Hurt Locker Analysis

1. Over the last few days we watched the Hurt Locker, the movie is based on the everyday fight that American soldiers face being overseas and away from home. This movie focuses on the soldiers who disarm bombs on an every-day basis. Because this movie is based on the war that is happening now, it creates a bigger impact on the audience because on feels closer to the soldiers as they go out and risk their lives.

2. This movie is based off the Iraq war that is happening at the moment. This movie was shot at the height of the war, when the American forces had taken control over the city. This is important to know because it gives the audience an idea as to what is going on at the time of war. Also in relation to time it gives the audience a better connection to the characters of the film because we live in the same society that they do. This film relates to various war films such as Black Hawk Down because they are both based on similar topics. An underlying thematic thread is that war can only be defined by those who have experienced it firsthand.

3. The costume design helps bring reality to the movie in general, because the audience thinks that the soldiers are actually in war and that. The setting helps create or establish the life that a soldier has in war. For example the streets are very realistic to the point that one thinks that everything was shot on location. Thus all these factors put together help create an atmospherere for war that is present throughout the film. The actors do a good job in conveying the real emotions that a soldier must feel in time of war. The production design helped the movie reveal in a way that the audience slowly gets to know and feel more for the soldiers out at war as events cause them to make critical decisions that could keep them alive.

4. The style of this movie is realistic; this is because all the shooting is done in a way that emphasizes the reality of the situations that the soldiers are facing. This movie experiments with various angles of shooting, which make every shot unique and further brings emphasizes on the unique situation that the soldiers are in. There was a lot of camera blocking in this film, which was done so that one can focus on what is being presented in front of them, something that would bring further emphasis as the movie goes on. In this film there is a dominant character in every shot that involves an American soldier and an insurgent. This is done so that one can see that soldiers are dominant over the people in that town. The camera is up close on every character in this film so that one can create a connection with the character also so that we can feel what the soldier must be going through at the time. The film is mostly all shot using natural lighting; this brings the realistic view to the film as a whole.

5. This film uses a classical editing style; this is seen through the various sequence shots that are used throughout the film. The director manipulates time to show that time in war is almost none existent, because time goes by slow. This is further seen through the countdown of day that is show throughout the film. This is done so that the audience gets a feel of what can happen in a little amount of time, thus making time draw on and go slower. The length of cutting is not too long, so that it creates suspense as time goes on. Flashbacks are not used in this film, because the director wants to show how past events don’t matter when you’re at war, because in the context of the film once someone has died no one pays attention because they must focus on what’s in front of them. The reason why editing in this film is crucial so that one can connect with the emotions that the soldiers feel.

6. Time is a repeated motif throughout the film. Time is manipulated by the director through making shot durations last long on various scenes and by letting the audience knows how many days are left in the rotation. The director decides to do this so that we can see how as little as 32 days can be a lifetime for soldiers out at war.

7. The narrative helps develop the character of Will and how he is the true definition of a soldier as the film progresses. The dialogue in action sequences is short so that one can focus on what’s actually happening in front of them. This technique helps create suspense that keeps the audience riveted to the screen. The use of humor in this film is use to understate the true meaning of the situation that is at hand for the soldier. This is done so that the audience can see that the soldiers are still themselves under that uniform and that they have not changed. The message conveyed in this film is that life is not valued in times of war.

8. Features such as editingg style and cinematography classify this film to be put under the war film genre. This film meets this genre’s criteria because it’s a film that defines what a war film should be about, emphasizing on all the aspects of what it’s like to be a soldier out at war. This film does not subvert the genre because it is in this genre no matter what. Because it’s a film that has a narrative that revolves around war.

9. Overall this film is a well worked out piece of art. This is because the film really puts on at the edge of their seats, because suspense and action sequences are what make this film. Not only that but this film touches on various themes that are present throughout various film conventions. The reason for this film being such a big success.

Documentary Prepro

Purpose: to try make the audience feel what true adrenalin really is.

Contacts: We would go to Fort Funston and talk to some of the hang gliders there and possibly document one of them and have them work with us.

Interview questions: Name? Born and raised? How long have you been hang gliding? What do you feel from when you fly through the air? Does this sport have any affect on your family relationships? Injuries from hang gliding? How do you find the strength to jump of a cliff with a wing attached to your back?

