In Thursday class (1/22/2010) Griffith was the opening topic. He made the first featured film. Within his film he managed to use wide shot, close up, medium long shot, and medium shot. It might not seem like a big deal, but compared to last week’s blog, it’s another huge step in film making. The different angles used during this film, helped make the medium long shot effective. Also introduced was cross play, which screened one event while another event was going on as well.
In the Griffith movie I didn’t expect explosives to be part of the movie yet, but you could tell how far along special effects have come. In the movie “Citizen Kane” dolly shots, the establishing shot, and fade in transitions were common. It was an amazing new step in filming when the dolly shot happened and transitioned into another scene. Also there was another type of transition which occurred in a spinning motion which gave off a time machine sense that did fast forward time. How cool!
I knew that making movies was a long process but don’t you feel bad for the movies that suck and are not worth it at the end? : (
Anyway GREEN, BLUE, GREEN, BLUE, how can actors spend all of there time in a green and blue room all day, I would get a headache. But, I guess they love what they do. When watching “behind the scenes” of “Star Wars”, it took them forever to get one scene right, but there were good tips to help them out. For instance, having two cameras shooting one scene makes it a whole lot easier to choose a shot and having variations within a shorter amount of time. It’s a lot of work and there are so many people who work on different parts.
What amazed me the most was the sound use in “Lord of the Rings”. Coming up with the ideas of the sound is hard but creative as well. The sound people go through so much for one section of sound in a movie. I give them their props STANDING OVATION! Sound is really powered because it gives off a different vibe or atmosphere than what is actually seen. I think it would be really fun being a sound person. You get to travel and see animals, and try different things. There were so many sounds that were put together to make one sound. I enjoy movies with good sound effects and little did I know the hard work put behind that sound!!!
Ending Question: When they get sound from zoos or people’s animals, do they pay them, or tell them thanks your sound will be in the movie?
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haha Kim...do you think it would be fun putting your life at risk, just in order to get the sound of a lion or an elephant whilst it is in motion?? What if the unfortunate happens?? Haha..For me, sound is really the biggest deal so far because it brings out the information being trasferred, quite easily and effectively, and that's why so much is involved.
ReplyDeleteTo your question, I think that people wouldn't really care if they were paid to get their animals in a movie. Other people (like me..haha)who know how much money would be made at the end, would at least, ask for a small compensation... :)
YES. I feel terrible that hundreds of people worked so hard for something that wasn't worth it. But I also feel absolutely amazed and grateful that great art ever comes out of this crazy process!
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