The final project:

https://youtu.be/nTCrh0ELXZ0

My CCR

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NVkLPplSqAY&feature=youtu.be

Our film will be taking place in Detroit, Michigan. Detroit is the most "violent city in america", according to the FBI. Most crimes that occur in Detroit are gang related crimes, so we made sure to have our main characters report to a boss at the end of our intro. This makes our movie idea seem more realistic. A thought that usually goes through peoples heads when watching a similar movie is "Could this be happening right now?" And yes, it could be happening in Detroit.

We wanted to use the most violent city in America on purpose, we wanted to bring attention to the city and maybe even create a little awareness to the issues, which is a big possibility if it was an actual high budget film. Bringing attention to Detroit could actually lower the amount of violence and maybe even bring in some tourism.






Fisher, D. (2015, October 29). Detroit - pg.1. Retrieved April 07, 2018, from https://www.forbes.com/pictures/mlj45jggj/1-detroit/

Baldas, T. (2017, September 25). Detroit is once again the most violent city in America, FBI says. Chief Craig disagrees. Retrieved April 15, 2018, from https://www.freep.com/story/news/2017/09/25/detroit-crime-violence/700443001/

Our film challenges many ideas that are portrayed in society. We use comedy to twist the image of the film from an action to a dark comedy. The main characters in our film are criminals. Usually criminals would usually be portrayed as heartless, desperate, etc.  but we wanted the audience to build a relationship with the characters. In most comedies intense scenes arent usually a main part of the movie. This kind of humor could easily be compared to Quentin Tarantinos Hateful Eight, a movie that featured a lot of violence, fellatio, and harsh language. Even though Quentin Tarantino's Hateful Eight had all these harsh elements, the movie still made me laugh even in the most gruesome of scenes, we hope to reach that point of film making.

The Hateful Eight (2015). (n.d.). Retrieved April 15, 2018, from http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3460252/

Gabe and I were curious as to how a big budget movie makes its way into theaters and how they are distributed, so we looked them up in class and found out the process.

If our movie were to be a full budgeted movie made professionally, we would have to sign an agreement with a distributing company and show them the movie. If it is deemed worthy of entering the movie theaters, the company will play the movie in theaters for a couple of weeks. 

After the movie is withdrawn from theaters, the distributing company can make blu-ray copies and sign with T.V. stations. Since our movie is not tv-pg, we would have to censor it or cut it in order to be movie appropriate. 

Gabe and I also think that in order to make our intro seem more professional, we would credit a fake production company in the beginning of our film.

Tyson, J. (2000, September 18). How Movie Distribution Works. Retrieved April 02, 2018, from https://entertainment.howstuffworks.com/movie-distribution.htm
Film distribution. (2018, March 31). Retrieved April 02, 2018, from https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Film_distribution

In my opinion, dialogue in student made films have always looked mediocre. I do not think that there should be a lot of dialogue because most student actors can not make a conversation look believable.Writing believable dialogue with good actors takes time, so we took some time to thin of some dialogue and decided to have a intro with a small amount of dialogue.
Dark comedies usually rely on the dialogue, so we might have to change the sequence of our story a little...

We also had a discussion about how we were going to film the intro. Since we both only have our phones and our ideas, I decided to look up some tips for low budget films. We will most likely film using mostly natural light, borrow a good camera, and most importantly put the story in a higher priotity than the cosmetics.

7 Tips for Low-Budget Filmmaking. (2017, May 09). Retrieved April 13, 2018, from https://www.premiumbeat.com/blog/7-tips-low-budget-filmmaking/
Dialogue. (n.d.). Retrieved March 26, 2018, from http://www.elementsofcinema.com/screenwriting/dialogue.htm

In order for our actors to look like they are in character, we had to work on some costume ideas. A costume is meant to reflect upon a character's personality, character, socioeconomic status, etc.

We made sure that our costumes were black costumes because it is easier to match, and most actors that we cast have black clothing. We have to take into account if the characters are wealthy in order to determine whether or not to rip the clothes, or choose fancier clothes, etc.

Gabe has been asking his family and people that he casts for their ideas and their feedback on our intro ideas, so I told my friends that are also into good films and received plenty of feedback, Gabe and I might change the idea to our project.


Costume design. (2018, March 06). Retrieved March 21, 2018, from https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Costume_design