General flow: the documentary will start out with some great b-roll of the person hang gliding and then it will move on to the interview as he gets deeper and deeper into the subject, by him telling us how and when he got involved with this perticular subject. The guy that we interview will have to gobeyond the surface and actually tell us the driving force that makes him do these types of dangerous stunts. As the film progresses we want to focus less on the actual hobby of hand gliding and more on how hand gliding is esential to his way of living.

Shot list: - camera mounted on top of the hang glider pointing down – shots flying overhead – landscapes of Fort Funston – focus on little details of the assembly of the hang glider.

Short Documentary

I watched a short documentary on a rising business man, who tries to run his snowboarding summer camp. Throughout the documentary he emphasizes a lot on making time for yourself, to have fun, and relive stress in order to run a successful business.

This documentary primarily focused on his business but it also focused on who he is as a person. This was done so through the camera work, the style involved helps develop the connection between the audience and the guy. This connection is strengthen through the use of significant b-roll the is relevant to the subject that the guy is talking about.

The editing style is done so that there is a voice over the b-roll, which draws the attention of the audience because it keeps them entertained as they listen to the feedback that the guy is giving, rather than just watching the guy talked to us for the entire film.

The sound design is carefully chosen to match the mood the guy creates as he reveals that running a snowboarding camp is not all just fun and games that it also involves interacting with the campers, and keeping close communications with the people that help his business run. Overall this documentary is made in a way so that the audience builds a strong connection with the guy, and follows his path for building a strong business.

Baraka Film Response

Over all Baraka was a stunning movie that gave strong vivid images about the world that one seems not to look at as much. The film has various shots that convey a feeling of astonishment, because one does not notice the real beauty of this world. The film carefully goes through every scenario with the slightest detail being significantly emphasized through the shots of the film. Baraka does not really have a set narrative, but it tells the story of the world that we humans are unaware of because we don’t take time to appreciate our surroundings. The juxtaposition of images throughout the film helped create a more stunning reaction the audience had towards what was being seen. This is because as the shots revealed more than what the audience expects, because there is no audio and or dialogue the audience is able to focus on the true meaning behind every shot, which was what the director intended to do whit this film.
1. This film is called “breath” because it shows life, and how the entire world breaths because of the life present in it. Thus Baraka is given such a name to bring the audience attention towards life present on earth.
2. The film expresses the critique that people, live their lives to fast or at a fast paste, which is highlighted in the film because most shots are slowed, to represent the opposite to what people do in modern world. The film expresses the theme of people being so caught up with what’s ahead of them that they do not take time to enjoy what’s happening around them at the time.
3. Baraka conveys the message of time no longer being preserved by one. Thus meaning that people now a day’s don’t want tomorrow to come when today has not even happened yet, which is a important message in the film because time throughout the movie is being altered either slowed down or sped up. This is significant because it supports the way one lives life, one could live their life at a fast paste or at a slow paste but never both, because we can’t find that equilibrium, which the film highlights.
4. The absence of dialogue in the film is essential because it is done so with the intent that anyone who sees this film will understand the meaning and the purpose for this film. This is because the images in this film speak for themselves, the vivid details talk to the audience, so the use of dialogue would break the connection one has with the images in the film, thus making dialogue unnecessary.
5. When comparing culture, the city to nature, one must take into consideration that nature is mostly les contrasting. Whereas the city is filled with diversity and contrasting objects. This is expressed in the shots because in the image of New York everything in the composition of the shit is contrasting itself, in comparison to the shot of the clouds reflecting of the vast body of water. This shot is less contrasting to show how nature is all one body of life.
6. Possible interpretations could be that the monk represents purity, while the cigarette factory contrasts purity. The film suggests that religion and spirituality are the vehicles to take in life.
7. The message portrayed in those two images is that not all of today’s society is equally balanced, partially due to the way we run this world. In comparison to images of nature, the opposite message is revealed because in nature everything is equally balanced to create an equal basis to which life thrives upon.
8. The transition between the monkey in the hot spring and the lunar eclipse stand out. Because it sets the mood for the entire film. It demonstrates how one must sometimes take time off to enjoy the present and its surroundings.
9. Our class watched Baraka to make us aware of the true meaning that a image can convey without the help of any audio. Giving the saying a image is worth a thousand words more credibility, because the shots in this film spoke for themselves to create a intimate bond between the image and the audience. Thus the whole intent of watching this film was to inspire us to create more meaningful images through visualizing the proper meaning we want our audience to feel from certain shots that we use.

