Thursday, July 25, 2013
Brookdale Narrative Project 2009
Project for Brookdale Community College class (2009).
Assigned plot line: Guy is interested in girl who only dates guys who have broken world records.
Assigned prop: Christmas tree ornament.
Assigned line for script: "I'm not a mechanic, mostly I just hurt people."
http://youtu.be/2oCDhM-HhMM
Assigned plot line: Guy is interested in girl who only dates guys who have broken world records.
Assigned prop: Christmas tree ornament.
Assigned line for script: "I'm not a mechanic, mostly I just hurt people."
http://youtu.be/2oCDhM-HhMM
Wednesday, December 12, 2012
Extra Credit #2- MOMA Quay Brothers Exibit
The Quay brothers definitely produce art of the German Expressionism era. The first display in the exhibit is a set from their short film, Street of Crocodiles. On the description it told the viewers that films such as The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari greatly influenced the Quay brothers' work. Right away I had the feeling that their art would resemble the art of Tim Burton. The creepy feel of the set, along with the film itself, is very dark and eerie. Their use of dark and light and shadows create an ominous feeling to their work not just in the film, but in a lot of their drawings as well. Their beginning work consists of drawings of landscapes and their images of people come in twos. This resembles the fact that the brothers are twins. Doubling their images within a single piece of art is present in a lot of their drawings. They also make the people in their drawings, puppets, etc very abstract, missing limbs, and/or disproportionate. They also have a very erotic feel to them having sexual parts exposed at times. They are also known for being surrealists. Due to their style, animation fit them very well. With animation they can have their characters be whoever they want them to be. In Street of Crocodiles the main character encounters characters which look like doll heads and arms on a box. They have no eyes or teeth and are lit from inside the eyes and mouth. These are extremely creative and strange characters. A lot of their work, because of the unique make-up, can bring upon a disturbing feeling. One thing I found very interesting was a set in box that seemed uneasy on the eyes unless it is viewed from a specific angle. It contained a magnifying glass that the viewer can look through and inside it looked normal. If you like German Expressionism and filmmakers and artists like Tim Burton you will definitely enjoy this exhibit. As a horror lover I definitely did!
Monday, December 10, 2012
Sunday, December 9, 2012
Extra Credit #1- Transitions
In Steve Beck's, "Ghost Ship" (2002), many editing transitions are used to move the film along and add certain effects to the plot. The film begins in 1962, where the ship Antonia Graza experienced a massacre of its passengers. It then goes to present day where Arctic Warrior's salvage crew manages to salvage a boat. After docking and collecting their money, Ferriman, an air patrol pilot, seeks them out to salvage a boat he has found, but claims to know nothing about. After negotiating to join them, Ferriman and the crew venture out into the ocean to find the mysterious boat. Santos, the driver and engineer, sees something on radar that disappears and reappears. The Arctic Warrior ends up smashing into the Italian luxury liner, Antonia Graza, living them with bad engine problems. The crew goes aboard, without Greer and Ferriman, to check it out, discovering that the ship is sinking. While on the ship, Epps sees a ghost, a little girl named Katie. When everyone boards again, Epps and Ferriman find dead men in the laundry room and crates full of untraceable gold. The crew then decides to leave the ship and take the gold. After the propane nozzle is mysteriously turned on in the engine room of the Arctic Warrior, the tugboat explodes, leaving Greer and Munder injured, and Santos dead. Now, stuck fixing the Antonia Graza, weird things begin to happen revealing the liner's gruesome past. Greer follows the late Francesca, the singer on the Antonia Graza in 1962, around the ship, falling down the broken elevator shaft to his death. Epps meets Katie, where Katie tells her to leave the ship. Murphy gets acquainted with the late captain of the Antonia Graza, discovering the past of what happened to the ship and the only survivor causing the massacre. In searching for Epps, Murphy and the ghost of Santos fight and when Epps finds him, he believes Epps is Santos and attacks her. Ferriman knocks Murphy out and they throw him down into the aquarium. Epps, Dodge and Munder fix the ship and begin to pump out the water. Epps goes to search for Greer and finds him dead. Then, Katie brings Epps back to 1962 to show her what happened. Now knowing that Ferriman was involved and not normal, she runs to get Murphy. She finds Murphy drowned in the aquarium, holding a picture of Ferriman. After, Epps warns Dodge telling him she gets why her, him, and Munder are still alive (to fix the ship) and leaves him with Ferriman to go find Munder. Epps finds Munder dead, and Ferriman attacks Dodge. Dodge then goes to Epps who is rigging explosives. It is then revealed that Dodge is really Ferriman and that Dodge is dead. Ferriman then reveals his job to Epps, attacks Epps, and Epps blows up the ship. Katie guides Epps out of the sinking ship where Epps and all the souls swim to the surface. After waiting in the water, Epps is finally saved and brought to an ambulance. The film concludes showing the gold being boarded onto a new ship with Ferriman following, starting it all over again.
