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.
Monday, January 29, 2007
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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