My Short Film Package

 Doors

https://youtu.be/BhqkXz8ISG4

Post Card

(Front of the Post Card)

(Back of the Post Card)

Website Link

https://andrewstern4.wixsite.com/website

Website Homepage

Critical Reflection

 How do your products represent social groups or issues?

My film touches upon two main topics, breaking and entering, and murder. People who have their homes broken into would understand this issue best. It is traumatizing to have your home broken into and the victims can be left feeling vulnerable. In the film, the main character Myles forgets to lock his door, (which is such a common occurrence in households) because he was too excited over a package that came in the mail. My home was personally broken into and I as well as my family felt as though we were trapped behind closed doors and had no clue what was going on. We wanted to stop what was going on and defend our home, but we were too scared to do anything. This can happen to any social group, no one is above this possibility. This movie was originally filmed with the mentality that locking doors is very important. There are 4 different doors used, multiple ones are locked and used in almost every scene. I wanted to stress how locking doors can save you from an unfortunate situation. Many people experience something like an attempted break-in or possibly a murder attempt. I also wanted to touch on how people feel if there is a death related to a break-in. The main character cries out “what did you do to my sister” in the film, after seeing a picture of her with a pole through her face. This is to represent the stress, and confusion one goes through in a situation like this, where they are not sure of what is going on.

How do the elements of your production work together to create a sense of ‘branding’?

There were multiple types of branding I did for my film. This included a website, postcard/poster, and social media accounts, as well as a YouTube channel. I used these elements to spread the message of my film by directing it to the younger generation who frequents social media with specific teasers and wording. I also used Facebook to target some of the older population by using more professional language and teasers to get adults interested. The website I created includes a small description of my short film and pictures of the main character. I also included mentions of the date and release location. This information is on all the different platforms which can be used by anyone, including those who come across it and are out of the targeted range. People can use social media with filters, for example, if people have their Instagram filtered to show horror or thriller movies, my movie will most likely come across their screen more than once. For those who are not interested in horror or thriller, they will not be affected by the targeting of my film. I kept the viewers of my film engaged with the film before it was finished by updating behind the scenes of props and progress updates on social media. Each of my media websites has a picture of the film's main character with his hood up as well as the killer with his weapon. I did this to entice the viewer into looking at the entire film.

How do your products engage with the audience?

My products include social media accounts which are enforced to engage with the audience. My film specifically is based around the age gap between teens and young adults who are the primary candidates to use social media websites such as Twitter and Instagram, now for Facebook that one targets the audience based around older age as it was created long ago. My Instagram contains certain audience attractions, now these are specifically targeted to engage with the audience by asking within the comments of the post why or what may happen, it’s a bit of a puzzle as my post contains certain aspects of my horror genre while also pertaining to have the audience interact with said post. Twitter has the same effect with certain young teens being able to connect with the movie progress by commenting and giving their preferences. My other products consist of my postcard now with this card comes information that everyone can gather, however, the cover art is more appealing to the younger thrill-seeking teens who may have first looks and interests in watching my film. The more color-based it is with horror aspects the more connection it will bring with the younger audience. My final product contains the website, this website included a brief description of my short film to engage the audience on the suspense of what can be expected, as well as certain little details like the main picture designed behind the horror genre and certain rating and reviews from big companies and titles which are known by many people between ages.

How did your research inform your products and the way they use or challenge conventions?

The genre in which my film was produced was horror. The research put into my products were contained from old classic horror titles and projects. The portrayal of a burglar within my film was taken from the idea behind multiple horror films about home invasion. I researched certain weapons that were shown in multiple horror films including knives, pipes, or bats. Types of weapons like guns and crossbows are unlikely to be seen in horror, which is why the research put into the weapon was consistent through many horror movies through past time. It is much more common for household items such as bats or pipes to be used in attacks as they are more likely to be had. My title is also connected to the research behind creative titles of movies based on home invasion, recent examples were “Alone”, and “Locked’, while my title was “doors”. Doors was a pitch idea behind the breaking and entering of multiple spaces which included several doors throughout the movie, the target behind the title was an obstacle faced within the movie to cause suspense and overall bring effect into the horror aspect of a man being kidnapped and taken into multiple rooms as he travels through the house alone and eventually killed. I also researched the horror film “Psycho” were the entire film brought a feeling of suspense and thrill just like any other horror film, but it was entirely silent. I used this in my film to keep my dialogue to a minimum and try to build suspense with the visuals of my movie.

