AICE Media Studies Blog

  Today I watched a video comparing the short film “12 Monkeys” to the original film. After watching this video, I have gathered a lot of helpful information that I can use when creating my short film. The video goes in depth about the different elements that the director of the short film “12 Monkeys” used. One thing that I noticed was the costumes, make up, and effects that where used. These elements made it clear to the audience that the genre of the film was Sci-Fi/Thriller. The video also talks about some of the differences between “12 Monkeys” and the original video. They talked about some of the contrasts between the two, and if the new version had any improvements from the original.  All of the information that was explained in the video will help me throughout the process of the creation of my short film.     After watching a video about the short film, I also read an article about it. When reading the article about “12 monkeys, “I was able to learn a ...

When watching the short film, one of the first things I noticed was the style of the credits along with the music. Both the font of the text and the music gives the audience a sense of suspense. The 9 written on the back of one of the characters tells us that he must be one of the main characters . There is no dialogue in this film, however , Acker includes diegetic sound and other sound affects that allow the viewer to know what is going on. The music, camera angles, lighting, and editing are all used in a sense that make the audience feel on edge. The use of the numbers on the back of the clothing tells is a creative way to show the connection between the other characters without the use of dialogue. The full-length film still contains its suspenseful elements. More characters are involved in the full film, and there is dialogue between the different characters. This film contains more of a background about the characters and also has a more detailed plot. Something that ...

  After a lot of brainstorming and thinking, my group has chosen our genre to do “Drama”. Our past t hree projects last year have been comedic and lively. We wanted to switch it up this time around. Since we have more experience know, it will not be as hard to make a Drama opening seen as it would have been a couple months ago. Our top three  decisions were Horror, Thriller and Drama. The differences we discussed were that Horror is just straight up terrifying. On the other hand, thriller is scary but there is built up suspense. We figured that it would be easier to film a drama  entrance rather than a horror film or thriller film because we are teenagers and drama is our lives . We also discussed that it would be more fun to make a Drama   film . Our last three  films were not intentionally humorous but they came out to be because we just looked like awkward teens. However with this film we want it to be different. We want to make something...