AICE Media Studies

 • What conventions of the genre that you chose to base your final task on does this movie have?  The movie includes notes that set a darker atmosphere such as dark clothing, climatic music, heavy breathing, etc. It also eggs on anticipation using wide, P.O.V., and aerial shots. Overall, the movie ties in the classic suspense of the thriller genre with a more action-packed premise  • What conventions of the genre did the movie have that you liked?  I specifically enjoyed the filming/editing techniques. These techniques were specifically cutaways and crosscutting I really enjoyed how they were portrayed. Specifically, the cutaway was my favorite being used to portray/explain a traumatic past event that shaped the exposition of the film. I hope that these may be applicable to my group's pitch/film. • What conventions of the genre did the movie have that did not appeal to you and you are thinking of not filming for your final task? I, however, as mentioned in a previous...

 The movie "Ma" is what I will be researching today.  This movie includes intense music in the beginning, their opening scene. It also includes a bit of dark and scary lighting with a figure standing or sort of object. It also has intense music while Sue Ann is watching Maggie's mother leave. The lady, Sue Ann pulled a gun out on the boy, Andy. She had a flashback to when she was a kid. They met in an isolated location, called the Rock Piles they used this to do substances but, she also had them meet up for a meeting. There was a low shot where they searched her home. In this movie, I really enjoyed the flashbacks; it allowed the viewer to get a deeper insight of her childhood insecurities and why she is so obsessed with these children because she never had that before, which had multiple close ups. I liked the isolated locations with dark lighting, it added just enough suspense to fill that thriller moment. I liked when the cop came and did not find the children, that wo...

Don't Breathe 2 (2021), Genre: Thriller Elements of the genre thriller has dark and scary lighting, jump scares, close-ups scary makeup and tense music. These different conventions fill the audience with adrenaline, make the audience feel the tension, and may trigger the fight or flight in a person. The movie Don't breathe 2 contains all of these features and we would like to add these to our movie, and hopefully make our audience feel the same. Some elements that the move contained that we enjoyed was the plot twist, suspense, jump cutting, flashbacks and more. These conventions allowed the movie to flow nicely, have a good plot overall, and show flashbacks from the previous movie to explain the new plot. Conventions that did not appeal to us the most was the too much dark lighting that didn't allow us to see everything. This could affect the audience poorly because they won't be able to see the movie to the best of its ability.

  We did research on horror, thriller, and drama genres. We decide to do thriller because we like the suspense and Suprise it has. Our pitch " A girl gets kidnapped then escapes and gets revenge on kidnapper 10 years later." We decided this because we don't have any gore in our short film. We expect our film to turn out great and can't wait to see. 


  Common camera angles: High Angle, Pan, Over the Shoulder Shot, Establishing Shot, Close Up, etc. Common Mis-En-Scene: Casual Costumes, acting typically dramatized (plot twists and nuances to continue to reel in audience throughout film), set/makeup/acting that aligns with the film's themes/plot, etc. Common Editing: Eye-line match, Action match, Fade in, Fade out, Shot/Reverse Shot, etc. Common sound: Diegetic Sound, Sound Motif, Voiceover, Dialogue, etc. Example Drama Films: Titanic, The Hunger Games, The Notebook, 6 Underground, etc. Element(s) of Drama I enjoy: I like their high stake, conflict filled environments, that keep tensions high and audiences on the edge of their seats. Element(s) of Drama I do not enjoy: I, however, do not like the unnecessary dramatization that occurs in the films. I prefer a more classical approach,  I believe that drama in media shouldn't be the overdone, but the category should be implied as a background element of the film.

Horror: it is a genre of storytelling that is intended to scare, shock or and thrill the audience. Camera angles (CAMS): high angle, low angle, Dutch angle, and close up. Common Mis-en-scene (CLAMPS): dark and rural deserted locations, abandoned and/or isolated places. Common Editing: transitions, sound effects, music, jump cuts, crosscuts, slow motion, freeze frame, color grading and filters. Common Sound: breathing, monster vocalizations, food steps, ghost sound effects, stabbing, and/or slashing. Horror Movie References: Evil Dead Rise, The Pope's Exorcist, The Boogeyman and Get Out. What elements of the genre did you like? The suspense and the buildup to the plot or climax.  What elements I did not like? The music makes me a bit paranoid, with goosebumps. 

 Thriller: A fiction genre that inflicts different feelings of tension, suspense and fear   Camera Angles (CAMS): High angle shots, Close-ups, Wide shots, Panning Shots Common Mis-En-Scene (CLAMPS): Dark and Scary lighting, Isolated locations, Gloomy coloring, Dark clothing, Scary make-up and Tense music Common Editing: Cross-cutting, Jump cuts, Insert Shots Common Sound: Ambient Sound, Breathing and Heartbeats, Whispering Dialogue Example Films: Se7en, Don't Breathe, Zodiac, Midsommar, Shutter Island Elements That I Like: Suspense built up, Climax, and Scary Make-up Elements I Don't Like: Dark Lighting, Jump scares, and Montage Sequences