SO MANY FONTS!

for the past few days, I've done nothing but look at fonts, and I don't know how to say this but if I look at one more font I might go crazy! I've seen font I've never seen before from Keep on trucking to thorn and I can tell you right now that choosing a font was very hard

But after looking at many fonts I think we found the one we need, I knew that our group had to take in mind that the font has to match our idea of the film so we couldn't do just any font presented to us, it had to be THE font otherwise it wouldn't be part of our film. So, after hours and hours of searching and well maybe an hour of binge-watching Gossip Girl, but either way as a team we finally found the font that we need.

this font caught the theme we were looking for in our film, it is exactly what we were looking for, it's sort of hard to explain it but it's the way it looks, we had a vision and that's what we found.

well, that is all for today I'm excited to talk about our idea in the next post!

-Pao

Planing, Planing, Planing!

Our schedule?

OMG!!!!!!!! really excited for the next few weeks, not only did we get a new group member but we also have our schedule for meetings and film day!

I created a special calendar for my group to stay organized, the next few weeks are going to be fun but rough, we still have to meet up to discuss our ideas and organize a schedule with our actors.

These are pic of what our schedule looks like, although it looks like it's full the meeting date might change since we are very busy with our normal schedules. The schedule looks tight and full, like said it might change but we want to have enough meetings and filming days to make this film opening successful. as a team, we want to meet up as much as possible but we do take in mind that our private lives are busy, some of us play sports or are in clubs but we will work around this schedule to complete our filming and planing, we also know that our actors are busy people so we also have to work for a schedule that works with everyone, the one shown is just a rough outline of what it might look like. 

We will also make voice and video recordings of our meetings and planning to keep you updated. This might be the most stressful yet fun project I have done! I will keep you updated on the most recent organization methods we use, right now I'm working on a sketch of what our costume and set design will look like as well as an outline of our film opening.

Thank you for reading and that's all for today

xoxo

-Paola

Film Opening

Now it took me some"hours" to choose a film opening (but as we all know it actually took me days) but apart from that this project is the most exciting one because I'm about to introduce you to the world of the action film openings!!!!!

Now, what is an action film opening?
these openings usually start with an explosion, fight, or car chase depending on the film, these films start big in order to catch the attention of the audience. Directors don't wanna give the audience the plot right there and then, they have the 2+2 rule in which they make the audience work for it instead of giving them the answers.

Now let's indulge in some great film openings!

To begin with, a great film opening is "Meet the Warriors" this film was produced in  1979  and it has one of the best opening scenes.

this scene is a great action scene because it's not only introducing the cast and crew but it also creates a mood for the audience in order for the movie to focus on the action. The music and costume design set the mood and time for that time and adds to the theme of the film. The opening of the scene talks about an army that fought with enemies and through the constant change in the scene of different gangs the audience can tell that they are all going to start a fight. This is how an action movie would typically start with an intense scene, it could either be an explosion or a fight.

Another great opening scene is "The Matrix" 

this action film is am an example of people versus people, in which our main character is wanted for unknown reasons (that is for the audience to find out) but our film starts with a badass opening scene in which the audience sees a numbered screen in where two people are talking about something they need to do.  This scene continuous with a great fight scene that sets the plot our "hero" being chased for whatever reasons she is being chased.

Action opening scenes have the same kind of feeling to each opening and is that feeling of adrenaline and action with fight scenes as the start of the film or explosions takes the audience straight to the action in order to develop the plot and the storyline.

I'm so excited to keep studying film openings and excited to guide you all through it! 

Action Film Research

The start of a new production


Omg!!!!!!!! I'm so excited about what's coming for the next few months, this post marks the beginning of a new project, from here on I will be recording the progress of my portfolio project and it is such an exciting project I've been waiting to come for so long. The genre my partner and I chose was Action and with this genre, there come many factors in play to create a successful action film. This genre includes several physical stunts, chases, fights, and races. Usually, this genre includes a hero and the goal they are trying to achieve, for the hero to achieve this goal he/she has to go through several obstacles that stop them from achieving the goal. This genre targets an audience of young males around the age of 16-25 because it is an action film most of the audience will be males because it tends to get very violent, Action films such as the James Bond films are good examples of action films. These films have factors needed in this genre from the handsome hero to the charming and desirable women in the film. This type of genre lets us see the story through car chases, fights, and good looking heroes.

