Christopher Galarza
N00395152
Core 2: Time based media
Spring 2007
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“The Museum of the Moving Image
The museum of the moving image is a quick and intellectual insight on not only the movie industry but the TV industry as well. An in lighting visit into the times where TV was considered almost insulting to the house hold and into the innovation of the modern film industry is the experience you will encounter on a vist. On your fist steps within the museum you are confronted with images of films from modern times to classics from back in the day. The museum it self is comprised of cameras video and even sound equipment to the first ones created to the most modern equipment in the industry.
Analog and digital formats. These are the two types of film and TV creation in this age. Analog being that of he old days where all film was on physical film not transferred to the digital formats that we use in this day and age, So gives the answer that digital format are the pictures we take on or phones to what we create when we film using modern day camcorders. Upon age the analog format became inferior and expensive. Soon enough we will not see the analog formats being use; digital is the new age of development and editing.
In the museum I took pat in many of the exercises but the one that struck me the most was the sound editing that went into the development in such films as the titanic. One can only imagine the creative thinking that went in to the decision process of selecting the correct sounds that make up the film. It was amazing for me to see how sounds such as an elephant blowing its trunk, to monkey sounds are used in the film without the presents of these animals at all on the set. The sound development can become one to be fascinated by but also one that can inspire. In my own work I see the unconventional can sometimes mean the best thing for your film; the editing of sound in titanic has inspired me to experiment with more sounds for my films even in my midterm project.
Along the visit of the museum you learn a lot and begin to appreciate the art and intelligence that goes into the development of media. We watch TV and movies and just don’t realize the amount of effort that went into the project. The museum is a visit that I think for any artist from paper to film should visit.
Tuesday, March 6, 2007
Monday, February 26, 2007
"diva"
Christopher Galarza
N00395152
Spring 2007
Core 2: Time based media
“Diva”
Diva is a movie best described as a manipulator of sound that takes its soundtrack for the film and makes it one of its main focuses and can considered one of the main characters for the film. When watching the film you begin to understand and appreciate the art and time that went into the film. Diva is a film that came out in 1981.
In the film “Diva” the main character goes by the name of Jules, he is a mail courier that has a fascination with an opera singer. He makes a tape of her performance, normally this would not be of any importance but this artist if different, and she refuses to record her music. The films plot if strung together by the sodalities in its soundtrack. Moods and changes in scenery are provoked by the music, and the music however is not background music that the characters are not aware of, but brilliantly the music is playing because they have set it.
One of the most incredible scenes to me in this film is when Jules gets of his bike, and the music that you think will continues to move the scene stops. The reason for this sudden interruption not only happens in the movie but with the viewer. It’s great to see how easily a moment in the film can be changed just by the sodalities in the music.
Going into the plot of the film it is a little out there, but it becomes one of those creative films, it becomes an exocentric film of sorts. With eye and mind catching scenes like a man listing to hypnotic music while trying to put together a huge puzzle, the movie itself at times become a puzzle.
I enjoyed the film from begging to its end, it’s a recommendable buy or rent.
N00395152
Spring 2007
Core 2: Time based media
“Diva”
Diva is a movie best described as a manipulator of sound that takes its soundtrack for the film and makes it one of its main focuses and can considered one of the main characters for the film. When watching the film you begin to understand and appreciate the art and time that went into the film. Diva is a film that came out in 1981.
In the film “Diva” the main character goes by the name of Jules, he is a mail courier that has a fascination with an opera singer. He makes a tape of her performance, normally this would not be of any importance but this artist if different, and she refuses to record her music. The films plot if strung together by the sodalities in its soundtrack. Moods and changes in scenery are provoked by the music, and the music however is not background music that the characters are not aware of, but brilliantly the music is playing because they have set it.
One of the most incredible scenes to me in this film is when Jules gets of his bike, and the music that you think will continues to move the scene stops. The reason for this sudden interruption not only happens in the movie but with the viewer. It’s great to see how easily a moment in the film can be changed just by the sodalities in the music.
Going into the plot of the film it is a little out there, but it becomes one of those creative films, it becomes an exocentric film of sorts. With eye and mind catching scenes like a man listing to hypnotic music while trying to put together a huge puzzle, the movie itself at times become a puzzle.
