Iranian Cinéma

Iranian Cinema is unique because it shows the poverty of the country and how people are so poor and so it shows how people are doing and what they have to do in order to make money. I think that it is what makes it unique from other country cinema. It was influence and inspired by the war and the Germans movement and the Hong Kong movements.

San Jose Film Festival

Five film that I am interesting in is:

1. Wild Grass

2. Upperdog

3. The Robbers

4. Exit 117

5. Bank Robbery

Five short film that I am interesting in is:

1. Ninjas vs Guilt

2. Pyscho Sundae

3. The Devil Wedding's

4. I do Air

5. The Mouse that Soar

Cinema in Iran

I know that Iran is pretty in bad shape because of the war and the Al-Queda and the Taliban in the Middle East. I also know that they have a lot of oil fields, but I did not know that they have cinema except for the movie Slumdog Millionaire.

Five things I learn was that they had a life just like us. They have the same food as we eat in the US and I learn there is a lot sand and I also learn that they face a life of hardship because they don't have a lot technology like the US.

 Mac aka Phong

DOGME 45 VS ITALIAN NEOREALISM

The rules of dogme 45 are:

1. Filming must be done on location. Props and sets must not be brought in.
2. The sound must never be produced apart from the images or vice versa.
3. The camera must be a hand-held camera. Any movement or immobility attainable in the hand is permitted. The film must not take place where the camera is standing; filming must take place where the action takes place.
4. The film must be in colour. Special lighting is not acceptable.
5. Optical work and filters are forbidden.
6. The film must not contain superficial action.
7. Temporal and geographical alienation are forbidden (that is to say that the film takes place here and now).
8. Genre movies are not acceptable.
9. The final picture must be transferred to the Academy 35mm, with an aspect ratio of 4:3, that is, not widescreen.
10. The director must not be credited.

I think that Dogme and Italian Neorealism is very different because Italian Neorealism is based on society problems and it is usually in black and white; while Dogme movies have to have colours and the director must not be credited for the things. Italian Neorealism credits the director and uses a lot of props while Dogme 45 doesn't want to use props, but uses just natural stuff.

Italian Neo-Realism

1. The origin of Italian Neo-Realism is in Italy when Mussolini got Italy under his thumbs. After WWII, Mussolini was Facist leader and it was a totalitarian government. The films of Italy show America has a paradise of the world and it shows that everyone want to live in it. It portray Americans lives as peaceful. People were shown the glories of their Roman past. The movie of Italy doesn't want to show Fascism and promote Socialism.

2. The American influences them because they used some of the idea from American films to create another movie, like film techniques, high angle, low angle, and a lot of other stuffd.

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.