Preliminary Task #1

Our First Film: “The Cube”

A Shocking Revelation!

Never would I have thought that making a film, especially on this scale, would be so difficult and time consuming. Not only did creative direction need to be perfected, but editing, rerecording, and mastering the video took time and attention to complete the production process. Additionally, the creation of the film revealed the importance of proper acting and time management involved within the recording process. Cohesion between spliced scenes is extremely important, and both sound and visual appearance played a significant role in developing the seamless transition between scenes. All in all, the creation of this film promoted a large amount of hands on learning which has been analyzed and taken into consideration for future consideration.

The film is footage of a government test analyzing and studying an object (the bouncin cube) and its anomalous properties. The beginning of the film starts with the summoning process involving a class room, a teacher and a student. After detecting the anomalous object’s presence, the security drone footage activated and testing began. After the teacher disappears into thin air, the subject is then possessed by the object and is psychologically manipulated. Loud noises including children laughing, chanting, whispering, and some form of dying animal shouting can be heard across the duration of the film, indicating the abnormal sound capabilities of the anomalous object. Footage shows the class board alternating between several images including an image of the bouncin cube and the numbers 99.99. The cube then summons itself in front of the test subject. As no more data could be drawn, a government agent is sent in to eliminate the test subject, concluding the test and stopping the anomalous nature of the object. Once footage is finished, a level 4 memetic kill agent is administered to prevent the spread of this footage to personnel below a level 4 government clearance.  After that, a second execution agent is shown to execute the viewers of the footage below a level 3 clearance.

During the creation of this film, a lot of things were learned through several obstacles we faced as a group. For starters we learned that there were many different camera angles that had to be incorporated into the film. Through the implementation of these camera angles different dynamic ideas were transmitted to the audience. 

Another challenge that we faced was remembering a script and review it again for a film. We also learned the different types of lighting that can be used in a scene. Scenes where light was distorted and dis-colorized provoked confusion and fear in the minds of the viewers. As a group we also learned the importance of keeping your audience engaged within the film and to do this your movie needs to have specific content that will give the audience what they are looking for. What’s also important in a film is the after editing to put all the final touches. Our film “The Cube” required a lot of after editing to transform the film from basic raw footage into a clean movie experience which matched the theme of our film . We had to add the delusional scenes with the test subject and we had to add the other delusional clip. Another challenge we faced when creating the film was the limitations in sound proofing and set availability which hindered the overall vibe of the film. By restricting the view of the initial scene, we managed to finesse the inconsistent Mise en Scene to streamline the film as much as possible. However, one thing we would need to consider in our next film would be a more available setting with less limitations in terms of sound bleed and environmental disturbances. All in all, the creation of this film was a vibrant learning experience which taught us a lot of valuable challenges that we now know how to overcome. Though not necessarily the most precise film, a lot was learned through this films creation that will prove invaluable when creating our next film.