 

Final Editing blog

 Today I was finishing up everything I needed to be able to turn in my short film package alongside my CR for tomorrow. I went over my movie 1 final time and adjusted a couple of things. I started by altering how long my titles were at the beginning of my movie. I made sure that all the spelling of my titles were correct.  I have a total of 11 titles, and I wanted them all to last 5 seconds with a one-second fade in and a one-second fade out. I also wanted there to be a one-second gap between each title. This came to 66 seconds or one minute and 6 seconds of my film having titles. I triple checked to make sure all my clips matched up with each other how I wanted and that the transitions or to my liking. I will upload my movie to YouTube tomorrow and then attach it to my short film package blog. I checked over my social media websites, I checked that they were all cleaned up and had at least two posts each. I looked over my Wix website and made sure that it was pretty and easy to navigate. I clicked on each social media link on my Wix page to make sure it redirected me to the correct site. I showed my completed movie to my family for the first time, and they loved it. They were happy I included them in my project. I had a lot of fun filming with my family. I also really enjoyed the editing process, where I got to take a bunch of clips and put them together into a short film. It is a cool feeling seeing an idea in your head be on a screen in front of you. I then sent my movie to one of my other friends in the class and asked him to look it over. He gave me positive feedback and said that I did a really good job. I returned the favor and watched his short film. I am sad that I did not get to work with him due to Covid-19. But I am happy that I got the chance to work with my family. 

Postcard Blog

Because I was so close to finishing my film I decided to work on other components in my package. I had to leave town because of a family emergency relating to Covid-19 and was not able to access a computer while I was gone. I had a notebook hand-sketched how I wanted my postcard to look. I began creating my postcard for my package. It contained information pulled from a bunch of different sources for my film. The front of the postcard is a picture of my house where the filming takes place. The caption is the title of the film (Doors). And the subtitles are “a short student film by stern productions”.  I chose the name stern productions because that is my last name, and it sounds quite professional. On the backside of my postcard, it reads “you're just going to keep getting in my way, aren't you?” I wanted to include one of my favorite quotes from my film. There aren't many to choose from, as I decided to remove a lot of dialogue and voice-overs in my film. I removed most of the audio because of the movie “Psycho” that I rewatched before leaving. I have a couple of lines of dialogue between the main character and his sister. I also include the dialogue between the main character and the murderer. Alongside the quote on the back of my postcard are my social media handles. This includes my Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, and YouTube handle. I also include my Wix website link which when opened will have the links to my social media. There is also an icon of a door as a symbol of the entire movie.

Voice editing blog

 Today I recorded the voiceover for my film. I had scenes in my film where the main character Myles had internal dialogue. The first step was to decide what I wanted each character to say. I did this by reviewing the clips before and after where the dialogue would be. I also referenced my storyboard. I then recorded each section of dialogue and uploaded them to my computer. I played them back and listened to them while watching the scene they were supposed to be with. I realized I had a monotone voice and did not capture the proper emotion Myles would have while thinking to himself in the stressful situations he was in. I rerecorded everything for the second time and had a lot better of a result. I then Began combining the internal dialogue audio with the scenes it corresponded with on my computer. This was very challenging considering I was trying to embed audio on a video file. I had to phone a friend who had an internal dialogue in his film and ask him what he did to combine them. He showed me how with a website specifically designed for this, and it worked. I then took the new clips with the internal dialogue attached to the video and put it in “iMovie”. After cutting the edges of the clips adding clean-cut transitions and the proper filter, I got to watch my almost completed film for the first time. I still need to reshoot my ending scenes with the original plan. I am a lot happier being able to use the outdoor balcony instead of the indoor one. It fits the plot much better and keeps the suspense of bringing the story to the outdoors. My next step is to add the sound from the keyboard for any sound effects I wanted to add.

