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Drive to Thrill: with the video starting at night creates a horror mode but is then changed when they leave the complex and find the car keys. Once they find the keys, the mood is changed to an upbeat and teenage groove while driving like teenagers with their newfound car. After driving fast and drifting around corners, they hit a speedbump which makes a sound in the trunk that’s causes the group the start worrying and grew curious to check. When they checked the trunk, they are horrified of what they see that causes all of them to either run away or stare on horror.

 

Always Watching: The video starting shows the main character that has the urge to stalk his best friend, the technical elements of the video gives off creepy vibes which gives the audience a feeling like there in the short scene, with scary music also some good technical elements from the scene were the close up shots, the cross cutting, and the low key lighting. I would definitely take how they used the Low key lighting for my video.

 

The Blue Boar:  they start the opening with the main character walking with a fellow sister to check up on potatoes, while the main character looks sad with the sound in the background playing somber music. The main character then meets with their mother for the mother to scold the main character for drawing in the garden while the main character is lost her imagination walking next to the hedges frustrated. she then wonders through the forest which l  bg6n  eads to the riverbank where she breaks into song with the music being upbeat with a hopeful tune. she then walks around the forest singing explaining why she enjoys nature.

Video 4:         In this film, he excellently uses mise en scene to demonstrate the mysterious lab. The use of smoke, dark lighting, and lab coat and equipment add depth to the story. The general color of blue and grey was also a great option as it properly compliments the dark lighting and smoky atmosphere. Clever use of close ups to show the equipment and the process the seeming antagonist is doing. The dramatic/mysterious background sound they chose wasn't bad, but I feel like they could do better. The sound in general was very blank and bland. There was a lot of quick straight cuts that were unnecessary. The ending could have been a faded out also, but overall, it was a great scene.

Stalker: it starts off with the main character waking up in their bed, then looks around to check her surroundings. the music then becomes tense, and horror music begins to play which causes the audience to be in suspense. after she looks around to make sure she's alone in her room, the music returns to normal, and the main character relaxes. she then goes on to continue her day at school, after the school day ends, she then proceeds to her car which the music changes back to the horror theme. she then runs towards the parking lot and rushes to get inside her car.

Video 6: Nostalgia https://drive.google.com/file/d/1p8azlLRHyqaShaOJC6SBJwzGx7s9Cjpk/view

While watching this intro I saw few technical elements and the whole video was confusing, poorly done, and messy. The whole media text was mainly just a close up of either the old lady's face or of a painting and other objects. The close up of the old lady also shows her cluelessness for what's happening in the scene. We also see an insert of childhood objects and photos showing her childhood and how she misses it, which is a not bad use of technical elements. I also like the tilt at the start as it sets the mood of just looking at the sky and thinking to yourself, "man where did the years go?". The pan at the end is also unclear on what it provides to the media text. Lastly the cuts seem sort of boring as all we see are plain cuts to the next scenes.

 

Rise (Video 7): The video begins with a guy exiting his car while wearing sportswear. He proceeds to go in his trunk to get a soccer ball and a bag. It then cuts to him walking to the field with headphones and a hat on. Afterwards it shows him dropping his gear and it starts a montage of him doing soccer drills. The camera cuts away from the montage to a guy outside the field watching the other guy playing soccer as if they know each other. Toward the end of the montage, it shows the guy from the sidelines and the guy in sports wear staring at each other with serious expressions on their faces. The high key lighting from the start to the end of the montage helped the viewer know that there was nothing bad or erie happening but when the camera shifts to lower lighting when the soccer player was walking back to his car to see the other guy waiting on him with a serious face.the viewer was compelled to understand that the mood has shifted. This video could be improved if the guy outside the field had more context.

Video 8: Dear Lover https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O_bKQDg6fiI

This movie intro is well made and has a bunch of technical elements that enhance the emotion of the story. The most common being close ups showing the details of the character face revealing their state of emotion. They used a wide shot as well to show the main character being in a forest just sitting by a river. There's also a over the shoulder shot showing her holding a flower, and observing its beauty. We then see an aerial shot showing her begin throwing the flower, which leads to an action cut of the flower landing in the water. This seen symbolizes her loss and saddness. We next are presented with an eyeline match showing that her girlfriend found her. Then we see some two shot scenes showing the 2 girls talking their feeling out (this is after a flashback). In these scenes we see their love for each other. Finally we see a close up of our main character's hand while she writes some heartfelt letters to her girlfriend.

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