Introduction
What was our original film idea?
Work
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Film Development |
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Teammates
Names: Marley B,
Lexi M, Peyton P, Khloe R |
Period (s): 5th
Period |
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Production
Company Name: Milagros
Studios |
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Date: 1/26/2024 |
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Identifying
Genre |
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Identify the
genre of your movie: Drama |
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Hybrid/subgenre
(s): Dramedy/Mockumentary |
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Identify the
iconography of your film based on your genre: Common
elements of drama are exaggerated plots and situations, typically have
happy/satisfactory endings, the main characters navigate the highs and lows
of life, while having an ardent desire to do good and overcome adversity, incorporates
relatable issues, elements of sensitive struggles/topics are explored, and
are meant to share lesson about a universal theme that all can possibly
identify with. |
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Identifying
Audience |
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Identify the audience type and their demographics and
psychographics. |
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Type of audience (Mainstream or Niche Audience) |
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Mainstream teenagers to young adult audiences
(from ages fourteen and up) |
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Market Segmentation Analysis |
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Demographics
(In the US) |
Psychographics |
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Age(s): ·
Gen Alpha: 2013-2025 (eleven years old and
younger) ·
Gen Z: 1997-2012 (twenty-seven to twelve
years old) ·
Millennials- 1981-1996 (twenty-eight years
old to forty-three) Race/Ethnicity(s):
Majority White, Black, and Hispanic population ·
Gen Alpha: 71% White, 15% Black,
7% Multi-racial, 6% Asian ·
Gen Z: 51% White, 25% Hispanic, 15%
Black, 6% Asian and Pacific Islander, 5% multiracial, 2%
American Indian/Alaskan Native ·
Millennials- 20% White, 27% Asian,
24% Black, 27% Native Hawaiian/ Pacific Islander, 24%
American Indian/ Alaskan Native, 25% Hispanic/Latino, 22%
multiracial Class(es): (lower
middle class to upper middle class/wealthy) ·
Gen Alpha- Middle Class ·
Gen Z- Lower Middle Class ·
Millennials- Upper Middle Class Sexuality: (Heterosexuality
and Bisexuality) ·
Gen Alpha- N/A ·
Gen Z- approximately 80% Straight or
Heterosexual, 23% gay or lesbian, bisexual, and other sexual orientation (5%
Bisexual, 3% Gay or Lesbian, 2% other) ·
Millennials- 11.2% identifies LGBTQ+, roughly
80% are heterosexual Religion: (Agnostic
and Christian) ·
Gen Alpha- N/A ·
Gen Z- 34% non-religious ·
Millennials- 29% non-religious |
Goals: Gen Alpha- to
forge connections, build communities, and shape their identities Gen Z- to
have purpose and accountability Millennials-
time, money and energy all at once. Fashion
style: Gen Alpha-
bright colors, graphic tees Gen Z- baggy
jeans, crop tops, oversized Millennials-
skinny jeans, high waisted Personality
Traits: Gen Alpha-
socially aware, technology connected, growing up fast Gen Z-
competitive, financially focused, self-reliant Millennials-
ethical, creative, connected Values: Gen Alpha-
honesty, egalitarianism, personal responsibility, and innovation Gen Z-
experiences and purposeful purchases Millennials-
authority, achievement, and influence Favorite
Genre (in film): Gen Alpha- Singing
and Dancing (i.e. musicals) Gen Z- Comedy
(an example is The Office) Millennials-
True Crime and Drama Mental
Issues: Gen Alpha-
Anxiety and Depression Gen Z-
Stress, Anxiety, and Loneliness (higher than other generations) Millennials-
Depression (higher of other living generations) and Anxiety Habits: Gen Alpha- Technologically-wired
and savvy Gen Z- Social
media consumption and meditation Millennials-
Convenience, shopping, paying bills, taking trips, eating out, online
shopping. |
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Film
Idea Theme |
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List at least 3 themes for your film and why. Be
specific. Think about your audience. |
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Coming of age story about Love vs. social
control (empathy) and self-discovery and character development in early life,
because our group not only intends to communicate these universal themes to
our audience, but we also want to make it relatable to teens and young adults
(drama element). |
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In drama, it is common to incorporate themes
such as discovering self-knowledge, which will most likely trigger emotional
responses in our audience (relatability), and may even represent different
types of people, and if possible, we hope that our audience can resonate with
our characters on-screen (to a degree) and learn traits about their selves. A
good example of this is in the movie Clueless by Amy Heckerling, where a
privileged, wealthy, and entitled protagonist learns the value of personal
growth, how to better treat others, while appreciating what she already has,
because of her previous superficial worldview and ignorance. |
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Social themes/sensitive societal topics such
as sexism, racism, classism, abuse of power, and materialism to name a few
are what our group intends to incorporate in our film, due to our passion on
educating and highlighting these topics that heavily reflect our society/
current social climate, which can be eye opening to our audience and can
evoke them to ponder and take a stand against the agendas (even subtle ones)
that are pushing those narratives. In a way, we intend to counteract possible
preconceived notions/or beliefs planted in our audience’s minds, which may apprise
our audience to have a change of heart towards themselves and the world
around them. |
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What
does the audience should expect from your film’s opening? |
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Key Media
Studies Concepts |
Representation
invites audiences to understand your media text and agree with the message in
preferred ways. Depending on the audience, different interpretations are to some extent possible. As a group identify the
following: |
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Ideology What ideas/
issues do you find important to your audience, to illustrate in your film?
