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Getting the Picture: August 2013
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Friday, August 30, 2013. Answer the following questions either typed or neatly handwritten to be turned in during the first week of class. Consider the questions and develop your answers thoughtfully. Much of the first weeks of school will be taken up with the play and the film, so be sure you have read and watched carefully! To what extent is Oedipus responsible for his own fate in the play? Be prepared to discuss at least two examples from the text which lead you to believe he is or is not responsible.
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Getting the Picture: Summer Movies 2013
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Thursday, August 29, 2013. Movies I've seen this summer:. Star Trek: Into the Darkness. The Man Who Came to Dinner. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Http:/ www.aber.ac.uk/media/Documents/short/gramtv.html. Http:/ www.script-o-rama.com/oldindex.shtml. Http:/ www.diagonalthoughts.com/. In order to realize their futuristic vision of t. View my complete profile. Awesome Inc. theme. Powered by Blogger.
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Getting the Picture: Summer Reading Questions
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Friday, August 30, 2013. Answer the following questions either typed or neatly handwritten to be turned in during the first week of class. Consider the questions and develop your answers thoughtfully. Much of the first weeks of school will be taken up with the play and the film, so be sure you have read and watched carefully! To what extent is Oedipus responsible for his own fate in the play? Be prepared to discuss at least two examples from the text which lead you to believe he is or is not responsible.
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Getting the Picture: March 2013
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Friday, March 1, 2013. How does Hitchcock show us this is a film about voyeurism? Think about the way the camera moves to highlight this. What does this opening day’s viewing suggest about the difference between sight and insight? Think about the two leading actors in the film: Jimmy Stewart (Jeffries) and Grace Kelly (Liza). How do their looks affect your judgment as a viewer? Have the standards of physical beauty of changed for leading ladies? Do their lives mirror the plot in any way?
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Getting the Picture: I Was Framed
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Thursday, December 19, 2013. Thus far we've been thinking about shots in terms of focal length. The distance of the subject from the camera) and the angle of the shot. The height of the subject relative to the camera). In last week's post you analyzed a still image from Minority Report, identifying the type of shot, how the image advanced the plot and themes of the movie, and how small details within the shot all contribute to the meaning of the image. This week we'll consider the composition. Want their...
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Getting the Picture: Rear Window
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Friday, March 1, 2013. How does Hitchcock show us this is a film about voyeurism? Think about the way the camera moves to highlight this. What does this opening day’s viewing suggest about the difference between sight and insight? Think about the two leading actors in the film: Jimmy Stewart (Jeffries) and Grace Kelly (Liza). How do their looks affect your judgment as a viewer? Have the standards of physical beauty of changed for leading ladies? Do their lives mirror the plot in any way?
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Getting the Picture: August 2012
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Friday, August 31, 2012. My Summer Movies, 2012. Welcome, fellow film bloggers! In addition to the list you made in the computer lab, write a brief paragraph on one of your movies: your favorite movie, or the one that surprised you the most. For me that movie is What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? The Dark Night Rises. The Queen of Versailles. The Amazing Spider Man. What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? Hush, Hush, Sweet Charlotte. We Need To Talk About Kevin. No Country for Old Men. The Day of the Jackal.
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Getting the Picture: September 2012
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Sunday, September 30, 2012. Thus far we've been thinking about shots in terms of focal length. The distance of the subject from the camera) and the angle of the shot. The height of the subject relative to the camera). In last week's post you analyzed a still image from Minority Report, identifying the type of shot, how the image advanced the plot and themes of the movie, and how small details within the shot all contribute to the meaning of the image. This week we'll consider the composition. Want their ...
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Getting the Picture: Prisoners -- a sort of review
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Monday, September 23, 2013. Prisoners - a sort of review. On Saturday my son and I saw the movie Prisoners. At Northbrook Court. Despite the audience (the average age of the audience was around 117! We both really liked the film. It's a study in mood, and every scene is shot in bleak, color-bled hues: gun metal greys; chestnut browns; rust. (You know the color scheme is pronounced when a color blind guy like me can see the palette! What's nice about this feature - and there's an archive spanning the last...
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Getting the Picture: August 2011
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Sunday, August 28, 2011. Minority Report: The Future Is Now. In order to realize their futuristic vision of the year 2054, Spielberg and Co. called up experts in every field: architecture, computers, law enforcement, education, engineering, etc. At the time some of these futuristic features seemed very far off indeed, but according to recent stories from All Things Considered. That future may already be here. You might also check out a provocative piece from the weekly podcast On the Media.