 

Re-Shooting blog

Today the construction on my balcony was finished. This was sooner than expected and means I can record my original ending for my film. The construction was finished at 2:00 PM today which left a little bit of the afternoon and all the evening for the day. I got off work at 3:30 PM and rushed home to begin the process. I started by getting the same clothes that we have been wearing out of the wash. Getting everybody just and giving my dad his “weapon”. I watched back on the clips that involved the balcony. First off, I reused the old clip of entering the correct bedroom during the day. So that we truly do enter my bedroom. I also deleted the clips involving the indoor balcony and the hallway scene. I restarted recording from the opening of my bedroom door out into the hallway and go into the right instead of the left. I got to include the scene I wanted of Myles tripping over the doorframe leading out to the balcony. Everything was perfect it looked like it was going to rain so I wanted to finish recording before that. I was able to record the dialogue scenes and even the killing on the balcony. I hated using my pillow as a body double for when Myles gets thrown over the balcony. Especially because my pillow landed in the pool and was wet. After doing the bare minimum editing of stitching all the clips together with clean-cut transitions and the proper nighttime filter to match the clips before my film Lux almost exactly how I pictured it in my head. There is still some editing that needs to be done to enhance the sound of my film as well as lighting and reshooting any scenes I am not 100% happy with. I am very happy that the balcony was finished on Saturday, so I was able to have my dad film because he works during the week. Tomorrow I will further edit my film and start working with my friends’ keyboard for sound.

Editing Night blog

Today I did not want to reshoot the scenes I was not happy with because it is a holiday and I want to spend it with my family. I decided to edit the remaining scenes I had already filmed. This consisted of the late-night scenes that began to involve the killer up to the new end of my film. I began by stitching each clip together on iMovie. I did this by removing the bit of film at the beginning and end of each clip and adding a simple transition. For a lot of these scenes, I filmed the lighting was not what I wanted. I found an option on iMovie that allows a light filter over clips which I liked. It added the slightly gloomy and mysterious feeling I wanted in my film. I was not sure if I can have filters over my clips, so I asked my teacher hoping they will get back to me after the break. I am keeping the original clips just in case I cannot use the filter.  I only found one scene I was not happy with, in the nighttime. So, on the day that I decide to re-film the daytime clips, I will also wait till nighttime and re-film what is necessary. I spoke to one of my friends and asked if I could use his keyboard for my film. I told him that he would get credit both on my social media pages as well as in the credits of my movie. His keyboard has custom sounds that he made up himself. I am very pleased with how my film is turning out so far. Aside from the few re-shoots, I need to do, and the construction obstacles everything has come out smoothly. I hope that my outdoor balcony will be finished soon so I can we filmed the last couple of scenes where I originally planned them. But if not, I am still happy with how Plan B turned out. This process has given me an insight into how setbacks affect filming, and how difficult they can be to get over.

 

 

Editing Blog

I edited the scenes of my film on my phone because my PC was offline today. This will be the initial step of editing on my phone utilizing these editing programs. I chose to utilize two different programs, which were free and accessible on my phone as well as my PC. These two editing programs are, "Imovie", and "FilmoraGo". I used Imovie mostly because I was somewhat familiar with it. I chose to go with these two since they were free, and both had the option to create editing programs. I might switch editing programs later if I find one that works better. I like these editing programs because they are straightforward and take cuts and do what is necessary by cutting them and embeddings transitions for each scene. I kept Imovie since my phone could open the application and transport over the edited clips. I began by starting on the editing of my first scenes during the daytime. There were about 10 scenes edited. I started to take each scene from my camera roll and uploaded them all on Imovie. I cut them down and took parts out of the clips that were not supposed to be there. Every scene had something that needed to be edited, but most just needed to have the time from when the record button was pushed, and the actual film began to be cut out. Doing all of this took about two hours of editing. I felt more comfortable with the editing software afterward. I noticed that I had to reshoot some of my clips because I did not like how they came out. At the end of every clip, I needed to add a transition, I used the “clean-cut” that Imovie offers. A clean-cut has nothing fancy just a simple jump from the end of one scene to the beginning of the next one. What I will work on tomorrow is editing the scenes that take place during the nighttime and hopefully reshoot the scenes I need to fix.