EX: Fast&Furious





Fast&Furious falls under this category of Action, the whole movie surrounds around the adrenaline of a car race and the excitement of catching the villain. This movie became extremely popular since the movies have a franchise. Many fans love the movies because of the adrenaline that there is to it, every scene is even better than the other.

Actions films cost a lot of movie to make because of the constant destruction the is on each scene that is filmed, depending on the film that is being produced the money being spent could be greater, most action films cost about $65 million and that is only the production the side the marketing and promotion side cost around $35 million. This genre has a high cost because of all the big factors in it, the action genre is expected to be big and with explosions. The reason why I believe this genre gets lots of attraction it's because of the start theory, this theory means that a film will get more audience if it has bigger and well-known actors, and many actors also get popular because they played the hero part in the movie.

The action genre also works really well with special effects such as explosions in t, car chases, and fights. these effects create an illusion in which makes the fans want to see more of it. The special effects also add to the "magic" of an action film making it ten times more exciting and with more adrenaline.

Action films also have convections, such as Action-Adventure: person against nature, Action-Duel: Person against a person, and Action-Epic: Person against the state or other large organization. These convections play a big role in action films, the action-adventure convection can be about anything that has to do with nature and how the hero has to overcome obstacles to achieve the goal.

EX: The Hunger Games






In The Hunger Games, our hero Katniss Everdeen as a chosen one has to fight to the death against other people to survive in a dangerous environment in which poisonous gas exist. this action film in this convection brings excitement in audiences on how a human can win against nature, this film was very popular in 2012 because of the conflict with our hero and nature. Many action fans might like this genre convection because it is different because of the nature part.


Another great convection is Action-Duel: Person against a person in this convention the hunted part exist in which the villain chases the hero, the movie Pirates of the Carebian is an excellent example of it.






In this film, our "hero" Jack Sparrow has a goal to achieve but instead of him chasing the villain the roles end up being turned around. Jack has to go through many obstacles in order to achieve his goals. The special effects on this movie are what make this film so great. Through the use of these effects, they create am illusions to bring out the fantasy and action in this film. 

All of the action films have important factors that make them great and these films required lots of money in order to be successful. My partner and I will be documenting our action film step by step to make this a successful film and for our audience to see it.

Electronic Rock

Electronic Rock

Electronic rock is a subgenre of the Rock genre, this genre is considered to have a theme in which most songs are about love and romance. The target audience is Highschool/College kids from ages 16-25 most of the artist in this genre are males but there's also female artist such as Grimes and feminist-punk band Le Tigre. This genre is pretty famous among both genres depending on the artist, Twenty-one pilots are one of the bands under this genre, this band uses this genre to make heartfelt songs that connect to the audience.

The artist my group chose was Killer venus, this artist is a one-woman artist who such as her artist name, she is like a goddess of love, sex, and beauty. This artist brand is to promote female empowerment through her music, the ways to develop her brand is through promotion. Social media, this platform is big amount teens now, the reason why we use this platform is that it is used among many people all around the world and it's the platforms in which helps these artists promoting their music videos, music, and post information on upcoming events. Through these media, they also create a connection with their fans and interact with them to create music or products that are based on their theme plus on what their fans look for.

Through the music video, I learned that it's their way of promoting their music and bringing a face to the artist, each part of the music video, whether it's a promotion or storytelling, helps the audience identify what theme the artist is working with and what to expect of said artist. Music video production also helps market the artist by bringing an audience who didn't know about the artist to learn about them. Youtube is the distribution platform many artists uses in order to bring fans, through this app many people who like different genres of music can come across artists who use this genre and learn more about them. It really is a great way to promote and grow the artist because they are building a fan base through an app that recommends music based on what it's audience likes.

The choices that I made with the artist were influenced by this genre and how it was developed, many electronic rock artists depend strongly on their websites to create a deep connection with their audience. It also helps develop their product among fans and it grows their promotion and profits.

