On Wednesday we had demo presentation from Laura Mercier products
David Jones. (unknown). Laura Mercier. Available: http://shop.davidjones.com.au/djs/en/davidjones/LauraMercierBrand-beauty. Last accessed October 2015.
James Read. (May 2013). Laura Mercier. Available: http://www.jamesreadtan.com/tan-trends/tantalk/1108-2/. Last accessed October 2015.
Laura Mercier is a French make-up artist whose created own brand of make up products. Her speciality of creating flawless face. As a personal make-up artist to celebrities such as Sarah Jessica Parker, Juliette Binoche and Julia Roberts create looks that both flawless and accentuate one's natural beauty.
Girls made a beautiful smoky eyes, using a wide range of Laura Mercier products, also we received a small gift- a sample of foundation primer, poster with Laura Mercier including face chart.
The first movie I choice is "Lila &Eve" is a 2015 American drama film directed by Charles Stone III and written by Patrick Gilfillan. The film star Viola Davis and Jennifer Lopez.
Movie Trailers. (June 2015). LILA AND EVE Official Trailer (2015) - Viola David, Jennifer Lopez HD. Available: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YuIX16Lajog. Last accessed October 2015.
Plot- Lila (Viola Davis), mother whose son was murdered, joins a support group, Where she meets Eve (Jennifer Lopez) whose daughter died. Lila has difficulty getting satisfaction from the police, so Eve tells her to find her son's killers herself.
I did choose this movie, because of real life showing, how difficult choose is we have to make, and how life persuade us to do such as think like murder.
Motifs in this film is child deaf and seeking justice-revenge.
Second movie I choose is a "The longest ride", another beautiful American romantic drama film in 2015. directed by John Tillman, written by Craig Bolotin, based on Nicholas Spark's novel of the same name. The film stars Britt Robertson, Scott Eastwood, Jack Huston, Oona Chaplin, Alan Alda, Melissa Benoist, Lolita Davidovich and Gloria Reuben.
Movie clips Trailer . (March 2015). The Longest Ride Official UK Trailer #1 (2015) - Scott Eastwood, Britt Robertson Movie HD. Available: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J5CzqNQH4OI. Last accessed October 2015.
Plot - Luke (Scott Eastwood) is a professional bull rider, who is seriously injured after one night while performing. A year later after recovering, he starts riding again and meets Sophia Danko ( Britt Rebertson) after she attends the show. She is an art lover living a sorority house with an intern ship secured in New York. On the way to home from their first date they spot a car crash in the woods and help rescue an older man who is stuck inside. Sophia also pulls a wooden box from the vehicle. The story start from the moment when Sophia started read a letters an old man to his wife......
Motifs in this movie is a fear of love. Love required to sacrifice, difficult chooses between two lovers pair. I absolutely love this movie.
Third movie is " The Witches " 1990 comedy-fantasy film based on the book of the same name by Roald Dahl. It was directed by Nicolas Roeg. The film stars Anjelica Houston, Jasen Fisher, Mai Zetterling, Rowan Atkinson, Stanley Myers.
Movie Clip Trailer Vault. (Nov 2014). The Witches (1990) Official Trailer #1 - Anjelica Huston Family Horror Movie. Available: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d_ZyqaN_XNM. Last accessed October 2015.
Plot - During a holiday with his grandmother Helga in Bergen , Norway, the mind of the Luke Iversen, nine- year -old American Boy, is filled with stories about witches: demonic females who hate children by nature. Helga gives Luke an inside into the world of the unexplained by describing the details that concern the memories she has about something that happened some 60 years earlier.
Motif is fear of witches .
Fourth movie is "Extinction" formerly known as a Welcome to Harmony, is a 2015 horror film directed by Miquel Angel Vivas, written by Alberto Marini and Miquel Angel Vivas. Film stars Matthew Fox, Jeffrey Donovan, Quinn McColgan and Sergio Moure.
Horror Movie Trailers. (June 2015). Extinction Official Trailer (2015) - Matthew Fox Horror Movie HD. Available: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wJcjFUoHjH4. Last accessed October 2015.
Plot - after a virus turn people into zombies, small groups of survivors seek refuge in a snow covered town, believing the virus and all of its monstrous creations had died out. But the only discover the infected had adapted to environment change, for the worse.
Motifs in this movie is a fear of loosing loved ones and revenge on monsters push them to fight against.
Backing to Uni we had a lesson with Helen Keelan, we analysed romantic scene with Rachel and Deckard from "Blade Runner"
Saket Vaidya. (Aug 2010). Rachael and Deckard, Romantic Scene from Blade Runner. Available: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IjO8wsjPqbg. Last accessed September 2015.
