International Cinema vs Hollywood Cinema

Hollywood Movie:

Tora Tora Tora

Pearl Harbor

Taken

Desperado

Once upon time in Mexico

International Film:

The Valet

The Orphanage

Slumdog Millionaire

Under the Same Moon

Barou Royale

They have a lot in common and I think that there are a lot of difference too. The different b/w Hollywood and International movies is that International movies is spoken in the same language of the country and then have English subtitles. The International movies you can learn a lot more about the culture than movies that are made from Hollywood. In Hollywood movies, the hero always wins in the end and I think that it is getting tire. While in International movies, the hero can sometimes win or lose and it can sometimes have unexpected ending juts like Hollywood. Also their humor in International movies are very different because we might not get the joke, but the people do.

Method Acting

Method Acting is a way how make actors relaxed and let all of their tension go away, so that they can be responsive much quicker and get all the phobia of being on stage or on a set. It is also a way to prepare acting for their acting careers and learn the necessary things to become a good actor. Method Acting prepares actors to show emotion; facial expression, using hands and body to help drive the movie forward. The actors acting help the audience visualize and feel like that they are in the scene. I think that Method Acting is a really good way for actors to become better and become very good.

Marlon Brando

Marlon Brando's acting is pretty unique because he improvise along the way and he does a lot of movement with his hands. It is like a movie is being told using movement with some dialogue. For example, when he pick up the glove that Edie drop and then he short of improvise from there. I think he is a lot different from the other actors because he uses movement, improvise, throw stuff in there; unlike the other actors do what the director want them to do and they also act with the script and not thinking of new creative ways to help the audience understand the story better.

The Western

Some characteristics of Westerns are cowboys, horses, guys, trains, and a lot of chasing.

The Man who shot Liberty Valance is a Western because it is in the old days and there are a lot of cowboys and not a lot of technology. I think that this is a western because people are dress in oldies cowboy clothes and they didn't have cars back then, but they have horses to ride around with.

Film Noir Slang

Do you have the sugar?

Yea I got the cabbage.

Did you pop him?

Nah, but I stuck it to him in the puss.

Did anyone see your guys confrontation?

I saw a punk walk by.

Do you think he will spill the beans to Johns?

No, it was a clean sneak.

Send some of our boys to pump metals at him?

Alright, we'll throw lead at him.

By: Brandon Arellano, Joshua Lepisi, Phong Nguyen

Film Noir

1. In your own words, define Film Noir.

My own definition of film noir is that they use setting and tone to describe the plot of the film and Film Noir is usually about crimes in the Forties and Fifties.

2. Compare your definition to the definition of the film critics.

I think that the definition of the film critics is a little more accurate and somewhat the same as mine. But I didn't get the part about the people crossing the lines and reaping the consequence.

3. Have you seen any of the quintessential films? Do you know any of the directors?

I have seen the most quintessential film which is An Inconvenient Truth. The director of that film is David Guggenheim.

Film Studies Binder Check

1. I organized according to the date that we did the assignment.

2. We have test, review sheets, essays, camera angles sheet, definition of terms, and etc....

3. We are on the year of 1941 on the timeline.

4. Yes, my view of the world of film has change a lot because I thought that back then they have sound like today. Also, I didn't know much about the film techniques and how the director use them to make it more interesting.

5. We have done Montage project, finding pictures to tell a story project, and currently podcast project. These projects help us understand it better and reinforce the stuff that we have learn in this class. I would think that the more we do project the better we are going to get at it.