Representation analysis

The Tide commercial is a representation leaning more towards females, this commercial leans towards mom's wanting an excused to get rid of their children's old clothing. This representation can be viewed in many ways in the media world. What is shown in the commercial is just a mom trying to find an excuse in the Tide product, now the commercial ends with "style is an option. Clean is not" what this is saying is that the product Tide doesn't give the option of leaving clothing stained since their results are supposed to be clean clothe after a wash. Tide's product is being viewed in this commercial as a product who doesn't seem to satisfy the mother since it doesn't leave stains in her child's clothe, many mothers would relate to the wish the mother had since they all have the same thought of getting rid of their kid's clothing, yet it could be viewed differently bu cultures, other mothers from other cultures could view it as a way for mothers finding an excuse to not wash clothe. The company's motive is for mother's to have good clean results when using their product but the commercial seems to portray the opposite of what the motive of the company is. 

The audience tends to view this representation differently and they tend to express different views, most people are aware that Tide is a cleaning product for clothe that has good results of leaving  clothe so cleaned that it might seemed as if it was never dirty in the first place, but with this commercial they are wanting to say the opposite of what they want to happened . The mother wished for the clothe to be damage instead of clean and it shows how some mothers might think and media portrays this.

On the H&M ad the genre represented is all of the ethnicity the is and the LGTB community, this ad wants to show the importance of recycling  because they can recycle clothe for new peices of clothing. The way the portray this representation if through the diversity of models from all types of skin color to shapes, gender, and ethnicity they also use the representation of hair whether its in the head or body hair. Some people strongly believe that this goes against the fashion ethics that exist, everyone has a view of clothing models they have to be a certain way or else they aren't taken serious. This representations H&M uses prove and go against the views of people and the ideas they have form the beginning , this ad is trying to show diversity  through the use of real life and not through a life we have viewed. When faced with these representations people usually don't know what to do because it gives them a sense that everything they've known was unreal and it messes up their whole view of these sort of things. 

Overall with these two companies the way they are viewed through media isn't truly what we believed "real" was but instead what we don't usually want to see or believe. Both companies show and prove the way representation is depending on the people and the diversity of it. 

Genre Research-Romance

                       💓ROMANCE💓

• GENRE CONVECTIONS- CONTEXT 

Romance films are exactly what their genre describes, romance films are focused around love stories. The plot of a romance film is usually about love between two main protagonist but most romace films are usually but not limited to: love at first sight, love triangles, or even forbidden love etc. The tone and plot of romance films can vary, it can either end with a happy or tragic ending, romance films focus on evoking strong emotions towards audience, usually, audience who are female around the age of 13-18 and even older. 

EX: the appeal towards both protagonist after their contract

 The setting of most romance films are either in schools, the beach, cities , or even a local dinner. The setting helps these films by setting what people would call a "romantic" atmosphere the mains protagonist  would be put in. Most of the setting in romance films are used to set the mood, the setting also depends on what kind of romance movie we are looking at.Most plots in romance films start with two protagonist who have nothing to do with each other at first but then the more they get to know each other they gradually start falling in love and depending on the type of romance film they either end together or are doomed to be separated forever.

EX: The setting of the beach is to give the sense of happiness and to get out of one's life 

They are many common characters in many genres of film,but, the main commons characters in romance films are the female or male lead, the bestfriend, the love interest, the family, and the love rival. In romance films the protagonist usually meets their love interest through thesetting they are placed in or through their friends. In these stories the context of the "normal" life of the main character is changed because they are usually encountered with a tragic event or due to having a tragic past in which they have to make a decision of being with the ones they love or leaving them in order to not hurt others. Throughout these stories the main character usually tries to neglect what they feel towards their love interest due to feeling scared of falling in love or because they think they aren't right for each other. Later on in the story, the main character gradually starts falling for their love interest because they stop all judgement they had for them.

EX: The female lead, who believed that she coulnd't fall in love beacause of her illness

• GENRE CONVENTIONS- PRODUCTION TECHNIQUES 

The production techniques are utiized in order to achieve the theme of love in romance films, this creates an emotional appeal towards the audience in order to create a connection in which the audience is able to feel a connection with the film.

