I had to drink water in order to hold back the tears and the knot I had when they shot Oscar at the beginning of the movies we see a flash forward telling us what the climax of the movie is. Most of the time when I see this is in movies it makes me wonder when that scene will show up. And when it does I hope for a different ending although I know what will happen. Its fascinating how movies directors can make us feel hope and pray for a different ending yet we know what the ending will be. Somethings I didn’t like about the film was the scene where Oscar is prison and his mom comes and visits him and she tells him she won’t comes to visit anymore. I was confused by it beacuse I had no idea why he was in there maybe I missed it but I’m pretty sure I didn’t ha. I wanted to know why he was there for what and when he got out and all the stuff I was lost in that scene. Also I wish I would have seen real fotage of the people that recorded the incident and seen how close the movies came to the real thing. The scene where we see the bart passing by and zoomed in and we hear so much noice then it goes listen after is a forshadow and symbolism to his death. When they were in the Bart they were all laughing dancing happy and as the fight starts happening and they are held by the cops and when he is shot there is silence and a sense of sadness and emptiness like the Bart passing by his lives flashed before his eyes and it was gone quite lonely. The actress Sophina played a good role in the movie and made ne feel for her especially when they tell her Oscar died she doesn’t scream or yell NO! Like other cheesy movies, instead she cries and hits her hand against her tights making it so much more dramatic for us viewers. Making us feel for her. Over all a good movies will recommend it to freinds. Quiz name: Looking at Movies, 4e
Chapter Number: 01
Student’s name: Nancy Salcedo
Student’s email: nancysalcedo61@yahoo.com
Number of questions: 10
Percent correct: 90%
Question: Movies are similar to stage plays since they generally provide the viewer with a single, uninterrupted, wide-angle view of on-screen action.
Student answered: b) False
Correct answer is: b) False
Question: Which of the following statements best characterizes this chapter’s treatment of viewer expectations?
Student answered: a) The least important consideration when analyzing a film is determining the role of expectations.
Correct answer is: c) Our experience of any given film is affected by how that film manipulates expectations.
Question: Fade-out/fade-in is a filmmaking technique that indicates a passage of time. Which clip illustrates fade-out/fade-in? Two Cars, One Night : view clip Bartholomew’s Song : view clip Snapshot : view clip
Student answered: c) Snapshot
Correct answer is: c) Snapshot
Question: Cutting on action is a common editing technique that hides the shift from one shot to the next by ending the first shot in the middle of a continuing action and starting the next shot at some point further along in the same action. Which clip is an example of cutting on action? The Hill : view clip Death to the Tinman : view clip Kleingeld : view clip
Student answered: a) The Hill
Correct answer is: a) The Hill
Question: Cultural invisibility, a consequence of shared belief systems, frequently contributes to hidden movie meaning. Which of the following statements does NOT accurately characterize cultural invisibility?
Student answered: b) It is a way to unconsciously challenge viewers’ shared belief systems.
Correct answer is: b) It is a way to unconsciously challenge viewers’ shared belief systems.
Question: In movies, meaning is often absorbed intuitively. Some techniques that contribute to a movie having this “invisible meaning” include
Student answered: b) fade-in/fade-out, low-angle shot, and cutting on action.
Correct answer is: b) fade-in/fade-out, low-angle shot, and cutting on action.
Question: What is formal analysis?
Student answered: a) an analytical approach concerned with the means by which a subject is expressed
Correct answer is: a) an analytical approach concerned with the means by which a subject is expressed
Question: Which definition of editing accurately describes film editing as one of the defining characteristics that distinguish movies from other art forms?
Student answered: d) the joining together of shots to control what the viewer sees in a movie and how the viewer sees it
Correct answer is: d) the joining together of shots to control what the viewer sees in a movie and how the viewer sees it
Question: What is implicit meaning?
Student answered: c) meaning that lies below the surface of a movie’s story and presentation
Correct answer is: c) meaning that lies below the surface of a movie’s story and presentation
Question: All movies contain layers of complexity and meaning that can be studied, analyzed, and appreciated in terms of cinematic language. Which of the following describes cinematic language?
Student answered: b) techniques and concepts filmmakers use to connect viewers to a film, which often conceal the means of storytelling
Correct answer is: b) techniques and concepts filmmakers use to connect viewers to a film, which often conceal the means of storytelling
TIL’s: Ch1: In chapter 1 I learned about how expensive it was to actually make a film. Also learned about “out of sequence” which is shooting all the scenes together that require the same location.
Ch2: We learn about important people like Joseph Antonio, who created his own toy to demonstrate theoretical research.
Ch3: I learned more about the film we watched in class “A trip to the Moon” and about Méliés technique not moving the camera instead moving on he object (moon) closer to the camera.
Ch4: In this chapter I also learned about another one of Grifith’s films “Intolerance” apparently it’s his longest and it was 15x more expensive than “Birth of a Nation”.
Quiz name: Looking at Movies, 4e
Chapter Number: 01
Student’s name: Jesus Gonzalez
Student’s email: jesus.zalez18@gmail.com
Number of questions: 10
Percent correct: 100%
M/K TILs:
The book, A Short History of the Movies, begins in a very engaging and in a very informative way. Chapter 1 was an introductory to the history behind the creation of films. I learned that because of the complexity and arduous task of setting up one single shot, the film is usually shot “out of sequence.” In chapter 2, I learned that in order to make a slow motion scene, more frames are exposed per second than the normal amount. In chapter 3, I learned that the film industry began to see many competitors rising to be successful film makers, and also learned that Alice Guy, the secretary of Leon Gaumont, became the world’s first woman director. Lastly, in chapter 4, I learned that David Wark Griffith was a pioneer to a variety of different shooting perspectives and an innovative director that was considered a master storyteller.
Reflections on Fruitvale Station:
Fruitvale Station has proven to be an inspiring, heartfelt film and is personally one of my favorite movies. One of the aspects that I really enjoyed of the film was the Cinematography behind this movie. The framing of certain shots and the camerawork were very important and played a vital role in helping establish specific feelings toward the film. For example, there were several scenes where the shot was a close-up of Oscar Grant’s (Michael B. Jordan) face. The camera was focused very close on his facial expressions, allowing us to understand how he felt and allowing us to see things from his perspective. Another aspect I liked from the movie was the Editing and decision-making behind choosing certain effects and scenes. The filmmakers were able to use the strategic technique of controlling the length of certain shots, such like the slow motion scene. The only slow motion scene in the movie shows Oscar and his daughter running together; enjoying a friendly race between a loving father and his daughter. What this technique does is create an idea in our heads of who Oscar is and how we can relate. This scene alone emphasizes the fatherly love within Oscar. It slows down time to allow us to fully understand that loving and caring bond between them two. I also really enjoyed the aspect of the Sound in the movie. There were scenes where the only thing you could hear were the surrounding sounds, or ambient sounds. And of course, the Acting and interpretation of the actors was incredible. Their acting really helped the audience relate to Oscar Grant and his loved ones, and helped us understand the true meaning of this excellent film.
Number of questions: 10
Percentage: 100%
1. All movies contain layers of complexity and meaning that can be studied, analyzed, and appreciated in terms of cinematic language. Which of the following describes cinematic language?
