Nora Martinez’s HUM210 Blog

Tempo is the rat eat which the scenes or film flows. It can be used to create different feelings in the audience as well as be an important part of how different aspects of the film will be delivered. The resource I found describes it the manipulation of time and space by a director to […]

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I found a site that explains several film editing techniques. It names the technique referred to a expected continuity. From what I understand about Continuity Editing they are the same type of editing. They utilize techniques to demonstrate the natural flow of the scene to affect the audience in different ways possibly to explain an […]

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I found a film review of the Aviator that compares it to some of Martin Scorese’s other work. It also mentions how the role played by DiCaprio and how it was a good role for him to grow with. A lot of comparisons to the production company Miramax’s other big films that were being worked […]

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I found a resource that gets in to the down and dirty aspects of film casting. I found that its mention of how the “B-List actors” and other non top pay grade actors have agents who would rather have them working dead end roles rather than holding out for the career making role. It also […]

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The chapter discussed quite a few movies with big name actors that I don’t recall ever seeing. Actually I don’t even recall anything about some of the movies mentioned, I guess that this might have to do with them not doing well. It is interesting how actors feel pressure to prove them selves in different […]

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I responded to Denise B.
http://dbedwell.uniblogs.org/2006/03/12/reflections-on-the-movies/#comments 

 Sarah  P.
http://spolingyumptewa.uniblogs.org/2006/03/12/report-on-a-resource-about-a-film-element-2/#comments

 Diane C.
http://dcantalupo.uniblogs.org/2006/03/10/module-4-reflection-on-reading-viewing/#comments
I found the different camera positions and methods to be very enlightening. It is often that when watching movies now I look at all of the work that goes into making the different shots look real. It is really obvious all of the advances in technology that help film […]

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I am choosing George Lucas because I really enjoy his films. Of course everyone knows Star Wars but I had never been a fan until the Revenge of the Sith Came out. My boyfriend is a big Star Wars fan and I bought tickets to the sneak preview as a surprise. I had not realized […]

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Three Point Lighting
 
The technical description of three point lighting I found in an online geocities glossary that draws from Bordwell/Thompson’s Film Art or Monaco’s How to Read a Film:
three-point lighting
a common arrangement using three directions of light on a scene: from behind the subject(backlighting), from one bright source(key light), and from a less bright source […]

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I choose to do additional searches on The Rainmaker movie, I have never been a big fan of lawyer movies or shows but I remember seeing The Rainmaker when it came out in theaters and being really moved Danny the boy with leukemia. It is interesting that Francis Ford Coppola wrote the screen play and […]

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A particular line in the book about who the author of the film really is caught my attention and I started searching. I had always heard and understood that the director was given the credit for the film. I found a site discussing the differences between the Schreiber, and the Auteur theories about who should […]

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