There is a huge emphasis on the important use of mice-en-scene, which includes the set design, location ,and costume design these production techniques helps developed the romantic theme that is being created in these films. Sound is also very important technique used, the use of sound helps develop the mood of both the character and of the film. These techniques help understand the setting and the character so the audience is able to understand how the character is and where the story is being developed.

EX: The costume designs in The Titanic helps identify who is part of high socitey and who isn't

The use of color also helps understand the film better and how it develops, ex if a scene has lots of blue it might mean that the film is getting to an emotional part. Color can alter the mood of a film to make it happier or sadder.

Grease 

Randal Kleiser

1978

The movie Grease is a good example of a romance film. This film elaborates a love story in which the male and female lead encounter problems with their relationship, The two protagonist in the film come from two different worlds in which one is cool and hadnsome while the other one is very reserved, the setting of this feel is mostly in a school and a diner, both protagonist face the difference between both of them as they want to have their love story progress but it seems quite impossible. The struggle both characters live through is of them wanting each other but having been separated by the change they have to go through as their life develops. Having the preassure of their friends leads them both to change who they are in order to fit in. Their whole story is based on the pressure of them wanting to be who they are but they can't due to them changing and pretending to be who they are not. The costume design progresses through the film as the characters change, sandy's character changes drastically, her love for Danny makes her see that he has changed and that he is no longer the boy he met on the beach but someone different so she had to changed in order to be noticed by him and having for herself. Through the use of mise-en-scene and of color the audience is able to develop a sence of integrity as they watch the film, it's almost as if they were part of the film too. The contrast of color in their costume design between Sandy and Danny show the difference in them, Sandy wears lights colors giving a sence of pureness and innocence while Danny wear dark colors to represent his coolness and his drastic change from a boy to a man.

The Last SongJulie Anne Anderson2010

The Last Song is introduced as our female leads is on her way to spend a summer at her dad's after she's done an illegal act. Our female lead has a huge family struggle between her parents divorced. She is introduced from her normal living to having to develop a new bond between father and daughter as she encounters her summer fling. This film develops a beautiful love story between two people who have different lives as they try to live their love for each other, but their love doesn't developed at first as the female lead first find the male protagonist as a regular playboy who only wnats fun. Our female protagonist also deals with the stuggle of a hard family past she's never been able to recover from which leads her to having trust issues. The setting of the fillm which is at the beahc, develops that sense of wanting to get away of their regular lifes and live in a sort of dream worl of their own. As both our main leads start getting closer and closer with each other their feeling start to developed, as they both like each other there is a big struggle for them due to the female lead having rival and having friends that backstab them. The biggest issue for both of them is the family problems the love interest has due to them disliking the main lead because she isn't part of a wealthy family. The bright colors of the set design create a loving and happy atmosphere for our leads which develops the plot as the film continues. The use of sound is really important becasue it lets the audience knows the moment sad parts are coming or the moment happy moments are coming. As the story progesses the struggle of our female lead being with someone she loved developed to not being able to trust him. The mise-en-scene is deeply thought as it allows the audience to know which place the lead runs off to when she's sad or when she wants to think. The film overall captures the essence of romance through the use of music and the use of mise-en-scene, this film develops the love strugle that is going through the movie as our characters fall in love yet also falls out of love.

THE FAULT IN OUR STARS

BOONE

2014

MIDNIGHT SUN

SPEERS

2018

SLEEPLESS IN SEATTLE
EPHRON

1993

PRIDE & PREJUDICE
WRIGHT
2005

CASABLANCA

CURTIZ

1942

THE NOTEBOOK

CASSAVETES

2004

Sources:
Romance(November 10,2019) Romance Retrieved from-
https://thescriptlab.com/screenplay/genre/994-romance-sp-1570419489/
Romance films -Retrieved November 10,2019, from
https://www.filmsite.org/romancefilms.html
Different Romance Convecntions from-
https://es.slideshare.net/gr4cec/conventions-of-the-romance-films