Topic: n/a
a. the language in which the actors in a given film communicate
b. techniques and concepts filmmakers use to connect viewers to a film, which often conceal the means of storytelling
c. techniques and concepts filmmakers use among themselves on a film set to communicate more efficiently
d. a style of communication that does not reflect real-word conversation, but rather reflects the imagined world of the movies
Feedback/Reference: This is the basic definition of cinematic language (page 2).
2. Movies are similar to stage plays since they generally provide the viewer with a single, uninterrupted, wide-angle view of on-screen action.
Topic: n/a
a. True
b. False
Feedback/Reference: Unlike the theater, films are composed of discrete shots of varying scale that are joined together through editing (page 5).
3. Which definition of editing accurately describes film editing as one of the defining characteristics that distinguish movies from other art forms?
Topic: n/a
a. a process of altering a film’s content and language to achieve an acceptable MPAA (Motion Picture Association of America) rating
b. a creative technique shared by film and photography, but not painting
c. the revision of a screenplay before actual filming begins
d. the joining together of shots to control what the viewer sees in a movie and how the viewer sees it
Feedback/Reference: This is the basic definition of editing (page 5).
4. In movies, meaning is often absorbed intuitively. Some techniques that contribute to a movie having this “invisible meaning” include
Topic: n/a
a. fade-in/fade-out, low-angle shot, and voice-over narration.
b. fade-in/fade-out, low-angle shot, and cutting on action.
c. fade-in/fade-out, cutting on action, and voice-over narration.
d. fade-in/fade-out, jump cutting, and low-angle shot.
Feedback/Reference: Fade-in/fade-out, low-angle shot, and cutting on action are three basic techniques that illustrate invisibility and cinematic language (pages 7–9). On the other hand, voice-over narration and jump cutting are examples of techniques that generally draw attention to themselves.
5. Fade-out/fade-in is a filmmaking technique that indicates a passage of time. Which clip illustrates fade-out/fade-in?
Two Cars, One Night : view clip
Bartholomew’s Song : view clip
Snapshot : view clip
Topic: n/a
a. Two Cars, One Night
b. Bartholomew’s Song
c. Snapshot
Feedback/Reference: Although all the options indicate the passage of time, only option (c) is an example of fade-out/fade-in. Option (a) uses fast-motion and option (b) uses a hard cut.
6. Cutting on action is a common editing technique that hides the shift from one shot to the next by ending the first shot in the middle of a continuing action and starting the next shot at some point further along in the same action. Which clip is an example of cutting on action?
The Hill : view clip
Death to the Tinman : view clip
Kleingeld : view clip
Topic: n/a
a. The Hill
b. Death to the Tinman
c. Kleingeld
Feedback/Reference: Clip (a) is the only clip that illustrates cutting on action.
7. Which of the following statements best characterizes this chapter’s treatment of viewer expectations?
Topic: n/a
a. The least important consideration when analyzing a film is determining the role of expectations.
b. Expectations generated by a movie’s promotion are more influential than other expectations.
c. Our experience of any given film is affected by how that film manipulates expectations.
d. Most filmmakers strive to undermine our expectations.
Feedback/Reference: See pages 13–14 in your textbook.
8. Cultural invisibility, a consequence of shared belief systems, frequently contributes to hidden movie meaning. Which of the following statements does NOT accurately characterize cultural invisibility?
Topic: n/a
a. It is often motivated by a commercial instinct.
b. It is a way to unconsciously challenge viewers’ shared belief systems.
c. It is not always a calculated decision on the part of the filmmakers.
d. It sometimes leads to viewers being unaware of the film’s implied message.
Feedback/Reference: Cultural invisibility seeks to reinforce the desires and shared beliefs of viewers—not to challenge or provoke them (pages 9–10).
9. What is implicit meaning?
Topic: n/a
a. meaning related to the interior world of a film, which is distinct from our everyday sense of the word “meaning”
b. meaning that is easily discernible on the surface of the movie
c. meaning that lies below the surface of a movie’s story and presentation
d. meaning that is tied to broad messages or themes
Feedback/Reference: This is the basic definition of implicit meaning (pages 11–12).
10. What is formal analysis?
Topic: n/a
a. an analytical approach concerned with the means by which a subject is expressed
b. an analytical approach concerned with the content of a subject rather than its expression
c. an analytical approach concerned with the technical elements (cinematography, sound, design) of a movie, but not elements like performance or narrative
d. an analytical approach that is rarely concerned with the filmmaker’s intent
TIL:
B/M Ch.1- Most films want to entertain the audience and not provoke them, and that there is a sense of cultural invisibility that some viewers wouldn’t notice some of the implied meanings or messages.
M/K Ch. 1- With the high budget films Hollywood pushes there has been an increase in independent films done.
M/K Ch. 2- In the late 1800s and the early 1900s movie speeds were around 16 frames per second, also known as silent speed, and have since gotten faster and run around 24 fps now.
M/K Ch. 3- The complexity of film in the early years grew exponentially from single shots were replaced by multi-scene shots, this all happened within 15 years or so.
M/K Ch. 4- D.W. Griffith’s first independent project was a film adaptation of The Clansman, took 6 weeks to rehearse, and 9 weeks to film. That was far greater compared to other films at the time which were done in a week.
Reflection on Fruitvale Station
Fruitvale Station was an extremely emotional and thought provoking movie. The way he opened up the film with actual footage of the night that Oscar Grant was killed. It made my stomach drop knowing that not only was it a video taken from the night he died, but also was the way Ryan Coogler got the audiences’ attention. Throughout the film Coogler also foreshadowed what was to eventually occur at BART, by having the scene cut to a BART train going by. Another way that Coogler got my attention was the scene when Oscar was shot, how he’s looking at the cop repeating “I have a daughter.” It was during that scene that the focus went to Oscar while he was having a flashback in slow motion, of him and T. Ryan Coogler did an amazing job at portraying the story of Oscar Grant, and I would recommend this movie to anyone who hasn’t heard of Oscar Grant.
Fruitvale Station is a unique film that focuses on the days of Oscar Green or (Oscar Grant), as he was renamed for the movie, before he was murdered by a Bart station police officer. Ryan Coogler who directed the movie did an amazing job of making the viewer fully able to relate to the main character. By including character development that shows how Oscar has made many mistakes in the past. Such as going to prison, cheating on his girlfriend and loosing his job. We have this main character who we can actually relate to and isn’t some perfect human being that loss his life. This movie was incredibly sad and I would recommend it to anyone who has not heard of the Fruitvale Bart station murder that took place not too long ago.
Quiz name: Looking at Movies, 4e
Chapter Number: 01
Student’s name: Roberto Cortez
Student’s email: rcorte12@students.solano.edu
Number of questions: 10
Percent correct: 90%
Question: In movies, meaning is often absorbed intuitively. Some techniques that contribute to a movie having this “invisible meaning” include
Student answered: b) fade-in/fade-out, low-angle shot, and cutting on action.
Correct answer is: b) fade-in/fade-out, low-angle shot, and cutting on action.
Question: All movies contain layers of complexity and meaning that can be studied, analyzed, and appreciated in terms of cinematic language. Which of the following describes cinematic language?
