Final project: Movie

I am posting the final task that I have been talking about for the past 2 months. The movie had to be between a minute and 55 to two minutes flat. This was obviously more time than the music video, and we had to create our own story. In a music video, the song tells the story, but with a movie, my group and I had to create a pitch. This was all a very long process because the storyboard took even longer to create. We needed about 10 whole pages for our plan for the final task. Everyone had different ideas of what to do, and we ended up picking a thriller based on a kidnapper and his next victim. Of course, we had the idea for a thriller movie, but we had to create a whole opening sequence. A movie can open in so many ways, and that is what my group had to work on. We established characters and provided some background of who they are. After finding out about characters, we had to establish their setting and actions. The story for the kidnapper and the victim would be that they are getting ready for different reasons. But the parallels with this is that one is getting ready to kidnap his next victim, and the other is getting ready without knowing that she will be the next victim. This is obviously a more complex story than what a commercial and music video has to offer. Continuing on, film days were very long, especially after being at school all day. We upgraded to another camera, that gave a better quality than what a regular phone would. There was a wider variety of angles, shots, and movements. We were able to incorporate a trunk shot, which I never thought I would use for this class. I also added the idea of putting an action match with water. We needed an action match, but no one had an idea of how to do it. This was perfect for our two different characters because one could be showering, and that helps transition into the next scene of the guy turning off the water to brush his teeth. We have obviously come very far in this class, with all the work everyone has put into their videos; especially with mine (my group's). This project was very stressful but very much worth it.