Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters is a twist on the childhood fable in which the children escape the witch who was trying to eat them. This film is about what happens to the kids as they grow up and continue to travel around the world to hunt witches. The actual plot of the movie comes when Hansel and Gretel take on a case in a village where kids are being taken by witches and they are asked to intervene and help save the kids. It is eventually revealed that the reason that the kids are being stolen is because the witches plan to sacrifice them during a ceremony so that they can become immune to their biggest weakness, fire, and thus become closer to immortality. After a long fight scene between the witches and the heroes the kids are finally rescued and all the witches are killed. Hansel and Gretel leave the village to continue their lives as witch hunters all over the globe.
This film had a very Tim Burton feel to it. It has a very dark setting and even when the setting is brighter it is usually surrounded by some kind of darkness. One of the strong visuals of this film is the makeup done to create a look of decomposition in the witches to make them look like they had soled their souls for their powers. There are also special effects in this film that are well done. For instance there is a scene where one of the witches casts a spell on someone where they eventually explode. The camera actions in this film didn't seem to extreme but a bit more than just an average medium to long shot.
Wednesday, April 24, 2013
Jaws
Jaws is a classic movie about a massive great white shark who is terrorizing an island and begins attacking and killing citizens. The mayor of the town becomes very nervous about the situation because it is nearly tourist season so he hires professionals to take care of the shark. After numerous tries by different people there are three who travel out into the deep water to try to track down the shark themselves. After a grueling battle where the boat is destroyed and one of the three men is killed, they are finally able to kill the shark and paddle their way back to shore.
The camera work in this film is not very abstract. But the way the images are set up and the lack of being able to actually see the shark gives the film a terrifying aspect. Even though it was not intentional for the shark to be hidden most of the movie, it made the audience use their own imagination as to what was happening underneath the water along with where it was going to attack and who was in danger. There are several scenes in which the audience doesn't know where the shark is going to attack, and right when you think that you know where it is, and who it's going to attack it drags someone else under the water where the only thing left for the audience to see is a pool of blood floating on top of the ocean. Along with the visuals of the movie, Jaws has created one of the most recognizable film scores of all time. Any time the music began to play, as an audience member your heart began to beat faster and you knew that the shark was there even with out being able to see it. There was even moments where the music played and the anticipation built but the shark wasn't present, only the remains of something it had already attacked.
This movie really helped make Spielberg career. It was incredible how he was capable of taking a huge mistake, like the mechanical shark not working, and turn it into the key aspect that makes the movie even better.
The camera work in this film is not very abstract. But the way the images are set up and the lack of being able to actually see the shark gives the film a terrifying aspect. Even though it was not intentional for the shark to be hidden most of the movie, it made the audience use their own imagination as to what was happening underneath the water along with where it was going to attack and who was in danger. There are several scenes in which the audience doesn't know where the shark is going to attack, and right when you think that you know where it is, and who it's going to attack it drags someone else under the water where the only thing left for the audience to see is a pool of blood floating on top of the ocean. Along with the visuals of the movie, Jaws has created one of the most recognizable film scores of all time. Any time the music began to play, as an audience member your heart began to beat faster and you knew that the shark was there even with out being able to see it. There was even moments where the music played and the anticipation built but the shark wasn't present, only the remains of something it had already attacked.
This movie really helped make Spielberg career. It was incredible how he was capable of taking a huge mistake, like the mechanical shark not working, and turn it into the key aspect that makes the movie even better.
Django Unchainged
Django Unchainged is a film set a few years before the Civil War while slavery is still a means of life and currency. The main Character, Django, is bought by a bounty hunter who teaches him his art and helps in become a better killer. After a winter of working together as bounty hunters Django receives help from his teacher Dr Shultz, to free his wife who is captive by one of the largest slave owners in Mississippi. After trying to trick the slave owner into selling him his wife, they are found out and forced to pay highly to obtain her freedom. Just before leaving, however, Dr. Shultz starts a shoot out with the members of the household in which the head of the house dies and Django is captured. After escaping his captures he returns to the house where he kills the few remaining workers on the farm and rescues his wife.