I enjoyed the film from begging to its end, it’s a recommendable buy or rent.
"free trade"
Christopher Galarza
N00395152
Spring 2007
Core 2: Time based media
“The luckiest nut in the world”
More of political shorts then a normal short film, “the luckiest nut in the world” was a very enjoyable short. Its soundtrack comprised of just background music it did allot. The film is more of a punch in the face toward the government and there laws of trade that seem to one sided, but is glorified by having a name called free trade. Moments in the film seem dull but as soon a peanut broke out into a catchy sometimes even rhyming song the viewer is instantly consumed.
Overall the film has a taste of humor in it; I honestly don’t see how the sound was used in any other way the just to further in rich the humor in the moment. The short might have been a humorous on e but in the end it was an eye opener, one can only imagine how much the peanuts trade could make but one can only imagine how much you can lose at the same time.
N00395152
Spring 2007
Core 2: Time based media
“The luckiest nut in the world”
More of political shorts then a normal short film, “the luckiest nut in the world” was a very enjoyable short. Its soundtrack comprised of just background music it did allot. The film is more of a punch in the face toward the government and there laws of trade that seem to one sided, but is glorified by having a name called free trade. Moments in the film seem dull but as soon a peanut broke out into a catchy sometimes even rhyming song the viewer is instantly consumed.
Overall the film has a taste of humor in it; I honestly don’t see how the sound was used in any other way the just to further in rich the humor in the moment. The short might have been a humorous on e but in the end it was an eye opener, one can only imagine how much the peanuts trade could make but one can only imagine how much you can lose at the same time.
Wednesday, February 14, 2007
psycho sound in motion
Christopher Galarza\
“Psycho the shower scene”
In one of the most well known scenes in movie history “the shower” scene in Psycho, it is also one of the most brilliantly shot scenes. The use of music to intensify the moment if the hidden treasure within the scene not to mention the film. The feeling of suspense and the effect of the cuts during the scene create questions to why it is even happening.
Watching the movie with music give you plenty to absorb, plenty to think about, but the one effect the music does create as well as the movie, is create its own world in that single scene. From the begging where the robe comes down to the finale cut , your eyes stay on the screen but at the same time you go , What the hell was she not the main character?. One of the most satisfying shots in this scene is when she sits there with the little life she has left and grabs the shower Curtin tries to getup but falls face first while shower Curtin rips off ring by ring. There is a bit of an insecurity feeling when watching the scene because of the music and the setting that it creates, you don’t feel safe.
Psychos shower scene would be nothing without the music, so what is it exactly without it. When watching the scene with no music you lose the feeling of insecurity, but what is revealed is this gagging feeling with the sound effects of the knife going into her body. The main character without the music is just a victim you don’t feel much excitement or involvement in the scene. In other words without the music it would lose much of the movies own life.
In any movie sound is one of the most important things that is used, the simplest of sounds composed in the most unique and brilliant ways goes a long way. In psycho this is just one example of the life that sound gives to a movie.
“Psycho the shower scene”
In one of the most well known scenes in movie history “the shower” scene in Psycho, it is also one of the most brilliantly shot scenes. The use of music to intensify the moment if the hidden treasure within the scene not to mention the film. The feeling of suspense and the effect of the cuts during the scene create questions to why it is even happening.
Watching the movie with music give you plenty to absorb, plenty to think about, but the one effect the music does create as well as the movie, is create its own world in that single scene. From the begging where the robe comes down to the finale cut , your eyes stay on the screen but at the same time you go , What the hell was she not the main character?. One of the most satisfying shots in this scene is when she sits there with the little life she has left and grabs the shower Curtin tries to getup but falls face first while shower Curtin rips off ring by ring. There is a bit of an insecurity feeling when watching the scene because of the music and the setting that it creates, you don’t feel safe.
Psychos shower scene would be nothing without the music, so what is it exactly without it. When watching the scene with no music you lose the feeling of insecurity, but what is revealed is this gagging feeling with the sound effects of the knife going into her body. The main character without the music is just a victim you don’t feel much excitement or involvement in the scene. In other words without the music it would lose much of the movies own life.
In any movie sound is one of the most important things that is used, the simplest of sounds composed in the most unique and brilliant ways goes a long way. In psycho this is just one example of the life that sound gives to a movie.
