Blog Post #5

Title: American History X :Directed by: Tony Kaye : Music Title: Complications :Music by: Anne Dudley

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American History X is one of the most saddest heartbreaking films I have ever seen but it is also a very real and amazing film. Unfortunately racism like this has occurred and are worst than what we see in the film and that is the sad reality of our history. The music in the film helps create a very unsettling and uneasy place for these people to live. You feel like you yourself is being drawn in by the music, that when you walk down a street you have to look over your shoulder. The characters are white supremacists that are racist to every race but their own. The setting takes place in the heart of the hood where there is major segregation and hate from all types of race and color. Anne Dudley did an amazing tone to kind of get in the head of the characters. The music piece I choose was Complications from the scene major scene of the whole movie where these African American men are breaking into the main character Derricks car and his younger brother Danny tells him. He prepares to go outside with his gun loaded and the action begins. The music in this scene makes you want to grip the pillow and you can feel your heart beating, kind of like you are expierening it with the characters. The music dramatically gets low and all of gets higher and higher and when Derrick explodes out of the house you hear the silent bangs of the gun and no back ground music. Thats when things get very intense and the music just plays on from there getting louder and a type of rushing tone to it. The music really draws out emotions to help you really get into the movie. I believe the background music really dramaticised the film and made it as great as it is. I cried at this part, and felt a rush of aderaline pumping as I wondered whats going to happen. I grabbed a pillow and I could just hear my heart beating out of my chest like I was so nervous and just in a horrified awe of what I was watching. The music for this scene was absolutely amazing. Dudley did an amazing job with creating a horrifying and seat clenching music to help really make the scene stick to viewers. Her work in this whole movie really did add alot of drama and heart pounding moments to make this movie really great. 

Blog Post #4

The person I chose is a writer and director Todd Phillips who worked on Due Date, The Hangover Part 2 and Road Trip focusing more on comedy. This interview aired June 1st 2011.
From listening to Todd speak he is really big on asking viewers their opinions especially for the naming of the Hangover 2, he decided to call it the Hangover Part 2 instead of Hangover number 2. The way he portrays most of his movies is creating a surreal and sense of reality in his movies. He believes in life we all go through absurd situations but in a sense it is a part of reality that he likes to incorporate into movies to really connect to viewers. He believes people talk to each other in colors but if you take all that out you get the truth of how young adults and people really talk now a days. Its all about keeping up with the generation and trying to produce something that keeps people entertained.
In his interview Todd Phillips quoted " Never apologize for bad behavior in these comedy movies." I believe this is a significant quote because most directors in my opinion feel like using such vaguer language and inappropriate language is crossing some sort of line but Phillips isn't afraid to go above and beyond and having no line of boundary to make is movie work accordingly. I really like that about a director who isn't afraid to reach out to a younger demographic and in some sense make adults who are against saying certain things laugh and crack a smile.
The second quote I got from Phillips is," People think that children are magical little creatures, but they are just little people just as screwed up as adults, If anything I don't think they are as precious but more resilient than adults." I honestly thought this quote was very funny when I heard it. He stated in his films he doesn't use kids like they are kids but if he needs them to be vaguer and inappropriate in his movies he will. It really made me laugh because when I heard him say this I think of a rebellious high school kid just not caring and he is a very well known director that doesn't have the same mentality about children like most of the world does.
The last quote I choose is "When you try and make a movie to please everybody you end up making a movie for nobody." This quote doesn't just apply to movies but it applies to life. Not every person likes the same things, everyone is different in their own way. Phillips said his goal is to please the people that enjoy watching comedy and that the audience he mostly tries to please. A lot of people out their who don't enough certain type of inappropriate humor wont enjoy his certain type of movies
In my opinion I think his movies are so funny and inappropriate at times but not to the extreme. I choose him because I enjoyed Hangover Part 2 and when I saw the other movies he directed I knew his personality incorporated into these movies were not like any other director. He reminded me in a way of the rebellious kid in high school who was not only a bad boy but also very funny and intelligent. He spoke with a voice of confidence and truly capable of saying what he felt of regardless of the reaction he got back.

