Creative Critical Reflection (CCR)

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Below is a link to my creative critical reflection of our opening sequence, "The Terror of Chuckles." My CCR is presented in the form of a video containing a voiced over PowerPoint presentation. 

Final Production

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This is our final production:

Post - production

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This week we are working on editing and deciding weather we have to reshoot certain shot or not.

We are using the editing progress to create a coherent meaning of our collected shots by using different sounds and transitions to try and stick with transition as much as possible. 

During this process we viewed other opening scenes in the same genre. We used this as research to see which transitions were as close to convention as we could possibly get. 

The conventions of our opening title was the color pallet which mostly consisted of red, black, and muted colors. We also used suspenseful sounds and our editing consisted of transitions that dip into black. We used these transitions because they were the most popular compared to the others when it came to our genre. We added the suspenseful music using the editing website that we were using, wevideo.com . 

Here are couple of our shots:

Production

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For the past 2 weeks, we've been working on FILMING! The technology that we have been using while filming is a phone. Using a phone makes it easier to move around, especially when we have to move from a plethora of different locations: the park or around the school. 

While filming I learned that the different cameras have different qualities. Since everyone had a different type of phone, we had to make sure that in every shot we used the same phone. I also learned that when we did shots outside they had to be during the same time. Along with the type of clothing we had to wear in every shot. 

Here are some video and picture of certain shots:

We did encounter some difficulties along the way most of those being when we would film and where. Other  problems were not being able to keep a straight face. While filming we were constantly laugh and making jokes.

we did change camera angles a few times but besides that everything stayed the same. 

Film Scheduling

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     Last week me and my group were working on shot scheduling and a production calendar. For both the shot scheduling and the production calendar we used StudioBinder. The shot scheduling was pretty simple since it was a stripboard; the production calendar was also very simple.

Our stripboard:

Our calendar:                                                                                                                                                

Shot scheduling can help you and your team be organized and make filming a lot easier.

Storyboarding

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In our portfolio journey we are currently working on STORYBOARDING. 

For our opening scene, we will be filming in Sandy Ridge Sanctuary. We chose this park because it was in everyone's driving range and had the same aesthetic we were going for.

 

    In our opening there will be 3 different actor/characters. Those actors will be: Me playing Kathy, Marie Guillaume playing Kathy' friend Karma, and Ethan Stone - Chuckles. We need to take into consideration the hours that the park is open and each others schedules.

    Since our opening scene will be filmed outside, there will be sounds of nature in the background which we might remove and add in a suspenseful audio track instead when there is no dialog happening. If we do decide to do this, we will first check our editing software for any audio tracks we may like, if we can't find any, then we'll find another sound on youtube or another website. 

    We will mostly be shooting on the weekends, since for most of us that counts as our down time. On our schedule filming during school will happen from February 21 - March 4. To begin shooting we will be using a phone because it is relatively available and is much easier to use/ save videos, in my opinion. 

    Though our storyboard is not finished mostly because we have to draw the pictures and make the description, we are doing it on studio binder and we have finished the different camera angles that will be included in each shot.  

 

Funding, Production, Distribution, & Exhibition

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In class we researching funding, production, distribution, and exhibition for the genre of our portfolio.

FUNDING 

For a horror movie the funding can come from different things. If you are an indie production company, you would have to find a way to fund the film yourself. If you're a "mini - major" then the major that purchased your company will give you the funding needed for the film. Finally, if you're a major you don't have to worry about funding because you can fund it yourself with no problem.

To make a horror movie it costs an average of $13 million. This goes to crews, casts, trailers, advertisement, DCPs, and VPFs.

PRODUCTION 

The most common production companies for horror movies include, Blumhouse Productions, Dark Castle Entertainment, Ghost House Pictures, Hammer Film Productions, Helltimate Studio, Monkeypaw Productions, Palace Video (UK), Platinum Dunes, and Twisted Pictures. 

DISTRIBUTION

There are different ways for a film to be distributed: DVDs, streaming websites, and movie theaters, just to name a few. There is also leasing and profit-sharing. In a lease, the distributor agrees to pay a fixed amount for distribution rights to the film. In profit - sharing distributors receive a percentage of the revenue earned from the film by distributing the revenue; this percentage is typically 10% - 50% range.

EXHIBITION 

Exhibition is when the public sees a film that might involve the ownership, management, and running of movie theaters. But today the public can see a new movie anywhere: Amazon Prime Video, Disney+, Paramount+, Hulu, and Netflix. Though there are many more, you can even go on a website and watch the movie for free instead of having to pay $30 or less. 

RESOURCES

• https://logos.fandom.com/wiki/Category:Horror_Movie_Studios

• https://topsheet.io/blog/complete-guide-to-film-distribution

• https://wheresthejump.com/horror-movie-budgets-are-getting-smaller/

• https://www.igi-global.com/dictionary/film-exhibition/67044#:~:text=1.,and%20running%20of%20movie%20theaters.