Portfolio Project Genres

 AICE Media Portfolio Project Genres 

     Hey! Let's talk about movie genres that me and my group have been looking at for our portfolio project. We are deciding between horror and romance, but before we decide anything, we have to research, so come with me while I research these two genres. 

      Suspense/Horror 

   A lot of scary movies aren't scary because of what is said, but because of what you see. Some ways to build tension is by having long and scary silences, eerie music when necessary, use the right types of shots that will make your scene come together, good transitions (if any used), slow camera movement, loud noises when something scary appears on screen, unexpected turns, scary atmosphere, jump scares, and the fear of the unknown. You should also develop your characters well, deciding on their personality and how they will fight this monster or killer, you also have to develop the antagonist well, deciding if its going to be a monster, a person, or an animal and deciding what they will do that's so scary, how they'll act, and when the protagonists will discover who the antagonist is.

   The main thing that makes a horror movie great is built tension and how you make your audience scared and waiting to find out what will happen next. Built tension and suspense are the main things for a horror movie, if there is no suspense then the audience won't be that engaged since they won't be that scared. 

     Romance

   There are many romance tropes that could be used in a romance movie, like enemies to lovers, friends to lovers, forbidden love, fake relationship, love triangle, love at first sight, and many others. The love trope is one of the most important things in a romance movie, it sets context and background to the audience and gives the audience an idea of how the characters relate and how they feel about each other. Another really important thing is developing the two main characters, how will they act towards each other and towards other people, how will they treat each other, how did they meet, and many things of the sort. 

   

Transition into Cambridge Portfolio Project

Transition into Cambridge Portfolio Project!

    Hey blog! From now on my blogs will be about my Cambridge Portfolio project. All the blogs I've posted before this have helped me gain better understanding and better information for my portfolio project, everything posted before this was a guide and led to this moment. We have learned a lot of things in this class and researched a whole lot of information, which has helped me develop a better understanding on media and how to create media. I'm very excited to start this project and I think my group and I will have a lot of fun doing it! 

    The first thing we did was think about what our opening should be about. Coming up with the story and genre are always my favorite part, I love brainstorming and deciding on the story we all like the most. By deciding what the story will be, we can decide how to develop this story and get the audience interested and engaged within the first two minutes, making them want to watch the full movie. I think developing context is a very important thing to do before starting this project, it helps us decide on many things, like how it'll start, the setting, how we can make it interesting and fun to watch, and many more things. 

    The second thing we might consider doing is developing the characters. This is something I also love doing, creating characters and bringing them into life is always so much fun and I love seeing our creations come to life and seeing that we succeed in doing so. Thinking about what their personality will be like and what they'll wear and things like this interest me a lot and gets me excited to see what the final project will be like (even though I know this is just the beginning and there are many other steps till the end). Coming up with the relationship the characters will have and how they relate to one another will be fun and I'm really excited for this. 

    Overall, I think starting with the basics is a good approach to starting our portfolio project. Just thinking about the storyline and how we're going to convey it and bring it to life is so much fun and it'll definitely make it much easier to start the project already knowing the story we want to tell. 

The Huzzler Unscripted

 The Huzzler unscripted 

https://youtu.be/3F7V-dn8kJc?si=TJXkmuWGfNUAIl95

 Music Marketing #1

  For our research and planning process for our music marketing project we decided to divide and conquer. We divided the jobs so that we get it done faster with more time to record our music video. Two of us started by doing our storyboard while the other two started choosing ways in which we can market our band, they came up with a name and apps and websites we could use to promote our band, Huzzlers. Our band is going to have their own website, a YouTube account, Instagram account, and a TikTok account.       

  Our storyboard said exactly what we're going to show in our music video, our song is Sail by Awolnation, and we decided to do a promotion and storytelling video. The video is going to show the band singing and playing instruments as well as a story, the story is about an abusive relationship where the girl is the abuser. She starts to regret it so much after that she ends her life. 

 Genre Research 

 Romance 

  The target audience for romance films are usually women, 85% of romance films' audience is made up of women. 

  Some conventions within content for the genre romance are, object of desire, that is the protagonist's external object of desire is an intimate relationship, then there is the central love story, this is when the love story is developed, then one of the most important parts, emotional tension, this is when the characters explore their feelings, overcome obstacles and grow closer, another important one is character-driven plot, which means that the film is driven by the characters and their emotions instead of action and external events, the next one is conflict, that is when the relationship faces internal or external issues, which tests the characters love for each other, and the last one is of course, the happy ending, which is when the characters commit to a long-term, serious relationship after overcoming their conflicts.  

  Some conventions within production technique in romance films are the setting, usually takes place in romantic setting like the beach, popular cities and country side, the characters of course, and how they meet, they can often meet by accident and having them no think anything of it and seeing each other again, they want different things at this point, but soon come together to develop a relationship, the plot is another genre convention, there needs to be a conflict between the two characters, any type of issue like long distance relationships, falling in love with another person, getting sick, family issues, having an ex come back, etc. iconography is also another genre convention within production, this is when there are objects that symbolize love, usually flowers, another convention is mood, the characters mood affects the scene heavily, and last but not least, cinematic style, using different types of shots that fit in with the romance genre, that can really show the emotions of characters, romance is all about emotions and feelings, so the viewers need to be able to capture it. 