Student answered: b) techniques and concepts filmmakers use to connect viewers to a film, which often conceal the means of storytelling
Correct answer is: b) techniques and concepts filmmakers use to connect viewers to a film, which often conceal the means of storytelling
Question: Cultural invisibility, a consequence of shared belief systems, frequently contributes to hidden movie meaning. Which of the following statements does NOT accurately characterize cultural invisibility?
Student answered: b) It is a way to unconsciously challenge viewers’ shared belief systems.
Correct answer is: b) It is a way to unconsciously challenge viewers’ shared belief systems.
Question: Cutting on action is a common editing technique that hides the shift from one shot to the next by ending the first shot in the middle of a continuing action and starting the next shot at some point further along in the same action. Which clip is an example of cutting on action? The Hill : view clip Death to the Tinman : view clip Kleingeld : view clip
Student answered: a) The Hill
Correct answer is: a) The Hill
Question: Which of the following statements best characterizes this chapter’s treatment of viewer expectations?
Student answered: c) Our experience of any given film is affected by how that film manipulates expectations.
Correct answer is: c) Our experience of any given film is affected by how that film manipulates expectations.
Question: Movies are similar to stage plays since they generally provide the viewer with a single, uninterrupted, wide-angle view of on-screen action.
Student answered: b) False
Correct answer is: b) False
Question: Fade-out/fade-in is a filmmaking technique that indicates a passage of time. Which clip illustrates fade-out/fade-in? Two Cars, One Night : view clip Bartholomew’s Song : view clip Snapshot : view clip
Student answered: c) Snapshot
Correct answer is: c) Snapshot
Question: Which definition of editing accurately describes film editing as one of the defining characteristics that distinguish movies from other art forms?
Student answered: d) the joining together of shots to control what the viewer sees in a movie and how the viewer sees it
Correct answer is: d) the joining together of shots to control what the viewer sees in a movie and how the viewer sees it
Question: What is formal analysis?
Student answered: c) an analytical approach concerned with the technical elements (cinematography, sound, design) of a movie, but not elements like performance or narrative
Correct answer is: a) an analytical approach concerned with the means by which a subject is expressed
Question: What is implicit meaning?
Student answered: c) meaning that lies below the surface of a movie’s story and presentation
Correct answer is: c) meaning that lies below the surface of a movie’s story and presentation
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Quiz name: Looking at Movies, 4e
Chapter Number: 01
Student’s name: Sierra Maranz
Student’s email: Sierramaranz@yahoo.com
Number of questions: 10
Percent correct: 100%
Question: Cutting on action is a common editing technique that hides the shift from one shot to the next by ending the first shot in the middle of a continuing action and starting the next shot at some point further along in the same action. Which clip is an example of cutting on action? The Hill : view clip Death to the Tinman : view clip Kleingeld : view clip
Student answered: a) The Hill
Correct answer is: a) The Hill
Question: Cultural invisibility, a consequence of shared belief systems, frequently contributes to hidden movie meaning. Which of the following statements does NOT accurately characterize cultural invisibility?
Student answered: b) It is a way to unconsciously challenge viewers’ shared belief systems.
Correct answer is: b) It is a way to unconsciously challenge viewers’ shared belief systems.
Question: Movies are similar to stage plays since they generally provide the viewer with a single, uninterrupted, wide-angle view of on-screen action.
Student answered: b) False
Correct answer is: b) False
Question: In movies, meaning is often absorbed intuitively. Some techniques that contribute to a movie having this “invisible meaning” include
Student answered: b) fade-in/fade-out, low-angle shot, and cutting on action.
Correct answer is: b) fade-in/fade-out, low-angle shot, and cutting on action.
Question: Which of the following statements best characterizes this chapter’s treatment of viewer expectations?
Student answered: c) Our experience of any given film is affected by how that film manipulates expectations.
Correct answer is: c) Our experience of any given film is affected by how that film manipulates expectations.
Question: Fade-out/fade-in is a filmmaking technique that indicates a passage of time. Which clip illustrates fade-out/fade-in? Two Cars, One Night : view clip Bartholomew’s Song : view clip Snapshot : view clip
Student answered: c) Snapshot
Correct answer is: c) Snapshot
Question: What is implicit meaning?
Student answered: c) meaning that lies below the surface of a movie’s story and presentation
Correct answer is: c) meaning that lies below the surface of a movie’s story and presentation
Question: Which definition of editing accurately describes film editing as one of the defining characteristics that distinguish movies from other art forms?
Student answered: d) the joining together of shots to control what the viewer sees in a movie and how the viewer sees it
Correct answer is: d) the joining together of shots to control what the viewer sees in a movie and how the viewer sees it
Question: All movies contain layers of complexity and meaning that can be studied, analyzed, and appreciated in terms of cinematic language. Which of the following describes cinematic language?
Student answered: b) techniques and concepts filmmakers use to connect viewers to a film, which often conceal the means of storytelling
Correct answer is: b) techniques and concepts filmmakers use to connect viewers to a film, which often conceal the means of storytelling
Question: What is formal analysis?
Student answered: a) an analytical approach concerned with the means by which a subject is expressed
Correct answer is: a) an analytical approach concerned with the means by which a subject is expressed. Fruitvale Station was a very well done film. It caught the audience’s attention right at the beginning and informed you that it was new years Eve. The director gave the audience a sence of the characters and who they were as people. He wanted you to connect with them. Throughout the film there were pauses meant to increase tension and I thought that the movie was very well done.
Wrong Answer is highlighted in Red.
Correct Answer is highlighted in green.
1. All movies contain layers of complexity and meaning that can be studied, analyzed, and appreciated in terms of cinematic language. Which of the following describes cinematic language?
Topic: n/a
a. the language in which the actors in a given film communicate
b. techniques and concepts filmmakers use to connect viewers to a film, which often conceal the means of storytelling
c. techniques and concepts filmmakers use among themselves on a film set to communicate more efficiently
d. a style of communication that does not reflect real-word conversation, but rather reflects the imagined world of the movies
Feedback/Reference: This is the basic definition of cinematic language (page 2).
2. Movies are similar to stage plays since they generally provide the viewer with a single, uninterrupted, wide-angle view of on-screen action.
Topic: n/a
a. True
b. False
Feedback/Reference: Unlike the theater, films are composed of discrete shots of varying scale that are joined together through editing (page 5).
3. Which definition of editing accurately describes film editing as one of the defining characteristics that distinguish movies from other art forms?
Topic: n/a
a. a process of altering a film’s content and language to achieve an acceptable MPAA (Motion Picture Association of America) rating
b. a creative technique shared by film and photography, but not painting
c. the revision of a screenplay before actual filming begins
d. the joining together of shots to control what the viewer sees in a movie and how the viewer sees it
Feedback/Reference: This is the basic definition of editing (page 5).
4. In movies, meaning is often absorbed intuitively. Some techniques that contribute to a movie having this “invisible meaning” include
Topic: n/a
a. fade-in/fade-out, low-angle shot, and voice-over narration.
b. fade-in/fade-out, low-angle shot, and cutting on action.
c. fade-in/fade-out, cutting on action, and voice-over narration.
d. fade-in/fade-out, jump cutting, and low-angle shot.
