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3123_Rainie_Thestreets

Posted by Rainie on Tuesday, November 30, 2010 , LABELS: | comments (0)



This movies is primarily concerned with a group of people who are love dancing very much. They

are street dancer. The main actress in named Andie West, it follows Andie West as she pursues her big dream of becoming a street dancer.

The opening of the film is the Andie talk about her dream and introduces her mother. And it shows up the people who are dancing on the street, it is belonging to LS shot, and it is Montage.

Most part of this movie is use MS and LS shot.and Tracking movement and hand-held at same time. And High Speed editing when Andie go to the school on first day. Low angle and high angle as well. When Andie talk to Tuck. It is use the Over the Shoulder Shot. For the ending. It uses LS shot and montage editing. The film finds its optimistic ending - a passionate kiss between Andie and Chase. That is from MS Shot to Long Shot and ELS Shot in the end.


3570--Chunking express

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Chunking express

When the police buy all the canned pineapple about to expire, in fact, he clearly knows that the date of the above is just an excuse for self-comfort, he thought the 5 year relationship is not too easily be changed. He expects to see his girlfriend can come back in birthday. However, the time attest to some things will never happen again

When he was in the bar to say "the first woman came in, he would like", it just his brief thought. The next, he imposed his romance things on the Miss Lin and clever use of sunglasses for the topic to talking because he wants to understand and be understood. In this time he is so serious and stubborn like a child that simple

However Miss Lin said, “People are always attending to change “This is the answer she gave.

3738_Shelly_Forrest Gump

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《Forrest Gump》-Film review
Director:Robert Zemeckis
Screenwriter:Winston Groom& Eric Roth
Actor:Tom Hanks
Sally Field
Robin Wright Penn
Gary Sinise
etc

In the contention of the best picture of the 67th Oscar Award in 1995, film Have got six Grand Prizes , such as the best picture , the best actor , the best achievement in directing , adapting drama , the best achievement in film editing and the best visual effect beastly ,etc.

The film was passed to a intellectual disturbance person the description of life has reflected every aspect of U.S.A.’s life, important incident of social political life make and represent to these decades such as U.S.A. from one unique angle.

Forrest Gump who is unfortunately to be born with a lower IQ and the muscle problem, usually, people always think this kind of person can’t be successful in doing anything. But, instead, this unlucky man has achieved lots of incredible success, he is a football star, a war hero, and later a millionaire!

Forrest’s mother say: "Life is like a box of chocolates, Forrest. You never know what you're going to get. "At the beginning of the film, this sentence gave me a profound thought. Every life lives in different regions, but they a different and unique.

WEEK 4: CINEMATOGRAPHY & EDITING

Posted by dr.dray on Sunday, November 28, 2010 , LABELS: , , , , | comments (2)






This week, we firstly looked at cinematography in film. The aspects we covered:

1. Shot Types 
2. Camera Movement 
3. Camera Angle
4. Depth Of Field

Then we looked at the editing in a film, which were: 

1. Long Take
2. Montage
3. Low Speed
4. High Speed
5. Reverse Speed
6. Desaturation 

We had our first pop quiz for the semester (cough.. only first... meaning there might be more to come...) And then we discussed the film Full Metal Jacket. Which is full of amazing cinematography and clever editing techniques.

Remember: In the exam, when you are asked to name the technique - it means name the EDITING technique. 

Next week we are going to have our first assessment briefing, which is probably going to be important for you guys.

Also another thing - If I miss saying this in class, I'll say it now - 
VERY IMPRESSED WITH THE MOVIE ANALYSIS POSTS!!!!! 

This made me very impressed, even if most of them weren't really analyses, it still shows you guys put effort in your work. Great job everyone.

I'll see you next week! Hope you had a great weekend, 

- Dr Dray





#3597_Perfume: the story of a murderer

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Hero Grenouille was born in French fish market. He has a sharp sense of smell when beginning his born. Smelly or fragrant, he can remember and easily distinguish all the different odors. But Grenouille found he body no smell. therefore, he was fascinated by smell. His mother abandons him when he was born. Orphanage sold him to cobbler when he was 13 years old. After that his apprenticeship in a perfume shop, he learned one method to keep the smell. when Grenouille discovers that method cannot keep the scents of all objects, he becomes depressed. At the same time, his way fascinated by a girl's smell. Grenouille want to preserve a girl's scent forever. Finally, he becomes a murderer. This film gives me the most felling that who abandoned him all non-natural death when he left. That a really great film, I recommend everyone to see it.

