Final Submission

For the final draft my partner and I would have re-shot some of the scenes that feel too scripted and did not show that much emotion. We also would have filmed more scenes to make our film longer. We were unable to do this because the Coronavirus made it unable for my partner and I to add scenes to our film.

Creative Critical Reflection Prezi

Creative Critical Reflection Prezi

CCR Question #4 Draft

For filming my partner and I used an iPhone 11. With the iPhone 11 we were able to add lines to the camera screen to see were the thirds are and line it up with our actors. The camera that we used for our reshoot was an iPhone 11. We used the same camera so that my partner and I could still use some of our old shots and not have to worry about the camera quality being different. For editing my partner and I used iMovie. We added filters for the flashbacks and slowed down some film at the end of our opening scene. When we did editing for our reshoots we decided to use Adobe Premiere Pro. Premiere Pro is a better editing software for our project to showcase my partner and mine's editing skills. With Premiere Pro my partner and I used a filter for the flashbacks and where able to move the text where we wanted it unlike iMovie.

CCR Question #3 Draft

My production skills throughout the process of making my partner and mines film. I had no knowledge of working with a camera so it took some trial and error to get familiar with the camera. I have never directed actors before but I understand that sometimes directions that a director give are confusing so I understood when the were confused and tried to help them the best I could. When my partner and I were trying to find locations to use. We already knew what to use for the flashbacks but we needed a location for the interrogation room. We used a location that could be the inside of a police station and help add to the point that the girls were just being asked questions and not under arrest. My partner, our actors, and I have different schedule, so my partner and I had to find the best time for everyone to meet and film for about two hours. We ended up making our scheduled fill dates two weeks in advance so that we could film.

CCR Question #2 Draft

In my partner and mines audience engaging research we learn that movies in our genre use billboard to market their film and that they have social media accounts where they have trailers, merchandise for sale, and updates about things related to the film. Many films including Hell Fest, Final Girls, and It released their trailers onto youtube. Their trailers were also on TV during shows are movies with the same target audience.
 For our marketing plan my partner and I are having ads on TV, billboards, and on social media. Our target audience is from 16-24 years old. We will buy ads spots during TV shows and movies that have the same target audience that our film has. Most of my partner and mines target audience can drive meaning that they could drive past one of our billboards. The majority of social media users are in our target audience. This will be and effect way to advertise for our film. We also can use the hashtag #theunknown to get social media users to help spread awareness of our film.
I learned from my digital distribution research that films will be released into movie theaters for 90 days after that the film is released on DVD, Blu-Ray, and onto streaming platforms. Streaming platforms allow for more people to watch a film. With streaming platforms viewers can watch movies on phones, tablets, TVs, and laptops.
My partner and I are going to release our film into theaters for the tradition 90 days. Then our film is going to be available on DVD, Blu-ray, and on streaming services. We are using streaming services because our film is targeted to teenagers and young adults and they spend most of their free time on their phones. Most streaming services have apps that can be downloaded onto our target audiences' phones allowing viewers to not only be able to watch our film on tv but also on their phone.

CCR Question #1 Draft

The first convention my partner and I used was the font was Viner Hand ITC in the color maroon for the title. The font makes the words look like they could have been handwritten. The maroon text helps the draw the viewers to the text and still make the title easy to read. We used the same font in white for the credits. The second convention is camera shots. During the interrogation scene all of the camera shots are master shots. We wanted to make sure that the viewers are able to see everyones reactions to what was being said and see that atmosphere of the interrogation room at all times. My partner and mines third convention is props to  help make our film more believable. Our filming location for the flashbacks did not have a No Trespassing sign so my partner and I printed one out. We also had the actor playing the detective to wear a badge to add the understanding that she is a member of law enforcement. She also had a tablet to write her notes on from the case. Our forth convention is the filming location. We filmed the interrogation scenes in a studio and the flash backs on location. The flash back location helps add a realness to the scenes. In the film A Quiet Place they filmed the location of where they filmed the scenes added to the story so my partner and I wanted to make sure that the locations were accurate. The fifth convention is that my partner and I used short takes for the flashbacks. The flashbacks are presented out of order in time. This helps the viewers understand that the girls don't understand what happened. In our genre most of the victims are confused as to what is happening or what happend.
The social groups represented are teenagers, adults, and people from rural and urban areas. Teenagers are represented by the three girls that go into the forest. The detective represents adults. Harper and Sarah represent people from rural areas and Mia represents people from urban areas. All of our actors are teeneagers from an urban area.

