AICE Media Studies

      I watched through a couple of film introductions to find some similar things. I watched the introduction to Evan Almighty and Bruce Almighty . I thought that the aerial shots worked well for establishing a setting. Contrasting the aerial shot,  the close up shot for the introduction let the audience get to know the character better. I think I will go with a combination of long and aerial shots, as well as close ups and medium shots.

    Movies and stories often have a moral or underlying message in them. The Tortoise and the Hare for example has a timeless message. It teaches about the punishment of arrogance and reward for perseverance. When I was coming up with my story, I was not wishing to give a moral to the story. The movie is just for entertainment and not to teach a lesson.  The goal of my film is to have audiences invested in the character and to be entertained and not contemplating life's lessons.       In keeping with my inspirations such as Bruce Almight y or the Marvel series, I wanted it to be clear cut and to keep the message simple and not based on a moral. I decided to do this because placing a lesson inside the story would change it. I wanted to keep the momentum and tone of the story.  If I can persuade the audience to leave the thoughts surrounding their own life and invest in the journey of my main character, I will be successful.

     There are many ways to start a movie to set the mood for your entire movie. You can start by a heart pounding action scene to get your audience's adrenaline up.  Or you can start a movie with a slower start that is more character focused with a mood that is less in your face and more thoughtful.        Additionally, the way the movie starts will hopefully draw in your audience.  I wished to get my audience invested in the main character. This investment in background and character development would help with plot development later in the movie. For this reason the main character is the only one that is portrayed. This excludes extras that will be in the background of some scenes. This singular focus should lean the audience towards sympathy for the character.        In addition to the main character being the only portrayed, the opening scenes are also going to be a bit slower to start.  There won't be ...

 I chose the film project because it seems to allow for the most creative influence on the project. I like the film's story aspect. Creating a story seems preferable to researching and writing like for the magazine project. I would much rather use film producing techniques to create the beginning of a story.  I feel that the magazine project would be more repetitive and less inspiring. The film will give me a greater creative freedom to include words, pictures and verbal communication.