Creative Critical Reflection Question #4

For our technology used we used a Cannon EOS Rebel T5 camera for our original filming of our opening. There wasn't a specific setting on the camera used for filming just the normal recording set. When we had to re-film parts of our opening for our resubmission we used an iPhone 11 with the camera on the 1040hp setting. 

For editing we used iMovie on a Macbook owned by Meghan. Within the editing process we were able to put a type of filter for the credits to appear on what appeared as a shredded piece of paperto put more emphasis on the letter used withing the story. This software allowed us to merge together clips from filming along with being able to add slides for credits and place incedental music in the foreground of the opening before we edited in the voice over being the letter wasn't visible. 

Creative Critical Reflection Question #3

Throughout the process of this production my skills improved in the way that I learned how to use the camera to film it along with creating the the directing side and learning how to work with the actors along with how the direction of the movie would take place. 

When we started I had never used a camera like that (a Cannon EOS rebel T5) and from this learned how to use it, even if it was just the basics of recording it was something new that was fun to learn while recording the beginning where Allie and Love were hugging. At my school I was already in a Directing class so that background allowed me to put my lessons to work in real life while assisting in directing the film. While we all put in our tid-bits into the behavior of the actors, while we were in class I was able to apply those skills to then improve them and have the base line of what we wanted out of our film opening from a directing stand point. With my evolution in that it helped me in media studies while going over the direction of the film and being able to express what we want to evoke from the audience and what they should feel by the words and action on the screen. It also helped me evolve with my skills within my directing class which then allowed me to succeed on my directing project having the real life application experience through this film opening.

Creative Critical Reflection Question #2

For research the movies used were "Love Simon", "To All the Boys I Loved Before" and "Five Feet Apart." These were used due to the similarities in the target audiences being teenagers and young adults feeling like they could relate to those audience the most and get the most out of it when it come to bringing out emotion and increasing the amount of time the movie is watched.

With this we wanted to try similar ways by using actors within the age group that we wanted to target along with using similar promotion materials. Using social media to reachout to our target audience who spend good amounts of time on platforms such as facebook, instagram, twitter and snapchat. They used social media, along with billboards and posters and trailers on youtube ads and for tv commercials.

The traditional distribution model is that a film gets released in theatres and then about 90-days after the theatre release it starts appearing in stores on a disk and online for streaming purchases. Two of the three of these researched movies followed that traditional model. Both "Love Simon" and "Five Feet Apart" were first released to a theatre and then after 90-days released to the general public on dvd and also available for streaming and digital download.  "To All the Boys I Loved Before" was strictly made for Netflix so once it came out it came out directly to Netflix and is only available there. For our distribution we would follow the traditional distribution by releasing to theaters first and then after about 90-days release to online for purchase or streaming through youtube, hulu, netflix, vudu, and other online streaming services. 

Creative Critical Reflection Question #1

Our movie uses the multiple conventions, some being an over the shoulder shot, insert shot, close up, and a two shot. While he was reading the letter we used an over the shoulder shot, close up, and an insert shot. The over the shoulder shot we try to put emphasis on the letter and focus in on the voice over that follow the words. This is to try and invoke sympathy/empathy within the audience of how Love feels while he is reading this letter. The close up of him reading the letter was to display to the audience his facial expressions while reading the letter, showing his emotions and trying to use the strategy of pathos to link with the audience to evoke empathy. The insert shot was used as the final blow to try and create emotion through the piece. The point at which the audience would have their feelings bottled up that would evoke tears to drop down their face. This shot of the ring was to bring the emotional suspense to its resolution. This was used to aim at the final steps in a "break up" bringing it to its final stages and give more suspense to what led up to and what happened after the break up which would have been shown in the full movie rather than in the trailer. All of this was preceded in a two shot of Allie and Love hugging  which was to display the emotions they had for each other and displaying the strong bond within their relationship. 

Films like "Dear John" and "The Spectacular Now" use similar conventions to tug at the heart strings of their audience to try invoke them to feel as much emotion as possible to side with the characters. 

Social groups displayed in our film were, Hispanic/Latin American, Caucasian, Female, Male, Civilian, Service Members, and teenagers/young adults. This is shown through the costumes and plain visibility of the actors. Within the film Love is wearing a military uniform signifying his employment with the Armed Forces. Allie's civilian status, while not specifically stated is shown through her everyday clothes that would be worn by ordinary people on the street. 

3rd Quarter Submission/ Revision

For our revision we changed the credits and put it on a torn paper like background being our movie involves the letter and figured it would tie in with our movie. We also re-filmed small portions towards the end to insert more angles and shots to increase the variety in our movie(close ups, over the shoulder, side view, and an insert shot).