Short film vs Feature length film

  In my opinion the feature film was much better than the short film. The featured film included everything the short film had. But instead of making it simple just as the short film was, they made sure the featured film was very detailed. They had the numbers being created, the person creating them was cutting the cloth that held their structure, kind of like skin. In the short film it never showed how they were made and what made them. It honestly had me very confused as to why they were scared of the little machine dog. I was also confused as to why they were alone and what had happened to the buildings. The featured film included that. They included who made them , how they were made, and what happened to the world. They described it as the "world was ending" because of a war. These big machines were made to help in the war but at the end they turned against who they were supposed to help and they basically took over everything and destroyed the world, which ended with the word ending. The short film also only added number 5 and number 9, but the featured film added all the numbers and showed what each one was. They all were very unique and their minds were very different. Some all they had was fear and needed protections, the others did not care and all they wanted was to overcome the giant machine. They included what the little machine in the short film did, the small dog machine used his little eye to catch their souls. The big machine did the exact same thing. The only thing that was different was that the big giant machine was awakened by what awakened number 9. But in the short film the small dog had been there since the beginning and it worked by the same thing. They included everything and made sure everything was included in the featured film. they left nothing out which was great and they gave us a backstory, they added flashbacks, they added the holograph at the end of when their souls were leaving the little trapped metal.

   

Research 9, the feature film.

 The first impression i had when i first began watching the featured film of 9 was how much better and more detailed it was. This begins way different than the short of 9 did. I understand how and why it is so different since the short of 9 is like 8 minutes long and the featured film is 1 hour and 30 minutes. Of Course it had to be more detailed. The beginning starts with the person actually creating the little characters. It is only 9 he was building, there were 9 of them in total. Meaning number 9 was the last and most recent was that built. The plot itself and the theme stayed the same. They just added more details into each scene that was in the 9 the short. It shows them being created, it shows what happened and why the world was ending, it showed flashbacks of when and who made the machines. In the short the only other character that showed other than number 9 was number 5. You would have thought that there were only 2 of them in the entire world but the featured film showed us wrong and that there were  9 of them in total. The small creature that was in the short was actually a giant war machine that made other little machines that destroyed things making it more advance and more detailed than the short was. The character development grew over the scenes. It began with number 9 being lost and then soon after he had gotten number 2 killed while trying to save them. The big machine took their "souls" it took number 2, number, 8, number 5 , number 1, and number 6. Their "souls" got trapped inside the big machine but soon after at the end of the 9 featured film, number 9 began trying to figure out how to release their trapped souls from the machine. and at the end him and the others that were left they made a memorial for each number that had died and then they got released. I enjoyed watching the 9 featured film rather than 9 the short. It was way better and enjoyable to watch. 9 the featured film was very interesting.

    

Research 9, the short

 My impressions of the film is a little bit of everything. It was a mix of like and dislike when i watched it. When i began watching it i was a little confused on what was going on. But then as it went on i started to understand a little. The character, number 9, was the only one left in the beginning. He had a flashback of when it was him and number 5. Number 5 got killed by the big creature that took their souls. I was confused as to why he was trying to get his attention and bring him to a certain spot but then i suddenly understood that he had a small lighting part of the createurs. Everytime the creature came nearby it would start flashing and they would hide from fear. But after number 5 got killed by the creature number 9 wasn't afraid, matter fact he wanted to release the bodies of the other numbers that were captured and killed by the weird creature. That's where the character development came in. In the beginning of the film number 9 was so afraid that he hid while number 5 sacrificed his life so number 9 could live. After seeing number 5 get murdered by the creature number 9 was no longer afraid and he was determined to get the other piece that matched the one he owned. So he went from being a fearful character in the film to a very brave and determined one. The plot theme was very different. It seemed to be a thriller, drama, and a little bit of horror. If i had watched this when i was younger i for sure would have not liked it. It gave me a weird feeling when the creature kept trying to kill number 9 and number 5. It was split into three themes in all three parts of the film. It was more of a thriller and drama in both the beginning and the middle and then end was more of the dramatic part of the film. I would have to believe that it would have to fall into the thriller genre.In my opinion i didn't really like it, if i had chosen to watch this film on my own as if i had nothing else to watch i would have not even picked it. I have seen it a couple times pop up on my netflix but it never actually caught my attention.

   

Genre Choice For FIlm

 The genre i choose for my film would have to be a documentary. Since my film is about one of the best soccer athletes in a high school, i thought that it would be best to make it a documentary. To have a film about the background of the player. To know everything the player worked for to get where he was. What inspired me to chose this genre was the research i was doing for each genre. While i did some research i also watched som documentaries to know what i would be looking for and creating in my film. It encouraged me to take a bigger step, to create something better than just a simple film about a soccer player who gets injured. I thought hard about everything and i came to the conclusion that making this film into a documentary would be one of the best options to do. Each documentary has their own twist to them. Most talk about a murder, but for mine i just want to talk about how one of the best soccer players in a high school in a small town got where he is even after his injury. It would make an amazing documentary, to get to know the player, how he is a person, how he grew up, how his family is, how his teammates are and lastly how he got into all of his soccer career in the first place. I believe i dont need to tweak my pitch. My pitch was, "  A soccer athlete gets badly injured for the last game of season and he has to recover and overcome those obstacles for the next season.". If i did have to tweak my pitch it would be the smallest change due to the fact i am still going to have the injury and his recovery in the documentary,

   