Short Film Critiques

Rationale: For this film, our group decided to create a romantic comedy that ties back to the genre of, Jean-Pierre Jeunet’s romantic comedy Amelie. Our working plan revolved around the main concept of a guy mysteriously finding a girl that he deeply falls in love with as he gets to know more about her. Originally we came up with this concept because; we all agreed that this was the best way to represent the theme conveyed in the film Amelie. For this film our group decided to emphasize on the cinematography of our film, so that we can get artistic shots that represent the movie Amelie more. We all thought that this concept was a good idea because it touched on every aspect of the film Amelie.

For this film, I was responsible for developing the concept of the film. As writer, I had to come up with a story line that shaped our main character, to be someone who is persistent and ambitious. To do this I crated the entire narrative to revolve around the main character and his quest to find the one girl he deeply loves. The one problem that arose in my area of responsibility was a way to show how our main character falls in love with the girl beyond superficial looks. Challenging enough, I had to demonstrate that in a way that the audience will also find a connection with the girl. This was challenging because I had to come up with scenes that progressively built his love for her. I solved these problems by creating vivid scene that only involves both the guy and the girl, so that the audience can see their interactions and how that helps unravel his love for her. For example, in the last scene our main character finally gets the opportunity to talk to this mysterious girl he has been following. In this scene I decide to reveal that he had her wallet to bring a connection between the two. This connection brings the two together, because the for the guy the wallet represent s the love that he has been looking for and for the girl the wallet represents the love that she has know found.


The main and most crucial problem that arose from our film was that it completely did not have a clear and coherent narrative, for the story to move along. Our concept was good, but in the narrative that particular concept was not clearly seen. This might have been because the scenes did not have good coherent transitions to the next scene; this could have also been because in our scenes not enough details were given to fully understand our characters position. The only way to solve this problem was in the editing stage of production. This is because the footage we got did cohere to the narrative whatsoever. Thus for the edit, we had to put the scenes in a way that they make sense towards what our story actually is. For this film we had four main scenes: street scene, library scene, classroom scene, and the room/closet scene. In the edit we had to put this scene in place so that they reveal as much as possible about the characters quest to find the girl that he is falling in love with. This was very difficult because we had to basically create the story out of footage that did not make sense to the narrative. Two key scenes in the narrative were not shot; these scenes helped the audience identify how the guy is beginning to like the girl beyond looks. These scenes moved the story along, but since they were not shot in the edit, with the scenes we had, we had to work with the scenes we had so that they move the story forward. For example, the library scene was the scene that moved the story line the most. Because in this scene the audience understands that the girl lost her wallet and that the guy is out to look for her to give her back the wallet and potentially hit it off well. Editing really help our group solve the problem, because we were able to place the scene in order so that they made the most sense as a story.


Overall our finished project was not as bad as we expected. This is because the story makes sense, because of the editing, and the cinematography is of high quality. Thus in our film we have a variety of good shots that help evoke a certain emotion in our audience about the main character. For example the shot where the main character is on the floor with a lot of year books in front of him, shows his true devotion towards finding to whom the wallet belongs to. The bird’s eye view and the wide depth of field, emphasize his ambition towards accomplishing his goal of finding that girl. Not only do the shots make this film look good, but also the sound design conveys the genre of the film better. For example all music put into this film was tied back to the romantic comedy film genre. The music design helped create the romantic comedy atmosphere followed with stylistic shots, amalgamated to create a finished project that demonstrated the romantic comedy film genre in an artistic way. The composition of each shot contains important key details that help the story move along. For example in all the scenes but one, the picture of the girl is always present. This is done so that the audience can follow along in his quest to find her. The bird’s eye view of the picture allows the audience to feel his emotions. The set design also helps portray the overall theme of Amelie in our film. The use of warm colors in this scene helps convey the way the main character feel. Thus the set design helps build and create character, which the audience then sees as an essential part of the film that helps them understand why he wants to go out after her. The last shot helps create closure in the film, which we thought was essential because we were not sure that the last scene gave closure to the film. The long shot establishes their relationship growing and progressively getting stronger all because off that one picture and the wallet. Thus the film overall conveys a good narrative with a good concept, and through all the stylistic aspects in the shooting process help create a film that follows along the main concept of Jenuet’s Ameli.

