Aice Media Studies

 Ok I Have looked and reviewed the last and final short film. It is a action comedy that goes by the name of The Big Break. First off I want to say that the movie was phenomenal. it was one of the more different films I've ever seen. I say that due to the fact that it merged two very different genres in one. With that being said I do believe that it still retains more of the conventions of an action film. Speaking of convention I am now going to list the conventions of the film as it pertains to the action genre. Ill start off with sound first. Just as with all Action films their are the sounds that are always present include dialogue non-diegetic and diegetic  sound. With regards to the film the an example of diegetic sound is the phone call noise. For non-diegetic it would obviously be the background music. Lastly for dialogue in would most definitely be the the talking amongst the characters/actors. Now with sounds done we are off to mis-en-scenes. Ill start with the costum...

 First off I want to say that i can see why this film is an award winning sci-fi short. This film was absolutely spectacular. It was amazing from the animation and  character design to even the  voices and sound effects. With that being said this film could and can perfectly fit into the genre of actions. If one were to examine the conventions of action and compare it to this movie one would see that it near perfectly lines up. Speaking of which lets discuss conventions of actions with reference to this film. First off ill start with sound. Just like any other action the film used mainly 3 different sound types. 1 it used dialogue(when the characters were speaking to each other,  diegetic sound such as the sour of the blaster and the door opening and 3. Non diegetic sound such as during the fight scene. Now we can over on to common mis-en-scene's starting with costume. In this case it matched the scenario which was outer space but in action in general there isn't exa...

 This blog is going to cover the sci-fi short titled autonomous. The title said it was a sci-fi but personally I think you could narrow it down even more to sci-fi action. I say this because the film pandered a lot more to the action genre then to any other genre. It also seemed to go along well with the themes and conventions of an action film. which that being said lets delve into conventions starting with sound. With this film just like any other action film contain 3 main sound types diegetic, non-diegetic, and dialogue. Next on the list is common mis en scene. Ill start of with costumes which tend to very but in this film case they were in biker outfits and skin tight uniforms. Now when discussing lighting actions tend to have a mixture of high key and lowkey lighting. Now Onto acting where one can see that acting in an action film requires you to have much more grit aggressiveness and urgency in your character as one could see from any action film including this one. Now...

 Hello! I have just got done watching the film. It seemed to be an action film but I'm not going to lie, it was a bit humorous to me. Nevertheless  it did and maintain most if not all the conventions of action. With that being said I'm going to go through a few of them. First off ill start with the sound. When view the sound their was a plethora of 3 main sounds diegetic sounds and dialogue and non-diegetic sounds. examples of such goes as follows, Diegetic sound when the main character is punching. Dialogue occurred throughout the movie but main between the interaction between the protagonist and her husband. Non diegetic sound occurred manly in the form of back ground music but it mainly showed up in the training montage. Next on the list are common mis-en-scenes. Ill start with the fact that in the action genre costumes can be very diverse. The film had the protagonist change from casual to a martial arts uniform. When viewing the lighting it seem to be a standard mixture b...

 I've watched the "how to make a short film" YouTube video and  I gathered a good amount of useful points tips and ideas. Time to delve into what I've gained. Ill start with the fact that when designing or writing you short film one should only do enough that fit their resources. A good example of such is if I have 20,000 I cant be writing or designing for a 100,000 dollar short film. Another example of such is if I only have a water gun I cannot be looking to make a wwii bunker battle since I don't have the resources for such action. When making a short film one should also think of set ups and payoffs. Their are also multiple types of set ups and pay offs including emotional and story as decreed by the video. another skill that their video speaks of is to do or act in opposite of what the audience is expecting. An example of this could be that an audience is expecting a scene  where a mysteries character is the protagonist father but then you can flip the script...

So I have watched a video pertaining to the movies la jetee and 12 monkeys. I have also read an article pertaining to the same thing. Both mediums of information presented some interesting points. I'm going to share my take always from them starting with the video. Ill start with the fact that la jetee is and old French movie that inspires 12 monkey's. It wasn't any old French movie though. Its a few good info and takeaways mainly of the stories and premises of la jetee/12 monkeys. The most striking how ever that might even help through my short film process has to be the area of the film that expresses how the director of la jetee in particular used the pictures/slides and the impact that the way the slide was used had on the audience. For example the director utilized "cross fades and dissolves for a more dream like reflective ambiance". Not only that 12 monkeys also seemed to have been able to uses things such as camera angles to better express or give insight ...

 I have just finished watching both the movie 9 and the short film and concluded a couple things from my observations. first off I wanna say that the movies were great. Not the most top spec in terms of quality but the story line and events mad the movie a bit more interesting to me. The characters were so rugged and edgy which pretty much matched up with the scenario. I've noticed that there wasn't any or a lack of words in the movie . Now that I've got that out of the way lets discuss the films in detail. Ill start with the short film first. The film was a bit fast pace most likely to fit with in that short film  time frame. and the development of the characters specifically the main character, was rather quick, turning from a more passive role to the role of a hero. The conventions of the short film is is just like that of a basic action film, a protagonist, an antagonist, a climax point in which most of the action  resides and is coming to a finishing point, and a res...