Kalel's blog

    Today we were told to research a genre and explain all the different aspects of the genre.  The genre I chose to research was a psychological thriller. I chose this genre because most of my favorite movies are of this genre such as Shutter Island and Memento.     The target audience for psychological thrillers is  Adults and Older Teens. Psychological thrillers usually have a lot of mature themes and focus on mental illness and trauma. This genre usually has unreliable narrators that lead the viewer astray, mind games and manipulation to give red hearings to the audience, and plot twists that reveal hidden layers of the story, often dramatically shifting the audience's understanding.     Some typical genre conventions are  Close-Up Shots to highlight emotions and draw viewers into the character's mind, low lighting, and high contrast which creates a moody, tense atmosphere, and nonlinear editing like flashbacks, dream sequences, or weird ...

   In Shutter Island , directed by Martin Scorsese, the idea of representation has many layers, both in the story and through the visuals. One of the biggest pieces of representation is how the film shows mental illness. The movie is set in a mental hospital, and through the main character, Teddy Daniels, played by Leonardo DiCaprio, the audience experiences the thin line between what is real and what isn’t. Teddy becomes a symbol of the struggles between trauma and mental breakdowns. His personal battles highlight his mental health, and the film talks about the harsh treatment methods used in places like the one in the movie. The movie also represents authority figures like doctors and police. Dr. Cawley, the head psychiatrist, is shown as a character who is caring but also controlling, making viewers question how much power he should have. Teddy Daniels, as a U.S. Marshal, represents the law, but throughout the story, he starts to lose control and question everything he thou...

 Today we finished out soundscape projects. This is a project where we need to convey a story with at most 7 words but mainly by using sounds you would hear if you were preforming that specific action.               During this project I learned  that Foley is a technique for creating custom sound effects for movies, TV shows, and video games in post-production in a secluded sound proof room. This helps you hear the things that help emphasize a scene and bring everything together. I also learned how many sounds are in everyday things that we just skip over and don't realize so I learned how to listen and analyze them.     Before we started the project we needed to brainstorm what our project would be about. My partner and I decided to convey a student going to an assembly during school. Once we figured out what we we were going to do we needed to figure out all the various sounds within the multiple environments and w...