Umer Raza A’s

Q1: HOW DOES YOUR PRODUCT USE OR CHALLENGE CONVENTIONS AND HOE DOES IT REPRESENT SOCIAL GROUPS OR ISSUES? THE FIRST CREATIVE CRITICAL REFLECTION QUESTION. Hi, my name is Umer Raza, and my film is a horror story that both embraces and challenges the traditional conventions of the genre. In this video, I’m going to talk about how my movie plays with classic horror tropes, where it breaks the mold, and how it explores deeper social issues through its eerie storyline. My movie really taps into classic horror conventions, like creepy, atmospheric settings. The story takes place on a desolate, dark road, and right from the start, that isolation creates this feeling of vulnerability for the main character. The suspense builds slowly, with these quiet, tense moments where you just know something isn’t right, and it keeps the audience on edge. We also play with the fear of the unknown, rather than revealing the source of the terror immediately, we let it linger, building that unease. Th...

FINAL PROJECT AND DEVELOPMENT FINAL PROJECT: POSTER: PRODUCTION: These shots were filmed first as we thought they'd be the easy ones to film as well as sit according to the color grade. We shot this as well as the rest of the project near my house. The Medley Shots themselves were relatively simple. However, there are still some scenes which were difficult to shoot. For the opening scene, we first went on a highway at night to shoot the first scene but after taking 2 or 3 shots, it didn't give us the desired haunted vibe. We then came back to search for the road which gave us a haunted vibe. After a while we found a road which was located about 8 to 10 minutes away from my house. But the street lamps made it a little difficult to continue with. However, my group partner who was in charge of production design and the surrounding such as lighting etc, had an idea to place a ring light. This allowed us to light the shots better, whilst also keeping the Mise-en-scene in check. We t...

 PRELIMINARY 1 - CHARACTER INTRODUCTION: I shot this movie at my friend's house, and he helped me a lot in setting up the camera angles and during editing. The idea for this movie came to my mind about how we should shoot it, but when we started filming, we faced some difficulties. However, my friend helped me overcome them, and we managed to shoot it successfully. I have seen many horror movies with similar scenes, which is why this idea was in my mind. I have watched a lot of horror movies, basically, I like the horror genre, which is why I mostly watch horror films, and that's how this idea came to me.                                                                  Me editing the footage  For editing, I used CapCut, where I also used my own voice and added some sounds from YouTube, such as a clock ticking sound...