Blog Post #3

OVERALL LOOK The overall look in this film was for us as the viewers to live in the life of the maim characters physical state of being paralyzed. The way the camera movement and angel was, was as if we the viewers were the ones paralyzed. The vocie over of his voice displayed was not him actually speaking but what he was thinking. There was even a part in the movie where he was yelling trying to speak and no one could here him up us. IMAGE The images that conveyed information that wasnt from the dialogue or the actions of the main character I believe was the scene when he was underwater in a whole body suit with this thing over his head. He was kind of portraying this image of being trapped im his own body. Not being able to have a voice for himself no matter how loud he might try to scream. Another image being portrayed is when he sits by himself out in the ocean on a dock showing he is surrounded by loneliness. SHOT LENGTHS There was alot of rapid lengths of shots and close up shots used. The shots were to try and see everything through the main characters eyes. When he would try and focus on certain things to understand exactly what was going on. The only way he could communicate was through his eyes. SHOT TYPES The shot types shown in this film was alot of close up, extreme close up, extreme long shots to see all the character cant and we can. To show hes living in a world that he cant even get to experience anymore. CAMERA ANGLES The main camera angle throughout this whole movie was POV. We as the audience watching the movie was looking through the eyes of the main character. There were many of times when there were flash backs or the angle would change to show the character. There were many low angle shots to get the distinct feel that he the main character was paralized and certain positions he was put in he couldn't see anything. COMPOSITION In the film there was alot of extreme close up of the people he was observing. To the close up of the womens lips, eyes, and close ups of their face. There was alot of long shots when it came to the scenery outside to show serenity and the only sense of beauty and freedom he had to escape the realities of his world, Him being a vegetable. There was some scenes of cutaway when he was at the beach with his family and he was watching his kids and ex wife dance and play and attempt to show him some love by being around him and singing. CINEMATOGRAPHY STYLES The cinematography in the film draws attention and shows the emotional stressful and agonizing time the character is going through throughout the film. It includes different camera angles, frames, lights, ane shot angles and lengths.

Short Clips of Gary Oldman

Harry Potter Prisoner of Azkaban The Dark Knight

Gary Oldman

Gary Oldman

"My passion and energy get mistaken for anger."

-Born March 21, 1958 in London, England
 - birth name is Leonard Gary Oldman also known as Gaz
 - English screen and stage actor, filmmaker and musician
- he is best-known for playing over the top antagonists and heroic roles in Harry Potter and Dark Knight.
- Won a scholarship to Britain's Rose Bruford Drama College where he received his BA in theatre arts in 1979. He appeared in numbers of plays throughout the early 80s.
- "The Popes Wedding" receiving an award for Best Newcomer of 1985-1986
- Remembrance (1982)
 - most memorable early role came when he sang Sex Pistol Sid Vicious in Sid and Nancy (1986)
- received a best actor nomination for Joe Orton in Prick Up Your Ears (1987)
- played Sirius Black in Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004) which he continued his role in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire(2005) and Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2007)
- he also played a Detective James Gordon in Batman Begins(2005)and also played again in The Dark Knight(2008) and The Dark Knight Rises (2012)
- has three children, one with his first wife Lesley Manville and two with third wife Donya Fioentino. He is currently married to Alexandra Edenborough.
- his ability to transform himself physically and command of accents have allowed him to play a broad range of characters and a number of historical figures including Lee Harvey Oswalk in JFK (1991) and Ludwig van Beethoven in Immortal Beloved (1994)
- Characters are borderline psychotics.
 - plays a wide variety of roles that often requires a variety of different accents
- he is able to change his voice and appearance to make unique characters
-plays reluctant Heroes who assist main character and real-life individuals or iconic fictional characters.
 - he stated in a 1995 interview that he would rather be a musician than an actor
-directed, produced and wrote the award winning Nil by Mouth (based mostly on his own childhood.