3rd Quarter Submission

For our first revision my partner and I moved the opening credits from the end to the beginning of the opening scene. We did this to make it not seem like a short film or a trailer. The second revision my partner and I did was re-shooting the scenes with the detective in it because the dialogue did not sound natural and the actors seemed nervous. When we were reshooting we decided to make the detective a girl because we had some difficulties with the detective's make-up. Also we had the actors wear different clothes to help show that the interrogation is a different day. By doing this it helps our film look more natural and make more sense. For my partner and my third revision we changed the title to The Unknown because we felt that No Trespassing as the title did not relate to the film that much. Were as The Unknown gives the idea that the girls do not know what is on the other side of the fence. My partner and I also moved the title to the beginning and off of a black screen to help get rid of the idea that it is a trailer because most opening credits do not use black screens in our genre.

Revision 3- Title

For the third revision my partner and I change the title to The Unknown because we felt that No Trespassing as a title did not really relate to the film. Were as The Unknown gives the idea that the girls do not know what is on the other side of the fence and that they do not know what happened to Mia. Also we moved the title over the slow motion to act as a transition from the interrogation to the events that lead up to the disappearance of Mia. Also the title over the slow motion instead of the black screen help get rid of the idea that the credits are a trailer because most opening credits in our genre do not use black screens.

Distribution Plan

The release date for my partner's and mines film is September 4th, 2020. After the traditional 90 days we will release our film on Blu-ray, DVD, and Digital. My partner and I plan on using streaming services to put our movie on the market. Streaming services allow for a larger audience. Our film is targeted to teenagers and young adult and they spend most of their time on their phones. Most streaming have apps that can be downloaded onto phones allowing the viewer to have more access to our film. One streaming services that we will use is Amazon Prime Video. We will used Amazon Prime Video because in order to have Amazon Prime Video viewers have to pay a subscription for Amazon Prime but viewers who do not have Amazon Prime can also buy the movie and watch it on their phone or TV.

Distribution Research- Happy Death Day

Happy Death Day was released on October 13th, 2017. Happy Death Day made 125.5 million USD in the box office. The DVD and Blu-ray for Happy Death Day was available to buy on January 16th, 2018. Happy Death Day is also available on  Amazon Prime Video, Vudu, Youtube, Google Play Movies & TV, Hulu, and HBO Now. The different streaming platforms that Happy Death Day is available on allows for their audience to be larger. My partner and I plan on using streaming services to put our movie on the market. Streaming services allow for a larger audience. If viewers buy our film through a streaming service then multiple people in the same home can watch the film at the same time at different places.

Distribution Research- Krampus Unleashed

Krampus Unleashed was released on November 1st, 2016. The movie was available to own on DVD on December 3rd, 2016. The time between the movie theater release and the DVD release is 32 days, about one third of the time between the traditional movie theater and DVD releases dates. Krampus Unleashed is also available on Tubi, Vudu, Google Play Movies & TV, Youtube and iTunes. Krampus Unleashed is available on many streaming platforms. My partner and I are planning on using streaming platforms because instead of viewers having to go out and buy the film in a store they can buy our film on their TV, laptop, and phone making the film easier to watch.

Distribution Research- The Purge: Election Year

The Purge: Election Year came out on Friday July 1st 2016 just in time for the 4th of July.The Purge: Election Year made 118.6 million USD in the box office and was available to buy on DVD, Blu-ray and Digital HD on October 4, 2016. The film is also available to buy on Youtube, Amazon Prime Video, Google Play Movies & TV, Vudu, and iTunes. With the different ways that viewers can purchase the movie it allows for a larger audience to watch the film. The methods used for The Purge: Election Year for its digital distribution my partner and I are planning on using. We will use the same streaming platforms because our film is targeted to teenagers and young adults and they spend most of their time on their phones and most of the streaming services have apps that can be used on phones.

