Life has a way of granting happiness (: ...and... sadness :(... It has a way of bring joy to our lives ...but... it has it's ways of taking it all back(with a blink of an eye).... It has it's ways of bringing us all together for a cause ...but... it has it's ways of distancing us all for that exact same cause... It has it's way of granting our biggest wishes ...but... it has it's ways of disappointing us for them, too. 

(Life is a 50/50 chance game.... SO, enjoy who or what you have now because one day it may no longer be there by your side) <3

...Running... Reaching... Obtained It... What Now?...

I would be lying if I said that I have always dreamed of graduating, but in reality... I never did. It has been about a whole month and a half that I have been officially graduated. And... I'm stuck.... Yeah, I'll be going to a really good school in the fall, but still... I feel robbed in some weird way. I feel it went by SUPER fast and ...I'm scared to sometimes take out my diploma from the back of my closet.... Just beacause I don't want to believe that I have walked the stage and recieved the golden ticket of officially being able to work at a Mcdonalds restaurant... <---(yeaahh! not that exciting, but true)... Maybe the excitement will come to me soon.... Well all I know is that I have to keep on moving with my life and well... GROW UP!?...

Gangster Characteristics

What are the characteristics of the Gangster Genre?:
- Seems to have outlaw heros that are admired for the toughness and energy.
- The use of many criminal organizations to challenge, capitalism through business.
- Shows a lot of underworld activities of American economy.


How has it changed over the years?:
The freedom of being directors now a days gives them creative freedom to end the gangster films how ever they like to. They have the freedom to drag through their whole film with the gangsters as the innocent and end their films with them getting away. Thus, building an empire for sequels.

Hays Code

Angels with Dirty Faces does follow the rules of the hays code. Because by the end the most admired person got what was coming for him. He was punished by being killed at the end of the film. It shows that even though you are admired by most people at the end run you won't walk away from it all by not being punished for your bad deeds in life.

The Bullied...

Feel the despair of loneliness inside,

wanting attention, begging for a tide.

Gasping for air, needing to get away,

urging the pain of life to just sway.

To hold you tight and not let you drift,

wanting to move forward, but only shift.

Feel the cold kisses that the wind sends,

as you lay still with only bends.

Urging your heart to mend to one,

to make the pain go numb.

Have no thought in mind that can hide it away,

to pretend the you’re okay, as you say hey.

Feel the touch of reality,

wanting you to break into insanity.

Digging deep into your thoughts,

leaving you in a room of endless lots.

Not letting you breath without the constant hate,

of one’s success, with the outcome of only becoming bate.

Feel the loud silence of echoing torment,

as you taste the sweat of your skin from attempt,

of constant endless running.

Trying to stay positive, away from them hunting.

Using you as prey, as their amusement,

treating you as a puppet of entertainment.

Feel the tears pour down,

as you hide from the crown,

of tension in their scorning eyes,

of pure happiness of their burning lies.

Having you senseless from your own feelings,

leaving you speechless,

from their friendless,

lives.

When the truth is that you shouldn’t pick,

on someone your own size,

but on your own careless,

brainless,

coward-less mind!

Because in reality,

stick and stones may break you,

But, so will words.

Genre Projects

Jeff/ Charles

Genre: Sci-fi

-future-istic aspects

- a lot of technology involved

-fiction

Massacre Theatre: ?

Rami/ Jeff/ Bobby

Genre: Comedy

-started in Ancient Greece

-comedy changes over time

-they have to work with the constant change of society

Massacre Theatre: Dude, Where's my Car?

Sebastian/ Jordan/ Dillion

Genre: Dark Comedy

-they tend to change a lot

-they seem to portray themselves as dead like characters

Massacre Theatre: The Big Babbassy

Gina/ Julian

Genre: Musicals

-It involves a lot of singing

-they always seem to break out dancing and singing songs

Massacre Theatre: Little Shop of Horror

Gangster Movies

I'm not into the whole Gangster Genre, but I surely do love this movie(:

singin' in the Rain!(:

No words can describe the way I feel about this film. But here it goes, it was enchanting, lovely, butterfly feeling and utterly AMAZING! I absolutely loved this film. I loved the fact that they would break out singing in the middle of a conversation and it would be very detailed with their dancing skills. This movie had me laughing, angry and at total amazement at the same time. This film couldn’t get any better because it is already the best it could be to me!

