Film Shot/Technique

1. Close-up, high key lighting
2. High angle
3. Panning
4. Tracking shot
5. Crane shot
6. Long shot
7. Bottom lighting
8. Rear lighting
9. Super Imposition
10. Eye-line match

Sunset Boulevard Chart

1. Male Characters

• Joe
• Max
• Demile
• Artie

2. Female Characters

• Norma
• Betty

3. Silent Film Style Narratives

• dark
• mirrors
• Joe = Narrator

4. Silent Film V. Hollywood

• you have to be ruthless to get ahead
• violence sells
• Silent film actors were just kicked out when the "talkies" began

Rebel Without A Cause Q's

1. They communicate about youth and rebellion by stating that rebels don't have a cause, that they rebel because of family issues.
2. Jim is seen as the unhappy child with a dad that doesn't play his role. The mom is seen as the power of the house. Judy is also unhappy because of her relationship with her father. Plato doesn't feel loved by his parents and is brought into the police station for drowning puppies. All these characters are connected because they're not getting love from the people around them. Objects play a role in the film as well. The mirror device is used to bring them together, and Ray's shooting links the three. Another scene is when Jim tries to give Plato's his coat.
3. When Plato is shot, the camera tilts after he is shot. This makes the scene more dramatic. Unique lighting is also used with the police headlights. Plato's socks also plays a role which the characters feel a connection between them after looking at it. His color of his socks make it stand out dramatically.
4. Colors played a role in the film. The red jacket stood out showing how he felt isolated from the world. Plato's socks also shows that he is disturbed with the mismatched socks. Connects all the main characters with the color of red.
5. They are like Romeo and Juliet because they sneak out and are rebellious to their parents. The father also disapproves of Jim. Natalie Wood is in both films and lots of red is used in both. The differences would be the dialogue, as well as the weapons and clothes.
6. The big,ominous place above L.A make it an effective setting. Its a play to run away and hide. The universe is ending and they want to find their place in the world. The problems of the three characters are insignificant compared to the universe ending. Plato is scared of the world ending because he's so lonely.
7. It is important because his dad is a "chicken". Jim comes back to this word because he wants to prove to the world and himself that he is a man (more like his mom). He wants to show he also has honor, becaues his dad is a liar and all of the adults are unscrupulous.
8. It shows that gangs just follow what ever the leader tells them to do. They have no idea what else to do with their lives but to be told what to do.
9. Jim is shown as an outsider with the crest and seal. He also makes the moo noise and makes people laugh in the theater. In the beginning, he asks for directions to the school and offers Judy a ride, but she refuses and tells him she has her own friends. The red coat once again shows he is an outsider.
10. Jim and Terry are both tough guys, but are sensitive especially towards the girls they like. Plato and Jimmy both look up to their father figures and are the older brother type of guys. Judy and Edie are the love interests. Judy is immature and Edie is more of the strong character. Father Berry and Juvenile Officer both want to keep young people out of trouble.

Citizen Kane Q's

1: I think that all of the different points of view agree with each other. The only different thing would have been between people. I think Kane is still somewhat of a mystery but we get a general idea of what kind of person he was.

2: He wants everyone to love him. He wants love from the readers of his newspaper, from his political supporters, from his second wife, and from life. He buys there love, and that stands in the way. He wasn’t successful in the end. Both his wives left him, and his friend from the newspaper. And he wasn’t elected. He was screwed.

3: He built a newspaper empire in order to reach out to people so that they would love him. He built things for people just to win there love. These things that he built brought him happiness. He got to reach out to people but his staff and eventually readers didn't want him and niether did Susan.

4: At the end of the movie, “Rosebud” was a word on his sleigh as a child. The last thing he was doing before he was taken from his family by the banker was playing on his sleigh.

6: For the newspaper, Orson Welles wants to show us that the people of the newspaper lie. Kane wants to let the readers of the inquirer to know that he was going to tell all of the news honestly, truthfully and not leave anything out,but after a couple years he goes back.

7: You can see people in the background and know what they do in the other scenes. Also it helps when someone is walking to or from the camera there like getting important or not important.

8: I think that Kane has an urge to collect things because he feels that he had so much taken away from him early in his life. At a young age he was taken away from the things that attracted him. So he was happy to have all these things again. And I think he has an attachment issue.

10: I think that Kane did these things to himself. So i dont feel bad for him. He made people not like him, he tried to buy people’s love. So he deserved he to lose everything. In the end, he was a bitter old man

Film Shot/Technique

1. close up

2. high angle

3.Pan

4. dolly/tracking

5. Crane Shot

6. long shot/chiarroscuro lighting

7. bottom lighting

8.

9.superimposition

10. eyeline match

On The Waterfront Q's

1. I think that he's mostly hard-headed , brave and he also is very strong, but he also has a soft side to him too. I think in group loyalty you draw the line when you have to take responsibility in your actions. Meaning things that mean something and are going to affect you come first then a gang comes next.