Social media/website changes blog

As I was taking a break from filming, I checked up on my classmate's WIX websites for their films. I noticed that mine was looking a little bland in comparison, so I made my website a bit more personal and pretty. I added a film-related background theme as well as a better spot for my social media website links. I also looked at their social media accounts and realize that I had not been posting enough. I had pictures saved in a file on my phone that I wanted to post on my social media websites. I was taking the pictures and writing captions for them on my phone but forgot to post them. I decided to start releasing a few, but not all the posts I had on my phone, and I spent a while coming up with ideas of what to post about next. I spent a lot of time specifically playing with Facebook as I was new to the website and did not know much about it. I compared it to some of my classmates and asked them how they did some of the features on their pages. I was happy with the overall current state of my Instagram and Twitter accounts. And like Facebook, I was new to YouTube. I learned how to upload a video and correctly mark it for the right audience. I also found out that I can organize my YouTube channel, so it is easier for viewers to maneuver through my YouTube page. I plan on periodically going back to my social media pages and updating them as I go. I do not want to post every day because I would feel that each post has less meaning if there is a lot of them. I am very hopeful that my pages will grow in popularity. It would be amazing if people had an interest in my film and ask questions about it or left comments on some of my posts. I would also like to see my view count on YouTube go up even though there is only one post. I also cannot wait to be able to screenshot my editing progress and post that on my social media. I feel that those who see it would be very interested in the technology behind the scenes.

 

 

Late Night Filming blog

Tonight, I began to film the second portion of my movie. We started with the scene of Myles being knocked out at his computer by the intruder (my dad). It was hard to get it just right so that my dad did not hit me, but it will look too real on camera. It took about 4 tries to get the angle just right. It was fun being dragged by my dad from my computer to my shower, but it was a little awkward. It was difficult to have my dad toss me in the shower in a way that I will be able to come back to for the next scene. I wanted to have my arm up on the shower bench like I had been thrown there. But he had to go in the shower to do that, so it did not work. We ended up having my legs stick out of the shower and the rest of my body on the floor. The scenes following these struggles to open the door and find a light switch Came out perfectly. They were even better than I imagined, it did not seem unnatural when we watched it back. After the entire chase section of my film, I had to do the scene where Myles gets pushed off the balcony. It was frustrating not to have my original plan. But I tried my best to work around this inconvenience. I was able to use the plant and the picture frame like I originally wanted to in my script. And switching rooms during the hallway chase worked but I realized that I had to redo one of my earlier takes because when I originally walked into my room it's a different room than I would have come out of. I finished filming the ending and went back to film the entrance into my room. I realized that it wasn't daytime so I would have to wait until tomorrow to read the film that scene. I uploaded all of my clips from my mother's phone to my computer. This was especially challenging because I couldn't email the files they were “too big”. So instead I texted them to my friend with a MacBook, and he was able to open our texts on his computer. He was then able to email them from his MacBook to my PC without a problem. They did not read that the files were too big. I began looking around for editing software to use for my film. I'm very excited to start that next step in my project.

 

Rethinking my storyboard blog

 Without my balcony available to me and no clue when it will be finished, I had to adapt to this obstacle. My first attempt to fix this situation was to find out how long it should take for my balcony to be finished. I asked my father did he said one to two weeks. If it took any longer than that I would not be able to finish my film Before the end of the break. I had to come up with another way to finish filming for my movie without using the outside balcony. I do have an indoor balcony that could have worked except for the fact It would be brightly lit versus the outdoor balcony which would have been dimly lit. Ironically both balconies had a plant that fit the film, everything would have worked I would just need to move a lot of furniture for when miles gets pushed off the edge. As I began setting everything up, I realized that one of my longer scenes where Myles runs to the balcony and trips over the door would have to be removed considering there was no door to this balcony. I felt that taking out that part would take away from Myles's character and from the film itself. With this in mind, I decided to find another way to fix my problem. I have three options, option one would have been to film around the couple scenes and hopefully be able to refilm them if the balcony is done in time. I did not love this option because of how close I would be cutting my film to the deadline. My second option was to change the film’s ending entirely, using different parts of my house. I thought instead of miles being pushed over the balcony he could have been drowned in the pool, but I did not want to risk getting my mom's phone wet or add any Unnecessary safety issues to my film. My third option was to use the indoor balcony and switch the location of my room. I decided to go with the third option because I would just film the exiting of my room a bit further down the Hall in my sister's room and still be able to have the hallway chase. I Would instead have Myles trip over something in the hallway instead of the doorway leading to the balcony. This section of filming was still far away as I had much more to film in between. Hoping that my balcony will be finished before this scene needs to be filmed, if not I will use the indoor balcony, and be creative enough to make it work.   

