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