Anna Lausterer's Media Blog

 This week my group mainly worked on finished the script and figuring out dates that work best for our group to film. We decided we have to film at night which can be challenging due to our school work but we are planning to get the filming process done by this weekend. Through the scriptwriting, we were able to figure out all the different pieces of the film that must come together. For example, I will be playing the clown and the three other girls in my group will be playing the main ditsy girls that our clown is following. Writing the script helped up come up with costume ideas that fit the characters well, such as heels and nice purses. When it comes to props, we have a short list that we need to get before we film. This list includes a clown mask and a knife. The location we chose for our film was a local mall parking garage. From experience, we know that it has the layout that we need and isn't going to be super crowded with shoppers as opposed to other parking garages in our...

For this assignment, my group worked together for three days in order to get it done. We all put our creative minds together to allow our ideas to come to life. By using the screenplay equipment, it made it much easier for us to follow a correct screenplay layout. As the scriptwriter, I was in charge of typing the screenplay. I liked having this task because I now have a deeper understanding of our script and how we will need to film it. I inputed many of my ideas when it came to the clown character because that will be the character I will be portraying. This process was also very helpful for us to take our storyboard and see how well our visions actually fit together. We ended up changing the order of some of our clips and were able to add greater detail to each scene. 

 For this assignment, my group worked together and divided the parts out equally. We all collaborated to come up with our plot and the shots necessary to convey our ideas. We took turns drawing the shots, each drawing three.  When it came to writing a description for each shot, we all worked together to come up with the best option. All in all, I believe we came up with a solid plot that will work to exemplify all the common horror conventions we want to include.

 Portfolio Foundation Blog Update #3                This week my group and I came together to decide the plot/storyline of our film. After debating between multiple setting ideas such as a creepy church, a dark forest, an empty street, and a parking garage, we decided the best option for us would be the parking garage. Along with the setting, we also figured out the characters we wanted to use. We want the main antagonist to be a killer clown and the victims to be stereotypical dumb bubbly girls. We began to discuss props and costuming for each of the characters. For the clown, we found a prop knife and prop mask. We also decided that each of the girls would be dressed preppily and be coming back from a shopping trip. Now that we had this idea, we began thinking about different shots we could incorporate into the opening. Our brainstorming process was very beneficial and I found we all work very well bouncing ideas off of each other....