Creative Critical Reflective #1
1. HOW DOES YOUR PRODUCT USE OR CHALLENGE CONVENTIONS AND HOW DOES IT REPRESENT SOCIAL GROUPS OR ISSUES?
The Girl uses many traditional conventions used in horror movies today. Michael and I used things like traditional editing processes, filming processes, music, wardrobes, props, casting and other things. This all adds to the scary effect and creates a suspenseful feel to our movie. The movie's two main characters are a girl and a guy. We followed the classic guy-on-girl violence seen in a lot of films.
For starters, characters had a lot to do with Michael and I's film, The Girl. As stated before the two main character's were a girl and guy played by Michael and I. The girl, plays the scared victim in the film and the guy is thought of as a male aggressor. This gives the film a lot more suspense, since this girl is thought of as a delicate protagonist in the film who is aggressively murdered by Michael, the antagonist. Characterization had a lot to do with our film because it had little to no words. The acting was very important in letting the audience know what was really going on. Mae, the protagonist, was very uncomfortable at the beginning of the film after seeing a certain vehicle show up at the park. Since there was no background information the audience really had to make an assumption of what was going on. It was very clear that Mae's character was scared of Michael's. Casting is an important part of the movie making process. It is so important because the actors portray a made up or real life character made by the writer's of the script.
Additionally, the editing and music helped create a suspenseful feeling in our films. The film was edited on IMovie, an app on the Mac Computer. This was the most accessible and easy to use editing app Michael and I had, so we thought it would be a good choice. We really got into our editing process by working with our colors, fonts, music scheme and sound effects. We started by getting all the clips we shot onto IMovie. After, we began clipping and color correcting our film. This was a very important part of the film because it added most of our dramatic effect. A conventional style of editing is to show foreshadowing in the beginning of the film. Michael and I did just this. We began our film by showing a clip from the end of the movie, this ultimately created suspense and interest in our film. A film that did this was The Shawshank Redemption, it started in a place where the audience does not really understand what is going on since nothing has been explained yet. Many other films utilize this tool too, mainly suspense or horror movies. During our editing process we focused heavily on our color correction. This was mainly to make Michael seem scary. Our film was filmed in broad day light, which is not very common for horror movies. The point of this was to make something as harmless as a park in broad day light seem scary. With the color correction tool, I was able to darken each one of Michael scenes. I also started the first scene with black and white to allow the audience to infer that it was from a different period in time. The scenes that the other main character Mae was in were mainly vibrant and light colors. This went along nicely with her character and made her come across like the protagonist. Editing the noise and music for The Girl was one of the hardest parts of creating our movie. This had to do mainly with maintaining a serious effect with the music and sound effects we chose. All the clips in the film were silent and different types of sound were added on top. This is a very common form of editing sound in short films or in certain parts of horror films. The scenes consisted of some atmospheric sounds but a majority of the scenes were muted. Sound effects like police sirens were used in the beginning and end of the film to create a realistic looking crime scene. Another part of the sounds in the film was adding slow eerie music when Michael's character would enter the scenes. We had the same clip playing over his scenes, it was recognizable that something was about to go wrong whenever the music began to play. The music also increased in volume when things were getting more stressful. This technique is used in almost any movie made because it helps add emotion to the movie. Lastly, in the editing group was the fonts chosen during our film. Another key small detail that makes a big difference. Michael and I very closely went through the fonts and tried to pick the most serious/ scary one possible. The font we chose was very large and had sharp letters, we tried to get a font similar to the one used in The Conjuring. We also decided that the font would look best with a red blood-like fill. This is done in many horror movies.
Another tradition convention we used in The Girl was the use of wardrobe. This was not the biggest concern for the film just because we were playing teenagers. Michael wore a regular t-shirt and shorts outfit while I wore a grey shirt and shorts. This was to portray the idea that Michael and I were teenagers and that the time period was somewhat warm, since we were both in shorts. It also gave the idea that Michael and I both seemed like relatively regular teens, with dark inner conflicts. It creates a creepy idea that someone you don't suspect could be evil.
The last convention used in our film was props. The amount of props used in a film is insane. A phone, book, pencil, cup are all considered to be props. So basically, every film or movie uses them. In Michael and I's film our props were very important. I used things such as books, binders, backpacks and most importantly my phone. The phone is very important in the end of the film because it shows my cracked screen and my missed calls from my mom. This creates a dramatic effect and really makes the audience scared for what's next... my dead body. Another prop used was the knife that Michael used to kill me. This prop was also very important because with out there would be no dead body or murder scene.
Our conventions in the film represent a few different social groups. Both girls and guys will enjoy seeing both genders as lead roles in a film. Having a teen girl lead role addresses the social issues that a lot of men are the leads in certain horror films. For example, The Shining revolves completely on a male lead. Along with more current movies, such as: Split, Halloween, Jigsaw, Ghostbusters, Shaun of the Dead and more. In our film we addressed the social issue of the dangers of being alone in today's age. Our main character, Mae, was at a park in broad day light and was murdered. It raises awareness because events like in our movie really do happen in the world and watching this allows people to see/ become more cautious. Certain people who should become extra cautious are women of all ages, this movie really shows the dangers of being alone in any situation.
