Have you ever wondered how much movies have changed or how far they’ve come? How the style, storyline, technology, female roles and much more evolved over the years or stayed the same. Movies were made to entertain people, tell stories and as an escape from the ‘real’ world. They were the next best thing other…
Author: Zenita L. Carlson
Terminator and The House of Flying Daggers
For the past two weeks I chose to watch Terminator(1984) and The House of Flying Daggers(2004). Both films have some similarities but are very unlike from each other. The Terminator revolves around guns, violence, and the main goal is to survive. I chose this movie because it is the first out of many sequels and…
Fourth Wall
When actors and actresses are on a set/stage they have three walls surrounding them and the camera filming them or an audience sitting in front of them. The fourth wall is an invisible, imagined wall that separates actors from the audience. While the audience can see through this “wall”, the actors act as if they cannot. Thus, making it…
Blazing Saddles & Charlie and the Chocolate Fatory
Blazing Saddles(1974) and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory(2005) are movies that are very unlike each other and were released over 30 years apart. Blazing Saddles is a comedy/western while Charlie and the Chocolate Factory(CATCF) is a fantasy/adventure/comedy. Both have great and successful directors, Mel Brooks and Tim Burton, who did a brilliant job on the…
Crane Shots in Films
Crane Shots are mostly common in the beginning of a film and at the end. These shots are taken by a camera on a moving crane or jib. A crane enables the camera to travel the distances up and down, forward and backward and from side to side, while flying high in the air. Cranes also have both an operator and a…
The 400 Blows and Bonnie and Clyde
The 400 Blows (1959) and Bonnie and Clyde (1967) were released less then a decade apart and are very different movies. However they do share some similarities such as crime and fleeing from the law. I chose these films because 400 Blows is in a different language (with subtitles of course) and I though it…
The Blind Side
The first time I saw The Blind Side was when a friend suggested it to me a few years ago. I had no idea what it was about, but I remembered after the movie I absolutely loved it. My family is a football family, so the movie was perfect. I liked how it was mostly…
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