Feedback/Reference: Fade-in/fade-out, low-angle shot, and cutting on action are three basic techniques that illustrate invisibility and cinematic language (pages 7–9). On the other hand, voice-over narration and jump cutting are examples of techniques that generally draw attention to themselves.
5. Fade-out/fade-in is a filmmaking technique that indicates a passage of time. Which clip illustrates fade-out/fade-in?
Two Cars, One Night : view clip
Bartholomew’s Song : view clip
Snapshot : view clip
Topic: n/a
a. Two Cars, One Night
b. Bartholomew’s Song
c. Snapshot
Feedback/Reference: Although all the options indicate the passage of time, only option (c) is an example of fade-out/fade-in. Option (a) uses fast-motion and option (b) uses a hard cut.
6. Cutting on action is a common editing technique that hides the shift from one shot to the next by ending the first shot in the middle of a continuing action and starting the next shot at some point further along in the same action. Which clip is an example of cutting on action?
The Hill : view clip
Death to the Tinman : view clip
Kleingeld : view clip
Topic: n/a
a. The Hill
b. Death to the Tinman
c. Kleingeld
Feedback/Reference: Clip (a) is the only clip that illustrates cutting on action.
7. Which of the following statements best characterizes this chapter’s treatment of viewer expectations?
Topic: n/a
a. The least important consideration when analyzing a film is determining the role of expectations.
b. Expectations generated by a movie’s promotion are more influential than other expectations.
c. Our experience of any given film is affected by how that film manipulates expectations.
d. Most filmmakers strive to undermine our expectations.
Feedback/Reference: See pages 13–14 in your textbook.
8. Cultural invisibility, a consequence of shared belief systems, frequently contributes to hidden movie meaning. Which of the following statements does NOT accurately characterize cultural invisibility?
Topic: n/a
a. It is often motivated by a commercial instinct.
b. It is a way to unconsciously challenge viewers’ shared belief systems.
c. It is not always a calculated decision on the part of the filmmakers.
d. It sometimes leads to viewers being unaware of the film’s implied message.
Feedback/Reference: Cultural invisibility seeks to reinforce the desires and shared beliefs of viewers—not to challenge or provoke them (pages 9–10).
9. What is implicit meaning?
Topic: n/a
a. meaning related to the interior world of a film, which is distinct from our everyday sense of the word “meaning”
b. meaning that is easily discernible on the surface of the movie
c. meaning that lies below the surface of a movie’s story and presentation
d. meaning that is tied to broad messages or themes
Feedback/Reference: This is the basic definition of implicit meaning (pages 11–12).
10. What is formal analysis?
Topic: n/a
a. an analytical approach concerned with the means by which a subject is expressed
b. an analytical approach concerned with the content of a subject rather than its expression
c. an analytical approach concerned with the technical elements (cinematography, sound, design) of a movie, but not elements like performance or narrative
d. an analytical approach that is rarely concerned with the filmmaker’s intent
Fruitvale Station is a controversial movie based on a controversial situation & reality in our modern day world. Kuegler as a director didn’t necessarily want to portray Oscar Grants life as innocent or perfect but to actually obtain a perspective on who he was whether it was good or not. Some of the events in the film weren’t accurate, considering you can’t go back & ask Oscar yourself, his entire day isn’t 100% accurate. BUT they did do a good job of depicting who & what Mr. Grant was all about. Whether or not we should’ve showed a clip of the officer who killed him i don’t believe it would’ve gone well in the community of Oakland or across the nation. I, for example believe our system is unjust & serving 11 months for something as severe as taking the life of an innocent ex- felon deserves real time & not a slap on the wrist.
M/k TIL Chapter 1: General overview on film, “cinematic language”, Introduction, how film is a form of art & how film came along as a growing entertainment.
Chapter 2: Difference between form and content in movie, how movies depend on light & t
he effects of the mood
Chapter 3: Separate narratives, experimental movies documentaries, understanding genres.
Quiz name: Looking at Movies, 4e
Chapter Number: 01
Student’s name: Justin Michael Hines
Student’s email: jhines12@students.solano.com
Number of questions: 10
Percent correct: 100%
M/K TILs:
From the textbook, A Short History of the Movies, I learned some interesting information about movies and filmmaking. In chapter one, it states how did past movies start. I learned that the first filmmakers weren’t considered to be artists, but tinkerers. In chapter two, I learned that the most difficult thing while filming movies is that to learn to project motion pictures. In chapter three, I learned that during the 1890s multi-scene film replaced single shot film and scenes began to be edited, which was complex at the time. In chapter 4, I learned that Griffith was highly innovative with his filmmaking techniques, utilizing cross-cutting, close-ups, and fade outs to distinctive effect, creating a deep emotional environment.
Reflections on Fruitvale Station:
I enjoyed watching Fruitvale Station because this movie was based on a true story about Oscar Grant’s death and events relatively before that. Ryan Coogler’s choices of how he filmed the movie were interesting and it worked for this type of movie. Coogler will focus more time with family scenes especially the ones with Oscar and his daughter. A scene that would demonstrate would be when there was a slow-motion scene between them to show and explain to the audience that family is important. The choice of actors were great because I believed that the actors portrayed their character excellently, especially Michael B. Jordan’s role as Oscar Grant. In the beginning of the movie, it showed the real video of what exactly happen during the Fruitvale station incident, at first I didn’t know whats the purpose of that until a person said that the real clip of the incident was just a person getting shot, but once we saw the journey of Oscar Grant’s life, we felt sad or depressed because we saw character development and how he wanted to have a better life for his family. The only thing that I disliked about the movie was that the sudden flash back in the middle of the movie because I taught it wasn’t necessary or I didn’t know the purpose of that scene, but overall I would recommend anyone who didn’t watch this movie because there isn’t a lot of movies like this that was based on a true story.
Quiz Name: Looking at Movies, 4e
Chapter Number: 01
Student’s Name: Nathaniel Wil Clarke
Student Email: wilclarke131@gmail.com
Number of questions: 10
Percent Correct: 100%
M/K TILS- In Chapter 1 the book explains the early stages of film making in which it wasn’t seen as a great skill but so much a clever way of using pictures and fixing them a certain way to create a motion for the viewers eyes. In Chapter 2 the book educates us on how the effect of slow motion is made. To create this effect there must be more frames per second than a normal film to do it. In Chapter 3 was when the book stated how when editing first came into the picture it was an important and revolutionary thing for early films. In Chapter 4 D. W. Griffith created a complex film that had not been done before and took many weeks to film compared to other films at that time that took less time.
Fruitvale Station Reflections- This movie is based out of the Bay Area in which the main character Oscar Grant played by Michael B. Jordan is shown to be in conflict with the cops in the first frames. Oscar Grant is then shot by the police in which the rest of the movie is shown as a sort of flashback of his last day. All the actors in this movie played their roles really well especially Oscar Grant’s girlfriend in which she really utilizes her talents to make you feel the same emotions she does throughout the movie. Ryan Coogler did an amazing job of incorporating real life footage of the incident into the film. Coogler’s way of directing and arranging the film kept you on the edge of your seat wondering what was going to happen next even though he revealed the ending of the movie from the beginning. The suspense created from the scenes almost made you believe the ending would be different. This movie also has a lot of foreshadowing in it. The bart is shown countless times throughout the film as a way of show how significant it is going to be to the movie and the ending. Oscar Grant is someone that we can relate to which is why we are so into his character, in which he doesn’t live a perfect life and is going through struggles while trying to support himself and his family. Overall, the movie gives good visual effects and shows how cutting to different scenes should be done.
