After these long few weeks, we have finally completed our film opening. This process has been a huge learning experience for everyone in the group and I can proudly say we all grew together when creating this film.
Tristan Duhaney Media Studies
Friday, April 15, 2022
Friday, April 8, 2022
Final production CCR
As the project comes to a close this week, I look back and reflect on the entire process of creating our film from start to finish.
Wednesday, March 16, 2022
Post-Production
This week is the final week before spring break as well as the last week to wrap everything for our portfolio project. With this in mind, this week has been spent revising and editing our film to its final form.
How we used editing
Following convention
What we added
Colors
Revisions
How I feel about the project personally
Thursday, March 3, 2022
Filming production
The last week and half of our class time have been spent filming our pre-planned shots that we completed a few weeks ago. Normally, this process would be simple: Go in, film, and leave. However, things proved to be rather challenging not only for me but for my group as well.
The technical side of filming
Hardship
The good ending
Saturday, February 5, 2022
Case study
A big part of creating a film is looking at the process of others. As some may say, "Don't reinvent the wheel". With this being said, a part of our blog post requirements for this week is to conduct a case study on a movie in a genre. I find this essential in really grasping the process on how the movie process is done. This is also great for me personally as the movie I will be doing was done by a large studio which I was considering choosing in the imaginative thought that we were seriously creating a full film at a high level.
Godzilla vs. Kong
History/Target audience
Production
Writing
Casting
Filming and Post-production
Distribution
Marketing
Cross-media coverage and synergy
Reflection
Sources
Chris. “Adam Wingard Filmed 5 Hours Worth of Godzilla vs. Kong Footage!” Scified, Scified, 4 Apr. 2021, https://www.godzilla-movies.com/news/adam-wingard-filmed-5-hours-worth-godzilla-vs-kong-footage#:~:text=Add%20A%20Comment-,Godzilla%20vs.,the%20film%20finally%20came%20out.
Thilk, Author Chris. “Godzilla vs. Kong – Marketing Recap.” Cinematic Slant, 31 Mar. 2021, https://cinematicslant.com/2021/03/31/godzilla-vs-kong-marketing-recap/.
“Godzilla vs. Kong.” IMDb, IMDb.com, 31 Mar. 2021, https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5034838/.
Owen, Phil. “The Plot of 'Godzilla vs Kong' Explained.” TheWrap, 4 Apr. 2021, https://www.thewrap.com/the-plot-of-godzilla-vs-kong-explained-hollow-earth/.
Mendelson, Scott. “'Godzilla vs. Kong' Is a Rare Blockbuster Sequel to a Box Office Disaster.” Forbes, Forbes Magazine, 13 Apr. 2021, https://www.forbes.com/sites/scottmendelson/2021/04/13/how-godzilla-vs-kong-made-box-office-history/?sh=767054c9314e.
DaVETTE SEE March 25th 2021. “Godzilla vs. Kong: 12 Fun Facts from the Set.” Fandango, 25 Mar. 2021, https://www.fandango.com/movie-news/godzilla-vs-kong-12-fun-facts-from-the-set-754269.
Wednesday, February 2, 2022
Funding, production, and distribution
Today in media studies we were tasked to study the funding, production and distributions of films. This is important because of our portfolio project. While we may not be making an actual film, we are still following the film progression from start to finish. We are not using a budget for our film and finding publishing companies, distribution companies, and so on however, it is important to know the steps.
Production
Larger companies
Smaller companies/Indie
Indie vs Large companies
What this means for films
What production company I would choose
While our portfolio project doesn't have a budget requiring us to pitch our idea to a major company, it is still important to choose the right company. For me personally, I would choose Warner Bros studio. The reason why I would choose this studio is that our film is Sci-Fi. This is important because not only does Warner Bro's have a lot of money and new technology to bring these films to life, they are known for very popular Sci-Fi films: The MEG, the Terminator franchise, the King Kong movies, the Godzilla movies, and many more. I feel like if we had them on our side we can make our film top tier. Furthermore, Warner Bro's is an extremely large company. This means that this alone can cause a lot of attention to our film that we would not get from a smaller indie company, however, it is important to note that the size of the company would also make it extremely hard for us to pitch our idea to them and actually get it passed, though it would be worth it.
Funding
How to get your movie funded
How funding helps our group
Distribution
What distribution company I would choose
Exhibition
How I would go about exhibition
Sources:
Cohen, Jeff B. The Money of Movies, 5 Nov. 2019.
“Exhibition.” Film Reference, http://www.filmreference.com/encyclopedia/Criticism-Ideology/Exhibition.html.
“Film Distributor.” Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, 31 Aug. 2021, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Film_distributor.
“List of Film Distributors: Film Distribution Companies: Exhibitor List.” Screendollars, 17 Jan. 2022, https://www.screendollars.com/directory/distributors/.
robertclackmedia Follow. “Production,Distribution,Exhibition an Intro Final for Media.” SlideShare, https://www.slideshare.net/robertclackmedia/productiondistributionexhibition-an-intro-final-for-media.
Friday, January 28, 2022
film(s) of sci-fi
Today with my partner, we've stumbled upon our final choice for our portfolio. We chose that we want to do the film in the Sci-Fi genre. Since I have this basic knowledge now, I felt it would be good to get a hard start review 5 different movies that share the same genre as my film to better see common Sci-Fi conventions being used and how they mix it in the film opening. I also felt it would be a great benefit to my group to research how openings are done themselves.
Importance of film openings
The five films
1: Godzilla vs Kong
The Godzilla vs king kong movie is a staple in the Sci-Fi
community. The film opening contained many conventions that are true to the
genre of sci-fi. The opening scene of this movie introduces us into a new world
unlike any we are used to. Furthermore, our main character who we once viewed
as an antagonist is now painted in a new light: He appears to be on the good
side this time. Beyond all of the content aspects of the opening, it contained
many Sci-Fi techniques to bring the genre truly to life. This included things
such as even composition, advanced technology being normal and a plethora of
other things. What truly brought this opening to life was it's use of close-ups
to show the characters emotions and reactions to one another. The camera angles
used in this opening also gave us a feel of the characters. Right off the start
we can tell just how powerful Kong truly is compared to us mere small humans.
The opening in a broad sense also followed another common convention: The day
in the life. The day in the life is commonly used as it introduces us to the
world that these characters reside in opposed to our world with a whole other
set of rules.
You can view a full shot-by-shot analysis done by me here
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