Audience and Institutions Essay Component II Question 2

5. “In relation to the media area you have studied (film), discuss the ways audience consumption has changed over time.” 

Overtime, audience consumption has changed in the film industry due to innovations in digital distribution and advertisement strategies. It can be agreed upon that audience consumption overtime has changed for the better. Society went from viewing movies on Blu-ray, and DVD to having wider, more convenient ways to watch films in this age- Netflix, Hulu, YouTube Plus, and in cinemas. 

Film have consistently followed a specific model which has changed after some time because of the headway of innovation and the new ways in which you can disseminate the item. The conventional 'Hollywood" model began at the studio where they made the film and afterward it went to theater's and the ticket deals likened to the benefit that the studio got from the film. Nonetheless, over time this has changed because of the impact of present-day innovation. The cutting-edge model is that it begins at the studio making the film and afterward goes to theater, much the same as the old model. Be that as it may, all in corresponding to the theaters, the item can likewise go to DVD and Video On Demand. This permits the item to be carefully promoted on a few distinct stages, in this manner expended on various stages.  

  

Instances of this would be inside film, informal exchange is an advantageous method to accomplish free promoting as individuals will go see the film dependent on the audit from individuals they know, whether it's certain or negative. At that point VOD is helpful on account of specialized union; it permits individuals who have a bustling way of life to utilize their telephone, TV, tablet or PC to devour the media item any place and at whatever point they need to.  

  

Pride was showcased similarly too yet in an alternate manner to accomplish association with it's specialty advertise. For one Pride went to Cannes film celebration, a specialty crowd went to this celebration thus the word got out about it. Another way it accomplished showcasing was the way that the essayist of the film Stephen Beresford did a meeting at the 2104 LGBT celebration, which got the film well known among this gathering of individuals as clearly with in the film, it follows a character who is gay and how he battles with coming out into a world which doesn't acknowledge it. this subsequently made this accessible to this gathering of individuals who might be keen on the portrayal of somebody such as themselves.  

  

To a huge degree advanced dispersion affects the showcasing and utilization of an item because of the manners by which things can broadly be publicized on various stages to focus on their crowd. As these various stages do focus at various crowds thus by permitting the circulation onto various gadgets supports the individuals who will watch it and how they watch it is up to them. Utilization is simpler then ever these days as the assembly of items, for example, a Xbox, where you can play computer games, watch DVD's and approach Netflix, permits individuals to choose how they need to watch it, where they need to watch it, on what gadget they pick and consistently permits opportunity of decision as VOD is accessible on advanced cells, tablets and so on. Likewise the web has permitted computerized dissemination to prosper hugely and permits a more extensive market to promote on and thusly prompts web based watching and downloading of the media item on the web or by leasing the film from programming like iTunes. Advanced appropriation has had, to an enormous degree influenced the promoting and utilization of media items to crowds. 

24 Extract Component II Question 1

The extract, “24”, commenced with a woman and a man having a one on one conversation. In the extract, the man, who comes off as an interrogator, wants answers out of the woman without her manipulating him. In the extract, the male character comes off as though he is interrogating the woman through his tone. He appears scary and more powerful than the woman, which the directed depicts through the usage of close-ups. By using close-up shots, the director is able to emphasize the man’s dominance as he attempts to drag information out of the woman. The incidental music in the first scene acts as a way to build suspense and intensity, setting a tone which is furthered though dialogue. When the man realizes that the woman will not give into his demands, he switches up his methods. The director’s usage of a dim lighted room further emphasize the intensity and suspense of the scene.

The first camera angle shown is an over the shoulder shot. The director uses props such as a table, a chair, handcuffs, and papers to add onto the interrogating feel of the scene. This specific vision or perhaps, set design is prominent in shows and films related to an authority figure interrogating another character. For instance, police interrogation scenes in movies. The over the shoulder shot is commonly used to film dialogue taking place during the interrogation. The use of over the shoulder shot throughout the extract is to make the viewers feel as though they are physically in the interrogation room, eavesdropping on the characters’ conversations; as a result, enhancing the interrogation. 