Quiz name: Looking at Movies, 4e
Chapter Number: 01
Student’s name: Iman Ereiqat
Student’s email: imanereiqat0@gmail.com
Number of questions: 10
Percent correct: 100%
Fruitvale Station is a movie that is no less emotional the second time than it is the first time. Taking place just next door in Oakland, the movie tells the story of Oscar Grant, an ordinary man whose life was cut short due to police brutality. I think that this is such an important movie. Using such a simple story following Oscar through his last day gives us an insight about how normal his life was. We develop an attachment to his character when we see shots of him with his daughter, or trying to get his mom to skip work so he can take her out on her birthday. However, director Ryan Coogler makes sure we know he is no saint, and shows Oscars bad side as well. Looking at all these events that take place in Oscars life shows that he’s a regular human who makes mistakes & tries to fix them just like anyone else. What we know though, is that none of what we saw about his life mattered, it was still wrong to shoot him. This movie is so important because it’s one of the only movies that actually shows what’s been happening SO MUCH lately. Oscar Grant, Trayvon Martin, Sandra Bland, Mike Brown… the list is too long, and as we said in class, we probably won’t get movies for all of them, but we got a movie for Oscar Grant. I think it’s important to make people aware of such an issue. R.I.P. Oscar Grant & all the countless victims of police brutality.
/r/TIL
B/M Ch 1: This first chapter of the book introduces the many different techniques & ways one can make/analyze a film.
M/K Ch 1: We hear some assumptions about movies & early discoveries made in the filmmaking industry.
M/K Ch 2: Here we learn about the origins & beginnings of film.
M/K Ch 3: In this chapter, we get an insight into the first companies & commercialization of film.
M/K Ch 4: This chapter gives us a biography & overview of D. W. Griffith.
M/K TILs
Chapter 1: The rise of film coincides with the advancement of technology. Film is an art form that relies on technology and it’s ascension as a visual media is thus directly related.
Chapter 2: Film is not actually video, but rather a collection of stills which is why when frames are removed film movement appears jerky and uneasy.
Chapter 3: G.A. Smith is credited with the invention of the POV shot.
Chapter 4: Between 1908 and 1913 D.W. Griffith directed over 450 movies, giving him the ability to test new ideas whenever they struck.
Reflections on Fruitvale Station
Where Fruitvale station excels is how dedicated it is to portray Oscar Grant as the man he was. Dir. Ryan Coogler made it clear that Grant was no martyr and Michael B. Jordan’s portrayal was critical to that. We were shown all aspects of the character of Oscar Grant, drug dealer, angry and unemployed, loving father, man trying to get his life right and do the right thing. Unfortunately in the film his realizations of trying to change his life came on his last day. Showing the negative aspects of Grant’s character was crucial to making this film work. Paint him a saint and people won’t buy it, make him to unsavory and unrelatable and audience’s won’t sympathize. Coogler does an excellent job writing and directing this character and Jordan does just as well realizing him.
This film also uses much foreshadowing or plant and pay. Many times we are shown images of a BART train passing by, letting us know that it will be very important to the climax of the film. The final shot we see of a BART train is one leaving the station into a dark tunnel and is engulfed in the blackness. This is the longest shot we get of a BART train giving us an ominous feeling that Grant will soon be engulfed in darkness as well.
The most succesful metaphor of this film occurs when Oscar Grant is getting gas and meets a stray dog that is soon hit and killed by a car. After hitting and Killing the dog the Driver of the car panics and speeds off paying no consequence. While the dog was a stray pittbull, a dog having a reputation of being aggressive, it did not deserve to die. More so he was in the wrong place and the wrong time, much like Grant being in the wrong place at the wrong time, is killed, and the officer that shot him receives little consequence fading into obscurity not to be heard from again. There is also so characterization of Grant in this scene. Grant is wearing an all white t-shirt, white can be used as a symbol of innocence, and purity. After Grant lays the dead dog down we see him in his white shirt spattered with the dog’s blood, showing us that while Grant may strive to be good and pure he still has dirt, blood on his hands. He is not a perfect human and will not be depicted as such, which makes his character more relatable because no one is perfect.
Fruitvale Station Reflection
I did not think I would have been able to hold back the tears during this movie but somehow I managed. Fruitvale Station follows the life of Oscar Grant a man who was gunned down by bart police on new year, 2009. The movie takes place just 24 hours before Oscar is shot by a bart police officer. Coogler shows that Oscar was not a perfect man and in fact had many flaws. He was drug dealing, cheated on his girlfriend, got fired from a job, smokes marijuana, and has a criminal record. Despite all of Oscars flaws, he cared about his daughter and girlfriend more than anything. Coogler was emphasizing that not only did the bart cop take his life, he also took a father away from his child. Coogler did a good job in developing Oscar’s character. At first Oscar is not a very likable character until the scene where Oscar is by the water shows that he knows what he is doing is wrong and finally decides to give it up. The movie was very well put together and almost made me forget what it is truly about. I would recommend this movie to anyone.
M/K TILs
Chapter 1: Shows how filming relies on technology and all the techniques to analyze a film
Chapter 2: Learn about the origins of filmmaking and the effects of slow motion
Chapter 3: Focuses on the first major film companies and how editing films began.
Chapter 4: Shows how D.W. Griffith changed the film industry with his new techniques in filmmaking.
TIL: Chapter 1 – Describes how the art of film quickly evolved from just a few moving pictures to this industry with different methods of filming and new technology . Chapter 2 – Talks about how the early uses of speed, early projections and sound and the filmmakers that created/first use them in film. Chapter 3 – Tells us about how in the early years of film the importance of storytelling help saved the film industry. Chapter 4 – We talk about the rise and fall of the film director D.W. Griffith and how his innovations lead the way to modern Hollywood.
Quiz name: Looking at Movies, 4e
Chapter Number: 01
Student’s name: Kelly Castillo
Student’s email: chica4496@gmail.com
Number of questions: 10
Percent correct: 100%
Reflection of Fruitvale Station:
An aspect I greatly appreciated in the film the use of foreshadowing a future event at the beginning of the movie. Despite knowing the ultimate outcome of the movie, the anticipation of knowing that this event would eventually occur made the events preceding it to it more engaging for me. In regards to the music used in the movie, the use of music that had originated in the bay area gives cultural context to the story. Although the use of cutting on action is used in many films to prevent the jerkiness of the camera transition, I enjoyed the lack of this practice during the police fight climax. For me, this gives the effect of a spectator recording the actions, which adds immersion for the viewer by making it feel as though they were there. A critique that I have regarding the portrayal of Oscar Grant’s death in this film is that the movie seems to insinuate that if any of the coincidental events that led up to the climax had been changed (i.e. the girl recognizing him on BART) then his death would have been avoided. I believe that the movie is oversimplifying his death, as other social issues other than police brutality seemed to have contributed to causing his death, such as prison violence and social issues of violence in Oakland.
