistic choices.  

The filming methods that they chose to show the character as:

• Blank facial expressions and forced politeness create discomfort, implying a lack of authentic emotion.

• Long pauses and awkward silences , which have the audience to question his morality.

• Camera framing that isolates him visually reinforces his separation from societal norms 

• Cold lighting s produce an atmosphere of emotional emptiness, amplifying his unsettling presence.

Overall, I will be using representation theory and add it on to my portfolio project! :)

Citations:

https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/nightcrawler-2014

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nightcrawler_%28film%29

First group meeting!! :D

Hello everyone!!! We held a group meeting and every group member was seperated to get objective opinions. I told the people in my group that I would be working with a thriller genre. I specifically asked for adivice on where I should put my credit sequences and any ideas for the project. These group members were Isa, Emma, Luke, Giovanna, Mia

I'll input their ideas here:

Maia: Doing her portfolio project about a girl starting her blog journey. She had questions about the plot in her story and about the credit sequences. 

Mia: Is thinking of doing her project about a coming-of-age story two best friends and one of the friends dies. Advice on how to do headshot.  

Isa: Coming of age, start off as a horror film, two friends. Had questions about where to input the title. 

Luke: A conversation between an extrovert and introvert through a phone call.

Giovanna: A suspense project, still trying to figure out the plot.

Emma: Mystery suspense, girl that is uncontrolled and in a isolated room. Project seems to be pretty much finalized. 

The whole process was very insightful when they talked about sound sequences that I should insert in my project to make it more entertaining. For example, When Giovanna told everyone her idea for her portfolio project, I suggested for the title sequence that one of the letters should include an item or something to make the opeing more engaging. Another thing I found to be interesting was the jargon that used and we used terms that only we would understand. Also I found it very admirable of how they came up with the ideas themselves. Everyone was giving each other advice, and a lot of jokes were said too!!  Overall, I'm looking forward to the next group meeting! :D