What is this scene about?
After watching this scene, what do you understand about the characters thoughts and emotions?
How did the scene make you feel?
Once you determine what information and mood the scene conveyed , prepared to figure out how cinematic tools and techniques were utilized to communicate the scene's intended meaning.
After watched a movie again, we had to discuss the scene one more time- especially if we saw more
Do your best to see beyond cinematic invisibility . Remember that a great deal of a movie's machinery is designed to make your forget that you are experiencing a highly manipulated and manipulative, artificial reality. Ones of the best ways to combat cinemas seamless presentation is to watch the movie more then once . Repeated viewing will give you the distance required for critical observation.
Now what do you see?
You may not get it all on first or second viewing....
Be conscious of the fact that you may be blind to a movie's political , a cultural and ideological meaning, especially if that meaning reinforces ideas and values you already hold
The greater your awareness of your own belief system (and those you share with your culture in general, the easier it will be to recognise and interpret a movie's implicit meaning.
Ask yourself how your expectations shaped your reactions to this movie? Had you watched it before? Seen the trailer? Hear of it before from friends, read about it in the media?
did your previous experience of the Director or star inform your prior understanding, of what to expect from this particular film?
Did the movie fulfil, disappoint or confound your expectations? In the other words...did you get it?
The movie title..
Before and after you see a movie, think about direct meaning, as well as the implications of its title? Is it specific or is it a metaphor for something else
Richard Kelly's Donnie Darko (2001) make us wonder if Darko is a real name ( it is) or if it is a non-so-subtle clue that Donnie has a dark side ( he does)
Spend two minutes in your groups to try and explain the title's meaning, if it isn't self-evident.
Very interesting lessons, especially if I never wonder about meanings of a movie.
- Identify the reoccurring pattern
- Track the pattern
- Propose meaning from pattern or items in that pattern
Examples:
Raiders of a Lost Ark
Colours
Unknown. (unknown). Raiders of the Lost Ark image. Available: http://www.fanpop.com/clubs/80s-films/images/431412/title/raiders-lost-ark-wallpaper. Last accessed September 2015.
Speed
Phrase = "pop quiz"
The Guardian . (July 2014). Why I'd like to be Keanu Reeves in Speed- image. Available: https://apps.xplr.com/xplr/news/Show-topic-Dianne-Reeves?. Last accessed September 2015.
Jaws
Items = Barrels
- Shoot the shark with barrels to bring hi to the surface
- We see the gradual adding of barrels
- Don't see the sharks just barrels
Unknown. (unknown). 40 Things You (Probably) Didn't Know About 'Jaws'. Available: http://news.moviefone.com/photos/40-things-you-probably-didnt-know-about-jaws. Last accessed September 2015.
Those things that films share with live drama like stage production of play or musical theatre
Identify a movie you went to see just because a certain actor was in it
Which of these movies would you say had excellent acting? Why?
Identify a movie in which the costumes, make-up or sets were effective or unusual
Sometimes we notice dramatic aspects because of a flaw in the film. Can you identify a ovie in which the acting, sets, make-up or costume attracted your attention because they were flawed ( bad ) in some way.
Warner Jordan Eduction. (February 2012). Film in Three Levels 2.0 - 1.mov. Available: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=suUZe3ogaV0&list=PL_tdNe4QkPjEWIyJzGBwtnZcwP9FACT5h&index=12. Last accessed September 2015.
Why ?
To make film more easily understood
Break into parts to analyse
Can them compare to the whole
We have a three important aspects:
Literary aspects
Dramatic aspects
Cinematic aspects
Literary aspects
Those things that films share with literature
- plot
- characters
- settings
- themes
- point of view
Plot
What do we know about plot and plots elements for instance; exposition, resolution, rising action
Characters
What do we know about characters in literature for instance; protagonist and antagonist, few characters, meaning characters,
Settings
What is setting in literature for instance; time, place and motion settings
Themes
What are themes in literature for instance; author comments- like do we learn something seeing this text, do we challenge our believes, lessons or moral of the text and human condition
Point of View
What is point of view in literature for instance; is it camera its focusing on anyone
Sum up
Questions for literary Aspects
Briefly summarise the plot - like is it a story
Who are the characters in the films?
What is the film's settings?
What is a theme of the film?
What is the mood of the film?
Are there potential symbols?
From whose point of view is the story told?like is it a buyers, do we trust a narrator in the film