Treatment

Log Line- A young man struggles to find the one person he is destined for.

A long hall way, in the distance you see a young man who seems to be rushing towards something. Close up of his hands reveals that he has a wallet in his hands. Then we see a girl in her car drive off as the guy is approaching the car. We then find out that the guy was trying to give back the girls wallet after she had dropped it.

As the guy is looking through the wallet he finds a photo of her and falls in love with the girl. After looking at the photo for a long time he decides to go and find out more about her so he looks into a yearbook.

A birds eye view shows him flipping through the yearbook frantically, after he finds her again he stares at her as if he was deeply in love with her, then the screen fades to black

We see the guy again at a cafe, medium shot shows that he is still holding on the picture of the girl. We hear the sound of the door chimes as a person walks into the cafe. We can only see her feet. The guy not paying attention to who walked in keeps on reading his paper.

Then he turns and catches a glimpse of her, a sudden rush of emotion goes through him and goes after her. She walks out of the cafe and he rushes after her. he then yells out her name. As she hears him she turns away and the screen fades to black.

Amelie Textual Analysis

This shot shows a close up of Amelie’s face after she has given back the photo book back to Nino. The close up reveals Amelie’s satisfaction with helping others regain something that they lost. The lighting in the background is different to that of the foreground to illustrate physically how Amelie’s has accomplished her goal of returning the photo album back. The director’s intent was to set Amelie aside from others, to show how Amelie cares more about others rather than her caring about herself.

In this shot the lighting is low keyed. This is done to illustrate Amelie’s mysteriousness to what she enjoys. Because at the time the audience is unaware of what Amelie likes to do, which is reflected of the low key lighting and tight framing because one does not see whats going on behind her. The directors intention would be to introduce Amelie as a mysterious person who enjoys the simple things in life.

In this shot the set design illustrates the color correction done in this shot. Color correction is done so that colors such as red and orange show the most, thus representing how Amelis can be nice and sweet but at the same time she can be deceiving. The director’s intention is to show Amelies warm side mixed in with her deceptive side.

This shot towards the start of the film clearly shows the foreground, mid-ground, and background, this illustrate the composition of the shot and the framing of the camera. The composition and the framing functions in that it shows Amelie’s creative imagination. The bunny, which acts as the background illustrates how Amelie’s imagination goes far and beyond being normal. This because the bunny is seen in the sky, which represents Amelie’s imagination as being high or strong. The directors intent was to present Amelie’s as a abnormal character and also to show how she will be the main focus throughout the film.

Treatment

Title:The Foreshadowing
Genre:
Log Line: A young teen is faced with a crucial decision that will ultimatly change his life.

A dark vast opened field, footsteps are heard in the background as well as voices. A young boy passes by running he is tired he is breathing hard and suddenly he stumbles and trips over a whole on the ground. As he falls he hits his head on a rock and passes out. Then he is drawn into a flashback, which explains why he is in that particular situation.

We learn that the boys name is Chris he is standing with a group of friends talking about how funny it would be to play a prank on this miserable kid. They all agree to invite the boy to Chris’s pool party, where they would throw the kid in the water because he can’t swim, little does the boy know that the pool party is fake because it’s all a part of the prank.

Once at the pool Chris’s friends tell the boy to come over so they can all talk. They all exchange some words, when the boy is not paying attention they all grab him and throw him in the pool. In panic the boy starts to flap his arms around, and begins to drown, Chris and his friends are all watching laughing at him until one of Chris friend notices that the boy is drowning. They all go in after him, but once they get to him it’s too late, the boy has died.

Chris and his friends take the body out of the water and argue about what they should do; Chris is faced with the hard decision of not telling anyone and burying the body. They agree not tell anyone and start to bury the boy’s body.

