Feature Video Product Submission #1
"Reveries of a Pyschopath"
Ally F. and Zach D.
The loss of innocence: a life event that happens to us all. Unfortunately, some are in more extreme cases than others. Our character, Alfred Mason, is thrust into his sociopathic demise during an accident involving a hit and run. Though he has always been very sentimental and cold, this accident begins bringing out his darker side. He begins to realize that killing relieves many of his intellectual ticks, and gives him something to reflect on. This ideation eventually leads to the murder of his best friend and girlfriend, and shortly after realizing his loneliness in the world, he takes his own life. He wrongly accuses the closest people in his life of committing “crimes” against himself, and kills them in an act of trying to testify against their accusations, even if they were not as they seemed. These “accusations” were only given as a way to help our character, but because of his sociopathic tendencies, he takes them as insults, assuming these people are now against him. Throughout the film, Alfred writes down these events, and reflects on his choices as a person, and considers many of these choices as accidents until his turning point at the end of the film. He decides he doesn’t want to be apart of the evidence in his crimes, and therefore takes his own life.
Our film is based around the idea of a sociopath slowly progressing into a psychopath over a year of his life. As an audience, you’re put inside the mind of our character, and you get to relive these experiences with him. Alfred Mason could easily be described as very sentimental and intellectual. He enjoys writing and reflecting on his thoughts and patterns, as well as playing an instrument of classical remark. His character is given a very strong intellectual ability, and it juxtaposes drastically with his sociopathic demeanor. The idea was that even though he was considered intelligent and sentimental, he still made bad decisions that ultimately led to his own mental demise. Our film is composed of a mix in character traits between an educated and pristine man, and a sociopathic and harsh individual. It eliminates a stereotype that intelligent people make good decisions, because our character did not make those scholarly decisions for his life.
Our filming process consisted of a very timed schedule, and a lot of storyboarding. Our film was planned out to the absolute core in both shots and monologue. Our equipment consisted of a Nikon D3000 (1080p and 24fps), a Shure microphone and Tascam for audio, stage lights, and Final Cut Pro, Audacity, and Vegas Pro for editing in both the film and music. We rerecorded the music, Hungarian Dances by Johanne Brahms, so we could avoid copyright restrictions, so everything in our film is originally created. This is an old piece and due to its age isn’t held under current copyright law. We used audio effects such as reduce frequency and muffled in order to give the film a more tense feeling, and we created our own Vintage filter with color correction, in order to give the film the vintage feel we had hoped for.
"Reveries of a Pyschopath"
Ally F. and Zach D.
The loss of innocence: a life event that happens to us all. Unfortunately, some are in more extreme cases than others. Our character, Alfred Mason, is thrust into his sociopathic demise during an accident involving a hit and run. Though he has always been very sentimental and cold, this accident begins bringing out his darker side. He begins to realize that killing relieves many of his intellectual ticks, and gives him something to reflect on. This ideation eventually leads to the murder of his best friend and girlfriend, and shortly after realizing his loneliness in the world, he takes his own life. He wrongly accuses the closest people in his life of committing “crimes” against himself, and kills them in an act of trying to testify against their accusations, even if they were not as they seemed. These “accusations” were only given as a way to help our character, but because of his sociopathic tendencies, he takes them as insults, assuming these people are now against him. Throughout the film, Alfred writes down these events, and reflects on his choices as a person, and considers many of these choices as accidents until his turning point at the end of the film. He decides he doesn’t want to be apart of the evidence in his crimes, and therefore takes his own life.
Our film is based around the idea of a sociopath slowly progressing into a psychopath over a year of his life. As an audience, you’re put inside the mind of our character, and you get to relive these experiences with him. Alfred Mason could easily be described as very sentimental and intellectual. He enjoys writing and reflecting on his thoughts and patterns, as well as playing an instrument of classical remark. His character is given a very strong intellectual ability, and it juxtaposes drastically with his sociopathic demeanor. The idea was that even though he was considered intelligent and sentimental, he still made bad decisions that ultimately led to his own mental demise. Our film is composed of a mix in character traits between an educated and pristine man, and a sociopathic and harsh individual. It eliminates a stereotype that intelligent people make good decisions, because our character did not make those scholarly decisions for his life.
Our filming process consisted of a very timed schedule, and a lot of storyboarding. Our film was planned out to the absolute core in both shots and monologue. Our equipment consisted of a Nikon D3000 (1080p and 24fps), a Shure microphone and Tascam for audio, stage lights, and Final Cut Pro, Audacity, and Vegas Pro for editing in both the film and music. We rerecorded the music, Hungarian Dances by Johanne Brahms, so we could avoid copyright restrictions, so everything in our film is originally created. This is an old piece and due to its age isn’t held under current copyright law. We used audio effects such as reduce frequency and muffled in order to give the film a more tense feeling, and we created our own Vintage filter with color correction, in order to give the film the vintage feel we had hoped for.
Feature Video Product Submission #2
" Every Step You Take"
Sarah Glenn I. and Olivia B.
The concept of our short film is a thriller set in the 1980’s. A teenage girl, although she may seem normal and happy at first, is having a constant feeling that someone is watching her. As the story unfolds, more hints are revealed as to why she is feeling this way. We wanted to create a sense of excitement in an audience of young adults and teens that love the 1980’s and thrillers, but we also wanted to inform them of the reality of stalking and mental disorders such as erotomania (the focus of our film). In order to create our short film, we created a storyboard and script to help guide us along in the pre-production process. We bought costumes and props from a thrift store to go along with the time period. Once we finished pre-production, we began to film with an iPhone 6 using a stabilizer and attaching it to a hat for point of view shots. We really wanted to include creative shots, so we utilized different angles and point of view shots to give a new way of perceiving this story. To edit, we used iMovie and trimmed parts of clips off that we didn’t need. Next, we added Royalty Free music to our film that fit with the 80’s theme and thriller mood. We adjusted the audio to eliminate background noise and highlight music and dialogue. Also, we turned up the saturation in our clips in order to give it a pop and 80’s feel. Overall, we wanted to portray our love for 80’s films and thrillers. We were inspired and motivated by film techniques of the time period and tried to replicate them to the best of our abilities. All music credited at end of the film.
" Every Step You Take"
Sarah Glenn I. and Olivia B.
The concept of our short film is a thriller set in the 1980’s. A teenage girl, although she may seem normal and happy at first, is having a constant feeling that someone is watching her. As the story unfolds, more hints are revealed as to why she is feeling this way. We wanted to create a sense of excitement in an audience of young adults and teens that love the 1980’s and thrillers, but we also wanted to inform them of the reality of stalking and mental disorders such as erotomania (the focus of our film). In order to create our short film, we created a storyboard and script to help guide us along in the pre-production process. We bought costumes and props from a thrift store to go along with the time period. Once we finished pre-production, we began to film with an iPhone 6 using a stabilizer and attaching it to a hat for point of view shots. We really wanted to include creative shots, so we utilized different angles and point of view shots to give a new way of perceiving this story. To edit, we used iMovie and trimmed parts of clips off that we didn’t need. Next, we added Royalty Free music to our film that fit with the 80’s theme and thriller mood. We adjusted the audio to eliminate background noise and highlight music and dialogue. Also, we turned up the saturation in our clips in order to give it a pop and 80’s feel. Overall, we wanted to portray our love for 80’s films and thrillers. We were inspired and motivated by film techniques of the time period and tried to replicate them to the best of our abilities. All music credited at end of the film.