Logan St.Germaine's Film Project 5294

     Whenever it comes to filming no matter what film it is, there will always be mistakes made or things that they couldn't include in the movie. Something that prevented films from working and caused many problems in the film was censorship so they had to find workarounds like in Psycho . These workarounds are used to make the film more mysterious as to what's going on. Things that we had trouble with in our film and ended up not being included were things that had to do with mostly props. To begin with, we wanted to use red food dye (corn syrup) in this case. The issue with that was that we didn't have enough red corn syrup to make a blood effect. We tried using as much corn syrup as we could but turned out we didn't have enough. So by just using the props that we had we couldn't make that blood-splatter effect we wanted. The solution to this? Well, when we get to the point we have to edit we can add in the bloody effect to make it look realistic. Our first idea

     When it comes to favoritism and film it is all biased and opinions on what people think their favorite scene is. There is not one scene from the film that is "everybody's favorite scene". For example one of my favorite scenes in film was in the first Iron Man film where Iron Man escapes the cave. The reason why this is one of my favorite scenes of all time because he was in an extremely rough situation. Though he was in a rough situation he found out a way to escape with a whole technology suit that he built himself out of scraps. Me and my group have filmed more than half our two minute film project. Although that may not be a long time especially to complete a full film. It is just enough to pick out a favorite clip, one of my favorite scenes from our film so far is where the goon breaks into the victims house and kills the person inside. The reason for this being is that the scene was played out well along with all the symbolism from the mug the victim was drink

     Credits are important for films because it shows all the different roles, amounts of people, and work it took into creating that film. The credits give hence credit to the people that contributed to the film in any sort of way whether it was a cameraman, editor, storyboard, actor, director, etc. The credits consist of three things typically the name, the position that was given to that said name, and the companies that the film company worked with at the end. Credits can start at the start of the film Pulp Fiction  this is typically how earlier films included credits. But now it is more normalized for credits to start at the conclusion of the movie like Deadpool 2 . In my group's case we'd want to start the film with our credits as they fade away while the movie plays and goes on just like in Home Alone . The reason for doing it that way is because we only have the intro of the film so putting the credits at the end of the intro would mean that the credits would start at t

     Film texture, film texture is used to change the look or the way a film "feels". This can mean making the film texture blue to make a setting seem cold or lonely. Gray or film textures with scratches could be used to make something seem old-fashioned like Who Framed Roger Rabbit  which has a vintage-looking film texture. Our group would want to use something vintage to create an old-fashioned effect as if it was a classic mafia to tell an old story. Similar to the Godfather  had an old-fashioned film texture almost like a VHS tape with crackling and glitching. Other film textures we thought of using were black and white to create an extremely old-fashioned film. We would want to do this so that the viewer focuses on the film and not the colors of the film. Making the film a lower quality can make it look like it was published earlier like when films first started being released to give it that nostalgic effect. The problem with this is that we are under-equipped and only

     Promotion is very important when it comes to the film industry especially when it comes to new movies releasing and coming out. Different movies have different ways of putting themselves out there whether it is using posters, advertisements, or trailers. For example, for the movie avengers infinity war, there are different posters and youtube trailers for it. This is used to get the movie out there and hook the viewer to watch the film and gain money from the box office. In my case, my group would want to create video games or advertisements because we know that this generation is extremely invested in video games. Star Wars did this by creating Star Wars: Knights Of The Old Republic to promote and re-enact scenes from the movie in a video game. This is used to let the viewer be able to interact with the "film" so that way they feel like they are in the film. We also had an idea of using posters that can be put up for decoration and to add to an empty room or wall. Th

     Opening scene: The opening scene in the film is the beginning of the story and can tell the viewer an idea of what the film is about. Maybe for example if the opening scene is in the school it could be about school or something around it like The Breakfast Club’s opening scene . This shows what the film is about and why I like the different social concepts and stereotypes. In my case, my opening scene will be a car pulling into the parking lot of a church showing that the film is about and around the church. The problem with creating this scene is that no one in my group has a permit. The solution we could use to fix this problem is to ask one of our friends that has a permit to help us with this scene. Another idea we have is one of the goons walking up to the victim's house with a baseball bat. This will show that the character wants to beat up the person inside and build suspense for the scene. I want the opening scene to be confusing and make the viewer think of what’s goi

