Genre Research Uncle Drew

Like our movie Love and Basketball, the movie Uncle Drew is very similar. They both share the same genre of sports. The elements involved in this movie includes competition modes, victory and loss conditions, player roles, and setting. The movie is about the old age school of basketball schooling the new age school of basketball through street ball. A lot of young player now and days think they know everything and figure that the game originated from the older players. The camera angles  in the movie ranged from eye level to low level. Low level was more used to get close ups in the basketball game and eye level was more used for dialogue in the movie. The movie movement mostly consists of pan and tracking shot for the training and NBA games of the main character. The shots would sometimes be close-up but to view the outside court game, it would have to be a long and wide shot. Sounds in the movie was diegetic sound because it was sounds you can actually hear. For example, the basketball dribbling, the crowd going wild, and the whistles blowing. The other sounds included that of dialogue or conversation. Costumes included jerseys for the games and casual clothes, nothing formal. Make-up was very essential to this movie. The movie included many different NBA all-star that put on make-up to disguise as old people. It helped with the overall message that older people can still hoop too. The setting usually took place in a a van for most of the traveling and on the outside court. The main prop and object of the whole movie was the basketball of course. The acting differed with the actors. The old people were very manipulative because they would act like they can't play so that people would judge them and want to take advantage of them. When they did, they would pull of their craziest stunts and win the game. Other actors in the movie were very judgmental of the older players and almost always doubted them because they were old. Until, the older crew taught them a lesson. The lighting of the movie was both dull and bright. Sometimes the tournaments would take place during the day time, and sometimes at night.

What we decided to do..

So me and my partner decided to do the genre of sports and drama. We decided to do this because we figured that a lot of people were going to do horror  or action and we wanted to be different. Plus we both have a big love for sports and the message behind a lot of sports movies. The message is usually about loyalty, hard-work, and dedication to being the best while also overcoming personal life issues. Also the film we decided to go with as a very known and popular movie by not just athletes but people in general. This film later on gained 12 different awards with 15 different nominations. So it is very liked by others and us which made think that this movie was for sure the winner.

Genre Research Radio

Like our movie Love and Basketball, the movie Radio is very similar. They both share the genre of drama and sports. The elements of this movie included the setting, the audience, the plot of the story, and the theme behind it. It was a story about how a mental disabled student named radio made a huge impact on the football team and later helped them win a championship. He didn't play but he was a loyal assistant to the coach. The camera angles ranged from eye level to high level. It was eye level when people were talking or they wanted to focus on one particular football player. The high level was used to show the football team as a whole from the top angle. Which leads to say the shots in the movie ranged from close-up to wide long shots. The wide long shots were mostly used to show the football games as a whole. The movement in the movie consisted of pan movement and tracking shot. The sounds in the movie were diegetic sounds because it was sounds that you actually hear, For example, the whistles and clashing of the football players during the games. Other sounds included dialogue and conversation. Costumes included jerseys for the games and casual clothes, nothing formal. Not much make-up is shown or included in this movie, it has more of an natural look for the characters. The setting usually took place at school, in the locker room, and on the field; rather it was for training or the actual high school football game. The main prop and object of the whole movie was the football of course. Acting by the characters varied. The main character of the movie was the disabled students who is not disabled in real life so he had to act like it to get a point across. The others actors were either receptive of him or humiliated by him, until the end where they all appreciated him. The lightening was usually in the middle of dull and bright. For example, the football games were at night so it was dark but the field lights brought a bright lighting to it as well.

Genre Research Just Wright

Like our movie Love and Basketball, the movie Just Wright is a movie very similar. They both share the genre of romance and sports. The elements of this movie consisted of skilled work, conditioning, strength, regeneration, and optimistic ending. It's a love story between two people centered around the game of basketball. The camera angles  in the movie ranged from eye level to low level. Low level was more used to get close ups in the basketball game and eye level was more used fro dialogue in the movie. The movie movement mostly consists of pan and tracking shot for the training and NBA games of the main character. The shots would sometimes be close-up but to view the arena, it would have to be a long and wide shot. Sounds in the movie was diegetic sound because it was sounds you can actually hear. For example, the basketball dribbling, the crowd going wild, and the whistles blowing. The other sounds included that of dialogue or conversation. Costumes included jerseys for the games and casual clothes, nothing formal. Not much make-up is shown or included in this movie, it has more of an natural look for the characters. The setting usually took place in a gym rather it was for training or the actual NBA game. The main prop and object of the whole movie was the basketball of course. Acting by the characters varied. Some were gold diggers and not loyal to the basketball main player after a injury. The other main character was romantic yet showed gratitude towards the main basketball player. The lighting very bright when it was in the arena however, had less contrast on normal clips.