Once done Chris tells them all to go back to their houses and act as if nothing happened. One of Chris’s friends asks him what he is going to do. Chris tells him that he has no other option but to flee the country because he is the one that is going to get in trouble the most out of all of them.

Chris, gets supplies and leaves the country, he plans to leave to Mexico. Once crossing the U.S. and Mexican border the police are after him, and Chris is running for his own safety. Then the audience is taken back to the opening shot where Chris falls. Once on the floor Chris remembers the body of the boy in the water dead, in the background there’s voices getting closer and closer to Chris. Chris stays still in the ground unconscious were he then passes out and the screen fades to black.

Chris is then seen waking up the day of the prank in his bed, he glances over to his phone and receives a call from his friend. He answers the phone and his friends asks him if he is still up for the prank, Chris in shock drops the phone and realizes that he has just dreamt the outcome of the prank and what will happen to him. Chris sits there puzzled in his bed as the screen fades to black.

Dramatic Moment

The main character's name is Chris. He is a young teen who wants to get revenge at this guy who has been picking on other people for the past months. He plans to do that so by playing a prank on him. His prank involves Chris pushing over the guy into a pool because the guy cant swim. This plan goes teribly wrong when the guy starts drowning in the water and Chris thinks that he is just playing around, once Chris realizes that the guy is really drowing he goes in after him but it is to late. Instead of Chris doing the right thing and telling the police, he doesn't and decides to burry the body and run away to another country,Mexico. The dramatic moment in the film is when Chriss is running in the dark crossing the border into Mexico,and he hears sirens in the background. He does not know what to do, running and not paying attention he falls and passes out in his mind he is having flashbacks of the guy dead at the bottom of the pool, this flashback us distrupted by the sound of men getting closer to him until the screan fades to black. The production desing and everything else involved in the creation of this scene will reinforce the dramatic moment because it will al reflect the situation that Chris is in during the dramtic moment.

"Plot's that Kill"

For my film, the story will have a testing/punitive plot. At the start of the film, the character will be tested on whether he should choose the right or wrong decision with the challenges that stand in his way. After those decisions are taken by the main character he will have to suffer the consequences and will have to be punished for the wrong decision that he took. Thus destroying his moral conscience. Progresively the film will somewhat become a action and dramatic film, with certain scenes added to give emphasis on the those certain genre conventions. The idea i have with this film is about a teen who decides to play a prank on another kid and the prank goes teribly wrong when the kids life is at risk and he dies. The main character is now stuck with the hard decision of telling the police and getting in trouble or burrying the body and running away. The main character will have to deal with not only the things he will leave behind, but also the guilt of being responsible for the death of the poor inocent kid, and that guilt will progresively eat away his moral conscience as the film goes on.

Italiene Neo-Realism and Bicycle Thief

Italian Neo-Realism first started during early 1935, when anti-Facist journalist Leo Longanesi urged directors to "go in the streets, into the barracks, into the train station;only in this way can an Italian cinema be born". American films influenced the age of Italian Neo-Realism because American movies portrayed the good life, which only could be found in America and did not show the images that reflected [Americans] lives".Very few films showed whats was actually going on in Italy during that time period, such Italy's transition from agricculture to manufacturing, which cause people to strruggle econimicaly. Once the neo-realism age of film making began it was characterized as a anti-Fascist movement. Cerare Zavattini stated that the aim of neo-realism was to show Italian life without embellishment and without artifice. Some films that showed the Italian Life were films such as Ladri di biciclette or Bicicle Theif and The Pastman Always Rings Twice, all these films used long takes and complex shoots and as well as street shooots to show the neo-realism between characters and surrouindings. Roberto Rossellini shows most clearly neo-realism link between the Resisitance movemen, whith his film Open City,1946 because this film shows actual footage of Nazi occupation of Rome and shows the hard times people had living under that rule. Another characteristic of neo-realism is the documentary type of shooting, which is clearly seem in the movie The earth Trembles,1948, because this movie relies on a nonprofessional cast. Once the movement sarted to fade away its prints keeped on moving forward because neo-realism influenced the French New wave filmmakers, also the ideas of neo-rea;ism carried over with "the emphasis on class conflicts and the use of non-professional actors".