All transitions used helped move the film along in very creative ways. It gives the film a very creepy feeling and keeps the viewer paying attention. In total, 37 transitions are used in this film, other than the standard cuts. They take place through 17 groupings. Below are the list of transitions and why they were used:
1) WS of full ship (Antonia Graza) dissolves to CU of front of the ship with deck dance floor which dissolves into Francesca singing in the ballroom.
These dissolves establish the location of the first scene, along with where the majority of the film will take place.
2) Upper torso of man dissolves into woman trying to reattach her lower half which dissolves into a hand reaching up and then falling.
These dissolves are used to emphasize the gore, body horror, pain and shock of the incident.
3) Arctic Warrior on sea dissolves into another Arctic Warrior on sea which dissolves into another Arctic Warrior on sea.
These dissolves are used to show the passing of time, day to night.
4) Ferriman CU dissolves into Antonia Graza steering room which dissolves into Antonia Graza aquarium room which dissolves into another Antonia Graza room.
These dissolves are used to establish the new location of the haunted ship, along with linking Ferriman to the ship without noticeable cause at the time.
5) Arctic Warrior dissolves into sea which dissolves into bubbly water (underwater) which dissolves into sunrise above water.
These dissolves are used to establish the change in day.
6) Moonlight on sea dissolves into Epps taking care of Greer aboard the Antonia Graza.
This dissolve is used to establish a turning event in the plot (forced to stay on haunted ship).
7) The fight between Munder and Greer getting broken up dissolves into a CU of the pool room art which dissolves into into a WS of pool room with Katie dancing which dissolves into the moonlight on sea which dissolves into WS of ship which dissolves to Murphy in the Captain's quarters.
These dissolves are used to reflect on the death of Santos and the loss of their boat. It also reveals the position the crew is now in, stranded on a sinking, haunted ship. Some shots are seen overlapping through the dissolves and stays for a few seconds.
8) Ferriman sitting in control room fades to Munder and Dodge in kitchen.
This fade is used to bring on suspicion to why Ferriman is in the control room listening to their conversation.
9) Above the flooded room dissolves into under the water which dissolves into the crew swimming to the hole which dissolves into more swimming through room.
These dissolves show how bad the flood is and how much water is needed to be swam through in order to get the hole.
10) Shot of hole dissolves into patching it up which dissolves to the crew patching up all holes which dissolves into the finished patched up holes.
These dissolves are used to show the passing of time and accomplishment of fixing the sinking problem.
11) WS of ship dissolves to Epps beginning her search for Greer.
This dissolve is used establish location, reminding that they have islands to clear and are still in the middle of the ocean. This also begins another turning point in the film.
12) Below ship wipes to Epps looking for Greer.
This wipe is used to establish location of the ship interior.
13) Picture of Greer's fiancee dissolves to Greer's death in elevator shaft.
This dissolve is used to reveal Greer's death. Before it was only shown him falling. This dissolve with the two shots show what actually happened to him. It also creates an emotional sadness because he will not be going home to his fiancee which was why he was hesitant to even go in the first place.
14) Throughout the 1962 flashback scene many effects are used with the lighting in certain cuts.
These are used to give it a flashback feel and to move the scene along revealing different parts of the massacre.
15) Epps and Katie being shot through dissolves into the dead passengers floating in the pool.
This dissolve is used to show that even though they themselves were not killed because they are back in time, the people that were there at the time were left dead in the pool.
16) CU of Epps in water dissolves to EWS of her in water which dissolves to a more EWS which dissolves into day time on ocean with Epps afloat which dissolves with a closer shot of Epps afloat which dissolves again into a closer shot of Epps afloat which dissolves into a CU of Epps in water.