Official Filming blog

I have had a bunch of setbacks and delays with my filming. Since the beginning of December, I started Studying for and taking my midterms. I have not had the opportunity to film any more of my movie due to school. Come the week before Christmas, my house underwent some construction because of a leak due to a pipe breaking. I have had a very busy house since then and could not get the scenery I wanted with my house half torn apart. They fixed the pipe in patched the wall on December 18th. Over the weekend following, I filmed as much of my movie as I possibly could with the balcony still under construction. I have finished the exterior beginning shots, there was no rain to interrupt. My prop for the film had finally come in the mail. I began filming inside and had to find a time that was convenient for my father considering he still works while my sister and I are on Christmas break. While we were filming my dogs decided they wanted to be on camera an interrupted, I had no problem with this and thought it was very cute. I had a lot of fun doing the scene with my sister of us opening the package which is my guitar. We got distracted from filming at one point in began playing guitar together. I have two guitars and we both have been taking lessons since we were young children. It was enjoyable, and the filming felt natural and I am excited to edit everything together for a final product. I hope I can make the film look as good as I envision it in my head. I am nervous to begin filming with my dad because he is a perfectionist and will probably make us take shots over and over again until he likes it even though it is my movie. I am very grateful my mom let me use her iPhone 11 to film otherwise I would not know what to do for a camera because my phone does not meet the requirements. My next step for this movie is to film Myles getting attacked and the true drama beginning.

 

 

 

Filming Attempt blog

On November 27, I began to film for my short film. Starting filming without some props was going to be a challenge considering I will not be able to get them until early January.  I did however have the package prop I needed for the beginning of the film. I started to set everything up by putting a fake shipping label on my guitar case “package”. Then I had my parents move their cars out of the driveway, so it was empty. I positioned the cameraman “my sister” in the perfect position to capture the pan shot I wanted to start my film. I drove to the end of my road and turned my car around and began to drive down the street and into the driveway. Before I was able to get out of my car, the sky opened, and it began to pour. My sister ran inside and i stayed in my car until the rain stopped. The rain let up during the night when it was too late to film the first half of the movie which is based in the afternoon. My backup plan was to film the nighttime scenes, but I realized I did not have the props to do so. I gave up on filming for the day and just checked the tracking on my other props. On November 28 I was not able to film because I work 10 hours on Saturdays. I finally got the first bit of filming done on Sunday the 29th there was no rain and no work to do. I was able to finish the driveway scene, the yelling about the package scene and the opening of the packaging scene. Next, I must complete the leaving my room scene and the homework scene. Then I get to introduce the slasher. But I still need to wait for his prop to arrive. So, I will just skip it and must come back to it.

Props blog

The props I’m using in my film consist of two Pictures, a PVC pipe, and a package. At the beginning of the film, the main character pulls into his driveway and sees a large package on his doorstep. He has been expecting his new guitar to come and he is overjoyed for it to finally be here. The reason I included the main character receiving mail in my film is to make the entire movie seem real. Most children get distracted when receiving mail due to excitement and might forget to lock the door. The arrogance in this situation is what leads to an unwanted intruder in their house. The PVC pipe is used by the unwanted intruder to bash the main character and knock him unconscious. This causes the main character to lose his memory and wake up confused and afraid. The two pictures are used to bring the main character’s memory back and bring outrage when he sees them damaged. The first picture the main character sees is of him and his sister side by side happy and safe. The second picture is his sister’s face scratched out almost like a target, the main character loses his cool and begins to confront the unwanted intruder. Each prop needs to retain the aspect of horror, for the package its connection is the appeal to a stranger due to the valuable price of the object, being shipped to an open house brings attention to a murderous character. My second prop was a PVC pipe, within my film I wanted to incorporate a horror aspect such as brute violence, hence the pipe as it brings the imagery of brute force being bashed onto our weaponless survivor. It's a handy prop to use on set, as it’s a simple hand carrying light weapon shown in multiple scenes. “Two pictures”, those were props that I used both in scene separate, the first scene being a happy memory of the survivor and his sister, being a haunting trigger of memory as he awakes to sense truth, as the other being a horrific crossed-out picture of his sister, expressing that something has happened to her, something unspoken. Bringing these aspects into the film using these props is what I intended to reach maximum audience reactions. When this film process shall begin, I will make sure that each scene with the props is shot accordingly to how I want it pictured. Each prop plays a special role and my image is set in stone for my horror-based film. The next step is to film, and gather these props in case I don’t have any around my house and either edit them for more horror appeal or keep them the way they are.