Provide 3 specific examples. |
-Our film is
meant to reflect societal issues that are very real and are important to
discuss for any hope/effort of change in the future. Three specific examples
that are prevalent, and commonly seen issues that we will explore in our film
are: -Racism -Sexism -Abuse of
Power (while authority, law, and order are responsible for the function of
our society, at times those in high position of power may have their own
agendas, ideologies, and misuse their position to control others) |
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Who are the individuals/characters
that you would like to highlight in your film? Think of
positive or negative stereotypes ………. |
Positive The main
characters in the film are the ones who are warning everyone else of this
controlled and horrible society. They are rebellious and are often hated and
discriminated against for being different. Types of
character types are: The Dreamer, The Rebel, The Peacemaker. |
Negative The rest of society
are the discriminators. They are the ones that are hating
on the main characters for being “different”. They are prejudiced, and
are racist, sexist but in a subtle way. They believe that being mind-controlled is the “norm”. |
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What social
groups will you be focusing on? Think of the demographics and psychographics
of your characters. |
Demographics:
gender, age, ethnicity, class, sexuality, disability/ability, etc. Diverse
ethnicity, teenagers, feminism, ranging from lower middle class-upper middle
class. |
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Psychographics:
Attitude, interests, lifestyles, beliefs/values, and personality. Mind control,
everybody is the same, |
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Identifying
Mise-en-scene in your film |
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Where is the
setting of your story? Think of a courtyard, classroom, grocery store,
cafeteria, home, etc. |
The setting
is in a school; school hallway, school classroom. |
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When is the
story told? Think of the period,
past/ present/ future. Day/afternoon/evening/night |
The story is
told in the Present, most likely in the morning and the afternoon (during
school hours; 7:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.). |
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Props |
-Weapons such
as scissors, rulers, staplers, pins, or books, which all signify the horror
genre. -Phones -Backpacks -Computers/
Laptops -Television
or large screen (for mind-control programming) -Food (for
extra mind control) -Intercom
(for administration to chant mantras) |
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Set Design |
-Classroom
settings, with desks arranged in rows to signify mind-control and order -Vast outside
settings, to emphasize the vastness of the mind-controlled population in the
school, versus the small percentage (the protagonists) who are not mind
controlled, and to establish how small the protagonists are versus most of
the school. To add, our school is one of the biggest campuses in our area,
and we could use vast stairways, our large buildings where the protagonists
could run from antagonists, or where possible scenarios where the
protagonists could become lost or cornered by the antagonists, because of running
away from them. |
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Colors (Add
the meanings associated with the colors.) |
Instead of
following character conventions, the colors listed below are used for
character archetypes that are seldom shown the following color, to further
shock the audience in later scenes: -Light blue
signifies calmness and humility/ neutrality, which we would cast the
antagonists of the film to wear. It is notable to mention blue in horror
could also signifies coldness, death, uneasiness, or depth such as the ocean (so
our production team could regularly broadcast a range of different shades of
blues to complement the scenes that they are captured in). -White would
also be worn by the antagonists to not only contrast their negative, extreme
personalities, but to reveal that their characters believe they are good and
pure. It is worthy to note, that white is also a color of innocence, and
numerous MK Ultra themed movies included white being associated with
mind-control programming. -Dark and
neutral colors would be worn by the protagonists to signify balanced, and a relatable/
conventional personality type, as neutral colors are worn by modern everyday
people, and these colors are not too overwhelming, nor stand out. |
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Composition |
-We plan to
mainly use shallow focus, as our location is crowded with many students, and
it would be challenging to capture shots without students from our school in
the background (to add, we want to respect the privacy of those who may be
uncomfortable being recorded on camera). -Deep focus
would be used for intense scenes, so that the audience could pay attention to
details in the surroundings of the characters, and to see the characters more
clearly (for instance, their costumes, hair, and other physical attributes). -Symmetrical
balance for shots that have the characters doing casual everyday activities
(going to class, going to the park, or in a classroom setting doing their
work). -Unsymmetrical
balance for dominating, or intimidating scenes, that are meant to
highlighting shocking or devious actions from the film’s antagonist, which
would establish the film’s horror genre. |
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Tone of Film
(Describe in full sentences and why would you use them.) |
The tone of
the film would be eerie. This is meant to subconsciously unsettle viewers to
take the issues discussed in the film (such as a mind control, sexism, and
racism) more seriously, while adding a suspenseful tone to keep the audience
engaged/ interested. -Upbeat tone
in the beginning of the film to juxtapose the message of the film, to further
contrast how disturbing the true meaning behind the film is. -Comedic/
Humorous tone to establish our films partial comedy genre, and we could make characters
from the main cast comedians or make the antagonist do embarrassing or
extreme actions (for example, chanting to themselves awkwardly in silence,
while staring into the mirror) that would shock the audience to laughter. |
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Camerawork
(Shot size, angles, framing and camera movement. |
Shot sizes:
Establishing shot, master shot, wide shot, full shot, medium shot, medium close
up Angles: Low
angle, high angle, Dutch angle, eye level, shoulder level, knee level Framing:
point, lines, shapes, space, balance, deep focus, shallow focus Camera
movement: Static, Dolly in, dolly push out, zoom out, zoom out, tracking, |
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Reflection
In conclusion, our film was originally going to be a mind-control based film, with zombies, and a main cast of rebels trying to regain society back to normal again. But, we scrapped the idea because we believed that it would be difficult to try to do. We also didn't feel so comfortable with the idea because we didn't have time to do it. If we had the correct resources and enough time, I think we would've been able to execute this idea well! Thank you for reading, P is signing off.
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