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The day has come where the film opening is done! Here it is!  Click the link below to be taken to YouTube.  https://youtu.be/grKDFZ6kDW8?si=8xywWHP0nHv6eDJt This post is going to be limited in words, but I hope you enjoy and please subscribe to my blog for more Lit Littman Posts. 

 As you may be aware from my other posts, I have a film in progress. I wanted to share my “ CCR plan” with you all!  The title sequence uses some genre conventions because of how the words fade in, but mystery genre title sequences often have different shots shown for each credit or title, which mine does not. Some credits share the same shot. For this sequence, I decided to use cuts that would transition well: cutting from the character Grey’s eyes in one shot to her eyes in the next and using the sound of sizzling bacon as a transition to cut to the next shot.  These decisions were to help the transition or cut be smoother and have  more meaning.  This clip here shows what I mean by this:  The lack of dialogue was also a decision I made because I wanted to display meaning visually and through the movements and actions of my characters. This is primarily why the man proposing says nothing but Grey says yes, this is to separate them and add to the mystery o...

“The Man of Her Dreams” is a movie I have been working on for quite some time. The film’s opening will be available to view by April 9th. Until then, I’m going to share with you all the process and how it all went down.       It started with the idea, which at first was of a school girl being the main character, but I decided to change this to a young adult because of how it would conflict with ideas for the film, such as how she dreams of getting married and the choice of limited dialogue.       Putting this idea into action this past week, I learned how difficult film making could be, especially since I was the director, editor, cinematographer, and writer all in one. I was responsible for executing all parts of the plan, which meant I had to be specific when telling the actors what to do while filming them, hoping they understand what I mean.       This led to doing many takes before I was satisfied with the clip. I shot the...

Recently, I've decided to spend some time sweding a clip from Parks and Recreation. What is Sweding you may ask... Sweding is a verb that means to imitate a film you admire by attempting to re-create all or part of it. This originates from the 2008 film: Be Kind, Rewind. Three boys (Dylan, Michael, Ryan) and I have decided to swede the scene from Parks and Recreation of the two minutes leading up to when Ron says "give me all the bacon and eggs you have."  We chose this scene because of how it resembled the characters, with Dylan being a humorous person and the rest of us having to experience it. Comedy was also chosen because Dylan and Michael are working together on a comedy film, allowing them to practice more with this genre.  We used elements of cinematography and editing to recreate, or swede, the scene shown below.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tSMJOL0-dCQ This was a comedic choice that allowed us to recreate this in a way that would be similar due to the style ...

click:  THE MAN OF HER DREAMS Screenplay  to view the script/screenplay for my movie, "The Man of Her Dreams"  Warning: hints at a movie spoiler.  Some challenges I faced when writing the screenplay was the commitment to the ideas and how to write them. The idea for the mysterious man's outfit had to be finalized , and between a regular black suit, a button up, or the vintage suit, I decided to go with vintage. I also had to decide on what the make the news scroll say, and after days of contemplation, I went with a jailed insane man. I had other options such as missing scientist, runaway criminal, or even an unknown man, but I decided to go with the older man being admitted to prison . There is a connection between these two decisions, but I can't share this without spoiling my movie! However, there was one decision I thought would take me forever to figure out. That decision was what I would do after Grey, the main character, is done watching the news. I was able ...

As you may be aware, I am in the process of creating my own movie. But, in order to do this, I'll need a script first. So I did research about film scripts in the mystery genre, the same as my movie, and of course I had to share. I will be discussing details about the script's film opening to Knives Out and how it compares to the final version of the movie.  The scriptwriter, Rian Johnson, established important details about the story in the first page by briefly describing the gothic theme and each floor of the mansion as the housekeeper, Fran, makes her way to Harlan Thrombey's study room where she finds his body. Johnson includes that Fran sees "HARLAN THROMBEY himself. 85 years old. Slung across a white leather day bed. Throat slit. Drenched in blood. Very much dead." By using description like this, Johnson evokes emotion and horror, establishing the type of movie this will be and officially starting the mystery as to what led to this happening. Overall, this ...