Monday, January 29, 2007
Sundace films in review.
Christopher Galarza
Core 2: time based media
N00395152
Spring 2007
“Black and white trypps number three”
One of the most interesting short films are made to move, in my opinion a short films goal is a great story told in a minimal amount of time. I watch this following film “Black and white trypps number three” for the fact that it’s about and it states “The transformation of a rock audience’s freak out into a trance ritual of the highest spiritual order”. Wow. So I watched this in my opinion is one of the worst short films I have seen. The point to why I hated it was because of the fact that it had no story line its just a bunch of pale kids bopping there heads to music, the footage is rather disturbing to me for some reason, they look like there going to die by the end. The run time of this short is to long. In the end no story line equals no interest to me. Horrible I want my 10 minutes back.
“Conversion”
“Christian missionaries make a catastrophic visit to Navajo family” this is the story to the short. I chose to right this while I watched it to see how my opinion might change threw out the film. In terms of shots they have some beautiful ones, my favorite being the ones with the main character the little girl and her auntie in the desert, the use of these shots really show the vastness of where they live, and how small they are. In terms of story in my opinion it fell flat you never really get an understanding to what happened. Christian missionaries came told there grandpa not to take medicine and in the end he just dies. I can’t help but to think that there is a hidden meaning in this film. Shots of her aunt ripping the picture of Jesus that her niece starts to make into her own personal tourniquet. and then right after the grim news. The finale shot was of the little girl taking the pieces of the picture and putting it back together child she just stares at it, then the last shot is a far one with the silhouette of her in the sunset. Story wise again it fell flat, but it developed with the importance of the picture of Jesus.
“Happiness”
By god my dream came true a movie with an older woman working in a condom factory. This is the setting that we are introduced to in the beginning. I have to say I really enjoyed this film it quickly became a story of the definition of happiness. “The story a woman finds a store that sells happiness in a box!!” Early on in the film there is a scene with her boss taking a look around the company, the main character notices her nice white stilettos, and then we get a shot of her ugly worn brown shoes. This later is made to one of the most important parts in the film. Also along with those white shoes is a bandage on one of the boss’s foot. Later after she buys happiness nothing happens she opens it, but we the viewer never get to see what’s inside which is an obvious method of making us determine for ourselves what happiness is. Later on she returns the box but to return to work but nothing other then a pair of white heels of her own. After a couple of seconds there is a price of this happiness, pain. She puts on a bandage on the back of her heel to relieve the pain from the shoes, then the boss walks in , and my favorite shot of the short takes place, they face each other, but the shot only shows the shoes facing each other almost taunting each other, then one smart look on her face and it ends. Story wise the development was great one of my favorite short films to date. I believe the intentions of the film where made and successful with the development. Great.
Core 2: time based media
N00395152
Spring 2007
“Black and white trypps number three”
One of the most interesting short films are made to move, in my opinion a short films goal is a great story told in a minimal amount of time. I watch this following film “Black and white trypps number three” for the fact that it’s about and it states “The transformation of a rock audience’s freak out into a trance ritual of the highest spiritual order”. Wow. So I watched this in my opinion is one of the worst short films I have seen. The point to why I hated it was because of the fact that it had no story line its just a bunch of pale kids bopping there heads to music, the footage is rather disturbing to me for some reason, they look like there going to die by the end. The run time of this short is to long. In the end no story line equals no interest to me. Horrible I want my 10 minutes back.
“Conversion”
“Christian missionaries make a catastrophic visit to Navajo family” this is the story to the short. I chose to right this while I watched it to see how my opinion might change threw out the film. In terms of shots they have some beautiful ones, my favorite being the ones with the main character the little girl and her auntie in the desert, the use of these shots really show the vastness of where they live, and how small they are. In terms of story in my opinion it fell flat you never really get an understanding to what happened. Christian missionaries came told there grandpa not to take medicine and in the end he just dies. I can’t help but to think that there is a hidden meaning in this film. Shots of her aunt ripping the picture of Jesus that her niece starts to make into her own personal tourniquet. and then right after the grim news. The finale shot was of the little girl taking the pieces of the picture and putting it back together child she just stares at it, then the last shot is a far one with the silhouette of her in the sunset. Story wise again it fell flat, but it developed with the importance of the picture of Jesus.