     Different resources that are used in the film vary from cameras to props to things that are used to film. Different people have different specialties and know how to work with certain equipment like cameras . My group is having trouble because we are low-equipped and do not have the resources necessary to create a high-quality film. Snowball microphones would be helpful as the microphones would be attached to our bodies so sound quality would be high. The complication that comes with this is that no one in our group has one. So we could purchase ones or go into our editing software and edit in our voiceovers. Other resources we do not have or are low on our tripods but we could figure that problem out because our teacher has some we could borrow. We have cameras on our phones that we could use and everyone in our group knows how to operate them. But the problem is other equipment that we will need and borrow may not be as easy to use as a phone camera so our group will need to lea

  Actors, As far as actors go are the main part of films and either act as the main character or animals in a film. For example, the dinosaurs in Jurassic Park were actors. Actors play out the main characters in the film or just contribute on stage and end up on the screen. In our group the problem is we do not have actors, we are a three-man crew so acting is hard. I am the cameraman and the other two members of the group are actors. A solution to this problem is finding friends or family members that are willing to contribute towards our project. Another complication is whether they will follow the script and act decently enough to ensure that the film gets completed. Although actors don’t have to follow the script and even make the movie better. Some examples of actors that didn’t follow the script but made the film better and added their own touch could be seen here . My group will find friends who can help us film and even act to complete our film. In summary, actors are import

  Music is extremely important when it comes to filming to help increase the setting and overall mood of certain scenes. If there is a scene that contains action there would be an upbeat hype adrenaline rush type song. If a scene is sad it may be a slow type of song that sounds sad, similar to this scene from Up . In my film, I’d like to include Italian music, after all this film includes Italian mafia gangs that are religious so an almost festive-sounding upbeat song like this , while the gang beat each other up, would create irony and be perfect. The complications with this would be the timing and putting the song in. But to fix this my group will use editing software to time it perfectly and sound high quality. Other songs I was thinking of implementing into my film are songs like Thunderstruck by AC/DC. This will make the action exaggerated to make the viewer almost stressed out or even entertained with the film. The issue with using something like Thunderstruck is that it is a

     Sound effects are similar to special effects but special effects are graphics while sound effects are things you hear in a film. Sound effects vary from turning on a lightsaber to opening a door. Sound effects help create diegetic sound in a film that a character reacts to or non-diegetic sound that a character doesn't react to. Either way sound effects are extremely important when it comes to film because it adds to a sense of what is happening. In my film sound effects I'd like to add are the sounds of gunshots  that the characters get hit by or react to in order to make the scene even more dramatic. The main issue with this is not knowing how to use the software properly or having to mess up and restart. Another sound effect we could include is the creaking of a door opening to make a character seem more intimidating or scary similar to this clip in The Conjuring . We want to create this effect to make the mafia boss open the door to his victims and scare the victims.

     Special effects are used all the time in the majority of films. Special effects help enhance and create a film well a film. Some examples of special effects can be the lightsabers or shooting of blaster pistols . Special effects can go far from sci-fi films to something as simple as adventure films. Certain special effects I'd like to add to my film to make it extravagant are special effects for gunshots. This will make it safe and simple for us to add things that look real but aren't. The problem with special effects is that they may be hard to add if we are inexperienced with new software like adobe premiere pro. The solution to this problem could be to learn online with walkthrough tutorials on how to do certain things like this video here. Other special effects my group could add are explosions of grenades or vehicles to make the scene seem real. Or the smoking of a cigar to make the character seem intimidating without the actor actually smoking. Special effects are

     Storyboards are crucial when it comes to filming because it shows how the story and film will be played out. No matter what film it may be there will always be a screenplay or storyboard to show the actors and producers what will happen and how. In my case what was guiding me and my storyboard was different films that had a similar concept to mine. For example, my group wanted to make our film and story similar to the godfather's screenplay so we tied up religion and mafia gangs together. As you can see here in our script  so far we want to create a storyboard similar to the godfather so that is what guided the storyboard. The main parts of our film that we had to explore and expose were the part that they are violent but supported religion. The reasoning for this is that it creates a sense of irony that they are religious although they kill other people. The challenges with this were that we all had to make sure we agreed on the script and decide what roles were whose. We de

     Lighting is the use of well light to create maybe the emphasis on a character like a spotlight for example. Even backlighting so that the character's silhouette appears to make them seem like a mysterious dark monster or figure. In my film, I will use light to poke through certain holes like a fence to let a bit of light in but to the point where you could only see SOME of the character's faces. For this particular scene, I'd want to make it similar to that of this scene . This will be challenging because we'd have to make sure we have enough light going through the holes to show some of the characters to keep them "mysterious" in a way. Although scenes that we will be filming outside will require the use of natural lighting, using the sun's light will be useful for scenes that require going outside. The difficulty with this style of lighting may be that we cannot control how bright or dark that particular day will be.so if that becomes the case we

