AICE Media Studies

   

       After lots of contemplation and working out logistics, I have decided to change the beginning of my film.  The opening scene in my original design included a spaceship that would crash into Earth.  Originally, I imagined this crash to be a stop motion section of the film.  The spaceship was going to be made from Legos . I thought it would be neat to build the spaceship and the Legos would allow me to have the spaceship slowly break apart piece by piece and one frame at a time. Also the viewer would see the crash from an outside perspective. This would then fade to me walking. I have decided that a stop animation at this point would be an aggressive plan.  It would require me to learn an animation program in addition to filming all the other parts.         So I have altered the plan.  I have instead opted to add a clip of the spaceship crashing into earth from a ground perspective. I feel this will add a g...

My first attempts at a storyboard were not very good. I was able to add notes to the illustrations to add some clarity. However, the idea was still quite mottled. When I did a redraw of the storyboard and decided to change the style. I wanted the storyboard to have imagery but to capture what the frame would look like and tell the story.  I liked it and redid the rest of the storyboard the same way. My original drawing  Version 2

Dialogue is an important part of movies and creates the most important scenes for plot development. However, most dialogue scenes are not as memorable as action scenes. For this reason I decided to limit the amount of dialogue included in my opening as possible. My intention for the limited dialogue is that it will open up the space for the audience to be more observant of the actions of the main character.  When there is an absence of dialogue, everything else is important because it becomes more noticeable.  My goal in the opening scene is for the audience to get invested in the main character and how he is just a normal kid until something unexpected happens. The lack of dialogue will allow the audience to notice the surroundings and how he is just living his life in a normal town. In the beginning of the movie, it is not stressful.  It should be easy to watch with beautiful scenery. Then something shifts when the main character finds the magic glasses.  The ...

      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 ...