Portfolio Blog Post#6

While researching the Mission impossible franchise created by Bruce Heller. These series of film have had poplar actors like Tom Cruise as Ethan. This franchise is well know for actions scenes, plot and for Tom Cruise doing his own stunts. This franchise has become on of the most successful movie franchise in cinematic history. The franchise itself has made around 4 billion dollars and has been very successful in box office.

The franchise uses a lot of CGI to make the action sequences feel more authentic and immersive. What makes this feeling even better is that Tom Cruise does most of his own stunts. The dedication that Tom Cruise has to make his own stunts is one of the features that makes Tom cruise on of the best actors in Hollywood. This also adds more realism to the film.

The Mission impossible franchise is one of the best cinematic film making in history do to often pushing boundaries of what is possible and not. The risk taking that this franchise has made has earn the respect of all the fan and other industries. This is one of the reasons why this franchise continues to make more film do to the high revenue this movie makes and love the fans have for this franchise. 

Portfolio Blog Post #5

 Timeline 

Week One (1/29-2/2) 

Post two blog post about plan for your project and idea that I had

Week Two (2/3-2/9)

Submit four blog post

Find genre that I want to film research about 

Have an almost a full idea of what I want to film

Week Three (2/10-2/16)

Story Board 

Have set time when to film

have cars ready

possibly start filming 

Week Four (2/17-2/23)

Start filming for sure 

Record foley sounds 

Start editing what I have filmed

Week Five (2/24-3/2)

have all my filming done 

foleys too 

have most of editing done 

reshot if need 

Week Six (3/3-3/9)

Have all everything edited 

Start CCR questions 

go over the opening scene too make sure everything is perfect

Week Seven (3/10-3/16)

Have all CCR question complete

make sure to have everything done 

have all blog post done 

Week eight (3/17-3/25) 

extra week just in case I need it 

Portfolio Blog Post #4

 While researching the movie Fall Guy credits scenes, the credits start with music playing in the back ground while have sequence of film set, the actor acting, and Hollywood. While having the names of the actors and in the film on the bottom middle of the screen. What this film uses
that I like is that when they show one of the actor that is one the main characters it show the real actors name and the name of the character that they are playing. I also like how in this movie the music that they use during the credit scene fits the main character. Another thing that I liked that they did is that they cut to an older tv and show clips from an older movie while also show what character are staring. 

While researching Baywatch it also uses music in the background while having sequence of what is happening on the beach. We also get shots of lifeguard training, helicopters, and people on the beach. What I liked that this film credit sequences it uses like a too screen in most of the credit sequences. While having the slip screen it shows the character that are going to be in the film while having there name in the middle bottom of the screen, while also showing other clips of the character. I also like how at the end it shows Baywatch on both of the screen with big text.

While researching spider man 2 starts different than any other film that I have researched because this one doesn't show any character, it only shows a spider wed in the back ground with a red back ground while playing music. While this is happening its show the characters that are going to be in the film and the producers and directors of the movie. After the first minute of the credit sequence we see one of the characters that are going to be in the film and we also we a spider. Then we see like sctechs of things that are going to be in the film and what happens. 

Portfolio Blog Post #3

 While researching opening scenes i found that in the film Baby Driver it used a lot of close up and medium shot of the characters.  For sound it also had music playing in the back ground while the characters are getting ready for a heist. You can also see that the driver is lip singing to sounds based on what is happening in the first 2 minutes of the film opening. For example when the film cuts to the crew robing the bank the music changes to a more hard kind of beat. Also when crew runs out of the bank it uses a lot of fast paced cuts and pans to create a sense of panic. It also use low angle show of the driver when they are running away from the cops to create a sense of focus. 

For the research of Fast and the Furious opening scene it use an establishing shot to show where its taking place. This opening scene also uses a lot of close ups and medium shot to show the character. It uses close ups when the character is driver to show the fast pace of the car. In Fast and The Furious it also uses high angle shots to show the car going fast round the track to show how fast the car is going. You also get this sense because it also cuts to the driver changing gears fast while cuting back to the high angle shot.  There is also a lot of camera techniques used in this opening films like the camera shacking while tracking the car going around the track to get the sense of how fast the car is going 

For the research of Ford vs Ferrari the scene starts with a POV shot of the front of the car going around a track during a race. This film also uses a lot of close up of the drivers face to show is emotions. It also uses low angle shots like baby driver to show the drivers reaction when he is on fire after coming into the pits. The use of POV shot is used a lot to show the driver passing a lot of car on track. In this film we get a sense of the driving tossing focus because we can see the screen get darker and darker when he is driving. Then we cut to the driver in a doctor office. While he is in the doctors office the camera stays on the driver showing that he is the important thing in this. During this it uses a lot of close up and medium shots to show the drivers reaction after the doctors tell him he can't no more. 