In the third scene, the dialogue reveals that the purpose of the discussion was to prevent a bomb from going off. The dialogue’s purpose is to help the audience realize the severity of the situation. A dutch angle and diegetic sound was used when the interrogator flipped the table over in front of the woman. The Dutch angle mimics the movement of the table, stimulating the audience to feel as though they were in the room, watching the table tilt in the air. Moreover, the diegetic sound dramatizes the scene, giving the viewers an authentic perspective of the scary, crashing noise the table made. In the sixth scene, a shot-reverse-shot is used when the man finally calmed down from his sudden burst of anger after flipping the table. Shot reverse shots are also used when filming conversations. It was used to enhance the interrogation. Immediately after this build-up the interrogator attacks the woman.

Final Movie

Music Video + CCR

Commercial Project + CCR

In October, the early stages of my AICE Media Studies course, I recorded my very first project. Alongside my team mate, Yanaj, I recorded a Starbucks commercial. We both agreed to make the commercial about Starbucks. I blogged the entire process which can be revisited in my October blogs. It was my first time recording a piece in AICE Media and I had a lot of fun. I am glad to have my commercial on hand to compare it to my final opening sequence for Cambridge to observe and analyze my growth throughout the class.

Re-edit blog

Re-editing our film has been a top priority for the past few classes. It has been quite a struggle since sometimes the computers will decide to take a long time to load Pinnacle Studios. In the worst scenario Pinnacle Studios would just never load and we did try multiple different computers. When we were lucky and it worked that’s when we were able to edit. We switched between Pinnacle studios and Lesly's computer programmed video editor. This is because we wanted to start at home and continue because the computers at school would sometimes be slow. So, Lesly imported all the scenes and put them in order of the storyboard. Therefore, we’d only have to split each scene in order to add specific details. For instance the titles design, transitions, and special effects. Since the titles in Lesly’s editing software did not have anything that would go with our theme, we used Pinnacle Studios to edit the design of each title. This process was grueling because we had to decide which fonts and styles we wanted to use. Many fonts were very similar and were only different in tiny aspects.

First, we wanted to find a scary font for the title of the movie, but at first we couldn’t so there was a basic one. We also wanted to fix the rest of the fonts, so it would match well with the title font. Anyeska and I found a scary dripping font which we changed to red and a green background. It looked as though blood was dripping, which helped create spookiness. The other titles were changed also, and the color is now red. After this, Britania began looking for transitions to add between each scene. It would be more entertaining and create suspense, and overall improve the smoothness of the film. So we thought about adding them at the beginning, when the girls are playing frisbee as their title appears, to transitioning to the next person. Another detail we did was special effects. Lesly added a scream in the scene where Britania is separated from the group and sees the entity again before she gets possessed. Lesly also added a screeching effect when an eyeline match was created between the monster and Claire. 

Reediting Blog

Re-editing our film has been a top priority for the past few classes. It has been quite a struggle since sometimes the computers will decide to take a long time to load Pinnacle Studios. In the worst scenario Pinnacle Studios would just never load and we did try multiple different computers. When we were lucky and it worked that’s when we were able to edit. We switched between Pinnacle studios and Lesly's computer programmed video editor. This is because we wanted to start at home and continue because the computers at school would sometimes be slow. So, Lesly imported all the scenes and put them in order of the storyboard. Therefore, we’d only have to split each scene in order to add specific details. For instance the titles design, transitions, and special effects. Since the titles in Lesly’s editing software did not have anything that would go with our theme, we used Pinnacle Studios to edit the design of each title. This process was grueling because we had to decide which fonts and styles we wanted to use. Many fonts were very similar and were only different in tiny aspects.

First, we wanted to find a scary font for the title of the movie, but at first we couldn’t so there was a basic one. We also wanted to fix the rest of the fonts, so it would match well with the title font. Anyeska and I found a scary dripping font which we changed to red and a green background. It looked as though blood was dripping, which helped create spookiness. The other titles were changed also, and the color is now red. After this, Britania began looking for transitions to add between each scene. It would be more entertaining and create suspense, and overall improve the smoothness of the film. So we thought about adding them at the beginning, when the girls are playing frisbee as their title appears, to transitioning to the next person. Another detail we did was special effects. Lesly added a scream in the scene where Britania is separated from the group and sees the entity again before she gets possessed. Lesly also added a screeching effect when an eyeline match was created between the monster and Claire. 