This film is filled with incredible shots, lighting, music, and special effects that make it an outstanding film. Even the way that the director uses text to explain where and when the plot is currently taking place is extraordinary Mainly when the main characters go to Mississippi and the entire screen is taken up by the word as it slowly moves across the screen. This was an interesting decision because it made it look like going to Mississippi was going to be a dramatic, action filled events. The music was also interesting. It would go from normal music expected from that time to actual gangster rap during massive shooting scenes.
This film is unbelievably obvious to be a Quentin Tarantino film. Nearly every aspect of the film screams Tarantino. He does an incredible job bringing the movie to life and was very deserving of the oscars that they won. This movie shows an interesting take on the slave trade and the way people used to live during those times. Tarantino's use of visuals, both camera and costume/scenery, brings the entire movie to life and makes the viewer believe that they are in the slave trade themselves.
This film is filled with incredible shots, lighting, music, and special effects that make it an outstanding film. Even the way that the director uses text to explain where and when the plot is currently taking place is extraordinary Mainly when the main characters go to Mississippi and the entire screen is taken up by the word as it slowly moves across the screen. This was an interesting decision because it made it look like going to Mississippi was going to be a dramatic, action filled events. The music was also interesting. It would go from normal music expected from that time to actual gangster rap during massive shooting scenes.
This film is unbelievably obvious to be a Quentin Tarantino film. Nearly every aspect of the film screams Tarantino. He does an incredible job bringing the movie to life and was very deserving of the oscars that they won. This movie shows an interesting take on the slave trade and the way people used to live during those times. Tarantino's use of visuals, both camera and costume/scenery, brings the entire movie to life and makes the viewer believe that they are in the slave trade themselves.
The Princess Bride
The Princess Bride is about a farm boy who falls in love with the girl he works for and in return she falls in love with him as well. After they both announce their love for each other Westly has to leave his love Buttercup but swears that they will be together again one day. While Westly is gone the prince decides that he wants to make Buttercup his bride. With rumors of Westly's death around Buttercup agrees to marry the prince. But once engaged the princess to be is kidnapped by three criminals who wish to make a profit off of the princess. The prince pursues the princess but she is first rescued by a man in all black going by the name the Dread Pirate Roberts. It is finally reviled to Buttercup that the pirate is actually her long lost lover Westly. Together again they try to flee the prince so that they can live a life together. Unfortunately the prince catches up to them and forces Buttercup to come with him. After life threatening battles and teaming up with unlikely friends Westly is able to defeat the prince in battle and ride off together to live happily ever after with Buttercup.
The Princess Bride is an older film and I feel as though the camera work and audio show this. I feel that the most exhilarating part of the film was the visuals of the backgrounds throughout the movie. The scenery is very vast and beautiful and the DP does a good job of bringing the scenery together. The camera work is very minimal and there aren't many abstract shots. The majority of the shots take place as a medium or long shot straight on the subject.
Even though the camera work was not very abstract the director still did well in the visuals that the movie showed. Although there was a lack of artistic visuals through shots and audio the director makes up for it through the visionary work in the scenery and props. It seemed that a lot of work went into the DP's job and it shows through the film.
The Princess Bride is an older film and I feel as though the camera work and audio show this. I feel that the most exhilarating part of the film was the visuals of the backgrounds throughout the movie. The scenery is very vast and beautiful and the DP does a good job of bringing the scenery together. The camera work is very minimal and there aren't many abstract shots. The majority of the shots take place as a medium or long shot straight on the subject.
Even though the camera work was not very abstract the director still did well in the visuals that the movie showed. Although there was a lack of artistic visuals through shots and audio the director makes up for it through the visionary work in the scenery and props. It seemed that a lot of work went into the DP's job and it shows through the film.
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