John Carpenter
Not very interesting direction
blood n guts and gore
nice build up and so on
really good bit was the narrative switch
couple of funny lines
shit, but a few things to learn
Monday, 20 December 2010
Monsters
Super low budget-indie ish feel
but still hollywood crap in script in plot
nice graphics
beautiful moment at one point
still rather hokum, if exciting on occassion
but still hollywood crap in script in plot
nice graphics
beautiful moment at one point
still rather hokum, if exciting on occassion
An Ordinary Execution
not very believable, but quite good
why the wide angled lens? Russian? Otherwordly, often used for totalitarianism
note also deep compositions, low angles
cuts too much, but still creates some nice compositions
still quite good, nice shots
wonderfully dream like at times, wonderful exit scene
low contrast
random, story bits
why the wide angled lens? Russian? Otherwordly, often used for totalitarianism
note also deep compositions, low angles
cuts too much, but still creates some nice compositions
still quite good, nice shots
wonderfully dream like at times, wonderful exit scene
low contrast
random, story bits
Carlos
Bond Movie, basil exposition
Fast filmstock, darkish contrasts
bit of moving around, mixed with continuity editing
episodic, clearly ofr bigger part
not exactly in depth
bit one damn thing after another, but really quite entertaining
Fast filmstock, darkish contrasts
bit of moving around, mixed with continuity editing
episodic, clearly ofr bigger part
not exactly in depth
bit one damn thing after another, but really quite entertaining
Sunday, 19 December 2010
Des Hommes et Des Dieux (Of Gods And Men)
New film- Xavier Beauvois
Use of vertical/ horizontal. depth inside, blacklighting, monks/ horizontal pans
relate to landscape- telephot lens means has to be shot in daytime
creates geometry of monks
use of turning towards the light. Break ups of symmetry
hardowrking film, very very fragemented narrative
builds up, works hard to reach monstrous music scene
witnesses, rather than lives. Too documentarian?
Very good, but not perfect
Use of vertical/ horizontal. depth inside, blacklighting, monks/ horizontal pans
relate to landscape- telephot lens means has to be shot in daytime
creates geometry of monks
use of turning towards the light. Break ups of symmetry
hardowrking film, very very fragemented narrative
builds up, works hard to reach monstrous music scene
witnesses, rather than lives. Too documentarian?
Very good, but not perfect
Boudu Saved From Drowning
Renoir 1932
Renoir sympathyic to every character, even double crossing bourgeois
Use of Boudu as central/ in relation to others
planting traps around the ouse. low contrast
dreamy interiors, faster film outside
Boudu taking the outside inside/ mixes of this
use of deep space
not realistic in any way
Renoir-elegance hides a fragmented, almost impressionistic narrative
looks easy, but layers and layers make it difficult
Renoir sympathyic to every character, even double crossing bourgeois
Use of Boudu as central/ in relation to others
planting traps around the ouse. low contrast
dreamy interiors, faster film outside
Boudu taking the outside inside/ mixes of this
use of deep space
not realistic in any way
Renoir-elegance hides a fragmented, almost impressionistic narrative
looks easy, but layers and layers make it difficult
The Shop Around The Corner
Ernst Lubitsch 1940
Shadowless lightening
Stewarts face as bright, soft focus. Younger. Electric
Couple of jumos, classic continuity
Quite funny, pleasurable
Builds up tension, big ending
Themes?
Shadowless lightening
Stewarts face as bright, soft focus. Younger. Electric
Couple of jumos, classic continuity
Quite funny, pleasurable
Builds up tension, big ending
Themes?
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