Job Security

In this film there are two security guards, one is concerned about a chest that is on the monitor. One guard decides to go and check out the chest while the other stays back and "enjoys" himself, these shoots provide a good example of parallel action, as the guard gets to where

the chest is supposed to be at he finds that it is missing, he then finds out that it has been stolen by a burglar, the guard accidental jumps into the back of the burglars pickup. The climax of this film is when the guard makes it out of the pick-up and into a


taxi, but then the camera pans down to reveal that the taxi driver has the key that opens the chest. This last part leaves the audience in shock and in disbelief because one is left puzzled to how the burglar manged to pass as a taxi driver, also one is left thinking about what might happen to the guard because he is still in the same car with the burglar.

Reverie and the DSLR Revolution

In this first still of them both kissing, clearly shows the ability of this camera to capture in full details in an environment with dim light. Because both the guy and the girl are wearing colors that would be difficult to catch under that type of lighting, with such a clear picture, that gives emphasizes to the cameras ability.


In this second image of the girl in the dress, again it show the ability of the camera to capture in detail the image although it is in a low light environment, also it is impressive how the camera is able to capture the shoot with out it being grainy. To add on the camera focuses girl but the background is still very clear, which also demonstrates the cameras selective focus.

In this last image, the guy is in focus while the rest of the background is not, and the camera is able to clearly show the guy in detail, and its surprising because it seems like they are shooting in a completely dark environment. Cameras ability is great when shooting in dim light.

Rhythmic Match and Master Shoot

Rhythmic Match

1.I think that my story demonstrate the concept of rhythmic matching well, because theres some parts of the film were the actions match the sound. Also in the voice over it clearly explains what rhythminc matching is, which further demonstrates the concept. Some problems that me and my partner faced in creating this film was the acual matching of the actions with the movements because it was hard matching the movements of the character to the paste of the music. something that we could have done so that our film could have come out better would have been choose the music first and then shoot the actual film because then we could have got an idea to how we want the movements of the characters to be like. Another thing that we could have done better would be the story line because towards the middle the story gets confusing, so by making the actor lok at the door first and the introducing the second chracter it could have been less confusing.
2. I think we had a good camera work.what is surprising is that in this film the camera work was all done by hand and the shoots came out to be pretty good. The only bad thing would be that we did not have enough time to prep for a good setting location but we managed to somehow pull of the shoots we wanted in this film. One of the most creative shoots in this film would have to be the last shoot, because it is a pan of the camera from the plug outlet to the computer and the to my face. This shoot provides comedy to the film because the audience laughs at the end when they see the reaction of the character after his computer has been turned of.
3. Challenges that i had on the edit was putting all the movemets of the characters and some how making them match with thee music that i choose. To demonstrate my concept in the edit i had to take certain shoots that showed the actual concept in play. But again showing this concept was not eassy because it was hard matching the movements to the music.
Master Shoot

1. I think that in this film the concept of master shoot sequence was demonstrated very good because we clearly showed what its waw giving details and descriptions. Problems that we faced in this short film production was gettting the audio to work with the film because the llocation that we decided to film was a bad location for audio, which made it very hard not only in the edit but in the actual shooting itself. Other problems that we had was that the background noice on one lacation was so loud that we could not hear the actors speaking, which also turned out to be a problem in the edit because we had to raise and lower the audio levels on several parts.
2.I think that the actors were shoot well in the diouluge sceen because it clrealy shows our concept as the camera movement goes from over the shoulder shoots to close ups. Also the way the camera was spositioned in some sceens mmade it loook like the actor was superior to that of the other actor, which was good because thatshow we envisioned the actors to appear. Themost creative shoot would have to be the panning of the lady handing the note to the girl, because the pan was done nice an smooth. Also this shoot creates a sense of mystery because the audience is left to wonder whats in the note, the reason for this shoot beeing one of the most creative shoots in this film.
3.With this film there was alot of schallenges in the edit because first our audio levels were to luod and in some parts there was no audio at all. So to edit this film first I had to turn up the audion levels in the parts were they speak and turn it down when there is no conversation because of the bockground noice. To demonstrate my concept in the edit i had to cut from a lang shoot to a two shoot waist shoot then into a over the shulder shoot and then into a close up, by doig so I clearly demonstrated the master shoot sequence because it consited of all these shoots.