List of movies

 The Dark Knight Rises 2012 Commissioner Gordon
Lawless 2012 Floyd Banner
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy 2011 George Smiley
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 2011 Sirius Black
Kung Fu Panda 2 2011 Shen
Red Riding Hood 2011 Solomon
Guns, Girls and Gambling 2011 Elvis
Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy 2011 George Smiley
Criminal Empire for Dummy’s 2011
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 2011 Sirius Black
Kung Fu Panda 2 2011 Shen
Red Riding Hood 2011 Solomon
The Book of Eli 2010 Carnegie
Planet 51 2009 General Grawl
A Christmas Carol 2009 Bob Cratchit / Marley / Tiny Tim
Rain Fall 2009 William Holtzer
The Unborn 2009 Rabbi Sendak
The Dark Knight 2008 Gordon
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix 2007 Sirius Black
BackWoods 2006 Paul
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire 2005 Sirius Black
Dead Fish 2005 Lynch
Batman Begins 2005 Jim Gordon
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban 2004 Sirius Black
Sin 2003 Charlie Strom
Tiptoes 2003 Rolfe
Interstate 60: Episodes of the Road 2002 O.W. Grant
Hannibal 2001 Mason Verger
Nobody’s Baby 2001 Buford Dill
The Contender 2000 Shelly Runyon
Jesus 1999 Pontius Pilate
The Magic Sword: Quest for Camelot 1998 Ruber
Lost in Space 1998 Dr. Zachary Smith / Spider Smith
Air Force One 1997 Ivan Korshunov
The Fifth Element 1997 Jean-Baptiste Emanuel Zorg
Basquiat 1996 Albert Milo
The Scarlet Letter 1995 Rev. Arthur Dimmesdale
Murder in the First 1995 Milton Glenn
Immortal Beloved 1994 Ludwig van Beethoven
Leon: The Professional 1994 Stansfield
Romeo Is Bleeding 1993 Jack Grimaldi
True Romance 1993 Drexl Spivey
Dracula 1992 Dracula
JFK 1991 Lee Harvey Oswald
Henry & June 1990 Pop
State of Grace 1990 Jackie Flannery
Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead 1990 Rosencrantz
Chattahoochee 1989 Emmett Foley
We Think the World of You 1988 Johnny
Criminal Law 1988 Ben Chase
Track 29 1988 Martin
Prick Up Your Ears 1987 Joe Orton
Sid and Nancy 1986 Sid Vicious
Meantime 1984 Coxy
Remembrance 1982 Daniel

#1 Film Criteria Cont..

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#1 Film Criteria

1) In my opinion a movie there is alot that makes a movie an award winning movie. Its not just the story line or how well the story is put together. I look at how the story flows and as the time plays on different things catch my example. One big thing for me is background. I like when the background of a movie also grabs my attention. It makes me feel like im actually in the room witnessing the movie happening right before my eyes. Lighting also plays a big part because it puts a big empasize on the mood and in its own way can make all the difference in a film. Emotions are tough for me to show so I enjoy watching movies that can bring them out. Music also helps put emphasis on what is going on and initally when intense music plays and all of a sudden stops I can feel my brain trying to figure out what happens next. When it surprises me thats what really makes me like a film. Im the biggest observer so movies that dont flow or make sense to me I just stop watching.

2) In all honesty the films were very boring but very different from the films we get to see now a days. The background in both films really caught my attention. Props and making it come to life really seemed to play a big part in helping carry out the plot of the films. The narrator was pretty boring but I could tell the different emotions by the way the characters were acting.

3) one of my favorite movies that I really enjoyed had to be "Grand Torino" with clint eastwood. I really enjoyed this movie due to the storyline it carried out through the whole movie. It really left me on my toes and had different types of emotions running through me. I cried when I watched this movie. Another movie that had we crying and I consider a great movie was " The End Of Watch." The horrific yet truthful events that took place left me speechless. This movie was great and I truely recommend it.