The requirements of our midterm film were that it had to be one to two minutes long. It also had to be horror or horror hybrid. It had to be an “opening” rather than a finished film product. It had to have minimal dialogue. It was mostly music(sound effects/ambience) There was no wall-to-wall music, no long takes. It had to start with a black screen with a sort of logo and some type of credits before cutting or dissolving to the first image. There had to be at least three crosscuts between the actor and the nightmare. We had to edit it, shoot it, and upload the movie as well as complete a blog post. The film must also include one  close up, one dutch angle, one high or low angle, one low key light setup or one silhouette, one pan or tilt or track/push or spin around, one zoom or dolly zoom,  one subliminal cut or multi take or smash cut, one match cut, one  J cut or L cut, one use of slow or fast motion, one intentional use of color for story/emotion, one instance of intentional use of costume/hair/makeup, one instance of visual complexity in setting choice (color, texture, depth, lines, shapes, etc.), three sound effects, one piece of incidental music or one sound motif repeated three times.  For extra credit we could include; quick cuts, montage, wide establishing shot,  split screen, POV shot, reflection shot, intentional break of the fourth wall, intentional break of the rule of thirds, rack focus or pull focus shot, intentional use of handheld camera work, use of color filters to create a dream like quality, fisheye lens or fisheye effect, company logo with high quality graphic. 

 

I adhered to the conventions/codes/audience/expectation and engagement by keeping people on their toes. As well as it being a continuous story. I also made sure to follow the requirements.I broke horror conventions by some harsh cuts. I didn't know what to put there because nothing looked correct. I represented the cameraman, sound-man, and editor. I was every role minus the actor. 

 

Some things that were successful in my piece were the camera quality. For it being on an iphone it came out very good. Some other things that came out good were the editing. It really helped to pull together the movie. Some things that were not successful in my piece were my sound. I expected that because we didn’t have good sound equipment. Which made it really difficult to fix it in the editing process to try and fix it. For the script I used the software called Arc Studios While shooting I used the camera app in my phone to create my movie. While editing I used the software on my computer called IMovie. Some sound/music websites I used were ones that were already on the IMovie software. For graphics I used this program called Canva. It helped me create my logo for my intro. Some learning curves were to add the correct music and sound to make the audience suspenseful.