Quiz name: Looking at Movies, 4e
Chapter Number: 01
Student’s name: Kimi Garcia
Student’s email: kimigarcia123@gmail.com
Number of questions: 10
Percent correct: 90%
Question: Cultural invisibility, a consequence of shared belief systems, frequently contributes to hidden movie meaning. Which of the following statements does NOT accurately characterize cultural invisibility?
Student answered: a) It is often motivated by a commercial instinct.
Correct answer is: b) It is a way to unconsciously challenge viewers’ shared belief systems.
Question: In movies, meaning is often absorbed intuitively. Some techniques that contribute to a movie having this “invisible meaning” include
Student answered: b) fade-in/fade-out, low-angle shot, and cutting on action.
Correct answer is: b) fade-in/fade-out, low-angle shot, and cutting on action.
Question: Which of the following statements best characterizes this chapter’s treatment of viewer expectations?
Student answered: c) Our experience of any given film is affected by how that film manipulates expectations.
Correct answer is: c) Our experience of any given film is affected by how that film manipulates expectations.
Question: Movies are similar to stage plays since they generally provide the viewer with a single, uninterrupted, wide-angle view of on-screen action.
Student answered: b) False
Correct answer is: b) False
Question: Fade-out/fade-in is a filmmaking technique that indicates a passage of time. Which clip illustrates fade-out/fade-in? Two Cars, One Night : view clip Bartholomew’s Song : view clip Snapshot : view clip
Student answered: c) Snapshot
Correct answer is: c) Snapshot
Question: What is implicit meaning?
Student answered: c) meaning that lies below the surface of a movie’s story and presentation
Correct answer is: c) meaning that lies below the surface of a movie’s story and presentation
Question: Cutting on action is a common editing technique that hides the shift from one shot to the next by ending the first shot in the middle of a continuing action and starting the next shot at some point further along in the same action. Which clip is an example of cutting on action? The Hill : view clip Death to the Tinman : view clip Kleingeld : view clip
Student answered: a) The Hill
Correct answer is: a) The Hill
Question: All movies contain layers of complexity and meaning that can be studied, analyzed, and appreciated in terms of cinematic language. Which of the following describes cinematic language?
Student answered: b) techniques and concepts filmmakers use to connect viewers to a film, which often conceal the means of storytelling
Correct answer is: b) techniques and concepts filmmakers use to connect viewers to a film, which often conceal the means of storytelling
Question: What is formal analysis?
Student answered: a) an analytical approach concerned with the means by which a subject is expressed
Correct answer is: a) an analytical approach concerned with the means by which a subject is expressed
Question: Which definition of editing accurately describes film editing as one of the defining characteristics that distinguish movies from other art forms?
Student answered: d) the joining together of shots to control what the viewer sees in a movie and how the viewer sees it
Correct answer is: d) the joining together of shots to control what the viewer sees in a movie and how the viewer sees it
TIL:
Chapter 1-Chapter one discusses the importance of history for film making and how the first people creating films were simply “tinkering” but as technology expanded film makers became completely dependent on it.
Chapter 2-Chapter two discusses how the footage is taken and how our brains break them down to see an ongoing visual instead of overlapping visuals.
Chapter 3-Chapter three discusses how copyrighting and piracy laws started to become important, film production sets would begin to hang their logo’s on banners.
Chapter 4-Chapter four discusses D.W. Griffith’s life and how he spent his life making films and coming up with new ways to create film.
Fruitvale Station Analysis:
I actually went to the protest in San Francisco in January with my siblings, it was terrifying to know that a police officer could “accidentally” shoot someone and basically get away with it. I was eleven years old at the time and it was more or so a wake up moment for me that everyone were supposed to see as heroes could also be our worst enemies. Seeing this movie for the first time in theaters brought back intense memories of being at the protest and it was great to see that Ryan Coogler was able to make a statement with his film. One thing that had stuck out to me in the film was how Oscar had started out with a white shirt and then when the dog scene happened his shirt was covered in the dog’s blood so before they head out to his Mom’s birthday dinner Sophina gives him another shirt to wear except this time the shirt is black, and it seemed to me because white is seen as innocent/light and black is seen as this dark unhappy color that that’s when the film changed on where Oscar was headed. Then later when they’re getting off the BART in San Francisco Sophina get’s cold and oscar takes off his hoodie and to me it was as though he was taking off his armor, his protection and then transferred it to Sophina. We see when he’s changing into different clothes, like he is changing his future even though we already know the ending.
This movie definitely being one of the more serious movies,gets to me every time my eyes gaze across the screen watching the first few “real” moments of the movie. The way the movie uses flashbacks is truly amazing! There is one flashback that did confuse me because it cuts back to the time where oscar was in prison. I thought that it fit perfectly from where the movie was at. Oscar holding the bag of weed contemplating whether it was really worth it to risk not only his life, but the life his family as well. the scene then cuts almost immediately to flashback of Oscar in a prison. The oscar that they flashback to, is nothing like the Oscar that we observe in the movie. This Oscar is far more aggressive, but still shows the same personality as the future Oscar. as the Scene comes to an end a bit of foreshadowing can possibly be seen. a confrontation breaks out between Oscar and a fellow inmate, this confrontation leads oscar to say “ill catch you on the outside” this is a clear foreshadow to an event that will later take place in the movie on bart. speaking of Bart, watching the movie 3 times, i noticed that not only is Bart the central motif to this movie, it is also a huge foreshadow. the first scene of the movie opens with oscar being shot recorded from a bart train. a motif is a reoccurring theme in a movie or piece of music, that consistently appears. Though this movie mainly focuses on the oscar, i would have like to see more about his family and daughter after the death of oscar. Oscars daughter seemed to be a major part of Oscars life as she is constantly shown in scenes with him. This movie is great in every aspect because it has a sense of realism and has a lot of dramatic affect on its viewers. The ending of this movie is very heartfelt because though his death was years prior to the release of the movie, it shows a small get together at the station oscar was shot in his memory. That is the impact that oscar is shown to have in the movie, and that is the impact that he had on people in the real life.
Quiz name: Looking at Movies, 4e
Chapter Number: 01
Student’s name: marcus bravo
Student’s email: jbravo91697@gmail.com
Number of questions: 10
Percent correct: 100%
Quiz name: Looking at Movies, 4e
Chapter Number: 01
Student’s name: Kaylana Bern
Student’s email: kaylanabern@gmail.com
Number of questions: 10
Percent correct: 100%
What I got from the Fruitvale movie was a mixture of emotions. I felt appreciation for what I have in my life, you forget how tough people have it in typical movies because its always glitz and glam. I felt motivation to keep going at life positively; You see Oscar not letting life weigh him down and keeping a good heart and it was very inspiring. I felt anger; This movie shows the sad truth about the reality we live in. Many people, good people, have to struggle to make it by. I even cried…full on tears down my face because things like Oscar’s situation happen every. People are killed innocently just because of their skin color, or their appearance (poor attire, wrong colored clothing; Red or blue, fully covered; Hijabi, etc.) I felt a huge wave of sadness for all other lives lost. This movie gave me a message that the reality of this world is not all ‘rainbows and sunshine’. You are lucky if you’re not stressed financially, you’re lucky if no one is harassing you based off who you are and what you look like. You’re lucky if you still got your parents, and a chance to become successful in life. Fruitvale is not only a biography, its a wake up call.
