Nora Martinez’s HUM210 Blog

I agree with so many statements in the chapter. It is for my self very difficult to be interested in many of the movies that have come out recently. So many remakes with a twist seem to be the new Hollywood recipe for success. I can find more enjoyment at the movie rental store or […]

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Star Wars IV. Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope. Absolute Astronomy.org. No date of posting/revision given. Absolute Astronomy 04/15/06. http://www.absoluteastronomy.com/ref/star_wars_episode_iv_a_new_hope2>.
 
Absolute astronomy.com is mostly dedicated to astronomy, however it dew from the Wikipedia online dictionary for a detailed account of the Starwars IV A new hope in its original context before it had changes to […]

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I replied to the following people:
Robb,
http://rwoler.uniblogs.org/2006/04/14/module-6-resource-on-film-element/
Diane,
http://dcantalupo.uniblogs.org/2006/04/13/module-6-reflection-on-reading-viewing/
Heidi,
http://hwilhite.uniblogs.org/2006/04/14/module-6-report-on-resource-about-the-reading/
 
 
I found the look at the independent film industry very interesting. It seems like they might not be the cutting edge of special effects, but they definitely lead the way with creative camera techniques and especially drama and controversial topics. The Film sex lies and video tape I though was […]

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I replied to the following people:
Robb,
http://rwoler.uniblogs.org/2006/04/14/module-6-resource-on-film-element/
Diane,
http://dcantalupo.uniblogs.org/2006/04/13/module-6-reflection-on-reading-viewing/
Heidi,
http://hwilhite.uniblogs.org/2006/04/14/module-6-report-on-resource-about-the-reading/
 
 
I found the look at the independent film industry very interesting. It seems like they might not be the cutting edge of special effects, but they definitely lead the way with creative camera techniques and especially drama and controversial topics. The Film sex lies and video tape I though was […]

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Narration / Voice Over

Narration and voiceovers can definitely be considered a nondiegetic sounds. I found this site that has a lot of essays dedicated to the use of narration in film making. I found an article written about the overview of voiceovers and a leading for the articles. It mentions how even though its use […]

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I found a resource that gives an historical account of the Life of Malcolm X. According to the authors of the article the Movie done by Spike Lee hold very close to the actual historical events of Malcolm X’s life. I am glad to know a little more about Malcolm X. When I was in […]

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I found a site for The Chlotrudis Society for Independent Film. It was a lot of information on new and upcoming independent films. It looks like the show a lot of them at the Theater at Harvard University in Boston. I believe the site is related to the School at least somewhat. It was interesting […]

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I enjoyed the reading; it is interesting to better understand the Independent film industry.  I think that independent films are definitely at a huge disadvantage; however it is interesting to see the attention given to them by Hollywood. It seems that many of the “indie” films are successful enough to encourage Hollywood’s money out of […]

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I responded to the following:
Denise,   http://dbedwell.uniblogs.org/2006/03/31/resource-on-two-film-elements/
Heidi,    http://hwilhite.uniblogs.org/2006/04/01/module-5-reflection-on-the-reading-and-viewing/
Kari,   http://kvosika.uniblogs.org/2006/03/29/report-onresource-for-reading-and-viewing-module-5/
 
I really enjoyed the reading, it is always interesting read about the casting process and watching the different actors try and try to be recognized as great actors. It is funny to think that the actors who supposedly suppose to only do what the director says can make […]

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