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  INT. Mall-Day Friends Macy, Erica, Wilson, and Jacob are shopping at the mall having a conversation about the best type of shoes. Scene 1 Jacob  Did you hear about the new Jordan 4s? Wilson Yeah man they’re pretty heat we should go cop us some Jacob     Bet fasho Wilson Bet   *dap up* *As Jacob and Wilson walks to the nearest footlocker they notice Erica in the distance* Jacob Yo, is that Erica?  Wilson *squints* Yeah I think that’s her *jacob and wilson makes their way to erica and they make conversation while heading into the store Scene two: Inside a shoe and clothes store They are looking at shoes while the girls are looking at clothes  Wilson Hey jacob, do you think Erica is acting weird? Jacob No, why? Wilson  I don’t Know ever since that haunted house we went to, she claims to see things. Jacob Pftt, She’s fine ,she's just traumatized. ...

Planning Blog

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The location of the short film will take place in a mall. While the specifics of the address are still uncertain, some usable and popular ideas include coral ridge mall, broward mall, sawgrass mall, etc. The schedule will likely involve us traveling to our filming location after school since we can all meet up easily, rather than on the weekends when we'd all need separate rides to and from the mall. Theparticipants will be Melvin Amaya, Jason Pierre, Withly Pierrette, Jennifer Depaz, and potentially another person outside of the project if extra help with filming is required. Due to us filming at a mall, it can get crowded quickly, to prevent anyone from getting lost we will stick only to our designated filming locations and not wander off. Additionally, we all have each other's contact information in case of an emergency. This pitch for our film is intended on being low-budget and will not require many, if any props aside from a camera. For costumes, we are planning on wearin...

Comparing 9, the short, and 9, the full-length movie

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So the short film on nine was straight to the point . There wasn’t any dialogue, but you could tell that there  was a beginning, middle and end. It took me a minute to figure out the character development. then I realized after watching the trailer and a short film that they were only trying to survive.  Unfortunately one ended up not surviving.  There was some effects that made it look like an old film and had that cinema look. The impression I got from the plot is that two creations from human for trying to survive. What happened was that being in the war  caused no human to be left. The film, however, had more dialogue to it. It kind of had a flashback to where the human was making this creation. there were a lot of close-ups in the film more than a short filmed, and emphasize that personal feeling to feel like you were there. The character development was clearly there as one is found lost out of a troop and another is trying to figure out what’s going on. They a...

Research: How to make a short film

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One tip for making a short film that I got was to subvert expectations in your film. Subverting expectations can help make the film more unpredictable and unique to the audience. A film that has the same ideas and tropes gets repetitive and stale. This can often make it unenjoyable to watch for people. An example of this is a predictable jumpscare which viewers can anticipate it.  When the audience can anticipate it, it reduces anxiety and fearful emotions from viewers. A better alternative that was stated is to do something you wouldn't normally do, to trick yourself and the audience in the process. Another idea suggested by the video was to stick to your genre and follow it. In this case, it would be mystery for the film genre being used. An example of the mystery genre being followed would be very ominous music and shadowy figures to avoid the viewers from getting a proper description on any characters or surroundings to help build tension and confusion. Similarly, the tone play...

Comparing Le Jetee, the short, and 12 Monkeys, the full-length

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One thing that 12 Monkeys does is make it seem very dull on purpose. The short film uses a narrator with a very monotone voice to show this off. Also, the movie uses still images and adds voiceovers or other sounds to them after. This once again achieves the same goal, being to make the film detached. Le Jetee uses certain transitions to acquire a "dream-like ambiance" which helps to contrast the clean shots when characters are conversing. The film also uses audio to great effect and adds it a lot of important and disturbing imagery to amplify the visuals. An example used for this is the audio of a heart beating for a dramatic and intense scene. This helps the audience feel the intensity of the pictures being shown as if their own heart was racing. Another example of this is a slick and romantic score for a positive effect on the audience, once again enhancing the images. One thing the short film does is dip into multiple genres which makes the film more diverse and appealing...

Short film research: Behind

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This film is about a mother who is struggling to accept the fact that she is close to losing custody of her baby. with all of this going on for the mother, a mysterious woman confronts her about something much more horrid and sinister that would come forth and they’d experience quite soon. camera angles that were most prominent and seen in this film were over the shoulder shots as seen when the mother and the woman are seen speaking to each other, medium and close up shots are also shown when we are only focusing on the mother and the actions that she does. the most common sound that was featured in this film was ambience, at the birthday party you can hear the chattering of the people in the background as well as more slightly noticeable noises like children playing and plates clattering against each other. the ambience is quite noticeable but hear over this is dialogue, while the audience can still hear the background chattering we also get an emphasis of dialogue for the conversatio...

Short film research: Hysteric

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This film in its entirety is about a family, as the two daughters are seen in bed they are risen to curiosity when they hear a mysterious noise come from their home. It all turns out to be their mother who was stricken with madness and these two daughters and left to fight on their own for their own safety and survival from their mother who is out for blood. The most common camera angle seen in this film was a medium angle camera shot which mostly only focuses on the upper half of one of the daughter’s body as we see the actions she takes to uncover the mystery of the sound. Tracking shots were also extremely common as we follow the same daughter getting up and walking towards the noise that was being made as she investigates, when she discovers her mother killing her father the tracking shot goes from the mother back to the daughter. These tracking shots make it look like it was all shot in one large take which really makes it look as if the audience were following the daughter right ...