As you view films, consider how the cuts, camera angles, shots, and movement work to create particular meanings. Think about how they establish space, privilege certain characters, suggest relationships, and emphasize themes. In addition to shot distances, angles, editing, and camera movement, note details of the narrative, setting, characters, lighting, props, costume, tone, and sound.
Ask yourself the following questions:
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YOUR NOTES
1. Who is the protagonist? (in my opinion, but the antagonist and protagonist could switch depending on how you look at it)
5. How is the story told (linear, with flashbacks, flash-forwards, at regular intervals)
Non-linear, flashback heavy, but also jumping around in when we are in the flashbacks
6. What “happens” in the plot (Brief description)?
two magicians assistance tie up the third magicians assistance, one of them tie’s a not that is more difficult to get out of and unintentionally kills the magicians assistant after she is put in water. Angeir one of the assistance try’s to ruin Borden’s career by stealing his acts. But we start of with Angeir dying in a similar way as his wife, and Borden gets sentenced to death for his murder. Very twist heavy movie
7. How does the film influence particular reactions on the part of viewers (sound, editing, characterization, camera movement, etc.)?Why does the film encourage such reactions?
Sound wise, i noticed that when ever electricity was louder then everything else. Setting it up as something mysterious. As well with editing it takes a lot of skill to do a non linear movie like this. It leaves us wondering and confused
The setting is very believable for most of it. It’s set in late 1800’s England and you definitely can tell. the setting feels realistic for most of it and stylized when dealing with Tesla’s inventions,
9. How are the characters costumed and made-up?What does their clothing or makeup reveal about their social standing, ethnicity, nationality, gender, or age?How do costume and makeup convey character?
The costumes are great they feel very realistic. But the make up is better with Alfred Borden “double”. The costumes definitely show the class difference, but that’s never a plot point. We also see in movie make up to hide identity. It does a good job to help the twist and make it feel authentic
10. How does the lighting design shape our perception of character, space, or mood?
Light is a big part in this movie. With the spot light on a stage to point out what you’re supposed to look at as well as Tesla’s invention’s. All the light is very subtle making it seem realistic to the time, but also make everything feel dramatic and suspenseful. except while of stage. On stage we’re shown something even though we know something else is going to happen. just like magic.
I wasn’t really paying attention, to the camera work (i probably should have) but it’s very generic to Christopher Nolan, he has the same Cinematographer he used for The Dark Knight trilogy, Memento, Inception, and Insomnia
12. What is the music’s purpose in the film?How does it direct our attention within the image?How does it shape our interpretation of the image?What stands out about the music?
It was all new songs, no sound track. Which makes it easier for your music to blend in and enhance the feeling of drama.
13. How might industrial, social, and economic factors have influenced the film?Describe how this film influences or connects to a culture?
It’s a very big budget movie from a very well known director and writer, when you’re as well known as Nolan you’re usually aloud more creative freedom. It’s also based of a book.
14. Give an example of what a film critic had to say about this filmUse credible sources and cite sourcesExample: “The Shawshank Redemption Movie Review (1994) | Roger Ebert.” All Content. N.p., n.d. Web. 24 June 2015.
of course i also used Ebert. who gave it 3/4 stars basically saying that it was good but he didn’t like the ending https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/the-prestige-2007#:~:text=What%20you%20will%20learn%20in,with%20magic%20all%20my%20life.
15.Select one scene no longer than 5 minutes that represents well the whole film and shows relevant cinematic elements.Write a one-sentence description of the scene and record the time of the scene. Example, from 1:05:00 to 1:10:00.Explain why you chose this scene.
This is where the plot really starts. In the scene Angier goes to see Borden to mess with his performance, but he see’s the greatest magic trick he has ever seen the transported man. We never see the prestige of the magic trick, but we see how in awe Angier is. starts at 53:28 ends at 54:39
16.In the selected scene: write a sentence for each of the elements below to justify why this scene best represents the film:
You get Borden asking if a rubber ball is real, asking a man in the odence and then saying its a magic rubber ball, we also have Olivia asking Angier if he hurt him, he says no but he had a new trick, and saying it was the greatest magic trick he’d ever seen. Building us up to want to see it
Not including the music, the biggest things are the first door closing (which we see), a rubber ball bouncing across the ground (which we see), and a door opening (which we don’t see), followed by a few claps.
