AICE Media Studies Project

https://youtu.be/PveUNWvAraA           Our movie was inspired  off of  cheesy horror/thriller movies, specifically ones where there is a murderer on the loose killing lots of people. We mainly stuck to close ups and point of view shots in the film, especially when the murderer was stalking the victim, which is when the static wind noise played. We decided to do cuts back and forth during conversation to mimic what real movies do, it just adds a nice ascetic to the scene. The cut to black in the end also referred to the victim being killed. Overall, we stuck to a mysterious and suspenseful tone in the film, and we feel that is expressed in the final product.  

The Game is a psychological suspense/thriller film which I don't know much  about  but I know it involves clowns. In the first 2 minutes, it shows many flashback memories of this creepy looking ginger kid, which mainly shows his birthday party with clowns and him with his father. It is entirely made up of jump cuts between memories and creepy/sad piano playing, which establishes an uncomfortable feeling across the audience. The opening credits don't show any names, just creepy shots. The budget was 48 million and it made 109.4 million. It was nominated for seven awards and won only one, being the Best Adapted Screenplay Award.  

Panic Room is a 2002 thriller movie that is about intruders from an insane asylum break out and invade a family's home. The first 2 minutes consist of different angled shots of buildings in a big city. Suspenseful violin plays over this, establishing a somber, yet intense mood. The opening credits show the production companies, some of the cast, the casters, the costume designers, the music artists, the editors, production designers, producers, the writer, and the title. The budget was 48 million and made 196.4 million. It only was nominated for and won one award, being the Golden Trailer Awards for best Horror/Thriller film trailer.  

The second opening we watched is the wildly successful movie "A Quiet Place". The first 2 minutes of the film introduces the characters and shows us how the family must live in silence or the monster will kill them. There are plenty of different shots, including some wide and drone shots, but there are primarily close ups of the character's face's when they mouth words or signal each other, since they can't speak. There  is  some nature noises, like wind and bird chirping, but no music plays. There are no job credits in the beginning. The budget was 17 million and it made 50.2 million. It won 4 awards, a screen actors screen award for outstanding performance by a female actor in a supporting role, a Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Sci-Fi/Horror Movie, a Bandung Film Festival for Imported Film, and a Satellite Award for Best Sound.