Social Media blog

 One of the requirements for A level Media Studies is to have multiple social media platforms for my film. I created an account under the name of my main protagonists (Myles) to keep anybody who finds these accounts up to date on the film. We linked all the social media platforms for our film on a Wix website. The links on the website lead to Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, and YouTube. Accompanying the name of the protagonist on the social media websites is the name of the film. I had to come up with a name I thought suited my film. I decided on the name “Doors”. I chose this name because in the film a lot of the activity is regarding unlocked, locked, slammed doors, and open doors. The username for all the accounts had the word “Doors” in it, to make sure anybody who looks at the account knows that it is for that film. Each media platform required a bio, a bio being a short description of what to expect to be on the social media page. This includes posts, other tagged accounts, and any dates involving the short film. In the bio, I have the name “Myles from the short film Doors.” I also included the words coming to theaters soon. This was to establish that the film is still in progress, that Myles is involved in the film, and it coming to theaters soon is a marketing statement. I try to keep the usernames consistent, but a problem occurred with Facebook where I could only put the name of the person who owns the account as the username. So, I decided to call the account “Myles Doors” almost like doors is his last name, this began to grow on me. I worked with some websites that I was not familiar with, such as Wix and Facebook. I struggled with publishing the links from each social media platform onto my Wix homepage, as well as Using Facebook for the first time. I am excited to post on these accounts and receive feedback from their followers.

Storyboard blog

Making my storyboards was a lot of fun I really felt like I was in the production portion of a movie. I wish I had the input of another person like in the other group projects I have worked on, but I think it turned out pretty good. I enjoyed getting to make each scene feel as close to real as I can for now. It was difficult for me to draw the images for each scene as I am not a talented artist in the slightest. It didn't help that I fractured my wrist and had a cast on while handwriting everything. I still tried my best and I am ok with my stick figures. I would go and picture every scene in my head and think of what works best as I stood there. I like the use of long shots to full body shots for a lot of my scenes. I feel as tho it is very useful for the type of short film I am making. It was really easy to imagine how each scene would look like considering I live in the location my film will be taking place. I found out that my outside balcony is going to be under construction for a while and might inter fear with my filming. I hope it will be finished on time. If not I do have a backup plan. Inside my house, I have a railing that overlooks the staircase leading upstairs. I think it will do the job of completing my film. I am sad that it isn't outside and captures the same mood my original plan did.  I am still very excited about filming this year. I have never included my family in any of my works from the previous years. I'm sure they will be great and have just as much fun as me with this film.

Planning for short film blog

The filming for my short film has not been started, I am beginning to prepare for the filming process. The first step to filming is working out my schedule. This is going to be tough considering I have to work around my school work, girlfriend, homework, and my job to have time to film. One of the best things about my film is that most of it takes place at night, this is extremely helpful. Considering the I am least busy towards the evenings. I will have to do most of my filming at night time anyway so it works out perfectly. The location of my film also is extremely lucky. Considering the global pandemic I wasn't able to include any of my friends in my film like I originally wanted to. But as luck would have it this means that everyone I'm going to need is at home, in the same place my film takes place. The filming will happen in my room and the only two people I need are my father and sister. My dad gets home from work around 7:00 so I can film with him at night and my sister goes to school with me and has the same hours of free time and work. Some of the health safety precautions I am taking is not seeing any people outside of my immediate family and not leaving the safety of my house for any unnecessary reason. I am making sure that all the props used in my SLASHER film are fake so no one gets hurt. Other precautions we are taking are that during the balcony scene we don't get close enough so that some could fall over. The props for my film were originally going to be fake blades but to be even safer I decided to change it to PVC. I won't have a hard time getting some as I work at a hardware store that sells it. Other props will be typical house supplies like a photograph and door locks. Lastly, the costumes aren't too out of the ordinary, the victims Myles and Sydney will be in typical street attire as they have been to school and are just at home. The masked slasher is going to be wearing a dark black hoodie black pants and a mask to cover his entire body. I am very excited to begin filming and can not wait to see how everything comes out.

