Archive for March, 2006

Report on a resource about a film element (module 5)

Friday, March 31st, 2006

The two film elements that I picked were establishing shot and montage. Both web site were basically straight forward definitions of what the words meant. It help clarify the meanings of the different elements.
www.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/establishing-shot
www.factmonster.com/ipd/A0542920.html

Report on a resource about the viewing (module 5)

Friday, March 31st, 2006

The resource I found for the movie was a good web site. It had trivia and quote from the actors. It also talked about the awards that the movie had one. It also gives you a quick over view about the movie and the actors in it. It also had a neat part called goofs […]

Report on a resource about the reading (module 5)

Friday, March 31st, 2006

The resource I found about the reading is kind of a strange one. I wanted to find a web site about Jack Nicholson because that is one of the actors talked about in the book. I found this web site that one of his fans made. It made me laugh because of the twinkling back […]

Reflections on the reading and viewing(module 5)

Friday, March 31st, 2006

The movie I chose to view was Terms of Endearment. The book says that the star of the movie is Jack Nicholson but I think it is Shirley Maclaine. I really like this movie. The movie has a lot of emotion to it. It’s about two women  Aroa and her daughter Emma and their lifes […]

Project Proposal

Sunday, March 26th, 2006

When I went to chose a director I started with what type of movies I wanted to watch and I decided on comedies. I went thought my movie collection and realized that I don’t really pay attention to who directs what movies unless it’s a “big named” director (Lucas, Spielberg, etc.). I found a director […]

Reflection on Module 4

Monday, March 20th, 2006

All of the reading and replies were good.  I found the film elements very interesting.  The classmates all had good sources.  I also liked this module because everyone pretty much chose different movies to watch.  Some of the movies that the people had watched I had never seen, but after reading their blogs I may […]

Report on a resource about a film element

Sunday, March 12th, 2006

I found one web site that satisfies three and even more of the film elements. I picked three to write about all of them are from Shot length and camera depth. The first was Longshot it shows all or most of a large subject example a person. The second medium shots in this type of […]

Reflection on the viewing

Sunday, March 12th, 2006

I decided to pick one male director and one female director for the movies I was going to watch. I decided on George Lucas and Barbra Streisand as the directors. The two Lucas films I watched were “American Graffiti” and “THX 1138″ and the two Streisand films I watched were “Yentl” and “The Prince of […]

Report on a resource about the reading

Wednesday, March 8th, 2006

I found a web page that is called New York Film Academy. It deals with going to film school. It is a very good web site if you are interested in working in the film industry. It has School program listings, news and events. You can apply online and request a brochure. Some of the […]

Report on a resource about the viewing

Wednesday, March 8th, 2006

Here are some of the resources that I found about the movies I viewed. The first movie I viewed was THX 1138 by George Lucas. The website I found about this movie was very informative. It has footage of the actors getting their heads shaved for the movies, where your able to rent the movie. […]