Reviews and Ramblings

The film is about all the different people this phone booth brings together and how they are all able to just be normal with each other because they all just want to talk on this disgustingly cool phone. They made this film to show how it brings the people together just so they can say they have been to the phone booth and to have been a part of something that is known world wide.

     The main theme in this film shows modernism but still traditional at the same time. How the city of Bombay has a lot of adverstisments of new things like technology, cell phones, hair products, etc. Then you see some shots of people carring baskets on their heads, traditional clothing. Then a second later you see cars driving around. So, it shows you the contrast and similarity of the modern and traditional aspects of the area. And with the laughing, it is sort of a silly thing and yet you see the peole, dressed for work, and in the traditional clothing.      With the laughter club, it allows you to express any fear or sorrow yo had/have. In the film, it has people telling their stories, in intimate settings, telling how life is hard for them, how they have to live, the workplace, tension, all the things that bother them, and they are told to just laugh by Dr. Kataria.      Dr. Kataria was the founder o...

     This is yet another documentary, which is also based in New York. There are a couple of shots that are from the feet up, or of just the legs, which are pretty cool. The shots are of people dancing, walking, kind of like to show that they are higher than others because they are working hard to no tbe pulled down. The people in the shots are of kids that have some problems with their families. There is one shot when the mom and her mother and grandmother are sitting there, and one of the lights is shining brightly in the middle of the shot. It looks kind of like you are looking at things through a drug ged up haze. There is another great shot of the mother, Kitten, crying, after both of her kids telling her and letting her know that they are disappointed in her. This segment was about emotions felt. From the shots and lighting used, and the story that's told, this is conveyed.      So, until next time--

     This is another documentary about a lady who is the "slate clapper" for films. There are a lot of miscellanious shots from various films showing her clapping the slate. A lot of the shots were angled, which is a little odd, but, it adds to the randomness of this documentary. There is a variety of lighting throughout this film, and all other elements of cinematography are virtually thrown out the window for this short film.      This review probably doesn't make sense to you but, it does explain completely the documentary, Lucy Tsak Tsak, which is what Lucy caclls the clap board.      So, until next time--

     This film is a documentary about a place that houses many different people. The film itself has a very grainy texture to it but, seeing as most of the things in the film just seem dirty, and there is vulgar language throughout the film, it makes sense as towht they would make it so grainy. It adds an element to highlight all this nastiness happening in our world. There are a lot of different kinds of people that are also highlighted in the film. One that stood out to me was the drag queen. This film is placed in New York, where the Sunshine Hotel is located. At the end of the film, there atour guide that is showing middle-class people the hotel and there are shots of all the occupants closing the windows, as if in shame of living there.      There is a variety of lighting techniques that are used in the film, along with shots, costuming (which the people wore themselves), and of course, the people themselves. I would dare to stat...

     El espinazo del diablo es asombroso cine. That translates to: 'The Devil's Backbone was an amazing movie.' And, it truly was. But as before, as many of our movies seem to have been, originated in another language, this time, Español, or spanish. The name 'Devil's Backbone' is revealed in the movie as a disease that fetuses have, forcing them to be still-born. The movie is based during the Spanish war, and in placed in an orphanage.      The costuming during the film generally stays the same throughout, since the boys live at an orphanage, and there is no way for them to get any new clothing. There is some change in clothing, but it is very minimal. In the sense of clothing and special effects (to a degree) the lady who runs the orphanage lost a leg, and has an attachment, which is seen being taken off and put on. Since the movie is based in previous times, before the prosthetics we know of, she has a make-shift one, most li...

     Throughout this film, there are manyshots with extremely amazing lighting. But plenty of the other shots seem to have only natural lighting. But, there are also shots inside, with much dimmer lighting, concentrating on the speakers voice when he is talking. Some scenes have lighting behind the main characters, making them seem mysterious, and extremely intellectual. With so many natural shots, from outdoors, actually makes the film seem surreal. Which is kind of ironic however, it kind of makes sense. The shots in this film are mostly normal but, there are some shots through the window of a plane that are warped and makes you understand the message of this film.      There's not much else that is drawling about this film other than the lighting and the mixture of type of shots that are used in the film.      So, until next time--

     Alright so here is the actual review:      The lighting in the film Hotel Rwanda was well done. There are a lot of outdoor scenes, where it looks like maybe natural lighting was used, however, you can also tell that it was messed around with. Most of the scenes look like the lighting was overcast, as if there was a dull storm overhead, waiting to happen. Which, of course, works tremendously for the film because of the message it is portraying. If you look back to one of my recent entries, I had written a poem when we were half-way through the film, and I titled it 'Are we all just numbers?' See, there was genocide happening in Rwanda that finally ended in 1994, which is what the movie is about. It is centralized around a certain family, the man who runs the hotel that has turned into a refugee camp. The costuming stays generally the same throughout the film because most of the people don't have anything left for or to them....

     'Visions of Light' is a film that talks about the importance of lighting in movies. It shows the development of lighting in films, ever since the beginning of film making. When films were first made, they did not want any shadows on the main characters. However, the brightness of the light on them needed to be very harsh, or very flattering to the actors or actresses. But then, cinematographers wanted to have shadows on the people because it added depth to the scene. To add emotion to the pictures.      Up until the late 30's, films were only in black and white because that was the only way that film was made. Then people started to turn to colour because the colour added to the affect of the watchers experience and the actors performance. However, black and white was still used quite a lot because ti seemed to add a sort of a surreal element to the film itself.      Lighting is still, and always w...