Dr. Dray&others I need help!!!!

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Hey everyone,

Have someone ever watched AFTER.LIFE yet? I watched it on last week but it a bit confuse. So, could Dr. Dray or somebody tell me at the end of this movie does Paul die?

Nevertheless, If you never watch this movie before I suggest you guys because I think the narrative structure quite interesting to follow.

During, I was watching it I always asked myself does she(ANNA) die? I'm not gonna tell you the answer. Hahaha

Enjoy,

PS. I'm gonna watch it again.


Goodnight Dr.Dray&everyone

3615_Vicky movie analyzing

Posted by Vicky Tang on Thursday, November 25, 2010 , LABELS: | comments (1)



Gone With The Wind (1939)

Director: Sam Wood

Actor: Barbara O'Neil

After watching the film Gone With The Wind, i try to analyze it from professional sites.

The novel, Gone With The Wind Published in 1936, became an immediate best-seller, bringing first-time novelist Margaret Mitchell an overwhelming amount of critical and popular attention. Then the novel was adapted as a film in 1939—an achievement that won ten Academy Awards.

The film was a romantic love story, it's about a character -- Scarlett O' Hara who was not beautiful, but men seldom realized it plots to capture the man she loves—Ashley Wilkes in her father's BBQ party, but Ashley rejects and tells her that he loves her sister.

The war was coming, Scarlett's life and the lives of everyone around her are altered. Due to rejected by Ashley, Scarlett married Melanie's brother, Charles. Unfortunately, Chariles went to war and died, however, Charles dies from measles, not fighting. Scarlett became a widow, then she grew restless and moved in Altanta, lived with Melanie and Pitty. When Melanie feels great love and respect for Scarlett, but Scarlett is jealous of her and hates her, because she still loved Ashley ...

Scarlett's professional performance made the film more excellent, from a spoiled, high-tempered lady to a responsible, brave to protect her home. In the film, Scarlett use her eyes contact made the film live, and became a brilliant movie in the world.

Romeo + Juliet (1996)

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Romeo + Juliet (1996)

Details
Country:USA
Language:English
Release Date:26 December 1996 (Australia)
Also Known As:Romeo and Juliet
Filming Locations:Alameda, California, USA

Shakespeare's famous play is updated to the hip modern suburb of Verona still retaining its original dialogue.

Director: Baz Luhrmann

Writers: William Shakespeare (play), Craig Pearce (screenplay)

Stars:Leonardo DiCaprio, Claire Danes and John Leguizamo


This is a story which has been told many times before, Luhrmann keeps the idea fresh, mainly by using a lovely mixture of fast editing and beautifully choreographed fight scenes, which wouldn't look out of place in a John Woo action film. It also combines a fantastic soundtrack with a stunning backdrop of 'Verona Beach'.
Movie follows the original script very accurately. The symbolism is also used very well throughout the movie. If you look at the guns you'll notice that some say sword, some say rapier, and I believe some say dagger. The Montegues always wear a Hawaiian style shirt. The Capulets dress more like mobsters or thugs even though both sides could be viewed as thugs in some sort or another. In either case each family wears a certain kind of clothing that makes it easy to tell who's who.
The other one which is Juliet wears angel wings and Romeo wears a knight outfit. Romeo's best friend dresses up as a women. So to explain this form of symbolics, for those who aren't getting it, it's Romeo is the "knight in shinning armor," Juliet is the angel of Romeo's dreams, and Romeo's best friend is the comic relief. There's other things you'll notice at the party also, like Tybalt wears devil horns. Both families you'll also notice are rich, which also follows the script accurately.


3498_April

3240 movie anaylise

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Movie anaylise

Recently, I have been watched a film called “the old boys”. It is a movie talking about two over age boys try to join the show program, signing the song they been played when they were about 14 to 16.

The show is pretty much like English talent, and it was create by there old classmate “bao”.

This movie really grip audience tears. The movie shows a lot about “the eighty’s memory”.

They use a lot of eighty objects such as old audio machine, MJ songs, eighty’s style house, old BP machine etc.

At the end part of movie, all the actor has been growing up, in to their own life river. Those two guys on the TV show, signing the old song, bring everybody back to the times.

