Coraline : Movie Research

 

  1. 1. What genre conventions were used? 

Some genre conventions that were used in the movie Coraline used different lighting such as dull/low lighting, completely dark, or warm lighting. The angles that were used consisted of high, Dutch, eye level and low angles, however it also used while also using close up shots, medium shots, birds eye view, etc. The character used props such as buttons for eyes, and Coraline the main character used a costume that leaned towards the scary side. This movie also includes dialogue, diegetic and non-diegetic sound. 

 

  1. 2. What conventions were liked? 

The conventions that caught our group's eye were the sudden jump cuts that made that horror aspect of the movie come to life. Instead of it being focused on one subject, it allows the audience to engage more because it gets you to pay attention to what’s actually happening. We also really felt like the extreme close ups made us enjoy the movie more because of how unexpected it was. Lastly, the different types of sets made the movie extremely diverse and different. 

 

  1. 3. What conventions were disliked? 

Looking back at what we liked and disliked about Coraline, there were a lot of topics to talk about because of its several conventions. For instance, we thought the buttons were a fantastic prop, but there was also a little gore. Furthermore, we thought the alternate world set had more intricacies and was more impressive than the main set.

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Production Blog: Editing

Image
 Hello Blog! I'm back, and this time with more progress on the editing of our opening sequence. Kylee, our dedicated editor decided it would be best to split up the project to work into sections. It made a lot of sense to Hailey and I. In a sense that it would initially help the editing process run more efficiently. And if anything were to go wrong anyway, we had the project shared, and were able to collaborate right in the moment. The idea of splitting sections also allowed involvement from all group members in one aspect or another. Kylee was quick about her selected section. She claimed to edit the ending scenes because she enjoyed them most. She said watching it was intruiging, and it would be the enjoyable to edit. We didn't compete nor complain with her pick, because she was the initial editor. So, it was kind of what kylee wants, kylee gets, type of situation! LOL. We seperated our planning into 3 different days. In which we would complete different tasks. Day 1, we work...
Read more

Reflection

Image
 Hey blog! Its Marissa again here, and I am officially done with my commercial! I hope it was entertaining to watch. I am here to reflect on the experience and creation of the video. I first started off with the technological device of a Ipad. I chose the Ipad because its not as big as a computer, has many features, and has editing software other computers may not have. I used the editing software of Cap cut to then publish my commercial. I did actually have my phone, to select pictures from my camera roll and send videos as well. I chose my Ipad not only because of the ease of maneuvering it, but because I have alot of storage on my Ipad. After downloading capcut on my Ipad, I explored this app and was able to find my way around it, implementing photos and videos to then make my commercial. During the process of putting the commercial I would like to believe I learned alot. I learned to not only edit, but the steps it takes to publish a proper commercial. This commercial showed me...
Read more

Production Blog : Music

Image
 Hello blog I'm back! Each time we talk, the closer we are to sharing our opening sequence. It is all coming together piece by piece. The next step into our project, was selecting our music. My teacher informed the class that we either had the chance of using owned music or audios off of royalty free music. However, with owned music, you must contact the company or actual owners to be granted permission to use their sound. We would have to receive an email stating the confirmation before we were able to continue with our project. After me and my groupmates discussed, we decided that we don't know how long we'd have to wait to hear back or if they would charge anything. We were only hesitant about royalty free music because the sound choices would be on the generic side. There was a chance of others having either similar, or the same song choices for their opening sequences or movies already out there.  However, it was all going to work out! Royalty free music was copyright ...
Read more