Nora Martinez’s HUM210 Blog

 I replied to:
Robb,
http://rwoler.uniblogs.org/2006/04/28/module-8-resource-about-reading/
 
Diane,
http://dcantalupo.uniblogs.org/2006/04/27/module-8-reflection-on-reading-viewing/
 
Kari
http://kvosika.uniblogs.org/2006/04/29/report-on-reading/
 
I find that I enjoy special effects in films. However I also don’t believe that they don’t make the movie great. These effects and techniques will probably always be a part of film and story telling and while audiences tastes will shift the desire to bigger and better in no going to disappear. […]

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Module eight is an introduction to digital editing, I found it interesting to read about how digital editing is just a modern version of the old special effects. I found the quote by Sobchack on page 209 very interesting, and to consider that the special effects could actually be the show piece and that the […]

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This site belongs to a company offering digital editing services. I was trying to find an article about digital editing and I actually found this site. It offers information on their digital editing services which includes digital editing in High Definition. They also explain that once film in on the digital element the editing process […]

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This website talks about the general expectation of trilogy movies. According to this website middle episodes are usually disappointing, however, Star Wars episode II went beyond expectations. It seems like the main reason for this movie was to work it out as a bridge between the movies the Phantom Menace and Episode III, which made […]

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Nora Martinez
Hum210
Sec 5438
 
 
 
 
 
George Lucas Writer and Director
 
 
George Lucas was born the 14th day of May 1944 in Modesto California. During his teenage years Lucas was very fascinated with drag car racing and was thinking about becoming a professional racecar driver, however, life had other plans for George Lucas. After his high school graduation he suffered […]

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I replied to:
 
Kari’s
http://kvosika.uniblogs.org/2006/04/19/report-on-resource-from-reading-viewing/
 
 
Diane’s
http://dcantalupo.uniblogs.org/2006/04/20/module-7-reflection-on-reading-viewing/
 
Sarah,
http://spolingyumptewa.uniblogs.org/2006/04/21/report-on-a-resource-about-a-film-element-module-7/
 
Reflection on the module
 
This module seemed to be pretty light. I felt that the information on genre films put a lot of clarity on my recent experiences this last year with the theater and films. While the movies are the ultimate example of pop culture, genre film making and Hollywood hype are not […]

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I found a site that I seem to share several opinions with. They also draw the same conclusion I reached about the films we watched being attempts to draw on two audiences of die hard fans in a mostly slapped together plot. I recall seeing the predator vs. Alien promos thinking it was going to […]

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I found this source on genres. The site has quite a lot of critical analysis of what a genre really is and how as a society we separate and identify different genres. It seems that we tend to often associate things with each other and categorize into general groups. I found some interesting research here […]

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I found this source on genres. The site has quite a lot of critical analysis of what a genre really is and how as a society we separate and identify different genres. It seems that we tend to often associate things with each other and categorize into general groups. I found some interesting research here […]

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Romantic Comedy
 
This website has many very good insights about what a romantic comedy should be. It is interesting to know how difficult it can be for romantic comedies to achieve success as a comedy and still be sufficiently romantic for the audience. According to the site a romantic comedy is a mixture between a dramatic […]

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