     Different people play different roles in film production and the film industry, from actors to directors, organizers, storyboard writers, etc. Everyone playing a unique role in a particular spot creates job opportunities and shows people what they can do. For example, a screenwriter  writes content for visual mediums and can create or edit it according to how the story will be played out. In my case, the two people in my group as of right now are actors and stars in my film. I will be the cameraman, the cameramen, or the camera operator when it comes to film uses cameras to implement different camera shots to emphasize the emotions and timing of a scene. I will be the camera operator creating different shots depending on what's happening on screen. The challenge I will have to face is making sure the camera is stable and in a good position so that I can create angles with a steady enough movement to catch what is happening on screen. If this issue does occur I will use a trip

     Thematic messages are basically messages and themes that the movie provides and represents. For example, the movie The Breakfast Club provides a theme that everyone should be seen as who they are not what they look like. This can be implemented into the world and how it plays out in society. In my case, my film includes violence and how it influences the world, people, and surroundings showing that there are many other ways to solve things other than violence. There are many different types of violence but the type my film includes is gang violence and conflict between two certain groups and people. The message that this film will provide to the viewers and people watching is that violence is an option but should not be prioritized and selected for a majority of reasons. The film will include factors prior to murders and attempted murders to show what could happen or would happen after a murder showing the complications and cons of violence. For example, the film Departed  shows

     Big film industries (In their films) usually have scenes that take place outside without editing just outside for different film scenes. For example, stranger things were filmed outside for certain scenes like this scene where they are at the trailer park . It is evident that filming outside is important, especially for most of the films out there that need to implement the outdoors to symbolize and represent what's going on and the environment of the story. My group decided to film outside by a canal for one of the scenes in our short film but we had run into a problem. It started raining, and because of the fact it was raining we would get all wet and the camera would get wet two things that we did not apply to our storyboard or wanted. With rain sometimes comes thunder and the thunder can corrupt the audio or cause certain sounds to be muffled or distorted. Not only was it raining but it was windy as well so we would get cold leading to poor quality of our film and the chan

     Props are essential for films and can create symbolism/importance for a film. For example, a good example of symbolism and importance is the infinity gauntlet in Avengers Infinity War. The prop my group has implemented so far is a baseball bat. But to add to that basic common baseball bat we got colored food dye that was red and covered the baseball bat with the food dye to make it look like blood. We did not only use the food dye on the baseball but on one of the actors to say he murdered someone with that baseball bat. The baseball bat resembles symbolism because it says peace on it and as the mafia boss is religious he wants "peace" but in the clip, the word peace is upside down to show the situation really isn't peaceful. But the first problem we ran into was we had nothing to use for blood, to begin with so we had to go around the neighborhood and ask for food dye or red syrup. The problem with this was we wasted time and didn't have enough per se to make

  Time is of the essence when it comes to film and having to follow the storyboard. It is essential to ensure everything is turned in and completed on time and on its due date. Different big film companies need to make sure they can get film work done efficiently and fast so that way they can revise and edit anything prior to the raw film. In our case, the problems we had were that and one of my other group members participate in out-of-school activities. This makes it complicated for all of us to come together and work on our film after practice. On top of that, I got sick the week before making it complicated for us to film and work as a group even with that being said we made sure that everything was turned in on time. What we did to solve this was we got in our group and communicated with each other on which role belongs to who kind of like a director in a way. Using this strategy helps the group to stay organized and coordinated that way less time is wasted and more time is used

    Tropes are a common repetitive concept in film, for example, the dumb blonde girl in horror movies always looks like she is "purposely" trying to get killed. My movie will include the trope of gangs that hate each other and both come from bad backgrounds also known as the bad boys similar to ponyboy where two groups that are mad at each other fight. My characters have been treated badly during childhood and the only way they know how to resolve things is through violence. They all hated school growing up, they were dropouts, and the only way they could find a way to make money was through committing crimes and theft. The people that are getting killed or the other group that they are mad at will be scared and intimidated as they scramble and try to figure out what they will do to defend or stop the criminals. The two thugs that the mafia boss has in his group will have the trope of them being extremely quiet and serious with their monotone faces like Morpheus and the ag