Amelie

At least you'll never be a vegetable, even artichokes have hearts.

Interesting.

Quite interesting.

I can't say I have ever had a film experience like the one when I had when I watched Amelie. I felt like I was lost but knew exactly what was going on at the same time.

Basically at the beginning we had a little girl who was home schooled so didn't have any friends. Because of this she had to rely on her imagination and became very independent. As for the rest of the movie she is in her 20's or so and one single event changed her life. Princess Di got in a car accident and died. From that moment she saw that on TV it seemed that her goal in life was to create happiness for people in a kind of mysterious way.

So I have been sitting here for 5 minutes now trying to think of the program objective for this film and I finally think I have something. I'm going to have to say that it is you dont always have to do big things to make change or bring happiness. Sometimes all you need is a few little things to change a persons perspective on life.

As far as the cinematography goes I think they did a great job. For important things they always had bright colors. And when they would go into "x-ray" mode to show us something that we wouldnt have known without them highlighting it for us. For example, when Amelie sees Nino and they show her heart, or when she copies a key for the vendors apartment. Also they always emphasized little sounds that we probably here everyday but dont really take a notice to.

Overall I actually enjoyed this movie, cant believe I just said that because I had myself convinced that this movie would be a waste of my time. It shows us that even little things can affect our lives and an imagination is an important thing to have. It is a very clever, witty, mysterious movie and I'm glad I experienced it

Artistic/ Visual Design

Questions for "Do the Right Thing":

1. The set of this film plays a huge factor into the storyline itself. The set is a block in Brooklyn on an extremely hot day with people from multiple ethnic backgrounds living amongst each other. With each of them on the brink of breaking.

2. I think it was shot in this set because to do a movie like this that is exactly where I would picture it. We have multiple races wanting respect from each other living in the Bronx where everybody knows everybody on the block but they also hate everybody that is a different race.

3. The costumes of the characters are very stereotypical. He has the African-Americans dressed in shorts and Nikes, the American-Italians with beaters and greasy type hair, and the Koreans in khaki pants and a button ups.

4. I think the lighting is very appropriate. The plot has it at 100 degrees outside so it is very light for most of the movie. And when its cooling down in the evening the lighting dims a bit. He definitely uses most High-Key lighting.

5. That for most part this movie has a comical or light mood.

6. As far as colors the only thing I really noticed is that the younger African-Americans all wore bright colors saying that they are youthful and full of energy. For The Mayor and Mother Sister they wore dull colors showing that they have lived most of there lives and now are just observing. For Sal and his sons they were just black and white, just plain nothing special.


Questions for The Dark Knight:

1. I would have to say the set really isn't as important as the storyline for this movie.

2. Well the main set would be Gotham and I think its shot there, well because there is no Batman with no Gotham.

3. Well the costume for Batman himself is all black saying that he has a hard and dark personality. Maybe has a secret deep inside him. The other main costume would be for the Joker and his is a purple suit. Showing he has a very flamboyant attitude.

4. The lighting for this film is very appropriate. A lot of the movie is dark and shadows. It is low key lighting.

5. He is using low key lighting to show that Gotham has been taken over by evil and a lot of bad things are happening.

6. The colors are prominent with Batman being in a black suit. This is saying he is feared, also makes him very intimidating. And as for the purple and green used by the Joker means he has more of a light personality. The red for his lips shows the pain he has from the scars.