Sarah Alexander Media Studies

Introduction To Everything: Hi everyone, this piece of my blog will focus on what I will be doing and talking about in most of my blogs and who I will be doing this with (a.k.a. my group members). What’s Going On? This blog is for a college-level class I am taking in high school called Media Studies. In this class, we have learned about the 4 key concepts, stereotypes, social groups, representation, how the media works, etc. At the end of this class, a part of our final quiz is a project. This project requires us to create an original 2-minute opening scene to our own original movie. The first semester in school helped us prepare for this as we learned all the important components that go into our movie. I will be recording my progress in doing this project in his blog so I hope you follow along on my journey. My Group: My group consists of… Canidate 1: Shivanie Rambaran Canidate 2: Jennifer Blandon Most groups consists of 4 people but we were not able to find a 4th person that met our...

 How things are in other Mystery Films Setting/Time: In mystery films, there is a wide variety of settings for openings scenes to have. Most of the time people make opening scenes in dark empty or deserted places but that's not always the case. Sometimes the opening scene in this genre may use a flashback, a fash forward, or tell a story about what happened. All these can take place in different settings like cars, a house, and even a mall. In mysteries there is not a set group of settings where opening scenes take place, it depends on the movie that is being made. When we talk about the time it is shot we can say that usually it is shot in the dark or in the nighttime because it helps created a mood or tone to begin the movie. Not all opening scenes shoot like this but it is a popular way to create that tone and mood. Intended Audience: I believe that mystery films are usually watched by people between the ages of 16- 30. The reason I say this is because people who will watch myst...

 Research Hey guys, as the title says we're going to be researching. Here is what we will be researching today: What do the opening sequences look like in other films of my genre? (Question1) How does an opening sequence reveal meaning and tone without giving away too much? (Question 2) How much action really happens in the first 2 minutes of a film? (Question 3)  Movie:  Question 1  Question 2  Question 3  The Women In The Window  We see what looked like stars as we heard mysterious music and then started to hear heavy breathing. We see a women's eyes shoot open and then get a look at how the whole house looks. During that time we see pictures of a man who looked like he is in distress  It does not give away much because all we can see is how the house looks like and what looked like a clue of what we would be seeing in the future. It introduces the main character. There is no action in this opening scene. Forgotten  This opening scene was e...

Mystery Yes, my group will be doing an opening scene for a mystery film. We chose mystery because we all conveniently watch mystery shows. We also know a few of the basic conventions mystery films have so we already had some ideas for what we should do. Speaking of the basic conventions let's go into the basic conventions of mystery that I will be using in or opening scene. (Please note I will not list all conventions just a few from each category.) Cinematography: Shot Types: Close- Up: We will use a close up to show the phone in our opening to signify how important what's on the phone is. Medium Close-Up: We will show different parts of the dead body with a medium close up Long Shot: We will use a long shot in order to show the surroundings by the dead body. Also during the flashback to show the girl in distress. Camera Movements: Tracking/Panning : We are going ton use this so that we can have a clean transition from women to stalker and it will help show how far/close the s...

 Editing Software's: Quick Intro:   Hey,  just  a quick update here. Right  now,  we are talking more about our portfolio as we  come closer to the end of the semester. We are now focusing on our editing software that we are considering using.  It may seem simple but there are also a few  requirements  that the software must  meet,  and  I  will get more into th at now.     Assignment :   Today’s assignment is to find editing software’s to consider using for your portfolio project. This software must meet all the requirements (listed below ) and then you will pick the top 3 that you are considering using and compare them to  each other. Now I will get into talking about my top 3, please keep in  mind  that I chose these for  me because I was  comfortable  with  them,   but  they might not  work for you     Requirements :   Web-based  ...