This week in class, we watched Guillermo del Toro's Pan's Labyrinth. I liked the film, and thought it had an interesting twist to a classic fairytale. When I was watching the film, certain aspects of it reminded me of the film Peter Pan. One big thing that I noticed between the two films was that in Peter Pan, they went to Neverland, which is a different world. In Pan's Labyrinth, Ofelia goes into the labyrinth, which reveals to me that she has a whole different life in a whole different world. I thought it was interesting how these two different films could share a similar aspect.
I think it was interesting how Guillermo started the film with the end scene. It really added something to the film because it gave me a chance to imagine what happened, and it added some suspense to the plot. Something that was interesting to me was that Ofelia's mother thought that she was too old to believe in fairytales, even though Ofelia was in a fairytale. There was magic throughout the film, like when the fairy leads Ofelia into the labyrinth. This scene reveals that Ofelia is really Princess Moanna, and she has to complete these tasks in order to reclaim her kingdom. It is interesting to wonder what would have happened if Ofelia never met the faun, would she still have be able to complete her task.
One thing that was an interesting aspect of the film was how Guillermo del Toro used a lot of goriness. I did not really lot that because during some of the scenes, I had to look away because it was too gory. The one scene was when Mercedes stabs Vidal in the mouth, then he has to stick the needle through his mouth to give himself stitches was not my favorite. Even though, I do not like the goriness in the film, I really do believe that it adds to the fairytale style of the film. I think the goriness adds to the plot and Guillermo did a good job implementing it into the film.
I thought Guillermo did such an amazing job creating these monsters that were in this film. It added a lot to the story of the film, and helped create that sense of magic. The monster's makeup was very well done, especially the Pale Man. Pale Man had only one scene in the film, but he made me scared because I did not know what was going to happen between him and Ofelia. Guillermo did a great job paying attention to the details of these two monsters. It was interesting how he made the Faun very muted colors, which is interesting because I think he wanted the Faun to represent the Earth. I think both of these characters added something unique to the film.
I really liked this film because it was something that reminded me of magic and fairytales. There were so many different elements that helped make the story really come alive. I think that Guillermo del Toro did a fantastic job directing this film, and I would recommend this film to someone who has never seen it before. I like how we continue to watch different styles of films in class because it helps me expand my knowledge of the different types of film. I cannot wait to see what we watch next in class.
This week for class we were to watch the horror film, Get Out. I was nervous about watching it because I do not like scary movies at all. I thought that Get Out was a good movie. When watching Get Out, there was so much suspense throughout the film, that I was on the edge of my seat. It starts out slowly, but as things unfold it builds up, which I liked and thought was interesting. One thing that I liked about this film was the shocking things that you did not expect to happen. One element of the film that I thought that Peele really did well was the music. He chose songs that really set the mysterious element throughout the course of the film. Something that Peele did with the music that I thought was cool was he used the same song in the beginning of the film and at the end of the film. I think he did this because he wanted to tie the whole movie together, which I thought was great. The music helps shifts in the storyline, which helps add to the overall plot of the movie....
This week we were assigned to watch Sofia Coppola's Lost in Translation. I thought it was an interesting movie that had a slow build to it. It was hard for me to get into at first, but as things started to build up with the main characters, I found myself getting more interested in the film. Coppola did an excellent job directing and I think she picked a great cast for this film. One of my favorite parts of the film was that it was shot in Japan, so that was something unique that I have never seen before. I have never seen a film written by Sofia Coppola, so it was interesting to see how her style of film compares to other film directors' styles of film. I think that it was cool to see Bill Murray play such a different role than we saw him play in The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou. The film portrays Murray as this movie star that travels to Japan to do a whiskey commerical. He seems like this lonely guy, just lost because he not only is he all alone but he does not understand...
This week in class, we were assigned a new version of The Fascination Project, that I believe will allow us to be more creative. For this Fascination project, we are tasked with making a simple 2-7 minute film that shows different things we have learned in class, but also just how creative we can be as a group. So, in Wednesday's class we brainstormed different genres of movies that we each want to film, and that is how we chose our groups. I chose to be in the Crime/Mystery/Thriller group with Brooke, Anna, and Ola. I was excited because I knew we were going to have fun coming up with a concept for our film, which we did. It was interesting to see all the different genres that others came up with for their project. During class on Wednesday, after everyone selected their groups, my group met and we were able to start brainstorming some different ideas that would work well for our film. We talked about different locations where we could shoot our film, to give it that feeling of m...
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