Solitude Trailer

In this shot the audience is attracted to both the guy and the girl standing over the fire, and the over the shoulder shot thats is seen create a sence of mystery for the guy that is talking to both the guy and the girl. This sceen is also shot in low lights wich also adds on to the myystery of the sceen and it is appropriate for the genre of the film which is horror. The tight framing also implies that the characters are afraid and scared of what might go on in their trip, also the framing implies that they are vounerable to anything that might be out there to harm them. At the begining of the film the camera height is at eye level so that the audience thinks that the characters are nutral about the situation that is at hand, but as the film progresses the camera height is raised above the soulder to show how the characters are weak and adds on to the frightfulness of the movie.

The camera motion in the trailer helps establish the horror theme in this movie because the slow moving shots at the sart of the trailer draw the audience into the tention of the film, and towards the end of the trailer the fast past shots show the classic horror theme bacuse the fast moving shots represent the panic that the character has at that moment. In one shot the car is moving allong the road and the camera goes into a slow motion shot of a car that has been wrecked allong the side of the road, this shot foreshadows bad things that might happen to the group of studentsand the slow motion brings better emphasizes and brings the audience closer to the characters of the film. Towards the end of the traisler the mnotion of the camera becaome quick and short this conveys a frightend emotion both the charaters and the audience feel, also in dramatic part the motion of he camera becomes slower which adds on to the tension of the characters. The director also does a good job of translating camera motion to dramatic and suspenful shots wich represent the characters emotions at the time.

Avatrar Behind the Scene

1. What challenges did James Cameron have in realizing his vision?
One challenge that James Cameron had was putting themes together, that play out throughout the movie and intertwine with other themes. Also other challenges faced with the creation of this film was making the avatar character believable and making Pandaro itself believable because of the many factors that made Pandsora unique, such as the animals and the plants in Pandora.
Another challenge with the making of this film was capturing the real facial expressions of the actors, and making all of the avatars movements similar to that of the actors. Cameron had to make the actors walk as if they were in the jungle, which made it even more difficult for him because they could not actually film in a real jungle.

2. What was the process used creating Pandora?
The process used in the creation of Pandora was difficult because in order for the director to create such a planet he laterally had to envision a something that was out of this world. For example the animals of Pandora were so exotic that it must have taken a long time creating them, also the production crew had to base the animals used in the movie to real animals on earth. The plants also had to be based on real plants on earth, in order to make the audience believe that Pandora itself and all the biological things in it are real.

3. How has performance capture changed the filmmaking process?
Performance capture has changed the filmmaking process, because the director do not have to rely on the animation of a character because with performance capture the director can get the actors interpretation off the character on the spot, making it more realistic. Also with cgi technology it allowed the director to take the emotions of the actors in any scene and translate that to the actual character in the movie. Capturing facial expressions changed the film making process because animators were no longer involved in creating the characters emotion from scratch. Cameron was able to capture true human emotions from a non-living character, which makes it unique because it sets the stage for more realistic films in the future, because of the revolutionary impact performance capture had on the filmmaking process.

4. Around four hundred million dollars was spent on making and marketing this film. The problems that the news corps faced was that if the movie did not amazed the audience in the first week, that the movie overall would be a financial lost. I think that the money spent on this film limits the director’s message in the film, but make the actual delivery of the message much more interesting than other films. Because the amount of money spent on the production made the movie more realistic and more appealing toward the audience, which in terms caused the huge profit of the whole production.

5.I did not really pay attention to racial stereotypes that people suggest that they were used in this film, but after going back to the film, the message of racial stereotypes are present because the navi people are seen as the weak and the white people are seen as the superior race. Also the message that James Cameron is conveying about the military is clearly seen throughout the film, because through military power the white people are able to suppress the navi people. Also expressing the message of human imperialism, because the white settlers wanted to take control of the planet Pandora. I thought that the message about the military that Cameron is trying to convey can be seen in present times because a superior nation can take control over other inferior nations, which is clearly seen throughout this movie