Short Film vs. Feature Length Film

The biggest thing I noticed in the short film that was not in the full film, was the sound. In the short film, the only audio was motion. For example, footsteps, floors squeaking, fighting, and metal hitting each other. While in the full-length film there was a lot of audio including sound, dialogue, and motion. The voices played an important role in developing the emotions and personalities of the characters. The music did its job and made each scene feel more intense accordingly. Another difference between the short film and the full film was the characters themselves. In the short film, the only characters we met were numbers 9 and 5, 9 being the main character, but in the full film, we meet all nine of the puppets. Each puppet has their personality, such as the rude ruler(1), old man/ inventor(2), shy Twins(3,4), scared but helpful (5), crazy one (6), fighter/protector (7), dumb bodyguard (8), and the main character (9). Each brought their own to the full film making it a lot more enjoyable. The villains were different in the full film versus the short film, for example in the short film the only villain was the dog like Hunter, whereas in the full movie they had a dog, pterodactyl, spiders, snake, war balloons, and even a giant evil computer. The villains caused many more problems in the full-length film than the short film because of the quantity of them the characters in the full-length movie were never safe. Another big difference between the short film and the full-length film was the scenery, this is probably due to the amount of time in the short film. In the full-length film, there was a plethora of scene locations, such as a bedroom in which #9 woke up, scrap graveyard, tunnels, desert, cemeteries, library, and a church. Each of these locations was very crucial to the story. I feel as though the special stone played a much more important part in the full dash length film than in the short film, it had a lot more meaning and wasn't as confusing as it was in the short film.  The full-length film included a plot with a beginning, the build-up to the main action, and an end, which I was very happy with. The ending of any full-length film was very different from the short film. In the full-length film, the ending consisted of numbers 9 and 7 holding hands almost like a couple, and the Twins numbers 3 and 4 acting as their children. I enjoyed the full-length film more than I did the short film. The sound made the movie a lot more intriguing and made me feel more involved. I also really liked the characters and their differences in the movie, then just the two characters in the short film.

Research 9, the feature film

This film was so persuasive, it was a pinnacle feature in movie activity movie. The recent transformation of the film was extra to the short film, it conveyed a couple of perspectives to the film with the completion just as a portion of the characters. My by and by inclination was simply to buy and by saying this was an astounding film, loaded up with great altering and movement catching just as plot/character advancement communicated further on. The primary plot/rundown to this film was about this world after an enormous assault by machines which had adjusted to learn and zero in on people, these last soul survivors were puppets which each had a few soul parts of the researcher who made them. Every one of them was numbered 1-9, each character will be diving further into, anyway, the story proceeded as the quest for personality came, where these puppets were, who was assaulting them, and what number of more were there? Nine which was the primary rival had wandered out and found different numbers en route, and chose to sort out the wellspring of this frenzy, after finding that these machines take the spirits of the puppets away, nine and the rest chose to discover and end what has made this occur. Various passing’s lie simultaneously anyway toward the end the entire gathering sorts out the reality behind their creation just as the best approach to overcome the machine, in the end, all the rest of the spirits carry on to proceed to live free, as the spirit survivors start another excursion. The character appeared in the film were puppets with numbers who all had their own story. The principle opponent was number nine who was the most up to date expansion or in words the last to be made, who was the one which needed to look for information, conceived without the capacity to talk anyway picked up that through number two, also that his character advancement originated from him depicting authority among the rest. Number two was an old puppet, normally conceived for his insight and manifestations, he wound up being the first to meet nine and the first to kick the bucket by the machines, he was known by the associations given, an aspect of the gathering which was led by number one. A ruler of the sort who administered and thought he knew all, number one was an avaricious, terrified little man who needed uniquely to control power and never offer it to the puppets who served him. His character advancement possibly stemmed toward the end when he had yielded his own life to spare nine, anyway all through the film he was narrow-minded and unfit to confide in anybody. Number's three and four, basic twins inside the story who learned and utilized this type of smelling which was seen through the eyes. They caught messages and sound for the characters to see, for the most part, heroes who helped when they could. Number eight, he was the muscle the force, as well as the body gatekeeper to number one. His essence was to guarantee wellbeing and go about as the durability that main need. All through the film he appeared to mind and follow the requests given by number one until a little measure of trust went towards number nine. Number seven, the most boss protector and plot expander. She has appeared in a backstory as a lady who minded and needed to secure all souls. Inside the film she did precisely that, she secured she picked up her spotlight by being dauntless and rising to ensure and guarantee wellbeing. Presently number six, one of the frightening and at this point unclear characters to me actually, all I had gotten from him was that he may have been intellectually crazy with his drawings about the force instrument, and the source. Very little is said about him anyway in the end he built up a comprehension for number nine about the consummation. Ultimately the last character is number 5, a basic kind one looked at terrified adventurer, reliability to the lord and a companion to number nine, he increased a fellowship to number nine and had his back the whole film. Tallying the machines, the couple of machines which were depicted in the film were a tracker canine, a fowl, and an unpleasant looking snake all made and constrained by "the mind", or mother machine, made by the researcher to better humankind anyway that wasn't the situation. Enhancements inside this film are a ton to unload as this entire film was a movement film, a couple of parts which I had the option to nail down in the film as exceptional influences were three things; The lightning of the machine driving up, which happened when the machine chose to control up in the film, it had this lightning impact to it which to me by and by appeared to be a pleasant touch, the blasts and fire angle depicted in the film where embellishments used to keep the authenticity of the world, the consuming of the congregation wherein number one guaranteed had torched just as the underground base camp which burned to the ground and detonated to make a gigantic searing blast. The last embellishment I included discovered inside the film was the green influence when the machines had taken the spirits of the puppets, it had a sound and a full body angle to it to make a dynamic envision for the watcher's eyes to catch. The directional style of the film was principally a liveliness film with sound and embellishments, given to an examination of the short movie, this one had an enormous hole in a variety of value and time. By and large, I appreciated this film and plan to have others watch this splendidly made film.