Portfolio post 2

For my film opening project, I’ve narrowed down my options to two genres: Psychological Thriller and Action. Both genres offer unique opportunities for storytelling, visual style, and audience engagement. Below, I’ve outlined the key characteristics of each genre, along with examples and how they might influence my project. Psychological thrillers focus on the mental and emotional states of characters, often exploring themes like identity, reality, and perception. These films rely on tension, suspense, and psychological manipulation to engage the audience.

Films like Gone girl, Black Swan, and Shutter island use psychological to create a better meaning to there character development.














I am considering this genre because It allows for creative storytelling and visual experimentation and the focus on character psychology offers opportunities for deep, thought-provoking themes.




Action films are known for their high-energy sequences, elaborate plans, and charismatic characters. These films often feature thrilling set pieces, fast-paced editing, and themes of teamwork and loyalty.




Films like Baby Driver, Ocean's Eleven, and Fast and Furious use action to create a scenes of high/ fast action that create a sense of trill.
















Why I am considering this genre-It’s visually exciting and offers opportunities for creative action sequences, the ensemble cast dynamic allows for diverse character interactions, and It has a broad audience appeal and is fun to film and edit.




Both genres have their strengths and challenges. A psychological thriller would allow me to explore deeper themes and experiment with visual storytelling, while an action film would be more dynamic and visually engaging. Ultimately, my decision will depend on the resources available, my team’s strengths, and the story I want to tell.

Portfolio Blog post #1

For this project, I was tasked with creating a two-minute opening sequence for a new fictional film. The goal was to follow institutional conventions of commercial cinema while showcasing originality in storytelling, visuals, and sound design. This portfolio documents my journey from initial ideas to the final product, highlighting the challenges, decisions, and skills I developed along the way.

Right now for my project I am think of doing an opening scene about a car guy. My genre is going to be action because I want my project is going to be about a group of street racers and what they do during the night when his parents are sleeping. My film is inspired by fast and the furious. Right now my ideas of my story are A crew of street racers is recruited by a mysterious benefactor to pull off a high-stakes heist involving cutting-edge technology. The opening sets up the crew, their skills, and the first hint of the heist. I was think of calling the Film "Full Throttle.








A garage , a street race, and a brief glimpse of the heist target.

Urban environment with neon lights, busy streets, and a gritty atmosphere.

Key locations: A garage (introducing the crew), a street race, and a brief glimpse of the heist target.

Action Elements:

Include a high-speed street race or a chase scene to establish the adrenaline-fueled tone.


Use close-ups of engines revving, tires screeching, and intense facial expressio

Music Marketing 2

 

This video shows the behind the scene on how we created our scene for our music video. This video also includes bloopers from our behind the scenes. Before we create our music video we first create a story broad to create an idea on how it was going to look, but like always we change some scenes around and added some too. We first started to film in school but we quickly realize that it would be better if we reshot  outside of school, and how it would create a better storying telling if it had good scenes. 

Music Marketing

 For my groups research our genre was Alternative indie. So for my band I picked imagine dragon as my band to researched. For imagine dragon I found out a lot about their history and how they try to target their audience and how they get their music to them. They use instagram to show behind the scenes of their song and give exclusive content of their up and coming song and tour dates. By researching imagine dragon it help me see how they market their music and how they disturb it. This helped me have a picture on what I should have on my music marketing project. For my project me and my team create a band called Midnight signals. This band target audience is ages 18-35. And my group created a website for our band cus when we where doing our researched we saw that there were a lot of band that where created websites to get their merch, behind and scenes, and giveaways. We have also created an instagram and TikTok to help our band grow in the social media platforms and have a bigger audience. To help our band get more exposure we are using YouTube, Spotify, and Apple Music to help get as many people to listen to our music as possible. We have learned a lot from the researched and are going to try to put it all together on what we learned to try to make the best marketing campaign to get our brand out their for more people to see.