Editing: IMovie
The Girl uses many traditional conventions used in horror movies today. Michael and I used things like traditional editing processes, filming processes, music, wardrobes, props, casting and other things. This all adds to the scary effect and creates a suspenseful feel to our movie. The movie's two main characters are a girl and a guy. We followed the classic guy-on-girl violence seen in a lot of films.
For starters, characters had a lot to do with Michael and I's film, The Girl. As stated before the two main character's were a girl and guy played by Michael and I. The girl, plays the scared victim in the film and the guy is thought of as a male aggressor. This gives the film a lot more suspense, since this girl is thought of as a delicate protagonist in the film who is aggressively murdered by Michael, the antagonist. Characterization had a lot to do with our film because it had little to no words. The acting was very important in letting the audience know what was really going on. Mae, the protagonist, was very uncomfortable at the beginning of the film after seeing a certain vehicle show up at the park. Since there was no background information the audience really had to make an assumption of what was going on. It was very clear that Mae's character was scared of Michael's. Casting is an important part of the movie making process. It is so important because the actors portray a made up or real life character made by the writer's of the script.
Additionally, the editing and music helped create a suspenseful feeling in our films. The film was edited on IMovie, an app on the Mac Computer. This was the most accessible and easy to use editing app Michael and I had, so we thought it would be a good choice. We really got into our editing process by working with our colors, fonts, music scheme and sound effects. We started by getting all the clips we shot onto IMovie. After, we began clipping and color correcting our film. This was a very important part of the film because it added most of our dramatic effect. A conventional style of editing is to show foreshadowing in the beginning of the film. Michael and I did just this. We began our film by showing a clip from the end of the movie, this ultimately created suspense and interest in our film. A film that did this was The Shawshank Redemption, it started in a place where the audience does not really understand what is going on since nothing has been explained yet. Many other films utilize this tool too, mainly suspense or horror movies. During our editing process we focused heavily on our color correction. This was mainly to make Michael seem scary. Our film was filmed in broad day light, which is not very common for horror movies. The point of this was to make something as harmless as a park in broad day light seem scary. With the color correction tool, I was able to darken each one of Michael scenes. I also started the first scene with black and white to allow the audience to infer that it was from a different period in time. The scenes that the other main character Mae was in were mainly vibrant and light colors. This went along nicely with her character and made her come across like the protagonist. Editing the noise and music for The Girl was one of the hardest parts of creating our movie. This had to do mainly with maintaining a serious effect with the music and sound effects we chose. All the clips in the film were silent and different types of sound were added on top. This is a very common form of editing sound in short films or in certain parts of horror films. The scenes consisted of some atmospheric sounds but a majority of the scenes were muted. Sound effects like police sirens were used in the beginning and end of the film to create a realistic looking crime scene. Another part of the sounds in the film was adding slow eerie music when Michael's character would enter the scenes. We had the same clip playing over his scenes, it was recognizable that something was about to go wrong whenever the music began to play. The music also increased in volume when things were getting more stressful. This technique is used in almost any movie made because it helps add emotion to the movie. Lastly, in the editing group was the fonts chosen during our film. Another key small detail that makes a big difference. Michael and I very closely went through the fonts and tried to pick the most serious/ scary one possible. The font we chose was very large and had sharp letters, we tried to get a font similar to the one used in The Conjuring. We also decided that the font would look best with a red blood-like fill. This is done in many horror movies.
Another tradition convention we used in The Girl was the use of wardrobe. This was not the biggest concern for the film just because we were playing teenagers. Michael wore a regular t-shirt and shorts outfit while I wore a grey shirt and shorts. This was to portray the idea that Michael and I were teenagers and that the time period was somewhat warm, since we were both in shorts. It also gave the idea that Michael and I both seemed like relatively regular teens, with dark inner conflicts. It creates a creepy idea that someone you don't suspect could be evil.
The last convention used in our film was props. The amount of props used in a film is insane. A phone, book, pencil, cup are all considered to be props. So basically, every film or movie uses them. In Michael and I's film our props were very important. I used things such as books, binders, backpacks and most importantly my phone. The phone is very important in the end of the film because it shows my cracked screen and my missed calls from my mom. This creates a dramatic effect and really makes the audience scared for what's next... my dead body. Another prop used was the knife that Michael used to kill me. This prop was also very important because with out there would be no dead body or murder scene.
Our conventions in the film represent a few different social groups. Both girls and guys will enjoy seeing both genders as lead roles in a film. Having a teen girl lead role addresses the social issues that a lot of men are the leads in certain horror films. For example, The Shining revolves completely on a male lead. Along with more current movies, such as: Split, Halloween, Jigsaw, Ghostbusters, Shaun of the Dead and more. In our film we addressed the social issue of the dangers of being alone in today's age. Our main character, Mae, was at a park in broad day light and was murdered. It raises awareness because events like in our movie really do happen in the world and watching this allows people to see/ become more cautious. Certain people who should become extra cautious are women of all ages, this movie really shows the dangers of being alone in any situation.
Editing: IMovie
Characters: Mae
Wardrobe: Mae's characters outfit
Fonts: Title page
Props: Mae's cracked phone
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