Directors & Films

Amit - Christopher Nolan

• Memento
• The Prestige
• Following

Matt - James Cameron

• Terminator
• Aliens
• Avatar

Rohan - Quentin Tarantino

• Reservoir Dogs
• Pulp Fiction
• Inglorious Ba'tards

Karol -Martin Scorcese

• Taxi Driver
• Raging Bull
• Goodfellas

Kevin - Soderbergh

• Ocean's Eleven
• Traffic
• Che

Michael - Andrew Stanton

• A Bug's Life
• Finding Nemo
• Wall-E

Russell - Sam Rami

• Evil Dead
• Darkman
• Drag Me Into Hell

Mash - David Lean

• Oliver Twist (or) Great Expectations
• Bridge Over the River Kwai
• Lawrence of Arabia

Ray - Terrence Malick

• Badlands
• Days of Heaven
• Thin Red Line

Niki - Wim Wenders

• Wings of Desire (Der Himmel uber Berlin)
• Faraway so Close (In weiter Ferne, so nah)
• The American Friend
  

Haran - Tim Burton

• Pee-wee's Big Adventure
• Edward Scissorhands
• Alice in Wonderland

John - Clint Eastwood

• Outlaw Josey Wales
• Unforgiven
• Mystic River

homework 4 Monday

yeah yeah but it's short


so...

convert your files and install them in elements in order as one file

(we'll do the actual editing in class)

don't forget to save


then...

5 directors you would like to study

three quality films each

on your blog before class

editing analysis, Bleu

go into classworks and grab Bleu

save it to your desktop or film file

watch the film using VLC up to and including the scene in the hospital with the pills

analyze the use of editing, using all of the elements we have discussed:

• transitions
• shot to shot relationships
• continuity editing

be sure to discuss what is used, how and to what effect. use screenshots to illustrate your explanations.

you don't need to discuss every transition, but you do need to discuss all the elements used

save into classworks

test screen shots

To Help You Focus


Remember to write a paragraph for each beginning with what dominates/drives the shot and then considering all elements of the shot, answering why each is used and concluding with what the combined elements tell us.



Then write a concluding discussion of a few paragraphs, wherin you consider how all of the shots indicate character traits and foreshadow narrative, with examples and explanation.

Put your word document into the class folder in classworks at the beginning of the morning Thursday, March 4th








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