“Happiness”
By god my dream came true a movie with an older woman working in a condom factory. This is the setting that we are introduced to in the beginning. I have to say I really enjoyed this film it quickly became a story of the definition of happiness. “The story a woman finds a store that sells happiness in a box!!” Early on in the film there is a scene with her boss taking a look around the company, the main character notices her nice white stilettos, and then we get a shot of her ugly worn brown shoes. This later is made to one of the most important parts in the film. Also along with those white shoes is a bandage on one of the boss’s foot. Later after she buys happiness nothing happens she opens it, but we the viewer never get to see what’s inside which is an obvious method of making us determine for ourselves what happiness is. Later on she returns the box but to return to work but nothing other then a pair of white heels of her own. After a couple of seconds there is a price of this happiness, pain. She puts on a bandage on the back of her heel to relieve the pain from the shoes, then the boss walks in , and my favorite shot of the short takes place, they face each other, but the shot only shows the shoes facing each other almost taunting each other, then one smart look on her face and it ends. Story wise the development was great one of my favorite short films to date. I believe the intentions of the film where made and successful with the development. Great.
Sunday, January 28, 2007
"The Edukators" a film in review
Christopher Galarza
“The Edukators”
A film in review
“The Edukators” is a film made by Hans Weingartner in 2004. The story takes place in Germany. A short summary to what the story is mainly about is a group of 2 young men that go into the wealthy people houses and reorganize the owner’s furniture; after they are done they would usually leave a note that would say “Your Days Of Plenty Are Numbered”. Quickly after these moments in the film it becomes apparent that the true enemies are the wealthy, and the means to the “Edukators” ways is just to eliminate that sense of security and implant fear in the wealthy. It is harmless what they do, amazing is that they don’t keep anything from the houses.
The story takes its turn when the two guy characters Jan and peter separate, and as a friendly favor Jan helps peter female friend julie with her apartment. One night she accompanies him on one of “Edukator” missions. Just this little taste of what they do became addictive to her, but on her second trip she used the opportunity to get back at someone who has been ruining her life, at this point things go wrong and then comes the introduction of the character of Hardenberg.
The story takes a turn for the worst when they kidnap Hardenberg for seeing there faces. The story itself is well written there is a constant introduction to each of the characters. The plot of the story suddenly turns into more then one, but the story itself does not become lost in translation. We are always informed on the drama within the story and each character, if it’s not the love triangle between Jan, peter, and Julie; it’s the on going conflict that leads “change of heart” in the character of Hardenberg.
Other aspects of the movie that was done right is the pacing of the movie, some of the cuts during the movie seemed rather sudden, but with each scene there was nothing that did not belong or did not further enrich the story and the viewer. The message of the movie with the pacing interlaced with each other creating the final moral to the tale. Odd in the end is how they knew where not to be, which was literally the only point in the movie that left me saying, what? .
Overall even though in terms of story, plot, pacing, and character development, I was happy with the movie. It keeps the viewer watching, though in some parts you more concerned about on character then the other, I loved watching the characters developed and grown in the story.
“The Edukators”
A film in review
“The Edukators” is a film made by Hans Weingartner in 2004. The story takes place in Germany. A short summary to what the story is mainly about is a group of 2 young men that go into the wealthy people houses and reorganize the owner’s furniture; after they are done they would usually leave a note that would say “Your Days Of Plenty Are Numbered”. Quickly after these moments in the film it becomes apparent that the true enemies are the wealthy, and the means to the “Edukators” ways is just to eliminate that sense of security and implant fear in the wealthy. It is harmless what they do, amazing is that they don’t keep anything from the houses.
The story takes its turn when the two guy characters Jan and peter separate, and as a friendly favor Jan helps peter female friend julie with her apartment. One night she accompanies him on one of “Edukator” missions. Just this little taste of what they do became addictive to her, but on her second trip she used the opportunity to get back at someone who has been ruining her life, at this point things go wrong and then comes the introduction of the character of Hardenberg.
The story takes a turn for the worst when they kidnap Hardenberg for seeing there faces. The story itself is well written there is a constant introduction to each of the characters. The plot of the story suddenly turns into more then one, but the story itself does not become lost in translation. We are always informed on the drama within the story and each character, if it’s not the love triangle between Jan, peter, and Julie; it’s the on going conflict that leads “change of heart” in the character of Hardenberg.