Female Characters

-their sexuality is similar to each other

-the way they guilt you into their thoughts

-the way they elevate or/ the way they bring down the tone in their voices.

The Western

I'm not a big Western fan, but I have seen one film(partly):

The Script - We Cry

Cross-Pollination Between Hollywood and the World

I personally can't tell exactly how we have given World Cinema anything. To me, our whole development of Cinema was created from everyone's else's cinema styles. We seem to copy everyone's work and at times(most of the time) like to put our name on their work? Like I said, I'm not exactly sure how, but that's how I feel about this question.

Hong Kong Action Cinema

Five TRUE facts:

- As early as the silent era, Hong Kong cinema was already full of magical beings (fighters)

- A rash of independent film production were in Hong Kong

- In the 70's and 80's the Shaw studios were the best qualified to meet the worldwide demands for martial arts fils.

- Bruce Lee was a great icon of Hong Kong's cultured actors

-Hong Kong's Golden age was during the 1960's.

Rashomon vs. Citizen Kane

To me personally both the movies were very detailed with different peoples perspectives. Except, for Citizen Kane there was a mystery to be solved from a single thing not like Rashomon. In Rashomon it's seems like every person was trying to cover their lyes because they wanted to protect themselves from the truth. People's perspectives from Citizen Kane was more truthful and informative, they weren't trying to hide lyes.

The Rashomon Effect

I don't exactly know many movies that play with time except for Run Lola Run. Which I find very entertaining and creative. I love hoe the audience doesn't expect the ending result from all of the running. Having you on the edge of your seat wondering what's the next story going to describe.

Amelié

This movie was fantastic/weird. But, in a good way. It had so much detailed and intimate scenes that had you engaged/ uneasy feeling. During the intimate scene, but not to much to the point where it made you disgusted. Not at all. It had the excellent use of other objects and color to portray the scenes creatively. It made you laugh at the most awkward situations of the scenes because of the use of other objects or/ characters. Making the scenes become a bit of fun and romantic. (:

[I guess this is why French people live long and happy, they know how to take a joke. AND ---> (because they have a better health insurance plan than, we do) ]

Jump Cuts- Film Producer

Suspense is the key to keeping a person engaged at a distance in a film and it’s story. It keeps you in your seat anticipating the moment of something next. It brings you in to a whole new level of entertainment. And, the only effective technique that can deliver that kind of suspenseful action to the audience is, jump cuts. This technique isn’t used by many directors because they are afraid that everything should be combined neatly together. Without having a little fun with the usage of jump cuts.

What’s wrong with having fun on a movie? With the usage of known important scenes that take you out of focus, but make you more engaged to a playful, far away level. Nothing, right? Well, that’s exactly what I think, too. You can’t be so attached to having everything being perfect to the period. You have to let lose of the image of your films. You have to be able to change up the mood by adding the shaking of a camera. The use of long shots with the camera slowly tilting and change the scene out of no where to a total random shot. Jump cuts gives you the freedom to express the story of your film without having to be perfect in detail back to back. It allows you to takes your imagination to another level, of putting images together. But, still being able to deliver a film with impact, up to the end.

A film that can a story filled with pictures. Is a film that can be successful, but a film that consists of suspense and random descriptions within a film. That’s a film that brings attention and questions. But, if combined you create a film with an essence of a distraction of the real world. Proving that life isn’t fair and you don’t always have freedom. Bringing the audience more engaged at a distance, to the over structure of the film.

Jump Cuts- Why Used?

The directors that use jump cuts. use them for the pure purpose of distracting the audience from reality. Making you compare to reality. Making you see how much the film industry has control of the audience. Like in the movie Breathless, when the couple were having an intense scene, out of no where Michel gets out of the car and lifts a lady’s dress up. I personally view jump cuts as a great usage of advertisement because they give you more than you expect to take in and analyze for your self. Making you think and question the connection of the random shot to the story line of the film.

