AICE Media Studies

An establishing shot of the library. Actor roaming the library halls to find a place to study.  Actor finds a place to study and sits down. Zoom into book spines where title cards will appear. Over the shoulder shot of actor studying. Zoom into textbooks to reveal more title cards in the writing. Shot of actor sitting among the growing books. A bookshelf where more title cards will appear. Actor starts to scribble on her books manically. Zoom into pencil with names on them. Actor collecting herself from her thoughts. Zoom into weird symbols written on her notebook. Insert of 2 other actors speaking in distorted tongues. Zoom into the other actors books with title cards. Actor hears buzzing and static as she goes insane. Title card on a cup of coffee near her. Final shot of a book with "Migraine" scribbled on it. Pencil snaps on paper from the force and screen cuts to black.  

  Participants Actors             Amélie De Kegel             Isaac Gafanovich             Lilly Gonzalez             Samantha Burton Filming             Samantha Burton             Amélie De Kegel             Lilly Gonzalez Editing             Samantha Burton Directing             Isaac Gafanovich             Schedule 1/20/24 - Make props, titles 1/21/24 - Make a list of all titles and roles 1/22/24 - Film at Barnes & Noble 2/3/24 - Edit Location Barnes and Noble  Backup plan If Isaac is unable to make it on January, 22, we will move filming to February 3. If we are not allowed to film at Barnes & Noble, we plan to switch locations to the Main Library, a few miles away. Health and Safety There are not many health and safety considerations with our filming location and ideas. However, Sammie will be driving Amélie and Lilly, so she will get parental consent first. We will all have access to phones that can dial 911, in case of an emergency.

Barnes & Nobles Friend 1 Oh. My. GOD. Have you read this book? Its SO GOOD. Friend 2 Yes, I read it in English, with you! Jeez, you are so forgetful. Friend 1 Well, read it again! Edgar Allen Poe is amazing. Friend 2 You've only read The Tell Tale Heart, you can't say all of his stuff is amazing! Friend 3 I've been getting into historical books lately, have you read A Modest Proposal? Friend 4 No, isn't that one by the same guy who wrote common sense? Friend 3 Yeah, he makes some good suggestions on how to solve hunger, I feel like we could use what he says today! Friend 5 I really liked The Yellow Wallpaper-wait, do you see that in the wall? Friend 6 Yeah, it looks like a woman crawling through the walls... creepy. Friend 5 I kind of see myself in it, in a weird way. Friend 6 No, I see myself in it too. Voice 1 Creb sid vensid treg mive senk dem bisard spitalum Voice 2 Spitlem hedwhite meftar hil sloem malolds mosdelium lifraims hardincer

  The opening credits of our film will mostly appear handwritten on pieces of lined paper by the actor, but also in random places, sprinkled throughout the opening sequence. For example, the name on a drink order, the writing on a pencil, a sticky-note to-do list, the spine of a book, or the heading of a page. ● Working Title: The title of this film is likely to be “Migraine” ● For the most part, it will be handwritten in sloppy, script writing. ● Titles will all be shown, written on pages of a notebook, or panned to in places throughout the setting. They will be cut off by the nature of the fast shots we will use, cutting to the next shot and title. ● Titles will disappear after about ten seconds of footage ● We will probably be using a dark colored pen/marker for the writing on the papers, and other colors depending on the alternate shots. ● We are playing with the ideas of which roles will be in what style, or on what object. We had Amelie practice the sloppy style writing she will

What titles are displayed during the opening sequences? Production company Who the film was made with Studio Starring actresses Starting actors Who casted the film Who the music is by Costume designer Production designer Director of Photography Editor Line producer Executive producers Producers Writers Director Film title What images are prioritized in the opening sequence? A farmhouse Dolls A vanity mirror Main character getting dressed A dark room with mirrors A conversation between the main character and her mother Barn Horses The killing of a duck Walking through forest with a bloody duck Feeding duck to an alligator How does the film's opening sequences make you feel? The film's opening sequences have dramatic shifts in mood. It starts off with a happy, welcoming shot and continues on to harsh dialogue and eventually, a bloody action. 

What titles are displayed during the opening sequences? Location it takes place in Company who made the movie Cast Title of the movie Casting by Music by Costume designer Production designer Director of photography Edited by Based on the novel by Executive producer Screenplay by Produced by Directed by What images are prioritized in the opening sequence? Establishing shot of the woods they are in Girl completing an obstacle course Girl running through the woods Girl talking to an FBI agent Girl running into a military base Establishing shot of the military base Girl walking through people manufacturing guns into social services room Girl walking into different offices How does the film’s opening sequences make you feel? The film's opening sequence give the audience an eerie feeling and leaving them with questions such as "where is this girl and why is she running in the woods?" The opening sequence of Silence of the Lambs does not allude to the movie being a psychological

What titles are displayed during the opening sequences? They display the production company and the name of the person who created the film, and then the title of the film. They then show the actor's names, then the person who casted them, and then the music supervisor and who created the music. It then showed the costume designer, the editor, the production designer, the photography director, the co-producers, and the executive producers. Finally, it showed the producers and the writer and director.     What images are prioritized in the opening sequence? The titles are usually in the center of the shot, ensuring that the backgrounds are easily visible. The film ensures that we can see the street as someone is packing things in their trunk, the woods as a car is driving past, and unsettling absurdist pictures. It also shows the room where the paintings are in, a person shaving, another person buying bakery sweets and riding up an elevator to the room where the pictures are, a per

  This website has a very simple layout. The simple layout makes it easy to find movies I want to explore. This site also has lots of psychological thrillers, the genre my group has chosen. This makes it helpful to me, as I am looking for movies of the same genre in order to properly do research on what our title sequence should look like. I skimmed through a few clips, and all of the images backed my previous research. Almost all the clips had an uneasy feeling tied to it. This was exactly what I needed. Along with having movies that we need, it also gives each movie a shot description. When I was looking for a movie to research, these descriptions helped me choose one relatively quickly. This site made it easy and fast to get my research and helped a great deal.