Genre Research Powerpoint

Our genre of film we decided to do was dance.We did dance because we felt that depending in the dance, there can be many stories told. For example, ballet is more elegant and can represent grace whereas hip-hop is more break-dancing. They're five elements to the genre: space, timing, body, action, and energy. Based on these elements, you can tell the message behind the film. My favorite element was action because it’s not much about what dance you do, but more of how you do it. The aggressiveness, passion, emotion, and attitude behind the dance is the most important part. It’s what separates a good dance movie from a average dance movie.

Decision between the final two..

Last time we spoke, I introduced three different different pitches from three different movies. One from Love and Basketball, one from It Follows, and one from Hobbs and Shaw. The three we chose were three good movies, however; we have to narrow to down to the final two. The two we decided to go with was It Follows and Love and Basketball. We decided to eliminate Hobbs and Shaw because the intro to that movie was a split screen. I don't know how to do nor think I'm advanced enough to operated a split screen film. It was also a routine type of intro. By routine I mean both the characters in the beginning wake up, brush their teeth, get dress, make their breakfast, hop in their cars and go on with their daily life. This type of intro is something my teacher wanted me to avoided. I felt like the other two were most exciting and suspenseful, which is our movie goal.
Love and Basketball is a very famous movie. It has reached the audience of more than just athletes but people of all interest. You can watch it anytime of Netflix. The message behind the movie goes deeper than sports. It’s more about love life but through a sport. It shows us how true love never vanishes. No matter the time or distance. The intro of the movie shows how young kids develop a relationship and it got stronger throughout the years. The intro is intersecting because it calls out an social issue with gender inequality saying how girls don’t play basketball. However, at the end that statement was false after seeing the girl main character skills.
The movie It Follows however, was chosen because it very suspenseful. In the beginning it started out with a girl run and looking back as if she is running away from something. This catching the audience eye because ofc we want to see what she is running away from. The sound in the beginning is what gave it away that it was a scary movie. Also at the end of the intro, one girl was found dead at the beach. That same girl that was running away. How she died and who killed her was a mystery. A mystery that would keep people wanting to see more. That’s why it was for sure one of our top picks. We wanted people to be left with a cliff hanger.
After discussing with my partner we have decided that our movie film we be ... drum roll please ...... LOVE AND BASKETBALL ;) !

Its Been A Minute...

        How's it going? The name's Taylor, if you don't remember, and so far the new year is off to a good start. Last year for AICE Media it was pretty fun but now we getting ready to make a movie which is even more lit. Me personally, have a creative mind so I have a feeling that this project will be a hit. I also don't like losing; even though the project is not a competition. I try to make mine look the coolest and most unique like my Nike commercial and "Finesse" by Cardi B and Bruno Mars music video. Therefore, I don't expect my movie to be no different. I'm going to be with my same partner, Zachary, because I feel like we cooperate well together. We have had our ups and downs however our final results have always came out amazing. I cant wait to see how our movie will turn out.
         So far the class has taught me not only stuff about the media world but also about myself. In the beginning I kept questioning myself on rather this was the right class for me because I knew nothing about editing and making videos and what not. However, I challenged myself by staying in the class and end up not only liking it, but doing very well in it as well. Now I even edit my own videos for highlights with my basketball seasons. I have nothing but this class to thank for it. It thought me about correct focus and how the appropriate effect can really make the video pop and attention grabbing. Also the vocabulary helped me better understanding movies better. For example, when your watching a scary movie and you can tell something big is about to come up, you can heard the suspense music. There's a reason behind this and its to engage the audience and make them scared for whats about to happen next. For this purpose alone, I believe that this is what really makes a film good.
         Pitch is what we are now working on in class for our movie. A pitch is a Hollywood term to describe an idea of a film in about 25 words. One pitch I was considering is the movie Love and Basketball: "Their love had its ups and downs but their love for basketball is what kept them around."
Another is the movie It Follows: "Where one's worst desire results in they're worst fear"
My last option would be the movie Hobbs and Shaw: "When the worst enemies make the best partners to take down the biggest threat."