Sunday, January 26, 2020

The Fantasy Behind the Mystery

     We chose the genre of fantasy because we knew that was genre of another pitch that we had. In movies like the 'Harry Potter' series, there are many shots throughout the movie that implies power over another character, or conversation. When there is a fight scene, there are many wide angles or extreme close-ups to show how severe the situation is. In action filled fantasy, such as Frozen and Frozen II, there are camera movements and angles such as tracking, zoom, pan, and tilt.

     In fantasy, there are many different types of costumes. For movies like Frozen, there are princess dresses. In Harry Potter, there are robes and cloaks. In The Wizard of Oz, there is a costume for a tin man, a scarecrow, and a lion. There are also fantasy films where the characters wear normal clothing with no special meaning. The lighting in most fantasy films are bright and open or dark and mysterious. The bright colours represent adventure, like the lighting in the Avengers films or The Hobbit trilogy. The darker lighting represents a fighting scene or darker times in the characters lives, which is also found in the Avengers and Harry Potter. Actors in fantasy films also very, although there is usually someone who: has a magical power or ability, is a super-villain, a quirky best friend or other main character, and someone extremely normal who was put there to question everything about the plot. This person can also be the best friend of the main character. For example, in Frozen, Kristoff was the normal person who questioned everything about Anna and why she was chasing after her sister in the mountains. Make-up can be very dramatic, which is only worn by someone who contributes a lot to the plot, for example, a fairy princess who starts the main character in their long journey will probably be wearing a full face of bright make-up. Props in fantasy will be something that holds some sort of magical ability; including wands, a staff, a hammer, or a crystal ball. The setting can be taken in any point in time as fantasy is an extremely old genre, although it is usually taken place in an alternate universe where magic or superpowers are a big deal.
   
     Editing for fantasy can range from editing a green screen to show an unrealistic shot of someone in space, to editing in special effects and powers like flying, or streaks of colour shooting out of a wand or hands.

     A few films in fantasy are the Hobbit trilogy, Frozen I and II, the Avengers movies, the Harry Potter films, any princess movie, the Barbie movies, etc.

     Common sounds found in fantasy are intense music, exciting music, sounds of magic leaving an object, the sound teleportation or flying would make, that woosh sound, and lots of dialogue.

     Parts of fantasy that are enjoyable are the characters and the setting. To see people living in a world that I could never be in and doing things that I could never do but feeling like I'm there with them is a great feeling in the moment. I really like the feeling of getting to be in their world for a few hours. The leave enjoyable part of fantasy, is probably the plot because they're always unrealistic, and even though that is the point of the film, sometimes the filmmaker goes out of their way to make it so unrealistic that it turns into a bad film.




The genre for the movie we are filming is thriller. The camera angles, movements, and shots in the genre are: low angle, tilted angle, zoom, pan, close up, point of view, tracking shot.

     The costumes that are in thriller movies: dark clothing, long jackets, hats, suits, dresses. Key lighting, back lighting, high key lighting, under lighting, filler lighting, low key lighting, and top lighting are all different lighting used in thrillers. The type of actors you will see in thrillers are: serial killer, stalker, victim, agents, cops. In thrillers is not type of specific makeup. Props in thrillers are weapons, phones, money, and brief case. Common settings in thrillers are cities and suburbs.

     The editing techniques used in thrillers are: jump cuts, elliptical editing, shot reverse shot, parallel editing, graphic match, match on action, fast paced editing, slow paced editing, focus, continuity, montage, transitions.

     The elements in thrillers are: the protagonist faces death, forces of the antagonist must be initially clever or stronger than the protagonist, main story-line for the protagonist is either a quest or a character that cannot be put down, each character is dragged into a dangerous conflict.

     Some examples of thriller films are: Parasite, Get Out, Us, A Quiet Place, Taken.

     Sounds used in thriller films are: silence, dialogue, music, sound effects, voice-over.

     Elements that we liked are: each character is dragged into a dangerous conflict, the protagonist faces death.

     Elements we did not like are: forces of the antagonist must be initially clever or stronger than the protagonist, main story-line for the protagonist is either a quest or a character that cannot be put down.

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