Most of actor has different jobs, it brings the audience into their poison, some rich, some poor, and that’s what dose director wants us to learn from this movie.

At last, two guys have been signing a song about dreams.

Classical is something not fade, but grow more precious with time pass by, so is dream.

2586_Ivan

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Avatar I think is the most famous science fiction film in 2009, is written and directed by James Cameron. The story is in 2154, humans are mining a precious mineral called unobtanium on Pandora star, the expansion of the mining colony threatens the continued existence of a local tribe of Na'vi, in order to protect their life environment, Na'vi begin to resist humans. I think the first thing the film want to talk us is our human should to cherish our environment,protect Earth, if not the end must is human extinct, like the last of the film, humans action enraged nature, all biont revenge to human that human have to get out this star. The second one is about love, the film want more love between humans, not use war to solve problem, if everyone is friendly to each other, this world must become more beautiful.This is the film's true essence want to tell us.

3524 linda film anaylise

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This is a new chinese movie. The story is talk about the fall in loved couple just married about one year . they found they have a lot problem with each other. They have conflict every day. So after one year and a half they divorced.. But they still love each other. They prentened not love each other any more.. And the hero intoduce his best friend to his wife. But when his wife stay together with his friend. He will be getting angry. So finally when his wife getting married with his friend. He found he still love his wife. And his wife still can,t froget him. Finally they get together.

The movie told us we should treasue someone/something arould us. Don,t ignore something important. The colour of this movie is very colourful. Because it have a lot of wedding. The key light are more than fill light and back light. And the non-digetic sound is more than digetic sound. It have a lot of background music.

3787_Paranormal Acitivty 2

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Paranormal Activity 2, starring Katie Featherston and Micah Sloat directed by Tod Williams, is a film about a couple who decides to set up a number of surveillance camera's throughout the house in hope of capturing what they thought where house burglers. However, they will never expect what they are about to 'encounter'...
This movie will not only scare you, but also give you goose bumps all the way home... hahahaha

Resident Evil

Posted by Mess on Wednesday, November 24, 2010 , LABELS: | comments (2)



The story want to tell us don't just think how to become powerful, here is something more important than that, something we can't get from money and power.

3577 -----Memento Anayse

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Memento  (2000)

Director: Christopher Nolan

Writers: Jonathan Nolan (short story "Memento Mori"), Christopher Nolan (screenplay)

Stars: Guy Pearce, Carrie-Anne Moss and Joe Pantoliano


Memento is use two separate stories of Leonard, an ex-insurance investigator who can no longer build new memories, as he attempts to find the murderer of his wife, which is the last thing he remembers.


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In the film beside the main flashback, there also has a plain sequence in the film. This time line is used black and white to show as. Some camera show us Leonard talk with a telephone.

This scene content and they play foil action story. We see on the Leonard arm write “remembers Sammy Mrs.Jankis”.

This Sammy didn't have relationship with Leonard. But Sammy is before he loss member of insurance applicants.

Sammy has a traffic accident so he get a short- term member, he want insurance company compensate for he a lot of money. But Leonard think Sammy is not really loss his member, then Leonard reject his application.

Sammy’s wife want to test her husband whether loss member. So give Sammy injection medicine, but results gave life. Last Sammy in the mental disease hospital, visible Leonard accrued to this, and finally, on his own life come to roost.

This is a small part in the film.



"The Spy Next Door " film review

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detail information :

Distributor:
LIONSGATE
Running Time: 94 mins.
Color: Color
Director(s): Brian levant
Protagonisten:jickie chan Amber Valletta, Madeline Carroll, Will Shadley, Alina Foley (name all copy from website)

review:

The Spy next door was a pleasant surpriseally love it.maybe because this famous star--jackie chan.i really love him. when i reading the countless negative reviews on the internet, i thought it was going to be the worst 90 minutes in movie history. Although this movie is aimed at children, adults can watch it and have fun.Jackie Chan play as a spy named Bob。 Bob is dating his next-door neighbor Gillian ,Gillian has three kids ,they don't like Bob, because they think he is really boringperson. When Gillian has to leave town in order to care for her dad(because her dad was injured, so Bob feels that it's a very good opportunity to get the kids to like him. Meanwhile, Bob's enemy Poldark escapes from jail and tries to find him. when the kids realize that Bob is really good perspn,and then they begin to like him and decide to help stop Poldark. I highly recommend The Spy Next Door ...