2. He articulates the code he goes and lives by on the mobs expectations. He fallows the mobs rules through it all but still keeps his own priorities on track. Mainly he fallows the mob. He begins to question it because he has other things to take care of but yet he doesn't want to let anyone down.

3. Terry and Edie went way back since forever. They were friends very good ones too. She sees the good in him, cause the remet at the church and he got her out so she wouldn't get hurt. She brings out the good in him. They give eachothers trust and bring out one another's qualities.

4. He did really good on capturing the real feel, his facial expressions look very real and natural which adds to his ability on capturing the feeling. The capture doesnt show any hollywood characteristics. The method acting and natural lighting contributes to films realism. Kazan showed a different kind of camera work.

5. Brando strengths as an actor is that he uses his body language to portray what hes saying rather than actually saying what he wants to. The roles hes best suited for is the ones that acts like a bad boy role. He has the roles that put more emphasis on "bad".

Blog Review

-Silent Film
-Hollywood Censorship (MPAA)
- Screwball Comedy
-Method Acting
-Film Noir
In our timeline, we are around 1941.
Some events from the Hollywood Unit are the conversion of silent movies to sound and from black-and-white to color. Also the Hollywood Studio System is improved. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences are established and Orson Welles madeCitizen Kane which ranked #1 in critics' lists of the top 10 international films of all time.

Film Noir Hard-Boiled Dialogue

-Hey Grifter,

-Hey Greaser, So did you go glaum the hooch store, or were you over the edge with the rams?

-No, i had a house dick come to my place last night with a warrent, he thought I kidnapped a newshawk, so I pooped him.

-Your such a boob.

-I need you to hid my bean-shooter. I'm behind the eight ball right now.

-Alright I'll cheese it. just take it on the heel and toe.

Ebert's Hook

What is Roger Ebert's hook?

His hook is comparing Mark Zuckerberg to Bobby Fischer/us

What background does he give?

He tells us what, and who the movie is based on.

Does Ebert discuss the film techniques?

No

If you have seen the movie, do you agree with his opinion about the movie?

I haven't seen this movie yet.

Citizen Kane Questions

Project Critique

"Key":

1. Organization 1 2 3

2. Creativity 1 2 3

3. Entertainment 1 2 3

James Project:

1. 3

2. 3

3. 2

He researched extra information.

Jeff"s Group:

1. 3

2. 3

3. 3

I liked the very creative videos.

Gina's Group:

1. 3

2. 3

3. 3

I liked the Charlie Chaplin song. it was cool that they included it

Casablanca Questions

Casablanca Questions

1. It was an awesome movie. It didn't even bother me that it was an old movie and in black and white, It felt like I was just watching a modern style movie, and it was a good romantic movie too. It wasn't too dramatic, it had some good characters and great acting and I felt it was overall a well balanced film

2. WWII took place in the 1940's. It consisted mainly of Germany and Italy against the rest of Europe, then in 1941 the US joined the war due to the attack on Pearl Harbor.

3. Italian, French, German, and American. The Jews however were not portrayed in the film maybe because of racism. It was early in WWll and racism for jews were still high. People didn’t think what was happening in the war was that bad. They didn’t think Jews were being wiped out and America thought that the Europeans could handle it.

4. In the beginning of the movie Rick shows that he is selfish and doesn't want to help anyone but I started to change my mind when he help the lady's husband win money at the gambling table.

5. You learn that they both loved each other. It also clear things up with Ilsa and why she “left” Rick. It was because she thought he was dead. This also explains why Rick allowed Ilsa to leave, it was because he loved her

6. Ilsa and Lazio have a healthy relationship they don't show their affection too much during the film but, you know they care for each other. Renault and Strasser share the power by telling each other their ideas and helping them out. And Rick and Sam have known each other since before the invasion of France, and have been together ever since.

7. Nowadays you don't see too much of it, only in certain movies that have to do with gangs or the mafia or drug lords like Bad Boys 1 and 2.

8. Now he's sure he can trust Renault and so they become friends because they can trust each other. In a sequel you would probably see them helping more people out and getting into more trouble.

Silent Film Review 2

1. Great Train Robbery by Edwin Porter

Had plot and color

2.Birth of a Nation by D.W Grifitth

Tracking shots, color editing.

3. Arrival of a Train by Lumiere Brothers

Gives illusion of train coming at you, long/medium/close-up shots

Silent Film Review 1

1. Metropolis by Fritz Lang

chiaroscuro lighting, futuristic

Cabinet of Doctor Calagari by Robert Weine,

unreal sets, charoscuro lighting

Trip to the Moon by Georges Melies,

fades, superimposition

The General by Clyde Bruckman and Buster Keaton,

tracking shots, crazy stunts

Modern Times by Charlie Chaplin,

slapstick comedy, allusions