Creative Critical Reflection #1
In our film we used and challenged many conventions in the film industry. In our film, Santa was put into a formal place of work for a comedic convention of setting since Santa is thought to be in a fantasy land. The elves in the film represent the workers who feel exploited by Santa, the boss. Taking a more lighthearted view on the exploitation of labor, we decided that a Christmas theme would deliver the message in the most humorous manner.
Camera Shots
We used unique camera shots that are not traditionally used, such as long takes with zoom ins and a lot of hand held shots with quick movements. Our goal was to make it look like someone was recording the meeting, again challenging conventions. We mostly used mid-shots and close-ups.
Editing
For the titles we stayed consistent in font, text size, and text color. When editing, I tried to place the text in places that had a contrasting background. I chose the font Curlz MT because I thought it looked good with our holiday theme. The titles I included were producer, editor, director, and the actors' names. The spacing of these title ranged from three seconds to ten seconds depending on whether or not I thought the title looked right.
Mise-en-scene
As we did not have the money or time, we used dressed our actors in the costumes we had available. We had Brynn, Evan, Nick, and Genesis wear elf hats. Caleb wore a Santa hat, a white beard, and a long sleeve white shirt. Abby wore bunny ears and a matching white shirt and carried the pink basket with eggs in it to make it clear she was the Easter Bunny. Other props we used included Santa's phone, the printed Missing Rudolph poster and the printed out map with Australia circled in red.
Camera Shots
We used unique camera shots that are not traditionally used, such as long takes with zoom ins and a lot of hand held shots with quick movements. Our goal was to make it look like someone was recording the meeting, again challenging conventions. We mostly used mid-shots and close-ups.
Editing
For the titles we stayed consistent in font, text size, and text color. When editing, I tried to place the text in places that had a contrasting background. I chose the font Curlz MT because I thought it looked good with our holiday theme. The titles I included were producer, editor, director, and the actors' names. The spacing of these title ranged from three seconds to ten seconds depending on whether or not I thought the title looked right.
Mise-en-scene
As we did not have the money or time, we used dressed our actors in the costumes we had available. We had Brynn, Evan, Nick, and Genesis wear elf hats. Caleb wore a Santa hat, a white beard, and a long sleeve white shirt. Abby wore bunny ears and a matching white shirt and carried the pink basket with eggs in it to make it clear she was the Easter Bunny. Other props we used included Santa's phone, the printed Missing Rudolph poster and the printed out map with Australia circled in red.
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