Revision 2- Reshoot

For our second revision my partner and I re-shot the detective scenes. One reason is that the dialog felt to robotic in these scenes and did not seem to flow as much as the flash back scenes. Also the outfits that the girls wore in the flash backs are now different to help add the the interrogation and the flash backs were two different days. We also made the detective a girl because of the difficulties with the guy detective makeup. Also the detective is now wearing blue because the color blue is usually associated with police work.

Traditional Distribution- Film

One way that films are distributed is the film company will sell the film to different movie theaters. Once the film is sold the movie theater can show the film for usually 90 days. After the film has reached the 90 days the film then has DVDs that are bought by stores so that costumers can by the film. Also because of the internet customers can now buy the film only so they do not have to go to a store. Finally different TV networks will buy the film and show the film on their TV channel so that even more viewers can watch the film.

Revision 1- Opening Credits

For our first revision my partner and I have moved the names to the beginning of the opening credits. This was because on of our feedback was that the names over the slow motion running felt to much like a trailer.

Marketing Plan

My partner and I plan to market our film to teenagers and young adults. We will have ads on TV, billboards and social media. Social Media is going to be the primary way we advertise because the number of users are between the ages of 16-24 which is the age range of our target audience. The primary social media we will use will be Instagram. Instagram has the highest percent of users being 16-24 which is 37%. This percent is higher then the number of 16-24 year olds on other forms of social media. The TV shows that we will have ads on will be horror mystery shows. Not only do we want to advertise to our target audience but we want to advertise audiences that like the grene of our film.

Audience Engagement Research- The Final Girls

The Final Girls trail was released on Youtube on August 21, 2015 76 days before the release date of the film. The film was reviewed and they used the good reviews to help convince audiences to go and see the film.  The final girls does have a Facebook account were they have the trailers, interviews,  and a link to buy merchandise. They also advertise that viewers can now buy the film too.

Audience Engagement Research- It

The first It trailer was released on Youtube on March 29, 2017 160 days from the release date. As well as the trailer there were also advertisements on youtube. It also had billboards released to help advertise for the film. There was someconcer that the It billboards were to scary for children but they still stayed up.

Audience Engagement Research- Hell Fest

 Hell Fest released its teaser trailer on Youtube on July 17, 2018 72 days before the movie was released. Hell Fest has an official twitter account were they have information about the film including release date and trailers. Hell Fest also started the hashtag #hellfest were other social media accounts can help advertise for the movie and get more people excited for the film. Hell Fest's twitter is advertising that viewers can now buy the movie in Blu-ray, Digital, and 4K Ultra.

In Class Activity- Art of the Title

In class we were shown a website called Art of the Title. We analyzed some of the opening credits to films. One title sequence that I like was Split. The credits start with an unidentified male spraying a girl in the face with an unidentified spray. There are then close-up shots of the girl being dragged. In between the shots of the girl the screen goes black and the credits appear over the black screen. This gives the idea that the girl is fading in and out of consciousness. The sound is far off screeches which gives the effect of nightmares coming to life.

My Target Audience

My partner’s  and mine target audience are female and male teenage and young adults in America. The income level is average income and an education level of high school. The personal interest of the target audience in someone that likes horror films and is not easily scared.

Feedback and Revisions

My partner and I have decided to reshoot the detective scenes because the dialogue does not sound that natural. We also are going to add dialogue to those scenes to make the opening credits longer. My partner and I are also making Detective Turner a girl because we had to many difficulties with the detective costume and make-up. We are also going to make the slow motion portion shorter, move the names to the beginning of the two minutes, and get rid of the black screen at the end and put the title over the slow motion. When we reshoot the actors playing the two girls can wear different outfits that are still the same style that their characters wear to show that the interrogation is a different day as the flash backs. Also Detective Turner should wear something more professional or blue to better help show that she is a detective.

Use Of Conventions

The different social groups that are represented are people who live in rural areas and urban areas. This is represented by how Harper and Sarah contrast. Harper is more relaxed about life and Sarah is worried that something will always go wrong. It also represents the issues of teens peer pressured by how harper telling Sarah what to do and that Sarah is telling Mia to calm down and if she does not want to go with them that she will be alone.