Blogging Health Check 1 - Feedback & Targets

I feel that this grade is what I deserve for I am under the amount of blog posts. The feedback is simple and it seems easy to do. I need to improve on this and aim to complete the feedback and stay up to date with the blogs. I must aim to achieve no lower than a B.

Blogging health check 1- feedback and targets

task 18- ideas

Reflection on ideas

6 Minute challenge.
I found the challenge quite easy and straight forward as the scenario I was given (prop and location) worked well together so it was easier to think of a genre. The random article was also useful as it gave good random ideas that juxtaposed yet fit together nicely. It was easy to open a film with a title sequence as once we had the genre ideas began to flow. I think our idea was successful as it had a beginning, middle and end. It also flowed really well and made a lot of sense. One successful idea that we came up with included the name of the film where we incorporated it into the scene so that at the end of the opening sequence the victim would see their reflection, which would then be followed by the title of the sequence so the audience understand the title.

Task 17- 6 minute challenge

6 Minute Challenge

We had to come up with a film idea and we had the time limit of 6 minutes to do so. We then chose a name through the wikipedia random article section, and adapted it to make it sound like a film title. We created our 10 shots on a story board with descriptions and annotations. I chose a prop and location from a bag so that it was random, but luckily they worked well together and we instantly knew that it was right to use horror for the prop and location that we were given.

Task 15- individual idea's.

Ideas:
My main idea is to do with the genre horror. I believe this genre is really simple yet extremely effective if done correctly.  By taking advantage of the size of my group, we can manipulate the audience by leaving the horrific scene until the end so that it is left on a cling hanger which is extremely effective.

The music will be tense the whole way through and the lighting will be harsh until the very end where things become clear. I would like the story line to be easy to understand but subtle at the same time so its enticing and exhilarating.

It would be set in a house as most horrors begin and end in a house.

I would also like to include the gender element so I also thought of the idea of doing something to do with a 'set up chick' which is a girl who traps/sets someone up to get hurt. I thought this would be effective as the audience can relate to the story line (its common) and it relates to the modern day.

I think it would be effective to shoot this in a block of flats or an area with a lot of bricks as well as very spacious.

Task 11

What is genre?

   


Genre is a type of style or category of a film, for example, the genre of the movie 'Sinister' is a thriller/ horror. This means that is targeted at an teens or an older aged audience. Whereas a movie such as 'Willy Wonka and the chocolate factory', its genre is fantasy and comedy suggesting that it is targeted at a much younger aged audience as.