Script

In Class Activity- Camera Shots

During class Mr. Elsbree wanted us to get some experience of using a camera. He put me into and group and gave my group a list of camera angles to go get pictures of.

Canted Angle:

Extreme Close Up:

Wide Shot:

Mid Shot:

Low Angle:

High Angle:

Film Genre Research- Us

 In the opening credits viewers are given the company that produced the film, the editors, the music writer, the editor, and the director. The actors are also given but their characters are not. Incidental music plays over the credits. There are then close up shots on a rabbit's a face. Then there is a zoom out on rabbits in cages. There is then a cut to the title of the film as the incidental music suddenly gets louder.. Us had a budget of 20 million a USD and made 255.1 million USD. Us was nominated for many awards including MTV Movie Award (Best Villain, Best Movie, and Best Performance in a Movie), People Choice Award (Favorite Dramatic Movie, Favorite Movie Actress, Favorite Movie, and Dramatic Movie Star of the Year), and Bandung Film Festival (Imported Film).

Film Genre Research- Child's Play

When the opening credits start the company that produced the film and the director are given while incidental music is playing. Later in the opening scene the casting director, the editor, associate producer, costume designer, who wrote the music, production designer, executive producer, writer, and producer names are given.  In the scene a cop is trying to pursue a criminal. The criminal breaks into a toy shop. Then the actors names are given in the opening scene which has many insert shots of the chucky doll. There is a series of  close ups and eyeline matches as the two people react to what is happening in the scene. The sound is most dialogue and gunshots. There are also alarms going off as the two people are trying to catch each other. The budget for the film was 9 million USD and the film made 44 million USD. The film has been nominated for many awards including three Saturn Awards (Best Horror Film, Best Performance by a Young Actor/Actress, and Best Actress).

Film Genre Research- Zombieland

When the opening credits start the production company, the actors, the casting director, costume designer, the composer, editor, production designer, and the director of photography. There is incidental music playing while zombies are chasing people and trying to kill them in slow motion. Zombieland had a budget of 23.6 million USD and made 60.8 million USD. Zombieland was nominated for many awards including two MTV Movie Awards (Best Jaw Dropping Moment and Most Frightened Performance), two Teen Choice Awards (Movie Breakout Star-Male and Choice Movie Actress-Comedy), a Critics Choice Award (Best Comedy), and an Empire Award (Best Horror).

Film Genre Research- A Quiet Place

In the opening credits we are given the name of the film. The film starts with jumping to the surroundings of where the characters are. The town looks abandoned and from the shot of the missing posters viewers can infer that something bad has happened. There is not a lot of atmospheric sound, it is mostly the sound of the wind leaves flying and papers moving. There is a sequence of low angle shots of a child walk quietly in a store. There then is an over the shoulder shot following a boy to his family. The first two minutes creates suspense because the viewers do not know what is happening in the film but the characters do. A Quiet Place had a budget of 17 million USD and made 332 million USD. The film was also nominated for many awards including, People's Choice Award (Favorite Movie), Satellite Award (Best Sound), Screen Actors Guild Award (Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role), Critics' Choice Movie Award (Best Sci-Fi/Horror Movie), and Bandung Film Festival (Imported Film).

Film Genre Research- Halloween

In the opening credits they give the company who produced the film and that actors name and who they play. Then the film gives the viewer the city and time of where the characters are. Then the camera panes to the outside of a house. There is a point of view shot that is being filmed with a handheld camera to give the effect of walking. We hear atmospheric sound from the environment. We also hear dialogue from two different people. In the first to minutes we see the outside of the house following the two people inside. Later there is a child's arm that reaches out for a kitchen knife. The film's budget was 325,000 USD and the movie made 47 million USD. The film was nominated for many awards including, a Saturn Award (Best Horror Film), a Critics Award (John  Carpenter), a Gold Hugo (Best Feature), and a New Generation Award(John Carpenter),