We never get to see the prestige of the trick, but it seems like he went through one door into a box, and came out a box that was not connected, but by watching Micheal cane’s face instead we can see all of that with out seeing it.
When Olivia and Angier talk his face is kind of light up, but mainly in the dark, making it seem mysterious, entreating us. the sage is light up semi well, it’s obvious that it not a high class place he’s preforming at
There is a single note playing, a humming, its unsettling, draws you in, again makes you really want to see the trick, building it up, as the note hums and gets louder. and the it cuts the second he bounces the ball
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LAB (THEORY PRACTICED)
Set a timer
Spend up to 15 minutes in this ‘room’
This week spend extra time on the Sneak on the Lot First Time User activity, if you need to
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OUTSIDE (CREATIVITY & THE BRAIN)
Set a timer
Spend up to 15 minutes outside, if you can safely
Go for a walk. Think about your life as a narrative for today. A story of today. You as the protagonist. What/who is your nemesis? Are you trying to win/accomplish something? What? Write notes here about what you thought… and experiment with your blog. Maybe change the theme? Have fun!
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WEEKLY ACTIVITY EVALUATION
Spend 3 minutes on this activity
Give feedback on this week’s class Content and Process
Teens are overwhelmed, partly because they don’t yet have the skills to manage the unprecedented amount of stuff that enters their brains each day. – from LifeHacker.com
“Your mind is for having ideas, not holding them.”
Your toughest work is defining what your work is! – Peter Drucker
SUMMARY
Write your weekly summary here, last, at the end of the week…
Only one to two sentences of WHAT YOU DID
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CLASSROOM (THEORY & ANALYSIS)
PRACTICE ROOM (TUTORIALS)
In this ‘room’ you are going to try Getting Things Done(GTD).
STEP 1: MAKE A LIST
Finish missing homework (not much to do)
Get current homework done
Read
Fix my car
give my self time to rest
Turn in my eagle scout application
STEP 2: NOTICE WHAT YOU NOTICED
Get current homework done
Finish missing homework (not much to do)
Read
Fix my car
Turn in my eagle scout application
give my self time to rest
STEP 3: SET A TIMER
Set a timer for your first task
Decide how long you think it will take before you start
Start working
Repeat this process for 45 minutes for as many tasks as you can complete, then take a 15-minute break
Get up and get a drink of water
Get up and go for a walk
Every 20 minute blink your eyes 20 times while looking at least 20 feet away
This is good for your eyes
Start steps 1 through 3 again, repeat for your school day
OUTSIDE (PRODUCTIVITY & THE BRAIN)
i think that the way to get to the top of the list is to work hard
It helps tame because you are more organized
OPTIONAL EXERCISE – Literally, read the article and go for another walk 🙂
“I coach C-suite executives and rising stars from the earliest startups to Fortune 100 companies. My passion is to help ambitious leaders achieve their full human potential.” – Read more about Katia…
WHAT I LEARNED and PROBLEMS I SOLVED
disperse your energy.
WEEKLY ACTIVITY EVALUATION
Give feedback on this week’s class Content and Process
A picture form the classic zombie horror movie Night Of The Living Dead
“You can’t fix a bad script after you start shooting. The problems on the page only get bigger as they move to the big screen.” – Howard Hawks
SUMMARY
I haven’t been keeping up with my class work very well. last weeks blog post confused me.
