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Short Film vs. Feature Length Film

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The short film and the feature film of 9 were very different experiences. The short film had an aspect of ambiguity that the feature film lacked. Less was explained in an overall sense, so a lot of what was shown was left up to interpretation. The plot of the short and the message conveyed can be understood in a multitude of ways by the audience. There is a lot of gray area that leaves room for different analyses of the short. The short film was also centered heavily around 9 and his development, while the feature film focused more on the progress of the post-apocalyptic world as a whole. The feature length film had so much more to offer than the short did in terms of character and plot development, directorial style, and special effects. The feature length film took full advantage and exploited each of the characters, giving the audience a deeper understanding of their actions and the motives behind them. Additionally, a big part of what contributed to the development of the full leng...

9, The Feature Film

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The full length feature of 9 was quite intense and followed a well-developed storyline filled with action and mystery. The movie centered around a post-apocalyptic world and featured small figurines sculpted by a doctor. The figurines fought for their lives throughout and one in particular, 9, fought to find out why things were happening the way that they were. There were a lot of things done by the director that contributed to the effects of the film. The audience was able to meet and get to know the characters on a very personal level. This developed each of the characters farther in terms of opinion and helped to justify any of their actions if necessary. The immense character development made the multiple death scenes especially hard to endure. While watching the film, I noticed a few different things that I liked. I appreciated the use of action scenes to keep audience members intrigued, I felt that the action added a lot of intensity to the plot as a whole and therefore to the en...

9, The Short

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The 9 short film starts with a close up on 9’s hand holding a hammer as he hits a metal bar. The close up draws significance to the action which can be recognized later. Immediately I noticed that the setting was quite dark and deserted. I also noticed different effects that contributed to a post-apocalyptic feel in the film such as the fog rolling across the ground, or the singular light source in the opening scene. The first time we see the antagonist it is shot from a low angle, indicating their dominance over the other characters in the movie, nearly every time following this continues to be true. Something else I noticed in particular was that although there weren’t any human characters to compare anyone to. However, the objects in the film helped the audience to realize that compared to them, the robots are quite small. There are certain things they do or use that emphasize their miniature size. Another small detail I noticed, I’m not sure if it carries any importance or not, bu...

Genre Choice for Film...

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The three genres researched by our group were action, horror, and thriller. In our research for the action genre we found consistencies that greatly contribute to the aspects of action films that make them what they are. Some of these consistencies were appealing to us, such as the building of suspense, gradual building of sounds, jump-cut and action match editing techniques, and the common settings. However, the prolonged chase scenes, weapons and martial arts, and dangerous stunts are not among the characteristics we are looking for for our film. We are glad that we chose to research action films because, although our movie will not be within the genre, we will certainly take advantage of the different features we can adopt in order to enhance the quality of our final product. Following action, we chose to research the horror genre since our pitch sets the scene for a somewhat suspenseful and eerie film. Within our horror research we found the editing techniques to be the most helpfu...

Genre Research- Thriller, Action, Horror

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Genre Research – Thriller - A movie in the thriller genre is often characterized as having immense conflict, tension, and unexpected twists. This genre is extremely intriguing to us because of its conventions. We are very interested in the prospect of creating a film that would have a very intense or powerful meaning. Common CAMS in this genre include close up shots, tilted angles, handheld shots, and high angle shots. These shots are key to a genre like this because it gives the audience a heightened sense of anxiety. For example, close up shots convey especially intense emotion and tilted angles make the scene appear more daunting and confusing. Common sounds in this genre may include footsteps, gun shots, car engines, or banging. Oftentimes, thrillers will include car revving or scared whispering to convey something stressful and that the characters are somewhere they are not supposed to be. Common mis-en-scene in this genre could be guns, clocks, and harsher lighting. There are oft...

Genres We Would Like to Research

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In the previous blogs, our group came to the conclusion about our pitch decision. We decided we want to pursue, "Friends go on a trip together and the world is suddenly shut down by a deadly virus. The virus is much more powerful than expected." However, a key aspect of the film we did not discuss amongst ourselves during this early planning period was the genre which we were going to center our film around. The selection of a genre is of uttermost performance as it will likely ease how the film's  purpose is conveyed to the audience. Additionally, genres have attached conventions, or codes, surrounding them, for example in the camera angles/shots, mis-en-scene, editing, and sound aspects respectively. With these "attached conventions" a director needs to choose whether or not they would like to follow or go against them. Overall, the selection of the genre is VERY important to our Final Task and such we need to make an appropriate decision. In more current deli...