Genre Research

 Genre- Science Fiction

Target audience- Young Adults ages 18-35, science and technology enthusiasts all ages

Science fiction is often expresses as futuristic themes, technology, and speculative science, addressing topics like AI, time travel, space exploration, and alien life.

Films that us science fiction usually use GGI and VFX to create believable futuristic world, with often using advanced sound design, unique costume work, and imaginative set pieces.

Marketing for films with science fiction often try to highlight the impressive visual effects, and groundbreaking technology. Trailers focus on the actions scenes,  out off world landscapes to target fans of high tech storytelling and imaginative narratives. 

Blade Runner is a film based in 2049 and is a great example of science fiction because the theme of the film is around AI, memory, and human identity. The movie builds on a dystopian, cyberpunk world where humans coexist with artificial beings called replicants. It uses deep, shadowed lighting, neon colors, and rainy urban settings to create a dark, futuristic aesthetic. The film’s visuals and production design, along with its thought-provoking storyline, embody sci-fi’s focus on advanced technology and ethical questions.

Interstellar is another great of science fiction due to the epic scale and focus on time travel and exploring themes like dilation and the survival of humanity. The film’s depiction of black holes and wormholes is grounded in real scientific theories, and its use of practical effects combined with CGI makes space scenes feel both realistic and awe-inspiring. The movie’s marketing focused on its mind-bending story and visual spectacle, which drew in sci-fi fans and general audiences alike.

Representation

 Eleven, a central figure of the tv show Stranger Things, embodies both empowerment and vulnerability, She is portrayed as a girl with super powers, but also a character who struggles with emotional expression and understanding human relationships due to her being isolated. This taps into the concept of construction, as her character is carefully shaped through the shows shots choices and editing to emphasize her otherness in comparison to her peers. This decision is to focus on her psychic abilities, rather than her childhood trauma, also demonstrates selection, the show chooses to highlight aspects of her identity that contribute to the plots suspense and mystery, while downplaying the real world implications of abuse and isolation. 

Sometimes, Elevens abilities are almost exoticized, especially when she is using her power in visually dramatic ways. Her powers become a spectacle which can be seen as an overphasis on her strangeness or uniqueness. This shows exoticzing a common use in media where individual with extraordinary traits or from different cultures are showed for their differences in ways that may seem strange or exaggerated to the audience. 

Lucas Sinclair is one of the few black characters in Stranger Things. While he is one of the key characters of the group of friends, his portrayal sometimes goes into stereotypes with African American male characters in mainstream media. Lucas is often the skeptic, the pragmatic one, and occasionally portrayed as more aggressive friend of the group, all his roles that align with traditional media of black men as tough or confrontational. These role illustrate the concept of stereotype, which simplifies his character in ways that may not always allow for a more nuanced portrayal of his identity. 

Lucas is part of a historically underrepresented group in media, know as people with color as stated in the notes. While in Stanger Things shows some of his complexity and heroism, his story sometimes feel like its compared to other, predominantly white characters. 

In Stanger Things the representation of both Eleven and Lucas Sinclair highlights both the progress and limitations of contemporary media in reflecting diverse experiences. The show does really good on complex characters it also falls into common patterns of stereotyping and exoticizing. 

Sound Project

 During the sound lesson we learn how sound plays a bigger part on a project than what people think.

In our sound project we had to create a 1-2 minutes long story only using sound with no video was allowed. You also had to create 4 foley sounds using random object to create a sound. 

Me and my partner approach the project by first starting a brainstorm on what our story was going to be.

At first we had a story about a day in a life at a school; but it was too boring, so then we brainstormed on a story of you walking to a coffee shop in a city then when you are inside one of the machine is getting worked on then there is a big explosion and there are a lot of people screaming and crying for help. 

Our outline help us a lot because it helped us have an idea on how the sound where going to be place when editing so it would sound like one fluid motion. Our outline also showed the sounds that we had to create as a foley, so when we had to create the sound we knew which ones we had to create. 

During editing we had to make sure that everything was on point, so we would cut some sounds to make sure that they would start at the right time so when the next sound was playing it didn't sound bad. Also during editing we also had to make sure that when we would place sounds on top of each other one would not be louder than the other and it would sound like one full sound.

I fell like our project was very well done. To make our life's easier me and my partner slip the project in half to make it easy on us, but it would also be hard because the editing needed to be on point up we did really good on that. For me I feel like my editing has improve from the last project and I have gotten more use to using premier pro. Overall I think me and my partner did really good on this project.

Project-https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h4LR47JmbeU