Research 9, the short

This short film was very creative. I loved watching every second of it. I interpreted this movie in the way that there are puppets each labeled with a number. They were trapped in a destroyed, apocalyptic world with a wolf-like creature Made of metal hunting them. the two characters we meet our numbers (9) and (5). They have this glowing bottle cap-shaped machine with alien markings on it, that goes off whenever danger is near. One-piece was had by number 9 and the other was attached to the dog. as the short continues one of the puppets die and the other must run away, in a very creative chasing scene the puppet had a trap ready for the monster to make more time, he ends up with his back against a cliff. Once the monster dog got to puppet 9, he was pushed off the Cliff and killed. After 9 lost his friend (5) He figured out the two pieces of the machine went together, and it created a holographic showing off his friend as this machine captures souls. In conclusion, I loved the short and was super excited about the movie. The intricate details including these sounds captured by the movement fit the scene perfectly. The aesthetics of the short gave off the perfect feeling of scary green for the dog machine as well as Brown and darker colors for the puppets an apocalyptic world. The characters I found were two puppets numbers 9 and 5, as well as a dog-like monster, but when nine was at 5's funeral there were eight other graves as if in the beginning there were nine puppets. The progression for the characters was based on number 9, he watched his friend die, killed a monster-hunting him, Anne laid his last friend to rest with his other dead friends. Number 5 seemed as though he was very helpful to number 9, he helped him discover light by pulling a light bulb out of a broken lamp and using a battery. In my opinion, the plot of this short, is that these puppets failed to work together to survive in this apocalyptic world and as a result, all but number 9 died. In the end number 9 discovers that the machine sucked the soul of number 5. Knowing that 5 has been trapped in a machine he moves on with his life and walks away into the distance. Some amazing special effects I know spotted were the glowing of the hunting machine which accompanied The Dirty Brown look of the puppets, the weapons used by the puppets which were made of small household materials, and the capturing of the soul itself from the puppet which allowed for a soul capturing seen. The color green was very important, as the whole setting who is made up of doll coloring, however, the green drew attention very easily. The staff used by five was very intricately made and must have taken a while to be created, as it collapsed into itself and had a blade attached to the end. The capturing of the soul scene had to have been CGI just like the rest of the movie is, but it's incredible for the full color to shine from a dull object to signify it's important of a soul present. some other details stuck out at me; one was how small the characters were compared to normal items gave off a cramped feeling. The puppet sat on a doll's leg about double the size of him. More details I noticed was the sound used, it only played with movements, there was no talking, no sound, just movement. Overall, I enjoy the short film and was able to see the hard work and dedication put into it.