PRACTICE ROOM (TUTORIALS)
CLASSROOM (THEORY & ANALYSIS)
I did the History of film section in Break on to the lot
LAB (THEORY PRACTICED)
Life, Talking with people, not talking with people, silence, to much noise, homework, Boy Scouts, touching, people being in my bubble, repetitive noises, when I don’t understand others emotions, leaving a store if i didn’t buy anything, not having a routeing, having a routeing and having someone mess with it, going to family gatherings, missing family gatherings, the fact that i feel like i’m super annoying.
OUTSIDE (CREATIVITY & THE BRAIN)
the song don’t mess around with Jim. a romance that satirical different decades of romance films flicking through different decades art styles, clothing, and settings. a group of teens talk about what the think the wort way to die is and a hidden person picks them off one buy one killing them in that exact way. A group of friends try to make a indie horror film for a local film festive competition. A boy has a panic attack at school seeing what it feels like.
STUDIO (FILMING)
This is great. Dan Harmon is a legend and community is the best live action show ever made.
WHAT I LEARNED and PROBLEMS I SOLVED
That even though this stresses me out it’s easier to just to get it done
WEEKLY ACTIVITY EVALUATION
This was fairly simple it didn’t take me to long to finish, but it was difficult enough to be interesting
“The sequence of industrial, administrative, or other processes through which a piece of work passes from initiation to completion.” – lexico.com
What is a quality workflow? How do we develop it? Below are elements of the production cycle that most creative people move through as they create something. First, we must identify the stages of project production. What is each stage and what are the quality checks for each stage. Read on and find out!
Quality can be measure by how much someone is putting themselves into the work they do. If they don’t think it’s good then it won’t be. If some one truly loves what they’re doing it show. Even in something that everyone else thinks is bad, you can still see that they’re was love put into it. Quality is what you give. With cost you
Stages of Creation Development
Inspiration
Take from things that intrest you or you have experience with
WHAT TOOLS SHOULD WE USE?
We can use the tool of our memory and experiences to show your inspiration
WHAT PROCESS SHOULD WE USE?
Research the things that interest you even more then you already have to get down the information
HOW DO YOU MEASURE QUALITY?
You measure it by how much you’ve used your Inspirations in your work
WHO MEASURES QUALITY?
How proud you are of the work, the quality of inspirations is measured by how much you enjoyed making your work
Intention
How do we clarify our specific goal(s) for a project?
WHAT TOOLS SHOULD WE USE?
You can use email or trello to discuss with your group whats going on
WHAT PROCESS SHOULD WE USE?
Discuss with people, if you’re in a group discuss with your group
HOW DO YOU MEASURE QUALITY?
By how much collaboration you did
WHO MEASURES QUALITY?
If the end result is something that everyone is proud of
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Born: March 27, 1963, in Knoxville, Tennessee
Personal Success Definition
Some one who is successful by making art they enjoy making and are passionate about
He is successful because he has true passion and love for the films he makes. If you make a movie without passion then it’s just work.
Tarantino has made many films that millions of people enjoy. He is one of the biggest reasons I want to make films. His films show that a indie movie can be as successful and good as a main stream movie.
Skills for Success
He is very well known for not going to film school and dropping out of high school at 15. But he says acting lessons is what made him such a good director, because he knows the fundamentals of acting so it’s easier to direct actors.
Acting lessons, to understand the actors in his movies
Working at a rental store and getting familiar with a whole range of films
Stealing, he steals small bits from movies he loves and incorporates them into his films
His love in film and pop culure shows when you watch his films. They aren’t just great peaces of art. They’re also paying homage to films he loves.
How They Used These Skills
Heused all these skills by understanding how a film worked, he understood what he loved to see in front of the camera, and how to get that result from behind the camera
Challenges Overcome
He didn’t have much money to make a film, so he made an indie film which manly took place in one setting. This was Reservoir Dogs, which was a big box office and critical success. Getting him more money to make and tell more story’s.
Significant Work
He has said that he is going to make 10 movie (this counts if he directed and wrote it). Currently he has made 9. But he has help make a few others
Resources
last picture:https://bleedingfool.com/reviews/quentin-tarantinos-movies-ranked-the-definitive-ranking/