Reshoot blog

      After getting back my peer review, I did not reshoot over the weekend. The reason being that my group mates and I were quite busy this weekend. However, we received our peer review on Thursday (3/5). For our peer review, my team mates and I ended up reviewing ourselves. To eliminate personal bias, we watched our own film as if we were not the ones who made it. We then made a list of things to fix about our film in order to match the peer edit rubric. We came to the conclusion that it is necessary to reshoot. We plan to reshoot Anyeska and Jazmin’s title because they were a bit choppy.

Peer Editing the Opening Sequence

      On Tuesday (3/3), I peer edited one of my classmate’s opening sequence. The film was about a girl (main character) who came across a poster which sparked her interest. The poster was advertising a room for rent. The main character then goes to check out the room, and in no time she accepted the offer. Upon the first night of moving in, the audience soon find out that her roommate is a psychopath who tries to kill her. Evidently, the movie falls under the genre of horror. I absolutely enjoyed the story behind the film; However, there are a few adjustments to be made.
      For one, I suggest that my classmate work on sound in her reshoot— the dialogue scenes were low in volume. Moreover, our teacher gave us a list which advise  that we use 14 specific shots, angles, sounds and movements. For the most part, my classmate incorporated majority of the suggested angles, movements, shots, and sounds in her opening sequence. However, in the reshoot I recommend that she try to add the ones she missed, that is: establishing shot, low angle, eye line match, and an action match. For instance, she should add an establishing shot of the apartment.
      2 questions— One thing I really liked about the film is the use of transitions. In the very beginning, she used a color transition where she zoomed in one of the actors wearing a red shirt and the next scene was zooming out from a red cup. A suggestion I would make to the film is to incorporate the use of makeup on the antagonist. In other words, the roommate who attempts to kill the main character looked like a regular person. I suggest that in the reshoot, she should look a bit creepier— even a creepy smile would make a difference.
    Overall, peer editing was fun and useful. Peer editing opened my eyes to new ideas to incorporate in my opening sequence. I enjoyed giving my constructive criticism and I hope that the group who peer edit my project would effectively do the same.

Filming the Opening Sequence

      On Sunday (2/27), Jazmin, Anyeska, and Lesly all went to Dollar Tree to gather props and makeup so that we could film our opening sequence. They bought makeup which is shown down below, worn by Lesly along with the props bought. Afterwards, Anyeska drove to my house to pick me up. Once I arrived at Anyeska’s, Jazmin and I went into the kitchen to make fake blood, using cornstarch, corn syrup, and red food coloring. It took us roughly 10 minutes to get the perfect mixture. Afterwards, I went over the storyboard to better understand the movie. Simultaneously,  Jazmin was doing Lesly’s makeup with clay, foundation, lipstick and our very own homemade fake blood. When Jazmin was finished, we gathered our props and drove over to the abandoned house where we planned to film. When we got to the abandoned house, we started decorating it with fake snakes, a creepy doll, fake blood hand prints, and the broken mirror.
      In front of the abandoned house, Anyeska, Jazmin and I played frisbee as Hangeno recorded us. The next scene we filmed was the scene where I went off to get the frisbee I came across the unknown entity. We filmed all of our outside scenes on Sunday. It took us around three hours to film all of our outside scenes. Of course, we had to reshoot our scenes a few times before finally getting it right.

