Film Blog 2017 (AJ)

Reflect On What You Feel You Did Best I think the thing my group did best on was our POV shot. I thought it looked really cool and was really well done, and looked realistic to falling. Reflect On What Your Peers Felt You Did Best With the video that was shown (Tommy's), everyone thought that the editing was amazing, and could even be called perfect. Reflect On What You Feel You Need To Improve On I think I personally need to work on my editing. Tommy I think needs to work on when he breaks out of character while on camera. Finally I think our most rough shot was the dolly, so our camerawomen could work on that. Write a statement on your strengths and weaknesses. Formulate a plan for what to focus on during future projects. I think our strongest suit was the actual recording itself. I know that personally my weakness was editing, but that was Tommy's strength. Overall, I think I need to work on editing, but our team worked really well with each other. What ca...

Name of the film: The Golem: How He Came Into The World Date that it was made: 1920 The name of the filmmaker/director: Carl Boese and Paul Wegener What makes this film fit into the German Expressionism movement: a.) Chiaroscuro (Bright colors contrasting dark colors) b.) Subjective POV (Very defensive of the Jews, maybe cause of racism in Germany?) c.) Urban setting (Very dark setting and seems to be in the middle of nowhere) d.) Complex architectural compositions (Stairs at around 3:30) Has this film inspired any other films, directors, or movements: The Limehouse Golem, a 2016 British film is said to be heavily inspired from the Golem movies. I think there is a chance it could have helped as a sort of propaganda against the Nazi's in World War 2, who's only fear of the Jews was actually the mystical golems. Name of the Film: Nosferatu Date It Was Made: 1922 The Name of the Filmmaker/Director: F. W. Murnau What makes this f...

After Watching Metropolis, In your view, what is the Mediator? I think the mediator for the theme of metropolis is knowledge. The true mediator is Freder, but it is not until he gains the knowledge of being a worker and the curiosity to go and see what it's like that jumpstarts the peace between the upper and middle classes of society. In the beginning of the movie, Freder is an unknowing child who does not know the harsh tones of work until he is exposed to it by Mary. Once this happens, he sets off on his long journey to becoming the mediator that Joh and the leader of the workers need in order to find peace. Is Fritz Lang trying to influence us?  Is he advocating for Capitalism? Communism?  Fascism?  I think he was trying to influence us, and I do not think he was advocating for capitalism or fascism. Fascism leaves only one person at the top of the food chain, and that is shown to be a bad thing, using the example of Joh Frederson being a smaller villai...