M/K, TIL:
I learned in Chapter one, the process of film making and the different methods filmmakers chose to go about their production. I also learned movies have an impact on culture.
Fruitvale Station was a sad film due to it’s subject of the case of Oscar Grant but it was also a interesting film very different routes that you don’t see in most films. For most of the film it looked like it was shot like every normal film until the scene where is Oscar’s girlfriend is looking for Oscar, then it took a more found footage feel. Another thing I noticed was that in the scene in the hospital the camera was focused more on everyone the room except the doctor but when the doctor came back again the he was in the shot. I’m guess the director did this to show the emotion between everyone in the room at the first shot. The film truly impacts a persons emotions and such. Some thing I felt would of been interesting film is the inclusion of the story of the officer that shot Oscar and his moments leading up to that situation at the Bart station, it would would of been more heartbreaking to this “good guy” messing up in such a bad way.
Quiz name: Looking at Movies, 4e
Chapter No.: 1
Student name: Kendall Carnell
Email: kenny2jay@gmail.com
Score: 80%
M/K TIL
Chapter 1 – I learned that the best films come from a single, controlling mind called the auteur, who is responsible for the whole film on a creative level.
Chapter 2 – Various people (inventors) such as T.W. Naylor, Baron Franz von Uchatius, Muybridge & Marey, Thomas Edison, and technologies have influenced and helped conjure film to what we know it as today.
Chapter 3 – The three part structure that survives today was a result of business wars between “the producer who makes the film, the distributor who arranges for its most effective circulation, and the exhibitor who shoes it in the theatre”.
Chapter 4 – David Wark Griffith started out as an actor then turned into an influential filmmaker whose latter years proved that “you’re only as good as your last picture”.
Quiz 1:
Percent correct: 100%
Question: Which of the following statements best characterizes this chapter’s treatment of viewer expectations?
Student answered: c) Our experience of any given film is affected by how that film manipulates expectations.
Correct answer is: c) Our experience of any given film is affected by how that film manipulates expectations.
Question: Movies are similar to stage plays since they generally provide the viewer with a single, uninterrupted, wide-angle view of on-screen action.
Student answered: b) False
Correct answer is: b) False
Question: Which definition of editing accurately describes film editing as one of the defining characteristics that distinguish movies from other art forms?
Student answered: d) the joining together of shots to control what the viewer sees in a movie and how the viewer sees it
Correct answer is: d) the joining together of shots to control what the viewer sees in a movie and how the viewer sees it
Question: Cutting on action is a common editing technique that hides the shift from one shot to the next by ending the first shot in the middle of a continuing action and starting the next shot at some point further along in the same action. Which clip is an example of cutting on action? The Hill : view clip Death to the Tinman : view clip Kleingeld : view clip
Student answered: a) The Hill
Correct answer is: a) The Hill
Question: In movies, meaning is often absorbed intuitively. Some techniques that contribute to a movie having this “invisible meaning” include
Student answered: b) fade-in/fade-out, low-angle shot, and cutting on action.
Correct answer is: b) fade-in/fade-out, low-angle shot, and cutting on action.
Question: Fade-out/fade-in is a filmmaking technique that indicates a passage of time. Which clip illustrates fade-out/fade-in? Two Cars, One Night : view clip Bartholomew’s Song : view clip Snapshot : view clip
Student answered: c) Snapshot
Correct answer is: c) Snapshot
Question: What is implicit meaning?
Student answered: c) meaning that lies below the surface of a movie’s story and presentation
Correct answer is: c) meaning that lies below the surface of a movie’s story and presentation
Question: Cultural invisibility, a consequence of shared belief systems, frequently contributes to hidden movie meaning. Which of the following statements does NOT accurately characterize cultural invisibility?
Student answered: b) It is a way to unconsciously challenge viewers’ shared belief systems.
Correct answer is: b) It is a way to unconsciously challenge viewers’ shared belief systems.
Question: What is formal analysis?
Student answered: a) an analytical approach concerned with the means by which a subject is expressed
Correct answer is: a) an analytical approach concerned with the means by which a subject is expressed
Question: All movies contain layers of complexity and meaning that can be studied, analyzed, and appreciated in terms of cinematic language. Which of the following describes cinematic language?
Student answered: b) techniques and concepts filmmakers use to connect viewers to a film, which often conceal the means of storytelling
Correct answer is: b) techniques and concepts filmmakers use to connect viewers to a film, which often conceal the means of storytelling
Fruitvale Station portrays Oscar Grant’s life as humanly imperfect. Through its cinematography, location, sound and its actors, the film raises several questions surrounding sociology regarding race, social equality, and power. The film is set in various locations within the Bay Area (Oakland/San Francisco) such as San Quentin prison, a grocery store, the bay itself and the BART station that proves that Oscar was a community man who struggled to become better for his family (with an emphasis to become better for his daughter). The director and cinematographer used shots that created emotions of happiness as seen when Grant and his daughter, Tatiana, had a few moments together, and anxiousness/nervousness when Grant’s family received news of his passing. Michael B. Jordan did an excellent job at acting as Oscar Grant – he made one feel like one was looking at life from Grant’s perspective, and Melonie Diaz, who played Sophina (Grant’s girlfriend) allowed audience members to feel sympathetic for her as a mom, who too, found difficulty with Grant’s struggles and also devastated with the news of Grant’s passing. Was Grant at the wrong place, at the wrong time? What would have happened if the officer had not shot and killed an innocent man? Why did the officer only get sentenced for two years and released 11 months after sentencing? There are many questions that surround Grant’s unjustly killing, but what is certain is that a man with a hope for a better future was taken too soon from his family and his community.
M/K TIL
Chapter 1 – I learned that the tend to have a touch of the director embedded into it; Much like Hitchcock’s suspense, Kubrick’s innovation within genres, and Scorsese’s symbolism. This i learned is called the “auteur theory.”
Chapter 2 – Film advanced technically as fast as it did artistically. From adding frames to increase fps of a film to have it run more smoothly, to the sound film and studio, the art was evolving exponentially in the beginning.
Chapter 3 – George Albert Smith invented the POV shot
Chapter 4 – David Wark Griffith sort of introduce the concept of an actors director, in which he would take in all the accounts of have the actor display the desired image given the photogenic nature of film. Much more than just the narrative.
Fruitvale Station
Watching this film again allowed me examine it a little closer that just the tragedy it is but really appreciating the symbolism throughout. The Bart cameos coming in to close the acts did not even appear on my radar the first few times i had seen it, reminding me how this story is destined to end. That was Coogler’s true genius. Creating a unique body with the characters portrayed by Michael B Jordan and Melanie Diaz made completely enveloped me even though the beginning spoiled the ending. I still had hope at the end that the events would not carry out how they did; that is how invested these actors got me into the story with Coogler’s direction.
