Blog Post #2

1). In the Netflix documentary “Period. End of Sentence.” The director uses interviews and B roll for some of the women who live in the village talking about periods and what they are. In the “Black Sheep” film they use reenactment instead of the actual person even though he was partly seen in the documentary.

2). In the first film they used interviews with the women to show how they deal with getting their periods and what they are doing now to change that. In the second film they used reenactments to show what was happening. They used this because it was “in the moment” kind of a documentary.

3). In the first film they are using interviews to help other people see how women started a pad business for younger women to find a solution to help the problem of more sanitary needs for women in countries. Black sheep was more of a story that happened awhile back but was then brought back for people to see his story.

4). I like the film “Black Sheep” because it was a dark and stomach churning film showing how a young man lived in a time of racism and hide his real identity to fit in and commit crime with the white racist community. Also it shows how special and courageous Cornelius is to share his complex story with others

Famous Director: Tim Burton blog post

1). Tim Burton has directed 38 movies as a director including short films

2). His first film he made was “Pee-we’d Big Adventure” which came out in 1985

3). Tim’s most recent film was the new version of “Dumbo” and it came out in 2019

4). Most of Burton’s films and shorts are written and directed himself such as “Beetle Juice” and “Corpse Bride”

5). His most popular and heart-warming movie he has made is the 2019 version of “Dumbo” because it has very sweet and sad scenes of an elephant is part of a circus and is used for dangerous stunts but soon learn that his ears allow him to fly and amazes the crowds with the act. The movie helps viewers to see how divided the world has become and “the ways we look at people who are different from the rest.”

6). Tim Burton focuses on making the film seem more life like with the Dumbo because he is CGI when directing the film. Through out the movie you start to see the build up of heart-warming characters and the build up of the action with the scripts and the music.

7). Tim Burton has mostly worked with Johnny Depp, Helena Bonham Carter, and Christopher Lee

8). Burton has won four Golden Globe awards and has also won eight Academy Awards

9). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ziLR7N8E4LI&feature=share This is a clip from his latest film “Dumbo” because he will be honored by Italy’s top film award and is also to receive a David di Donatello award for Cinematic Excellence.

Psycho Questions

  1. There are 39 shots used in the shower scene
  2. 1st shot: Marion is washing her body
  3. 2nd shot: Close up of shower head
  4. 3rd shot: Marion rinses off
  5. 4th shot: zoom in on Norman walking in the bathroom, the shower curtain is pulled away and he is holding a knife
  6. 5th shot: Marion turning around and screaming
  7. 6th shot: close up of Marion
  8. 7th shot: extreme close up of Marion’s mouth
  9. 8th shot: Norman holding the knife
  10. 9th shot: Norman stabbing Marion
  11. 10th shot: Medium shot of Norman holding the knife
  12. 11th shot: Marion raises her arm
  13. 12th shot: Marion is trying to fight back at Norman
  14. 13th shot: Close up of Marion screaming
  15. 14th shot: Overhead shot of Norman still stabbing Marion
  16. 15th shot: Close up of Marion screaming
  17. 16th shot: Overhead shot of Marion and Norman fighting
  18. 17th shot: Medium close up of Norman holding the knife
  19. 18th shot: Medium shot of Marion getting stabbed by Norman
  20. 19th shot: Medium of Norman holding the knife
  21. 20th shot: close up of Marion getting stabbed
  22. 21st shot: Close up of Norman holding the knife
  23. 22nd shot: Close up of Marion getting stabbed
  24. 23 shot: Close of Norman holding the knife
  25. 24th shot: Close up of Marion squinting her eyes as she is getting stabbed
  26. 25th shot: Close up of Norman holding the knife
  27. 26th shot: Close up of Marion’s stomach and her getting stabbed
  28. 27th shot: Close up of Marion’s face
  29. 28th shot: Shot of Norman’s arm and the knife
  30. 29th shot: Close up of the side of Marion’s body and the knife stabbing her
  31. 30th shot: Close up of Marion screaming as she gets stabbed
  32. 31st shot: Shot of Marion’s feet and blood
  33. 32nd shot: Close up of Marion’s face
  34. 33rd shot: Medium close up of Marion’s face while she screams
  35. 34th shot: Shot of her legs
  36. 35th shot: Extreme shot of Marion grabbing onto the wall
  37. 36th shot: Close up of her continuing to grab onto the wall
  38. 37th shot: Norman exiting the bathroom
  39. 38th shot: Close up of Marion slowly sliding down the shower wall

– I think Alfred Hitchcock choose to film the shower scene with quick shots to make the audience feel the suspense build

– The “shower scene” is famous because the way Hitchcock used the music to time with the frantic action in the scene and he used a female as the protagonist which was very rare in the 1960s.

A Trip to the Moon

1) Where did Georges Melies study in Paris?
 – He studied at the Ecole des beaux arts in Paris.

2) What is considered to be Melies’ principle contribution to film?
 – His principle contribution to film was the fade in and fade out effect.

3)  What effect did Melies’ jammed camera have on film?
– Allowed films to be edited and have objects removed or added

4) What did Melies discover in the occurrence of his jammed camera?
– He discovered illusions in the occurrence of his jammed camera.

5) What film techniques did Melies pioneer?
– A) Stop motion photography
         B) Coloured films ( hand painted)
         C) Imposition

6) What award from France did Melies receive for his contribution to Cinema?
– The Legion of Honour for being the creator of the cinematic spectacle

7) Where does the opening scene of “A Trip to the Moon” take place?
– The opening scene takes place in a small town in Paris.

8) What is the group told they will witness if they ascend to the roof?
– The group is told that if they ascend to the roof is “A Splendid Spectical!”

9) Where does the rocket ship first land?
– The rocket lands on a rocky ridge.

10) How does the King on the Moon punish the travelers?
– The king captured them.

11) Who are the moon inhabitants?
– The inhabitants are essentially aliens. They look weird. There name is Sennellites.

12) What happens when the moon inhabitants are touched?
– They dissapear into the smoke.

13) Ultimately, what happens to the King of the Moon?
– When the travelers escape their leader punches the King of the Moon and he explodes into a puff of smoke.

Blog Post #3

  1. What skills does your job require?
  2. What is the hardest part of your job?
  3. What do you like about your job?
  4. What technical projects have you worked on in the past that excites you?
  5. was there a time you weren’t able to finish a project as a technical director? How were you feeling at that time?

5 Things I Learned

  1. I learned that working as a technical producer requires so much dedication and long work hours (3am-11am)
  2. She started work in her hometown Maine
  3. It only requires a 4 year college degree
  4. The hardest part of her job is there is a big table with a lot of buttons
  5. If her producer is not there then she gets a few minutes or a couple of hours to chill before working again

Film Screening #1-The General

The film The General, the stunts were good and funny in some scenes knowing that all of the stunts were real. There was no mattress for the guy to land on when he fell off the train. It was all real. I really liked the scenes where the train engineer was trying to get to the other train trying to save the girl he likes. Unfortunatly he kept failing at trying to go faster to catch up while the southern army was trying to slow him down. I also liked the edits for the night time scenes. It was cool to see the color difference between nighttime and daytime.

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