Gathering Props + Filming Blog

      On Saturday (2/22), my group mates and I got together to commence the filming process for our opening sequence. We (Lesly, Jazmin, Anyeska and our volunteer, Nick) all planned to meet up at Anyeska’s house around 4PM. Side note: Nick is not apart of our group, however he was nice enough to help us out with our preparations. We all individually arrived at Anyeska’s house, so therefore we were all there by 4:30PM which delayed us a bit. Shortly after we all arrived at Anyeska’s house, we got into Lesly’s car and headed over to Party City to gather our props. We were looking for fake blood, a soccer ball and wax to act as scars and bruises. The way in which we utilized the fake blood and wax will be further discussed in a later blog. When we got to Party City, we looked carefully through each isle for the supplies we needed. When we were unable to find the supplies, we reached out to one of the workers for help. The worker told us that fake blood was out of stock since it is nowhere near Halloween time. Below is a picture of my group mate Lesly and I playing with a few props we saw at Party City. Therefore, we left Party City and drove 11 minutes to Walmart. Surely enough, Walmart also did not have fake blood being that it is out of season. However, we bought a frisbee at Walmart which is a substitute for the soccer ball we initially planned to use. Neither of us had a soccer ball and we were unable to buy one, therefore we found it best to use a frisbee.
     On our way back to Anyeska’s house, we stopped at Pizza Hut to pick up pizza for our house scene. When we got back to the house, we all washed our hands and Jazmin, Anyeska and I gathered around the dining table to film the scene where I realized that I left my phone at the Haunted House. We were only able to film two scenes on Saturday being that we failed to acquire all of our necessary props. Filming took around an hour being that we had a lot of bloopers. All in all, Saturday was a day of hunting for props and doing a few practice runs for the actual film which we planned to seriously initiate the very next day, Sunday (2/23).

Final Task Filming Blog

      Today, February 20th, my AICE Media teachers gave our class the chance to take home our filming equipments. Lesly went to the camera room and signed off on a camera, SD card and tripod for our group to utilize. A picture of our filming equipment is shown below. My group mates and I are going to film our opening sequence this weekend. We plan to film on both Saturday (2/22) and Sunday (2/23). Lesly, Jazmin and I will all go to Anyeska’s house to film. On Saturday we hope to finish filming majority of our movie scenes; however, on Sunday we plan to go back to Anyeska’a house to clean up the film, redoing scenes if necessary. If by chance filming this weekend does not go well, we also have next weekend to film— Saturday (2/29) and Sunday (3/1). Our rough draft film is due on 3/3, therefore we hope to get everything completed in due time.

Planning Blog- Storyboard

Today, my teammates and I were able to start drawing out our storyboards. We grabbed our storyboard template, which we already had a stack of for future use. Then, immediately began. After completing our genre research, title research, and planning blogs where we discussed how we wanted to go about filming our opening scene, we knew it was time for our storyboard. It took approximately two hours to draw and write out our camera angles, camera movements, actions, and titles for each scene. Working diligently we were able to finish in class. First, we discussed our scenes with each other. Then, we made sure everyone agreed on what would happen in each scene and what angles we wanted to use to capture that moment. Although, we had originally planned some of the scenes differently, there were changes in the final decision. It was decided that most of the scenes would be filmed at the abandoned house and some at Anyeska's house. Storyboarding would have been a much longer process if the entire group was not helping one another. We assigned different jobs, so that way we would all be diligently working. Since most of us in the group could not draw, we decided Lesly would be the best choice. Our storyboard consists of pan shots, medium shots, and high angles. It also has a brief overview of each character and each placement of the titles. Our opening scene will be around two minutes. So far, we are on a good track with timing. It is filled with great details that will guide us during the filming process. Our storyboard is shown below.

Planning Blog (Title Design in Details)

The studio my group and I have chosen is JLab Productions. In this Title, The Font size will be 40, the color would be black, the font would be Ultra. Also, the title will disappear after 2 to 3 seconds. The Production company we chose is RNFK Productions. The font, size, color, and duration will be the same. The film title we have chosen is “The House  on NW 10th Ave. The color will be red and the font size will be 80. Soon after the film title is shown, Actors’ Name titles will be shown. The actors include: “Anyeska, Britania, Lesly, And Jazmin. In the casting by title, The title will state, “Casting by Lesly”. Other slides include: Music by title, Costume Designer title, Edited by title, Production designer title, Director of photography title, Producer, executive producer title, Story by title, written by title, and directed by title.

Planning Blog (Health and Safety, Location, Sound, Schedule, and participants)

For health and safety, we decided to bring a first aid kit on set in case anyone gets injured during the film-making process. Also, we have the parents of my groupmate who volunteered to supervise while we are film-making. The supervisors will also have access to the phone that can dial 911. The location we will be filming at is an abandoned house in my group mates’ neighborhood. This house was burned down, so it gives off a spooky atmosphere. Another location will be Anyeska’s house. Our sound will be found online. Most of the scenes taking place in Anyeska’s house will take place in her Dining Room. Our Participants include: Anyeska as Molly, Britania as Claire, Jazmin as Rose, and Hangeno as the cameraman. My groupmates and I scheduled the filming to begin on February 16th and to end on March 27th.

