Author Archives: carolinatorres19

Props that we will use in our film to reveal our characters’ personality trait will be photo graphs of friends and family, stress reducing objects, with a very neat surrounding. The neat surrounding is how the character wants to portray themselves on the outside, while still battling demons on the inside. The photo graphs willContinue reading “#9 Props”

Our main character of the final product will not have many verbal lines, as most of the film happens in their dream. The character will be anxious, exhibiting traits such as easily being startled, sweating, unable to relax and feeling restless, and nausea. My group and I have ideas on how to incorporate these traitsContinue reading “Blog #8 Personality Traits”

For my final product, my group and I plan on using dull colors for the background, and for reality. For the dream state, we will be using bright colors such as red. Using red in the dream state can give off the sense of danger, enhancing the human metabolism. Dark red can represent malice, tyingContinue reading “Blog #7 Color”

For this film my group and I decided to do a story in the horror genre. For the horror genre, camera angles are a big part of what makes the film scary. Angles like high/aerial shots, low angles or dutch angles. Sounds such as any sound effects or instrumental soundtrack also add to the suspenseContinue reading “Blog #6 Researching Micro elements”

Some feedback that was given back to my group about our plot outline was adding more detail to the characters personality. Throughout the story the main character will be asleep most of the time, so to show her personality we will use her environment. The main characters bedroom will show her personality. Another comment weContinue reading “Blog #5 Plot Outline Feedback”

For the past 2 days, my group and I have been planning our final product. We have been trying to come up with and agree with the plot, but we could not agree on any. This was an obstacle that I anticipated, not only about planning what the story line was going to be butContinue reading “Outlining Final Product Blog #4”

When choosing my group members I had to take into consideration that we were all going to have different ideas on what our projects would be about, and that we don’t all run on the same schedule. When filming and editing previous projects, I discovered how hard it is to get the entire group onContinue reading “Group Members Blog #3”

I learned that the hegemonic theory has influenced the media presence, and can be applied to many movies. In the notes we wrote in class I learned that the hegemonic theory is the political, economic, ideological or cultural power shown and exerted by a more dominant group over “smaller, weaker” groups, this can be seenContinue reading “Hegemonic Theory”

From the notes that we have done in class, I have learned that the Marxist theory is one of the oldest theories in film. Today, this theory is used to show the struggle between social, economic, etc classes, this is often the main conflict of the film. The lower classes are seen as the victims,Continue reading “Marxist Theory”

Be yourself; Everyone else is already taken. — Oscar Wilde. This is the first post on my new blog. I’m just getting this new blog going, so stay tuned for more. Subscribe below to get notified when I post new updates.