Film Genre Research-A Quiet Place

"A Quiet Place" is a horror, mystery and suspense film from 2018. This film is about a family who must live in silence to avoid mysterious creatures that hunt by sound. They live knowing that even the slightest whisper or footstep can bring death. The film starts out in an abandoned grocery store with a mother and her two children; they are tip-toeing around and not making a sound. The daughter is wearing an ear piece that connects to her head because she is deaf, so it helps if they do make a sound. In the first two minutes of the movie you can tell that the family is not allowed to make a sound, that the town is abandoned and trashed, and that they live in constant fear. The beginning of the film is crucial for setting the mood and tone of the entire film. The film uses camera shots such as close-ups, long-shots, establishing shots, mid-shots, and a track to set the plot for the rest of the movie. The movie also uses editing techniques such as shot/reverse shot and insert to give the audience the setting for the rest of the film. The only sound used throughout the film is incidental because the family is not allowed to make a sound, or else the creatures will come and kill them. Additionally, the film uses mis-en-scene techniques such as props, costumes, make-up and filming on location to create suspense and reality. The budget given to the film "A Quiet Place" was $17 million and it ended up making $50.2 million, topping the box office and making the biggest opening for a Paramount film since Star Trek Beyond in 2016. The title at the beginning of the film fades in with a black screen and brown smoke around the letters to create suspense. The film has been nominated for 17 different awards and has won 4 of them; Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by Female Actor in a Supporting Role, Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Sci-Fi/Horror Movie, Bandung Film Festival for Imported Film, and Satellite Award for Best Sound.

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Third Quarter Submission

For our quarter three submission we revised some parts of our film. We re-shot the beginning of our film to slow down the pace of the film. We also added new fonts and coloring in the beginning of our film for our names and opening title, to have special effects and make it more personal. Our original titles were red and had no effect, so this time we added a pop-in special effect for "Girl's Night" title to create a theme for the film. Additionally, we added incidental music at the end of our film to create suspense and mystery. All these revisions were made to add a sense of reality and more suspense throughout our film. Throughout this new submission I learned how to edit sound and put it in the film, how to add special effects to titles, and how to work with PremierePro at a higher level.

Audience Engagement Research-The Irishman

The film "The Irishman" appeals to all age groups, but mainly older men and younger women. This is a history movie, so it attracts an older crowd who experienced the same events as the characters in the movie did. Also, it captures the attention of younger women because they are featured throughout the film and they did not experience the same events as the older men did, so they are inclined to learn about the past. Our movie, "Girls Night", is a drama, mystery, suspense, and comedy film that targets teenage girls and men. "The Irishman" is a drama, mystery, and suspense film with use of intelligent humor throughout. The film "The Irishman", also uses foreshadowing throughout the film to keep the audience engaged and lines of dry humor to keep the audience laughing. Our target audiences are similar because teenagers go see movies with vulgar language and men go see movies about events they have experienced in their lifetime. "The Irishman...

Casting

Our main character for this film is a girl named Lily. In the story, she is the hostess of the sleepover and the driver of the car home. Lily is described as a very happy person who likes to adventure with friends. To play this role we chose a girl named Lily Sikorski because she is very outgoing, loud, and has a big personality. In this film she is the teenage girl who is scared by a man in a black hoodie. We knew that Lily had a very projective voice and does not get stage fright in front of the camera or crowds. She was the perfect fit, us the directors, had in mind for our protagonist. Our next character was Lizzy, Lily's friend. We wanted to make it seem realistic, so we chose actual real life friends of Lily's for the film. Lizzy was picked for this role because she is very social and is funny. Additionally, our next character, Annalise, is playing the role of Lily's friend. She was picked for this position because she is the quiet one of the group and looks out for u...

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