In the Shadows is a short horror thriller film that explores the vulnerability of young women in isolated spaces. It follows Sarah, a seemingly normal young woman, going through a normal morning routine, who becomes the target of a sinister stalker during her nighttime jog. This critical reflection will dive into how the film represents social anxieties, utilizes branding elements, engages its audience, and leverages research to inform its narrative and challenge and use genre conve ntions. In the Shadows reflects a pervasive social concern, the abduction of women in public spaces. The film opens with a mundane morning routine, es tablishing S arah's ordinariness. This normality is shattered as she ventures out at night, a seemingly innocuous d ecision that becomes fraught with danger. By portraying an everyday activity turning sinister, the film taps into the audience's fear of the unknown and the vulnerability women face even in familiar surroundings. The u...
Hey blog. This past weekend we finished up our short film in the shadows Upon editing I realize a massive flaw within our film. Though our filming went great with Brayden and Sarah nailing their roles to a tee, I made a mistake. I filmed the entire film vertically, an absolute travesty. It was as if the film was supposed to be on a social media app you scroll by, obviously not proper for the formatting we intended. But its not the end of the world a we have a lot of time to re shoot. I'm not going to dwell on it however as again its just a small bump on a long road. Other than the actual formatting of the film being wrong the scenes themselves are very good and I am pleased with the outcome. We will just consider the first shots as a simple rough draft. I will talk to Brayden and Sarah about another filming opportunity. Again our schedules this year has with out a doubt has been the busiest we have ever been. With work and sport conflictions between all of us, someone is going to ...
The first filming location we had in our storyboard was set to take place on las Olas beach. That, however, was not in the cards for the day of filming as we had no ride to las Olas beach. So we had to make do with what we had. Thankfully Galeria mall offers cool displays. Meaning lots of places to improvise and make cool shots with. We started our first shot outside. Galeria mall has a display of 2 giant and brightly illuminated rain deers that really stick out for our shots. We filmed by having Brayden do the entire songs at our different locations so we could get any shot for any part of the song. This was done so that I could do most of the work for the editing. We filmed the next shot at the big tree in the middle of the mall. The shot was a medium-long shot showing all of Brayden in the frame as he dances while sitting under a Big Christmas tree. We then shot a shot where its a close-up of Brayden's face and the camera pans out to reveal the tree in the back. In our next shoo...
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