AICE Media Studies Blog

 I am so excited because....... HERE'S MY OPENING.  After a ton of ups and downs regarding possibly everything about this opening it is done! I give so much credit to every person that works on a movie, from the casting to editing to directing and all of the above. I can only imagine how much more difficult it is to work on a professional movie set rather then a homemade movie.  Anyway, I am so so proud of it. Drumroll please? Introducing....... "Unloveable" Here's the link if this doesn't work: https://youtu.be/ANNEVujK3ns

Actually filming my opening was so much fun!! Spoiler alert: I ended up changing my entire script for so many reasons. I hated it and it wouldn't have been possible with the people who said they would help me. Anyway, I had my best friend as my actor and we really enjoyed working together. My new script was so much better and it felt for natural for me to direct rather then trying to do something that I didn't know the outcome.  I love "He's Just Not That Into You" and still admire their opening, but I could have never done it as amazing and would have criticized myself too harshly. Instead, my new mix was between a 2000s teen rom com with the catchy song intro and a Disney Channel Original movie. It took me almost 2 hours to find the perfect song as I wanted one that sounded like "Perfect Day" by Hoku. I feel like I did a great job with the creative process, the filming, and the directing and I can't wait for you all to see it!

 Mise-en-scene can be described as the arrangement of the set as well as the characters in a film. This also includes things like costuming and music. I had a really fun time trying to figure out my mise-en-scene as it is the most creative part of a film in my opinion.  Here are the elements of mise-en-scene that will be seen in my film. 1. Costumes: As my opening follows teenagers in their journey to love  so to speak, the viewers will be seeing what high schoolers truly wear. This includes, for the girls, jeans or short and a basic top with sneakers  Depending on the character, like I know I want to make one of them super friendly and extravagant, their clothing will match. On to the topic of the love interests, I see them wearing the same colors in their own styles. This can be a cute little foreshadowing moment showing that they are meant to be together. Style Inspirations: 2: Set Design: For my set, I was hoping to do some sort of school yard moment when the love interests meet. A

 Hey everyone! So it's been a little while but I started writing my script!! Exciting right? Well through this process I've had a lot of time to reflect on my piece as well as many that have inspired me.  For starters, I have been saying since the beginning that I wanted an intro similar to that of He's Just Not That Into You . As I started to write, I honestly couldn't think of a way to make it happen. It was definitely a tricky tactic that would take forever for me to get right. While I didn't take that method, I still took something from the movie. The phone call interaction in the bar inspired me to translate that into our society, or at least attempt to. I found the script for the movie (screen shot below) and it was amazing. It didn't have many directions but it was really great to see my favorite movie and how it started.  Some concerns I had while starting to write my script was how I was going to fit all my ideas into my opening. Every time I started to

My theme for my film opening is to involve aspects of a romantic comedy and blend in other themes from different rom-com movies. The following 5 stills and clips are some aspects of a romantic comedy that I would like to implement.   1: He's Just Not That Into You Ever since I first saw this movie I fell in love with it. It's quirky, funny, and follows multiple women through their stories, which ends up clashing in the end. My absolute favorite part of this movie is the introduction. It talks about the unsaid truth that all young girls have thought, which is that if boys are mean to you then they like you. The whole point of the movie was to negate this theory and it does end up slightly working. I would love to attempt to try different clips of scenes all talking about the same topic like we see here. It will be challenging but I feel as though it could make my film opening interesting and funny.       2: The Proposal This movie has everything you could ever need from a movie.

Hey! Welcome to my blog. My name is Samantha Brickman and I am writing this to document my my experience and journey through my AICE Media Studies film opening. My film opening is going to be part of the romantic comedy genre. I chose this genre because almost all of my favorite movies come from this genre and I have grown up watching these movies. I love this genre because it allows me to escpae from my reality and enter a fictional world where two characters have to solve their problems and find their way to eachother in the end. Movie like these have shown me the beauty of love as well as how it can change one's entire world in a split second. I believe that I can make a great film opening in this genre because I know the basics of what a opening like this should be. I have watched so many of these movies and know how to establish a great opening. Thanks for reading my first blog post! Stay tuned for more updates on my project!