Film Magazine: Cineaste

Australia:

I have personally not watched this movie, but at one point of my summer. I wanted to watch this adventures and romantic film. I never really got around to watching it. And now that I have read the article about the film by Stephanie van Schilt. I feel like I have mixed feeling for watching the film. In one hand van Schilt states that there was something lacking about the film. That made her known interested towards the film by the end. Stating that the romance, just did not quit live up to a box office movie style. Now, on the other hand the movie is detailed with a lot of adventure. Travels of many places, that are being looked for. This making feel on the fence of watching the movie or/ not? On one hand the romance is missing a bit, but the thirst for adventure is still alive and living in the film. So, watch or/ don't watch? (what is one to do?)

[This article seems fairly similar style to criticism to other film articles that I have read. By stating their feelings at the beginning and then can they go on to explaining themselves.]

Favorite Directors Nick Cassavetes

1.Nick Cassavetes (notebook director)

2.Adam Shankman(A walk To Remember)

3.Andy Fickman(She's The Man)

4.Kevin lima(Enchanted)

5.John Lasseter(Toy story)

Keynotes!

~Australia:

-none correct spokenn language

-Hugh Jackman

-Peter Jackson



~Japan:

-Samurais

-Horror films

-Inspired from the United States movies



~China:

-Propaganda

-Bruce Lee

-Kun-Fu Films



~UK:

-Kitchen Sink Era

-? homosexuality?

-Documentary



~Italy:

-Facist movies

-Neo-Realism

-Pink Neo-Realism



~Spain:

-Spanish director forced to leave Spain

-working class

-Antonio Banderas (actor)



~USA:

-Orsan Welles

-Walt Disney (big prodcer)

-4 film eras



~France:

-Jean-Luc Godard

-they wanted to be unique

- Birth Place of Cinema



~Czechloslovakia:

-they have a National Film School

-Censored Films

- Barrandov Studios



~Mexico:

- the films were meant to not insult no person, to help the lowewr class, Documentary

Cinema of Iran

Three Un-Known Facts:

1. The people of Iran are very friendly (they like the Americans)

2. They, too celebrate occasions together (picnic gatherings)

3. They have normal gatherings of religious ceremonies (church)

Italian Neorealism

Italian Neorealism is about the whole post World War 2. The genre talks about the struggles about the middle class life. It deals with the constant life style and disappointments of life.

Film Shot/ plus Techniques

- 1) Close up, bottom lighting

- 2) High angle shot, front lighting

- 3) Panning Camera

- 4) Tracking Shot

- 5) Establishing Shot

- 6) Long shot, Low key lighting

- 7) Bottom Lighting, Medium Shot

- 8) High Key

- 9) Superimposition

- 10) Eye-line match

Feature Films:
Dreaming Nicaragua A little help
Pure
Poligamy
Falling Over Night


Short Films:
Alma
Back to Life
Sunday's Best
Jim
Caption Fork

ITALIA!(:

K W L

pasta Famous Movies

Pizza, Ravioli Romans

Garlic Bread Mafia

Mussolini Painting

Fascism Italian Food

Cemetery Man History

Spaghetti Western-

Good, the Bad, the Ugly

Segio Leone

Italian-American-Pacino

Spoonful Of Sugar And Vinegar

The New year is only seen as a goal at which you aim to make yourself better. The truth is that you have any day, hour or/min to make your decision, it only takes your own willpower to do it. Nothing will be erased, everything will still be there. But, just shaped in the illusion that it's a New Year and it will make you a greater person. In my personal perspective, I believe in the whole illusion of the New Year bringing greater things, but I also believe that it does take willpower to succeed the goals we each aim for. It's the hope that motivates us all to make us greater. It's the sight and the feeling that everything will be okay. Not having to worry about the past because theirs a New Year. To re-create and fight the past mistakes you have made and having to choose what will have the best interest of your well-being. To me this is the start of another chunk of my life. The soon ending of my high school career, the goodbyes that are painful, the start of my future goals, the pleasant meetings of new people, and most especially the start of new mistakes. Because no matter how much you say this year is going to be better. WE ARE ALL HUMAN AND WE ALL MAKE MISTAKES(: