9/12/2025 Guest Speaker + Movie Poster

    This week, we worked on our movie poster and we had a guest speaker come and talk about the program he works for. 

   For our movie poster, we decided to have something simple, yet still give that horror effect. We titled our movie Let’s Be Friends. We included who does what, like who is starring in it, who is directing it, and who edits it. This is our movie poster: 

    Later in the week, we had a guest speaker, Jim Guarasci, from ShortCutsTV. He talked about this program that is dedicated for high school students who are interested in further pursuing a career in film. This program allows for aspiring student filmmakers so have access to equipment that allows for better production for their films. Jim also talked about ways to make good films. 

Story Arc: the introduction and the set up is where we get to know the characters, the conflict is where a change/conflict occurs, and the resolution is where that problem is solved. 

Story: the needs to be clear, show don’t tell, the story should have a moral that you believe in and makes the story powerful, strong ending, and create an emotional attachment for the audience. 

Writing: writing is re-writing, it is how you make your films good, get the audience to know your characters, identify your characters so you know how to write them. 

Camera Work: framing needs to be purposeful, the rule of thirds, camera placement, having a tripod is important, “if it’s in the shot, it meant to be there”.

Audio: the most important to make your film be perceived as less amateur, puts the audience IN the film.

Shot Sequencing: 25:25:50, 25% wide shots, 25% medium shots, 50% close shots-ups.

Honorable Mentions (quotes Jim said):

“There is no failure in art.”

“You will regret the effort you don’t give.”

“Writing is hard.”

“Focus on pre-production to make a good films.”

“It’s always about emotion.”

Quote from Kendra Hall about story arc: normal —-> explosion —-> new normal