Media studies

PREPARING TO FILM...AGAIN!      While preparing to film we realized we did not like our plot line nor characters ! And the film was overall unrealistic and bland to create. So, we restarted! This is the updated preparation to our filming. So, after creating our brand new story board and line. We started on our script and the nitty gritty left out prior.      To begin with, there will only be two new actors in our new plot line. The main genre will be the same, how we are displaying it is MUCH different. The first actor will be play by me, Carey Joyce. This character will be named Ella and she represent our main victim who is home alone at the time of the incident. The second character is played by Aden Mangones, my partner. He will play the killer, whose only part is to jump scare the audience by grabbing Ella's hand. We knew we wanted to have my character be a girl. Not only because it gives a sense of vulnerability, but we knew that different emotions c...

 Updated Story Board      As a new development in our project, we decided to overhaul our entire plot and storyboard. Why did we do this? Well for a couple specific issues we found. For starters, the first storyboard was entirely trash. We found the story dull and our cuts weren’t showing the extent to our editing and transition capabilities. We realized the story wasn’t much to work with and could’ve been written by any regular joe. We wanted our storyline to be original. Providing a clear sense of apprehension and instill a shivering fear in the audience. So, we completely redid the story board as a whole.     We started our process by brainstorming a variety of different ideas. For one we had discussed different possible endings. Such as if the killer locked the girl outside and it ended with someone rustling in the trees. Another possibility was if the slasher was in the shower, but slashed her hand off. We decided our ending with the killer...

  PREPARING TO FILM      As Aden Mangones and I begin planning to shoot our short horror film we began discussing various topics. We separated the easily planned items and the more difficult planned items. To begin, we discussed the proper setting and the actors which will be in the film. We decided on my home for the setting of the home of the stalked individual. Which we will use the main living spaces, such as the kitchen, living room, dining room, and front yard for scene options. The actors will be played by Aden, my mother, father, and I. We also discussed the prop options and decided those would easily be purchased either online or at a party store. We will include fake knifes and fake blood. The filming equipment will be our phones to record.       Moving on to the more difficult items for Aden and I to decide. Scheduling the filming will definitely be a difficult feat. Coordinating our schedule and to block off a few days to shoot, film, ...

                     INITIAL STORY BOARD      This is our initial story board and shows the flow of our final project. In the beginning, it starts off with high key lighting and short dialogue between the parents leaving for a trip and the young teenager staying home alone. Then, it cuts time to the young teenager (blue outline) home alone at night. Following that, it shows the killer (red outline) sneak up on (blue outline), chase and almost kill the main character. During, the chase will be shown with trucking of the camera. The main character then grabs the knife and stabs the killer, it fades to an extreme close up of her/his eyes where sweat drips and the fear is obvious.       In this initial project and storyboarding, we did this in person taking turns drawing and coming up with the plot line. We brainstormed a few ways to illustrate the main idea of the horror and plot. ...