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The Open House , which was released in 2018, is a thriller and horror movie. The first two minutes of the film presents a happy family with a son who runs track. The son goes to the grocery store with his father since he will be preparing his family dinner, and while they are walking towards the store his dad gets hit by a car and dies. Some shots shown in the start of the film are a mid shot of the son running, a two shot of the son and dad in the car, a low angle shot of the son's feet, and a close up shot of the son placing contact lenses in his eyes. There is a fade into the title which is shown in the beginning of The Open House . Creepy, high pitched music is added in the film to make the audience feel a sense of fear. There are no opening credits presented, just the title. The Open House 's film budget was $100,000 and the profit is unknown. The film was nominated for the Freight Meter Award and the Jury Award.

The Netflix Film,  The Ritual, is a horror movie. The first two minutes of the film shows a group of college friends reuniting at a bar talking about where they will travel to next. They end up choosing Sweden and hope that it will be as much fun as when they hiked the Appalachian Trail.   The shots used in the beginning of the movie include a master shot showing all the men in the bar, a close up of the characters having a conversation, and an over the shoulder shot displaying one of the men. There is a sound bridge in the start of the movie of the reunited men's conversation and there is also background noises of the television. The first thirty-five seconds of  The Ritual  presents the opening credits, including Entertainment One and The Imaginarium who all contribute to the making of the film. The Ritual 's   budget was $75,000 Australian Dollars and ended up making $4.75 million when it was sold to Netflix. The film won the British Independent Film Award fo...

Hush , which was released in 2016, is a thriller and horror movie. The first two minutes of the film portrays a deaf woman cooking herself dinner. The shots in the beginning of the film are an establishing shot showing the trees surrounding the lonely house, a close up of the face of the actress, a point of view shot of the actress looking into the oven at the lamb chops, and a mid shot of the actress preparing her meal. The crane technique is used when showing the tree tops and the top of the woman's house. Scenery sound is incorporated in the beginning of Hush  using the sounds of the chopping of onions, asparagus sizzling in the burning pan, and birds chirping outside. This makes the audience feel like they are in the film as they are hearing familiar sounds of everyday life. In the first thirty seconds of Hush , job titles are shown followed by the title of the movie and the credits they acknowledged are BH productions and Intrepid Pictures. The film budget for Hush was one mil...

The movie Would You Rather is a thriller and horror film. The first two minutes of the film shows a young woman coming back to her hometown because her brother got into an accident. While she is at home, she is taking care of her brother and applying for a job at a restaurant. The shots established throughout the beginning of the film are a two shot showing the young woman applying for a job with the restaurant manager, a long shot showing the whole restaurant with the woman in the middle of it, and a mid-shot showing the young woman's upper body. There are fade outs in the transitioning of scenes and the music is very intense and creepy making the viewer feel a sense of fear. The opening credits in the beginning of the film are staggered between the scenes of the woman in the restaurant, displaying the production companies they worked with, like IFC Films. The film Would You Rather' s budget and profit is unknown and the film has been nominated for the Fright Meter Award.

The movie The Gift , which was released in 2015, is a thriller movie. The first two minutes of the movie presents a married couple who moved from Chicago to California because of the husband's job. The couple are with their real estate agent touring a potential house for them to live in. Some of the shots presented in the beginning of the movie are a mid-shot that shows the wife looking through the house's window, a two-shot of the couple looking through a window in their future house, a point of view shot of the couple looking through the window at the California sunset, and an establishing shot of California's sunset. The music used in the start of the film is creepy, intense music. The first thirty seconds of The Gift presents the opening credits, including the well known Universal Studios, STX Entertainment, BH Productions, and Huayi Pictures all contributing to the making of the film. The film's budget was $5 million and it made a total of $59 million. The Gift h...

I have chosen to do the film for my AICE Media Studies project. I enjoy how I can be very original with the film and express my interests in it. I obtain the skill of being very creative. This helps with writing the script and choosing outfits for the characters. I am also very decisive and have leadership skills. I will be working with Rachel and Lauren to produce our thriller. Rachel will be the protagonist, as she is the wealthy girl everyone wants to be. Lauren and Chelsea will be supporting actress', playing the role of Rachel's best friends. I will be the antagonist, being that I am a high school girl with low self-esteem that everyone teases. This will turn me into a crazy stalker, with me envying Rachel's popularity and perfect life, and eventually killing off everyone close to Rachel. My group is ready for the film project as Rachel is excellent at picking locations for the film, Lauren is great at filming shots, Chelsea is superior at directing the group, and I am...

The other AICE Media Studies project, the film project, is a group assignment where your team produces a maximum two minute original film. During the first quarter of AICE Media Studies, we learned about journalism and film production. We watched a few different styles of film production, ranging from All the President's Men to Ferris Bueller's Day Off. All the President's Men is an example of more basic filmmaking.  Ferris Bueller's Day Off   was a new type of film in the mid 1980's since Matthew Broderick, the actor of Ferris Bueller, was talking to the audience which was a new concept at the time. I possess the skill of being very creative and I enjoy taking risks. I am also very passionate when it comes to creative writing and it is more entertaining to write than non-fiction. One struggle I might have with the film project is that I am not a very good at actor and I am camera-shy.

One of the two options for the AICE Media Studies project, the magazine project, you have to design your own magazine. It must include a front page, table of contents, and double page spread. All of the images and content must be original and there must be at least four original photos on the magazine. After spending the first quarter learning about print journalism, I appreciate the profession and find that it is very interesting how journalists gather information before the average person can. I possess the skill of writing about subjects I am interested in, like fashion, and enjoy the art of literature. The magazine is an adequate choice for the AICE project since I am interested in magazines. It's also a good decision since I have a passion for writing and gathering information on a certain subject. In the magazine project, each person has to have their own individual project, even if they worked with a group. The magazine project lacks presenting one, whole project as a group ...