Planning Blog Shooting Script

  Below is our group’s PowerPoint of the shooting script for our opening sequence. The shooting script revolves around what we will be doing per scene. It involves the camera angles, movements, and character movements, minus the dialogue in each scene. There are 10 scenes, not including the title slide. The script writing format was written in short, visual sentences, avoiding more than three sentences in each scene. Some of the camera angles, movements, and shots that we plan to use in our opening sequence include three-shot, wide shot, point of view shot, medium shot, close-ups. By mapping out or script ahead of time, we will be more organized and have the ideas and plans set for the film. We had to think of ways to make all of our thoughts of the film come to life. As we progress through our planning process, we have it in mind that our ideas of our film can possibly change. Therefore, having access to our PowerPoint, we will always ensure to go back and edit in new details to perfect our movie to our liking. 

Planning Blog Sound Script

Above is our group’s PowerPoint of the sound script for our opening sequence. The sound script is about what the characters will be saying along with the type of sounds in each scene, minus angles, movements, and character movements. The purpose of the sound script is for us to know exactly which sounds to use in our movie, giving us a structure. Sounds which we plan to incorporate in our opening sequence include ambient music, diegetic sound, score, non-diegetic sound, and of course, dialogue. By having a variety of sounds, our opening sequence will appeal to the audience’s senses. Being that we have planned out our shooting and sound scripts, our ideas of our opening scene is beginning to manifest. We are now in a stage where we are more aware of how our movie will look and sound. Moreover, we have it in mind to edit in more information and do our final changes at any given moment being that we are still in the planning process. Making the sound script was relatively easy because we already knew what we wanted to use for the sound. The use of eerie music along with the monster’s laugh will definitely keep the audience on their feet.

Title Research: Two Eyes Staring (2010)

My group and I watched the title sequence of,“Two Eyes Staring” (2010) from the Watch of the Titles website. During the title sequence, a consistent score played, dark backgrounds were shown, and creepy, unexplained visuals popped up on the screen. Collectively, these features gave off an ominous feeling, foreshadowing that the movie is clearly of the Horror genre. There were 14 titles in total which stayed on screen for approximately five seconds, each giving credit to the contributors who made the movie possible. Images which were prioritized include: shadows, dark, distorted pictures, reflections, and a little girl with a mask. The images gave off an eerie connotation mainly because of the fact that they were random, and had no context behind them. The genre horror was reinforced through symbolic and technical codes; for instance, the use of dark lighting, dark backgrounds, and creepy instrumentals to set a horrific mood. The strategies used to ensure that the film is reaching its targeted audience is the use of incomprehensible shots and images. By doing so, the producer was able to grab the audience’s attention— those who appreciate the creepy, enigmatic visuals in the opening sequence would want to continue to watch to experience fright that keeps them on the edge of their seats. Within the opening sequence, technology was used effectively through camera angles, transitions, and editing techniques. For the majority of the opening sequence, the common angles were extreme close up, and medium close up. Possibly, the use of persistent close up shots was to let the viewers in on the discrete, unexplained actions which caused an initial feeling of eeriness. The transitions which were used include: fade in, fade out, and inserts. The use of a fade in and fade out signifies that the opening sequence is starting (fade in) and ending (fade out). The use of inserts serve a purpose of highlighting the important elements of the opening scene such as the simple, creepy motions.

Title Research: The Final Destination (2009)

My group and I watched the title sequence of, “The Final Destination” (2009) from the Watch of the Titles website. There are twenty titles in the opening sequence. In the opening sequence, the images that are prioritized are skeletons. The opening continues to zoom into the skeleton, expressing a close up almost every time. The connotation the images carry are negative. As seen in the opening, the skeleton is constantly being killed. After the title is shown, the camera begins to descend until it is at a low angle. From there, a steel beam comes down onto the camera in a point of view shot of the skeleton. Then, a close up is shown of the skeleton with the metal beam through its skull. The horror genre is reinforced through the constant use of extremely fast transitions from one scene to another along with the constant gore of the opening sequence. The film establishes an enigma when it shows the first death in the sequence. This death along with every other death leaves the audience guessing. The strategies used to ensure the film appeals to its target audience are the constant uses of zooms, pans, tilts, along with dim lighting, bright lighting, and eerie music. The technology was used effectively through the constant camera angles, allowing the opening to be scarier. For example, within the first 10 seconds of the opening, a beam is hitting the audience through the POV of the skeleton. Other Camera angles include: Close-ups, high angles, medium shots, extreme close-ups, pans, tilts, flash pans, flash tilts, and zoom-ins.