Genre Research- Documentary

 Common camera angles in Documentaries are Eye level angles, and Shoulder level angles. There are others which are used incertain scenes which are Hip level angles, Aerial, and over the shoulder. Maintaining eye level angles in a documentary is very important. Many documentaries are more or less mostly interviews. Interviews focus on just the persons face and the interviewer. Common sounds in documentaries are diegetic sounds. Some still use non diegetic sounds here and there but there is mostly more talking than any other sounds. Common CLAMPS in documentaries. For costumes interviewers and the people who the documentary is about wear normal clothes, there are no special costumes. These people can wear whatever they like and want. For lighting most documentaries use low key lighting or also high key lighting. SInce they mostly only focus on one person throughout the whole film the light should be focussed on the main person. The actors are people who he documentary is about, they are the ones telling the story, explaining the story. For makeup they use light makeup or rather no makeup depending what it is about and how the actors are. For props there are very little props. Common editing in documentaries are eyeline match, montage, jumpcuts, and wipe. Many documentaries use instead of videos and pictures while a person is explaining what is happening. They use Some examples of documentaries are American Murder the family next door, Murder to Mercy, and Athlete A. These are all netflix documentaries. Elements i like about this genre are the editing, the eagles, and the actors. These all makeup for the whole film. The editing is the biggest part of an documentary, its the main thing that catches a watcher attention. The makeup and props are the main elements i don't really like. They serve no purpose depending what the documentary is about.

   

Genre Research- Drama

    Common Camera angles in drama films are Low angles, High angles, Over the shoulder, and eye level angles. Many drama films use pan, zoom, and dolly for their camera movements. For shots in drama films they sue close up shots, long shots, one shot, two shot, and three shot, also many use POV shots to give a more dramatic feeling to the movie. Common sounds in drama films are both diegetic and nondiegetic sounds. They use one more than the other which is diegetic sound. Drama films include a lot of talking, and many sounds such as walking, ripping paper, gasping. All sounds from the actors in the film. For costumes in drama films, they use normal clothing but sometimes certain scenes are dramatically changed by one person. For example in a room with people wearing all black one person walked in wearing white. They use different costumes each scene. For makeup it all depends how dramatic a film is. It could be simple but it could also be heavy. Lighting is mostly lowkey and highkey lighting. Always focusing on one thing more than others, all through lighting. For props there are many pros being used, all depending on the actors and their roles. Common editing in drama films are eyeline match, montage, fade, cross dissolve, and POV editing. Some example of films in the drama genre are Judy, Bombshell, Just Mercy and Moonlight. Elements i like about this genre are the editing and the actors and props. They all make up the whole film. It creates the concept of it being a drama film. It creates the dramatic feel of the whole movie. Elements i don't like about the drama genre is the makeup. Depending on the movie it doesn't really have an affect on what the movie is. 

    

Genre Research – Sports

    Common CAMS in the sports genre are Birds-Eye Angle, Dutch Angles, Worm's Eye Angle, High Angle, Establishing shot, Close up shot, and Tracking shot. Birds Eye Angles are used in sports films when they show an arena, or an overview of what all the players look like from an Birds Eye. Worms Eye angles are used when a player gets injured and all the other team mates come in a circle around the injured player look down at them. A high angle is used to show a player looking up at the sky or looking up at something. Establishing shot would be used to show watchers where the player is at or where they will be. Close up shot could be of the coach talking to the players. And Tracking shot is of when players are running in the field it would be tracking their movements. Diegetic Sounds and Non Diegetic sounds are both used in sports movies. Diegetic sounds fall with players talking in scenes, crowd cheering, sounds of players kicking the ball, and heavy breathing. Non diegetic sounds are mostly music. Such as music over a scene of the players scoring, or during a fight.Common CLAMPS in the sports genre is sports and normal  clothing. There is mostly side lighting and high key lighting. Actors there are many depending on what you focus on. There is little to no makeup in these types of movies and if there is its to use as an injury and a bruise of a sort. Props are mostly sports related. Common editing in the sports genre is point of view editing, parallel editing, fade, and cut.  Some films in the sports genre are Woodlawn, Million Dollar Arm, and The blind side.Some of the elements that i liked that are in the sports genre are the editing and the shots and angles they use. Some of the elements i don't like are the sounds and makeup.

b. Common Sound in your genrec. Common Mis-En-Scene (CLAMPS) in your genred. Common Editing in your genree. Example films of your genref. What elements of the genre that you like?g. What elements of the genre do not appeal to you?

Genres I Would Like to Research

     Three genres i would like to research about would be Sports, Documentary, and Drama. The movie i want to film is mostly sports related. It's about a highschool athlete, that plays soccer for his high schools soccer team. I chose one of the genres to be sports because the main thing that is portrayed in my film is soccer. Many football and baseball movies fall into the sports genre due to what it mostly is about. I think that many of these movies could also be drama. Many are very dramatic and have parts of the movie where it doesn't involve much of the sport but something personal. Such as family issues, drug use, and distractions due to the sport. These scenes are very dramatic and very detailed. As in like drama films there are many fights, arguments, injuries. All are very detailed and always have a background story added to the scene. A flashback or something of the sort. I also chose Documentary because usually these sports films always focus on one player. Usually their best player in the team, mostly the captain. And to focus on one person you need lots of information about them, about where they're from, where they live, how their household was like when they were growing up. Everything makes it a documentary about one of the best players that team has. It also focuses on how the coach is, how the teammates support, or act with or around them. I want my film to be very detailed and focused on one person. Detailed on their background. Detailed on everything they do and how it affect everyone around them. and themselves. These three genres all make up for what i want in my film and what i am looking for. The actor or actors in my film will have very detailed scenes about them and everything. I want to focus on why they chose the sport. Why they wanted to keep playing it. How they started playing. Focusing on everything they do in their life and everything they did to get where they are. Sports, Documentary, Drama are the three main genres i want to research more about and pursue one into my film.