Diego's AICE Media Studies Blog

For this weeks blog we are going to observe the following 9 different movie opener clips from past AICE Media students in Florida. Annotations will be made and I will be brainstorming ideas from these clips that could contribute to my film opener. 1. Rise      Some observations:     - I enjoy the use of close up shots when using equipment such as the tying the shoes, shooting the ball into the net, and especially at the last scene where there are two parties facing each other the the close up highlights the fierceness of the characters emotions. This also sets up a constructive meaning behind the clip that ties well with the title of "Rise." This film gives the audience a emotion of intensity and ends in a sorta cliff hanger with these two characters having a stare-off. I appreciate the use of the music tuning in when the soccer player has his headphones on, but also tunes out when this character is not the focus of the camera.  I would defin...

“San Junipero” is part of a British science-fiction TV series named Black Mirror which has received Emmy Awards in 2017 in the categories of Outstanding TV Movie and Outstanding Writing. Moreover, “San Junipero” has successfully become one of the show’s most popular episodes among fans. The episode opens to reveal an establishing shot of the beachside town. San Junipero is basically a small town with several bars and animated areas giving the viewer the sense of a “party town” because most activities in the town takes place at Tucker’s, which is a bar where Yorkie first meets Kelly. This hints at the thought that Tucker’s is the heart of the town and is where the most action takes place, which leads on the audience as to what may occur as we see our protagonist Yorkie go into the bar. Before the two protagonists of the episode meet there is a two-shot showing Kelly and her friend entering the bar which influences the curious Yorker to enter as well. In general, the setting of San Junip...