Minor Project - Footage Decisions

Originally my plan for this module was decided on genres which would most benefit from this experiment, and which ones may lean towards needing stronger visuals and than audio but recently I've had a change of heart. Due to time constraints and creative decisions, I've decided only to use my own films and student films very minimally to show how this kind of experiment doesn't perform positively on these types of footage. I've experimented with certain student footage to discover it doesn't affect the quality as significantly as I'd like, so I'm using this in my work to show I tried with this type of footage but didn't receive the results I'd like. 

Because of this I've decided it may be best to edit and alter big budget feature films that have set the high quality standard that audiences are accustomed to. Fair use is a rule/law that makes this possible for me as a student and creative editor, where I can use and edit the footage to my own purpose and be protected under fair use. The genres I've landed on using for my work is: 

• Action/Adventure
• Horror
• Drama
• Visual Spectacle 

These four genres should cover the range I'm hoping to explore but more could be added if needed. Action/Adventure should provide a heavy action set piece with a lot of visual activity with the audio necessary to follow the plot. Horror will provide an uncomfortable mood that relies on both sound and video to fulfil its purpose. Drama will be a dialogue heavy piece with an intense acting performance needing both visuals and audio. The Visual Spectacle will rely on its action packed special effects and overwhelming visual content which will put audio to the test. 

The four films that should cover these are: 

• Gravity (2013)
• The Conjuring 2 (2016)
• Goodfellas (19900
• Transformers: Age of Extinction (2014)

I've found clips in all these films which will help me complete my experiment. They match up with all the guidelines I was looking for and should help me achieve success from this module.