Title Research: Dead Silence (2007)

My group and I watched the title sequence of, “Dead Silence” (2007) from the Art of the Title website. There are twenty-three titles displayed in the opening sequence. Images that are prioritized are images of the creepy doll the older women are creating. All the sketches, drawings, and pictures are all shown while she creates her “perfect doll”. Connotation images used to carry throughout the movie are the images of the doll being made along with the scary music because it makes the audience question, what is wrong with that doll and what will happen with the doll? Horror is reinforced in this opening sequence through symbolic and technical codes from the outset because of the dark lighting, the strange angles of the creepy doll, and the dark red titles. The film establishes an enigma from the outset by showing a woman putting a creepy doll together. The strategies used to ensure the target audience is eerie music, dark lighting, candles, creepy drawings, tools, and worst of all, the scary ventriloquist doll. The technology has been used effectively because from the establishing spot, wide shots, high angles, dutch angle, long shots, point of view, pan, extreme close up, zoom, cross-cutting, shot/reverse shot, jump cuts, and fade out. 

American Horror Story: Freak Show (2014)

My group and I watched the title sequence of, “American Horror Story: Freak Show” (2014) from the Art of the Title website. There are 14 titles displayed during the opening sequences of the film. The images that are prioritized in the opening sequence are the movie scenes in order. The first image is the production the film used and the following titles are the actors or people names who helped create the film, with a scary carnival. The images carry a negative connotation by making the audience feel weird and spooked. The genre, horror, was reinforced through symbolic and technical codes from the outset, they are the animations from the strange-looking humans, the way the clowns look, and creepy circus props. The film establishes an enigma from the outset by giving the strange images that make the audience feel a certain way. The strategies that are used to ensure the film appeals to the target audience by creating mysterious and weird images. The technology has been used effectively due to the use of stop-motion and CGI sequences. There are establishing shots, wide shots, high/low angles, slow and fast transitions, point of view, handheld, action matches, and carnival-infused themes for sound.

Title Research: Watch the Titles Website

This is the homepage of the website: www.watchthetitles.com

My group and I are researching another website, “Watch the Titles”. It is dedicated to the art of title design and its creators. Started in 2006, the recently renewed website features a growing collection of over 200 title sequences and behind-the-scenes content. It offers a glimpse into the people, ideas and processes behind their film. This website has many features that made browsing through the website easier. They have interviews with directors and those who can explain the movie and how it was made. Those same people are the ones who experienced the film. It is important to understand what all of this means and what the significance is throughout the film. These are guidelines for the audience and for people who need their own guides in making their own movie sequences. This is a good website for us to see examples of creating and editing a film’s titles, just by seeing other examples of people's movie sequences benefits. This website also has interviews, feature films, TV shows, event titles, examples of student projects, video game sequences, and even other features to make people understand how to properly edit. It is very helpful. With all of their options, all you do is click the feature and a list of sequences pop up. There are plenty of title sequence examples for each genre. Not to mention, each of them is around 2 minutes. For ours, we watched a couple to help us make the titles look scary and creepy appear on the screen like theirs.

Title Research: Art of the Title Website

This is the homepage of the website: www.artofthetitle.com)

My group and I are researching the website, “Art of the Title”. It is an online publication dedicated to title sequence design, television, movies, and video game industries. The website is both an educational and historical resource and a contemporary publication, focusing on the creative process behind the design of title sequences. We want to know why certain names come before and after others. Luckily, this website has many features and ways to learn all about title sequences. The sequences are separated by designers and studios. They are also separated by genres. If you are looking for your genre, they have an entire section just for that. Along with that, the title sequences from a range of old to new movies. Each of them is around 2 minutes. So, in order to make your own title sequence, you need to know how titles and the sequence are made. For the titles in our final task, we were planning to design the titles to match the genre, horror. Before researching this website, we planned to make the titles look scary and creepy appear on the screen. This website will help us understand the different designs for titles sequences, due to all the good examples of popular horror film sequences. This will guide our group into making a good title sequence for the final task.

