AICE Media Studies

 

 Hello and welcome back to the Filmer's Guide Podcast where I discuss all things film. If you are new here, I am your host, Reagan Haskell, a short film enthusiast that spends my time creating and directing new ideas to produce into the world. Recently, my team and I have produced a film called An Eye for an Eye, which is about two young girls, Hazel and Vivian, both of which were bullied endlessly by their classmates. One day, they are pushed to their limit and begin to go on a killing spree of everyone who has ever wronged them.  As most of you know, after I produce short films, I like to give a Q and A about the process and my perspective on the film. So, on my Instagram, I told my followers to ask me questions and I will be answering them for you today.  The first question, asked by Percy Harding was, "How does your product use or challenge conventions and how does it represent social groups?" So, I feel like most thriller movies show the perspective of the protagonis

  Thank you so much for watching, I had so much fun filming this!

           One main issue Hayley and I had during our last film was people not understanding the plot. So, this time, we knew it had to be different. Meaning, it had to be clear and easy to get. This is a a main reason we did the bulletin board. As well as the several voice overs. The bulletin helped get a visual. This way, the audience could see the name, picture, and hear what the person did. When filming the death scenes, we also wanted the audience to know who was who. At first, we just put the murders in place of what we put on the bulletin board. But, this was not enough, since there were so many names and plots. So, Hayley and I decided we could place the voiceovers over these scenes. This way there would kind of be a flashback to the bulletin board scene. This method helped remind the audience of what the characters did wrong. These methods worked because when we showed our classmates and family, they instantly understood what was going on.       Another thing we wanted to do i

  When filming and editing this project, several things had to be changed in order to match what we wanted. To begin with, one of our first changes was a side character. Due to a mistake we made while creating the storyboard, we thought Nicholas Wilson was Nicole Wilson. With this mistake, we just changed the character from a boy to a girl. We also changed the outfit they were supposed to be in. The next thing we added onto this was that my friend, Scott, would play one of the males roles, This way Hayley and I did not have to change back in forth to film. During editing, we also realized that the video would be too long, so I had to cut out some scenes. For example, the scenes where we are seen placing the pictures onto the whiteboard. As well as the scene where Hayley and I follow Aaron Nelson into the alley. One scene we added however, was at the end where Vivian is lying in bed and wakes up realizing it was all a dream. This is because Hayley and I felt like the opening sequence di