| The Journal assignment
requires that you address in 2 Pages (at least 500 words) Not 1, 1.5, or 1.75 BUT 2 Pages
Address several aspects of the film that you deem as important (for example: Pick a particular character and discuss that character's trait, how about an action. Choose a scene and analyze the setting, (mise-en-scene) what about the lighting, was it low, high, harsh, soft? Were there more daylight or interior scenes? And..What about music or Sound? Research it, look it up online and determine who contributed to the sound design or editing or the Music. Take a look at the film's editing. Discuss how a particular scene was presented as an idea implied or stated. The films include: The Cooler, The Player, American Splendor, Sex Lies and Videotapes. You need to write about 3 of these films. Be sure that each paragraph explains at least one major aspect, and make sure you give enough specifics so that the paragraph's point is clear and persuasive. For instance, in the editing of the film, Sex, Lies and Videotape L-Cuts were utilized to potentially compress time where the viewer saw the road ahead from the character's point of view but heard the conversation of the wife, Ann Mullany speaking to her therapist. The
Cinematography in the Player provided a great
deal to discuss starting with the opening scene's camera work. The
camera work was produced on a crane high above a film studio, it moved
in and out of office windows tracking the action of the scene, hence it
is referred to as a, "Tracking Shot."
In this scene you are presented the opening of he film nearly with the
point of view or perspective, of a voyeur. In 8 and a half minutes this
scene introduces the viewer to where the primary character, Griffin
Mill works, in a Hollywood Movie Studio where he listens to story ideas
or "pitches" for films from screenwriters and potential producers.
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