Research Blog: American Psycho

Our group researched, watched, and analyzed the horror film, American Psycho. This movie is about Patrick Batesman who is a wealthy, well educated 27 years old. The thing about him is that he lives a second life as a gruesome serial killer by night. He hides his psychopathic ego from his co-workers, friends, and family. Soon it begins to unravel as the next victim becomes Paul Allen. Soon Patrick Bateman is going to hit rock bottom with his OCD thoughts of murder. 

Common Camera Angles:

The extreme close-ups are used obviously to emphasize on specific details that the directors wants us to see like Bateman’s face and expressions opening a window to his mind or Allen’s body to shows that he is for sure dead, or the case of the pill shot to let the audience know that Patrick is under a pill treatment. The other shots are used depending on the importance of Allen to appear on the shot or not because when Bateman is making the most insightful pint of his speech is not necessary to see Allen. And finally, the angles used are very obvious, mostly high angles for Paul to make the audience feel that he is weak and fragile and low angles for Bateman to show his authority and power. 

CLAMPS:

The costume was Patrick's usual suit and tie that never seems to change as much. 

In the living room, the lighting is soft but bright. In the bathroom, the lighting is dark and weary when he enters. The makeup being used was the fake blood on Allen and cuts.

The prop was the knife that Patrick Batesman used to kill Allen at the time. This scene is set in Patrick Bateman’s apartment in two places, the living room, and the bathroom. In the living room, we see that everything is mostly black and white, the walls and the pictures on it with a sense of OCD as everything is set perfectly. Nothing out of order. In the living room, we see that all the furniture is covered with white blankets. In the place where Allen has seated the floor is covered with newspapers as his grave. 

Common Sounds in the movie are creepy and eerie music, along with the sound of Freddy Krueger scratching his claws throughout the movie.

Common Editing used was jump cuts, cutaway, eye-line match, fade, and cuts.

Elements of The Genre are the dark, creepy, scary places, disfigurement, dismemberment, jump scares, suspense (anticipation), spooky music and blood and gore.

Elements That I Like were the jump scares, spooky music, and the suspense throughout the movie.

Elements That Did Not Appeal To Me were the overacting, the dark because I could not see exactly everything, and the disfigurement was really gross and had a lot of gore. 

Research Blog: Nightmare On Elm Street

Common Camera Angles used in the movie were close ups, medium close ups, and extreme close ups. Also some movements and shots used were zoom, tracking shots and panning shots.

CLAMPS in the movie are below:

Costumes that were used were 80’s casual clothing since that is when the movie is taking place. So clothes such as leather jackets, button up shirts, letterman jackets, jeans, and long skirts. The lighting is very dark for most of the movie and has a reappearing blue and red tint color to it sort of representing danger in a way. The actors actions are very naive and childish considering the main characters are young and in highschool, but all of the adults are also ignorant because they don’t believe the young kids. The makeup is very natural for the teenagers and the hair is short and big for the girls, but gelled and swooped back for the boys. Although the makeup for Freddy Krueger is as if his skin has been melted away or burned by fire. Props used are Glens pocket knife, Freddy’s claw fingers, stay awake medication, and all of the items in the house. The settings of the movie were in houses, in jail and in school.

Common Sounds in the movie are creepy and eerie music, along with the sound of Freddy Krueger scratching his claws throughout the movie.

Common Editing used was jump cuts, cutaway, eyeline match, fade and cuts.

Elements of The Genre are the dark, creepy, scary places, disfigurement, dismemberment, jump scares, suspense (anticipation), spooky music and blood and gore.

Elements That I Like were the jump scares, spooky music and the suspense throughout the movie.

Elements That Did Not Appeal To Me were the over acting, the dark because I could not see exactly everything, and the disfigurement was really gross and had a lot of gore.