  Some institutional conventions for romance are narrative, romance films often have a narrator explaining what is happening from an outside view, or one of the main characters is the narrator themselves, another institutional convention is how the film is marketed, because it depends on the genre and how it will be easier to reach the intended audience, romance films can be marketed by social media posts, since most of the audience are women, the film producers can post about it online and try to reach the audience, another way is to create a trailer and make sure its engaging and shows a lot about the movie without of course, spoiling it. 

  A romance film that I think is really good is The Notebook. It is about two 17 year olds, the guy, Noah, instantly falls for Allie, but she doesn't fall for him. Noah keeps on trying until she agrees to go out with him, they get super close and both of them fall in love with each other. They spend a whole summer together, seeing each other everyday, but Allie's dad doesn't approve of Noah, and after that summer Allie and her family move away. Noah writes letter for her everyday for a year, but her mom hides it from her, and when they finally see each other again Allie realizes that Noah didn't just forget about her, but it's too late because Allie is engaged, but Noah keep fighting for her. They then get back together, and at the end of the movie it shows them both at a retirement home, Noah is visiting Allie, and she has alzheimers. They both lay in her bed, holding hands, and they both peacefully pass away together. This movie is so amazing and its a great example of romance because even though a lot happened between them, they always found their way back to each other, and them passing away together is such a great ending because it shows that they can't live without each other. 

  Another great romance film is 10 Thinks I Hate About You. This movie is about a teenage girl, Kat, whose little sister, Bianca, wants to go out with a boy, but their dad says that she can only go out if Kat gets a date, thinking that she won't. The boy that Bianca wants to go out with, Joey, finds a guy to go out with Kat, his name is Patrick. Joey starts paying him to talk to her and take her out, so that he can do the same with her sister. But Patrick and Kat end up falling for each other, until cat finds out that he was getting payed all along and gets super upset. She then writes a poem for her class, the poem talks about thinks she hates about Patrick, that's why the movie is called "10 Things I Hate About You," and reads it in front of the class, while Patrick listens and regrets everything because he actually fell in love with her. Patrick tells Joey that he doesn't want the money anymore, and apologizes to cat, she forgives him and they get back together. While Bianca and Joey also break up because of what he did to her sister, and Bianca falls for Cameron, a guy who learned French for her so he could tutor her, and was always there for her. This is also a great romance because it shows that he didn't care about the money, he fell in love with her for her and gave up all the money he was being offered so he could be with her. 

  A couple more romance movies include: 

  Titanic

  

  Notting Hill

  Me Before You 

  Five Feet Apart 

  To All The Boys I've Loved Before 

  How To Lose A Guy In 10 Days 

  500 Days Of Summer 

  

  

  

 Representation in Suits

   In the show Suits, the lawyers are represented and rich, self-centered, and smart people. They wear fancy clothes like suits, dresses and skirts. The stereotypes that appear in suits are that they are rich, only care about money, and would do anything for money. Harvey Spector is a super rich lawyer. He cares about money and about his reputation so much, he's mainly represented as a self-centered person who only cares about himself and would do anything for his job and for money. 

   Not only Harvey Spector, but most lawyers in Suits are represented like that. Harvey wears very formal clothes like suits and ties on the daily. Another lawyer that is represented as a self-centered person who cares a lot about money is Jessica Pearson. She is also a very rich person, she cares a lot about her firm and about winning cases. 

   Overall, Suits represents most of the lawyers like that. The whole show is about lawyers so that's quite literally all you'll see. I think it's so entertaining to see them win cases and work together to defend their clients. They are also represented as people who would do anything to win a case and to help their clients. I think the representation is pretty accurate. 

Sound Project

 Sound Project

   During this lesson I learned about all different types of sounds that can be used, and when they are best used. I also learned about foley sounds, which I found so interesting. I loved seeing how a lot of sounds are made and how creative foley sounds can be. 

   The directions for this project were to create a a scene with only sounds, no visuals at all, and the scene was supposed to be 1 minute. We also could only use 7 words or less in our project, so it was mainly sounds. We had to create at least 4 foley sounds, and we were given sound effects databases to help us find audios for the project. 

   During brainstorming me and my partner came up with the scene we were going to do. For our outline we wrote the scene and what audios that were going to be used, the outline was super helpful because it gave us an idea of what to look for and we were able to mark it off once we found the audio we liked. The editing app that I used was Premiere Rush. 

   I think something that we did well was finding the audios and putting them together well, I think they all came together to make a good and realistic audio. On the other hand, my foley sound could've been better, I opened and closed the car door and then opened and closed the trunk, but I think I could've picked another audio to do foley and done something more creative. I also think I need to work on editing better, while I don't think it was terrible, it was definitely not the best. 

   https://youtu.be/OQPb1J3kfK4?si=Zfs_cSuQ96UrDPlK