These dissolves are used to show isolation and the passing of time before finally getting picked up by another ship.
17) Ferriman boarding next ship fades to black.
This fade is used to not only end the film, but to leave the audience in shock that Ferriman is about to repeat the same massacre that had been occurring over 40 years.
All transitions used helped move the film along in very creative ways. It gives the film a very creepy feeling and keeps the viewer paying attention. In total, 37 transitions are used in this film, other than the standard cuts. They take place through 17 groupings. Below are the list of transitions and why they were used:
1) WS of full ship (Antonia Graza) dissolves to CU of front of the ship with deck dance floor which dissolves into Francesca singing in the ballroom.
These dissolves establish the location of the first scene, along with where the majority of the film will take place.
2) Upper torso of man dissolves into woman trying to reattach her lower half which dissolves into a hand reaching up and then falling.
These dissolves are used to emphasize the gore, body horror, pain and shock of the incident.
3) Arctic Warrior on sea dissolves into another Arctic Warrior on sea which dissolves into another Arctic Warrior on sea.
These dissolves are used to show the passing of time, day to night.
4) Ferriman CU dissolves into Antonia Graza steering room which dissolves into Antonia Graza aquarium room which dissolves into another Antonia Graza room.
These dissolves are used to establish the new location of the haunted ship, along with linking Ferriman to the ship without noticeable cause at the time.
5) Arctic Warrior dissolves into sea which dissolves into bubbly water (underwater) which dissolves into sunrise above water.
These dissolves are used to establish the change in day.
6) Moonlight on sea dissolves into Epps taking care of Greer aboard the Antonia Graza.
This dissolve is used to establish a turning event in the plot (forced to stay on haunted ship).
7) The fight between Munder and Greer getting broken up dissolves into a CU of the pool room art which dissolves into into a WS of pool room with Katie dancing which dissolves into the moonlight on sea which dissolves into WS of ship which dissolves to Murphy in the Captain's quarters.
These dissolves are used to reflect on the death of Santos and the loss of their boat. It also reveals the position the crew is now in, stranded on a sinking, haunted ship. Some shots are seen overlapping through the dissolves and stays for a few seconds.
8) Ferriman sitting in control room fades to Munder and Dodge in kitchen.
This fade is used to bring on suspicion to why Ferriman is in the control room listening to their conversation.
9) Above the flooded room dissolves into under the water which dissolves into the crew swimming to the hole which dissolves into more swimming through room.
These dissolves show how bad the flood is and how much water is needed to be swam through in order to get the hole.
10) Shot of hole dissolves into patching it up which dissolves to the crew patching up all holes which dissolves into the finished patched up holes.
These dissolves are used to show the passing of time and accomplishment of fixing the sinking problem.
11) WS of ship dissolves to Epps beginning her search for Greer.
This dissolve is used establish location, reminding that they have islands to clear and are still in the middle of the ocean. This also begins another turning point in the film.
12) Below ship wipes to Epps looking for Greer.
This wipe is used to establish location of the ship interior.
13) Picture of Greer's fiancee dissolves to Greer's death in elevator shaft.
This dissolve is used to reveal Greer's death. Before it was only shown him falling. This dissolve with the two shots show what actually happened to him. It also creates an emotional sadness because he will not be going home to his fiancee which was why he was hesitant to even go in the first place.
14) Throughout the 1962 flashback scene many effects are used with the lighting in certain cuts.
These are used to give it a flashback feel and to move the scene along revealing different parts of the massacre.
15) Epps and Katie being shot through dissolves into the dead passengers floating in the pool.
This dissolve is used to show that even though they themselves were not killed because they are back in time, the people that were there at the time were left dead in the pool.
16) CU of Epps in water dissolves to EWS of her in water which dissolves to a more EWS which dissolves into day time on ocean with Epps afloat which dissolves with a closer shot of Epps afloat which dissolves again into a closer shot of Epps afloat which dissolves into a CU of Epps in water.
These dissolves are used to show isolation and the passing of time before finally getting picked up by another ship.
17) Ferriman boarding next ship fades to black.
This fade is used to not only end the film, but to leave the audience in shock that Ferriman is about to repeat the same massacre that had been occurring over 40 years.
Friday, December 7, 2012
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