Emme Landry's Blog

Suicide Squad blew up the box offices. With a rating of pg-13, it reached and appealed to nearly everyone. The film made over $746 million worldwide, an incredible amount. It was the 10th highest grossed film of 2016. They marketed the film with commercials, billboards, and phone ads that appear in everyone's daily lives. The target audience is 13 and up, so it reaches a very large audience. Almost everyone was raving about this film. Being able to reach people young to old makes the film's popularity soar. By incorporating aspects that make the film appealing for a large target audience like this, our film could greatly succeed. In this film, the actors Jared Leto and Margot Robbie helped to contribute sales, because of their popularity. When people see these celebrities are staring in a movie their fans will be inclined to watch. $75 million went to this film's campaign. Popular songs in the trailers like "Bohemian Rapsody" also helped to tie people in to seeing...

Crazy Rich Asians is drama/comedy released in 2018. Appealing to almost all ages, (rated pg-13), this film gained tons at the box office. The film made in all $238 million. As well as being intriguing to a wide range of ages, it's cast of Asian people gave the film power in the way Black Panther did. In our film, we wish to reach a wide variety of audiences in the way this movie did. The success of this film wasn't due only to the acting and production, but as well the way it appeals to many, so the audience is larger. The target audience being large means the sales will most likely be larger than if the target audience was only kids, or only older people. They had billboards and commercials made to promote this. The first poster ( seen below) is colorful and intriguing. Making posters and trailers visually appealing is something that will draw an audience in. Photos of this and clips from the movie were posted to social media platforms like Twitter and Instagram, to reel in th...

To improve our film, we could work on steadying the camera in a few shots, instead of re-shooting all of the footage. Other than this, most of our difficulties were in the editing process. At some points, the music in the background cut off too soon or was too loud and drowned out the actor's dialogue. As well as this, we could trim some of the clips just to make the film run smoother.

In our film Motionless, we used convention to show dramatization as well as humor. For example, in a shot which was a close up on the main character, Silas's eyes, it showed the tension of the moment. The film began as a drama, but as we filmed, turned more into a comedy. So, we used the actor's skills to portray the humor that was presented in the film. The film targets ages 13 and above, as it's a comedy enjoyable for teens, but adults can also enjoy the film. We used a variety of camera angles, like high, low, and eye-line match to show to provide the drama area of the film. Specifically, the eye-line match switches between Silas Smith and "Zeus" the dog. This gives a way to portray the anger and tension Silas has during this part of the film.

Panning- showing art supplies, give viewer idea of what's going on low angle- show main character and him holding camera high angle- give different perspective establishing- sets up setting over shoulder- give look from Silas Smith's perspective close up- show tinfoil piece prop mid shot- show working rule of thirds- provide new way of showing character's actions long- show entire scene and setup two shot- both actors wide- can see whole set shot reverse shot- go back and forth to provide drama

We're planning on filming at a house, as we can create a set of an office or a film studio. By using an empty room, we can add a desk, a camera, and pieces of clay to be moved around. We plan to film all shots at one time, and then edit these together. That way, after editing, if we need more shots, we can go back and film more at the same location, or, if need be, at a new location with the same setup. After filming, we found it was simple to set up using this location. A corner with a desk i it gave us room to move around while showing a lot and providing a lot of various angles.