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The usage of the first 25 shots depicts the setting and plot of the movie, "The Parent Trap", directed by Nancy Meyers in 1998. These shots enable the audience to have in mind what the story is about and perhaps trigger the interest of them into c...
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- Hihi to whoever is reading this! Karmun is me! A normal high school student from Singapore who is currently studying at Shanghai American School. And I'm graduating in May 2009! Whoots! :)
Okay, so in order to let you know me better...
I lived in Singapore for 14 years and this is my 4th year in Shanghai. I have a brother who is four years younger than me. I can speak English, Chinese and Cantonese. Hehe trilingual! Anyway, I am currently taking the film lit course this semester and enjoying it. :)
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Key Features Of 1 Of The 3 Acts
Choose a movie and view it for 30 minutes. Identify the key features of 1 of the 3 acts.
-Movie: National Treasure: Book of Secrets (2007)
-Director: Jon Turteltaub
-Duration: 2 hours 35 minutes
Key features:
Act 1
-Hook: history – civil war (Thomas gates – break the code)
-complication – who is this guy that killed president Lincoln? Why? “war has just begun”?
-we know why Nicholas gates wants the treasure; to clear Thomas gates name (innocence that he didn’t lie about why he bur… Continue
-Movie: National Treasure: Book of Secrets (2007)
-Director: Jon Turteltaub
-Duration: 2 hours 35 minutes
Key features:
Act 1
-Hook: history – civil war (Thomas gates – break the code)
-complication – who is this guy that killed president Lincoln? Why? “war has just begun”?
-we know why Nicholas gates wants the treasure; to clear Thomas gates name (innocence that he didn’t lie about why he bur… Continue
Posted on February 25, 2009 at 1:58pm —
4 Choices The Director Made
The four choices that the director made on the movie “The Parent Trap” were the characters chosen in the movie, the different setting of areas in the movie, the sound effects used in the movie when appropriated and the transitioning of one scene to the other.
The main characters of this movie are the twins. The story itself also describes much of the twins’ life like how they met each other in the beginning and then ended up with how they got together and found their family. Hence, the director… Continue
The main characters of this movie are the twins. The story itself also describes much of the twins’ life like how they met each other in the beginning and then ended up with how they got together and found their family. Hence, the director… Continue
Posted on February 25, 2009 at 1:57pm —
"The Parent Trap" First 25 Shots Analysis Paragraph
The usage of the first 25 shots depicts the setting and plot of the movie, "The Parent Trap", directed by Nancy Meyers in 1998. These shots enable the audience to have in mind what the story is about and perhaps trigger the interest of them into continue watching the movie. The first few shots shown in the movie are close ups. This gives us the place setting to where the story is taking place – on a ship at the sea. Next, the movie displays more close up shots to portray the characters in the mo… Continue
Posted on February 9, 2009 at 12:00am —
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IBY2- don't forget to edit this discussion or create a new one. You have ALOT due this week and I don't want you to fall behind! I can't give you an extension because I need to know you are SET TO GO with your work before I leave!
You're probably thinking "where is Joe's analysis?".
Well, there's no way for me to exclude the tardiness on this work other than that i am a lazy bum and never get my work done :) Anyways, here it is.
I chose to analyse the scene where the expla...
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Right now the idea is too complex and the story arc is too vague. You ask too many questions and answer none of them. What is dystopian about the society? How is that representative of China? How can you represent this dystopia? What are s...
I thought Cailin's analysis was very well done, she seemed to touch upon all points and definitely studied the scene. She touched upon very specific points such as what the shadows on the face indicated, how the cuts were used and associated key p...
In Run Lola Run, In the opening scene of the movie there are some very interesting techniques used in order to get a certain reaction out of the viewer. directly after the credits the shot fades to a coo coo clock that is sped up, which is symboli...
Here's the general outline we did in class - Megin and Eugene feel free to elaborate.
Exposition: knock – Noah’s brother gives him a map (nametags) – then is taken away – fade – radio playing
Rising Action: clues that he’s being followed as he se...
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