Other aspects of the movie that was done right is the pacing of the movie, some of the cuts during the movie seemed rather sudden, but with each scene there was nothing that did not belong or did not further enrich the story and the viewer. The message of the movie with the pacing interlaced with each other creating the final moral to the tale. Odd in the end is how they knew where not to be, which was literally the only point in the movie that left me saying, what? .
Overall even though in terms of story, plot, pacing, and character development, I was happy with the movie. It keeps the viewer watching, though in some parts you more concerned about on character then the other, I loved watching the characters developed and grown in the story.
Wednesday, January 24, 2007
Assignment 1
What have you ever read that you think would translate into a good film?
We all hear stories, we all read stories but in terms of what should be made into a feature film now a days seems like anything goes. In a world were entertainment comes before quality work, what should be next?, I honestly cannot think of one book that I have read recently or one story that does not sound like all the rest that should be made into a movie. What makes a good film?, a story of inspiration, one of humor, one with heads being blown up while a car blows up in the back ground every couple of minutes, or a cheesy movie filled with moral values that we all wish that we could follow. Either or I don’t have a story that I can say I want to be made into a movie, but I do know what I like. Something of interest to me would be to see a very eccentric movie, one that taps into the mind and just makes you think. I would love to see a movie that’s shows how a relationship really is not fairytale endings, one that can really show just how mad a person can drive themselves.
What is your favorite movie?
This to me is one of the hardest questions that anyone can ask me. I love films I cant get enough of them .I have watched everything from action, indie, drama, cheesy love stories, foreign, cheesy feel good films about rag to riches stories, to a movie about a dog that can play basketball. But if I had to choose one movie that I would call my favorite at the moment I would have to say Babel, I love the Mexican born director Alejandro González Iñárritu famous for movies like 21 grams, and amores perros. I love the guy’s style in his movies, and in Babel he continues his motif of providing the viewers with multiple perspectives in one story, which in my opinion further enriches the story. In Babel it starts off as a story on a couple on the rocks, they take a vacation to Morocco of all places where tragedy strikes and what really sets forth the story for the other characters. Many of the shots in the film to me were amazing, from the caretaker of two children running in the hot Mexican desert, to the shots of the two kids on the morocco hills. In my opinion this movie was brilliant, not only did it have a steady pace I storytelling, but combined the characters with the title of the movie, that is why at the moment Babel if my favorite movie (at least for now).
We all hear stories, we all read stories but in terms of what should be made into a feature film now a days seems like anything goes. In a world were entertainment comes before quality work, what should be next?, I honestly cannot think of one book that I have read recently or one story that does not sound like all the rest that should be made into a movie. What makes a good film?, a story of inspiration, one of humor, one with heads being blown up while a car blows up in the back ground every couple of minutes, or a cheesy movie filled with moral values that we all wish that we could follow. Either or I don’t have a story that I can say I want to be made into a movie, but I do know what I like. Something of interest to me would be to see a very eccentric movie, one that taps into the mind and just makes you think. I would love to see a movie that’s shows how a relationship really is not fairytale endings, one that can really show just how mad a person can drive themselves.
What is your favorite movie?
This to me is one of the hardest questions that anyone can ask me. I love films I cant get enough of them .I have watched everything from action, indie, drama, cheesy love stories, foreign, cheesy feel good films about rag to riches stories, to a movie about a dog that can play basketball. But if I had to choose one movie that I would call my favorite at the moment I would have to say Babel, I love the Mexican born director Alejandro González Iñárritu famous for movies like 21 grams, and amores perros. I love the guy’s style in his movies, and in Babel he continues his motif of providing the viewers with multiple perspectives in one story, which in my opinion further enriches the story. In Babel it starts off as a story on a couple on the rocks, they take a vacation to Morocco of all places where tragedy strikes and what really sets forth the story for the other characters. Many of the shots in the film to me were amazing, from the caretaker of two children running in the hot Mexican desert, to the shots of the two kids on the morocco hills. In my opinion this movie was brilliant, not only did it have a steady pace I storytelling, but combined the characters with the title of the movie, that is why at the moment Babel if my favorite movie (at least for now).
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