Quiz name: Looking at Movies, 4e
Chapter Number: 01
Student’s name: Joseph Salazar
Student’s email: joey12salazar@gmail.com
Number of questions: 10
Percent correct: 100%
Question: In movies, meaning is often absorbed intuitively. Some techniques that contribute to a movie having this “invisible meaning” include
Student answered: b) fade-in/fade-out, low-angle shot, and cutting on action.
Correct answer is: b) fade-in/fade-out, low-angle shot, and cutting on action.
Question: Which of the following statements best characterizes this chapter’s treatment of viewer expectations?
Student answered: c) Our experience of any given film is affected by how that film manipulates expectations.
Correct answer is: c) Our experience of any given film is affected by how that film manipulates expectations.
Question: Cultural invisibility, a consequence of shared belief systems, frequently contributes to hidden movie meaning. Which of the following statements does NOT accurately characterize cultural invisibility?
Student answered: b) It is a way to unconsciously challenge viewers’ shared belief systems.
Correct answer is: b) It is a way to unconsciously challenge viewers’ shared belief systems.
Question: Which definition of editing accurately describes film editing as one of the defining characteristics that distinguish movies from other art forms?
Student answered: d) the joining together of shots to control what the viewer sees in a movie and how the viewer sees it
Correct answer is: d) the joining together of shots to control what the viewer sees in a movie and how the viewer sees it
Question: All movies contain layers of complexity and meaning that can be studied, analyzed, and appreciated in terms of cinematic language. Which of the following describes cinematic language?
Student answered: b) techniques and concepts filmmakers use to connect viewers to a film, which often conceal the means of storytelling
Correct answer is: b) techniques and concepts filmmakers use to connect viewers to a film, which often conceal the means of storytelling
Question: What is implicit meaning?
Student answered: c) meaning that lies below the surface of a movie’s story and presentation
Correct answer is: c) meaning that lies below the surface of a movie’s story and presentation
Question: Fade-out/fade-in is a filmmaking technique that indicates a passage of time. Which clip illustrates fade-out/fade-in? Two Cars, One Night : view clip Bartholomew’s Song : view clip Snapshot : view clip
Student answered: c) Snapshot
Correct answer is: c) Snapshot
Question: What is formal analysis?
Student answered: a) an analytical approach concerned with the means by which a subject is expressed
Correct answer is: a) an analytical approach concerned with the means by which a subject is expressed
Question: Movies are similar to stage plays since they generally provide the viewer with a single, uninterrupted, wide-angle view of on-screen action.
Student answered: b) False
Correct answer is: b) False
Question: Cutting on action is a common editing technique that hides the shift from one shot to the next by ending the first shot in the middle of a continuing action and starting the next shot at some point further along in the same action. Which clip is an example of cutting on action? The Hill : view clip Death to the Tinman : view clip Kleingeld : view clip
Student answered: a) The Hill
Correct answer is: a) The Hill
Chapter Number: 01
Student’s name: Jose Bernal
Student’s email: sese1997@gmail.com
Number of questions: 10
Percent correct: 100%
Question: Which of the following statements best characterizes this chapter’s treatment of viewer expectations?
Student answered: c) Our experience of any given film is affected by how that film manipulates expectations.
Correct answer is: c) Our experience of any given film is affected by how that film manipulates expectations.
Question: What is implicit meaning?
Student answered: c) meaning that lies below the surface of a movie’s story and presentation
Correct answer is: c) meaning that lies below the surface of a movie’s story and presentation
Question: Cultural invisibility, a consequence of shared belief systems, frequently contributes to hidden movie meaning. Which of the following statements does NOT accurately characterize cultural invisibility?
Student answered: b) It is a way to unconsciously challenge viewers’ shared belief systems.
Correct answer is: b) It is a way to unconsciously challenge viewers’ shared belief systems.
Question: Which definition of editing accurately describes film editing as one of the defining characteristics that distinguish movies from other art forms?
Student answered: d) the joining together of shots to control what the viewer sees in a movie and how the viewer sees it
Correct answer is: d) the joining together of shots to control what the viewer sees in a movie and how the viewer sees it
Question: Movies are similar to stage plays since they generally provide the viewer with a single, uninterrupted, wide-angle view of on-screen action.
Student answered: b) False
Correct answer is: b) False
Question: In movies, meaning is often absorbed intuitively. Some techniques that contribute to a movie having this “invisible meaning” include
Student answered: b) fade-in/fade-out, low-angle shot, and cutting on action.
Correct answer is: b) fade-in/fade-out, low-angle shot, and cutting on action.
Question: What is formal analysis?
Student answered: a) an analytical approach concerned with the means by which a subject is expressed
Correct answer is: a) an analytical approach concerned with the means by which a subject is expressed
Question: All movies contain layers of complexity and meaning that can be studied, analyzed, and appreciated in terms of cinematic language. Which of the following describes cinematic language?
Student answered: b) techniques and concepts filmmakers use to connect viewers to a film, which often conceal the means of storytelling
Correct answer is: b) techniques and concepts filmmakers use to connect viewers to a film, which often conceal the means of storytelling
Question: Cutting on action is a common editing technique that hides the shift from one shot to the next by ending the first shot in the middle of a continuing action and starting the next shot at some point further along in the same action. Which clip is an example of cutting on action? The Hill : view clip Death to the Tinman : view clip Kleingeld : view clip
Student answered: a) The Hill
Correct answer is: a) The Hill
Question: Fade-out/fade-in is a filmmaking technique that indicates a passage of time. Which clip illustrates fade-out/fade-in? Two Cars, One Night : view clip Bartholomew’s Song : view clip Snapshot : view clip
Student answered: c) Snapshot
Correct answer is: c) Snapshot
Fruitvale Station was one of the most heartbreaking films I have watched, I usually consider myself desensitized to violence at this point but there was something about this story in particular that made me upset while watching. It may have been Michael B. Jordan and Melonie Diaz’s onscreen relationship and how believable it was that made me want to shed a tear at the end of the film, but it could have been Octavia Spencer’s role as Oscar Grant’s mother that made me literally feel like my chest was torn in two. She was able to make me genuinely believe that she had lost her son in the final hospital scene. That role is one I hope to never forget and I don’t think I ever will because of how powerful it was. Ryan Coogler is also an excellent director and his ability to make this film in particular be so powerful was amazing, everything from his choice of shots and angles to how Oscar Grant’s final day went and what we were given was incredible. There is only one thing I was not fond of and it’s most likely not Coogler’s fault but I didn’t enjoy the visual resolution of the film as it seemed to change a lot, some scenes felt like they were crystal clear and some seemed to have a sort of grain over it, the ending in particular felt very grainy. Overall though I very much enjoyed Fruitvale Station and I am very much a Ryan Coogler fan as of now
MK TIL
Chapters
1. Directors Today face the dilemma of selling out or getting out of Hollywood since commercial priorities outweigh the artistic priorities. IN 1984 George Eastman began experiments with the celluloid and with paper roll film.
2. Early Edison films lack the outdoor freshness and freedom of those produced by the Lumieres. I also learned that Edison developed a portable camera in 1896 and began to send cameramen outside.
3. The mutoscope put the kinetoscope out of business. It produced large picture cards which made the pictures more clear and life like than the kinetoscope. Meilies saw the potential of stop-motion photography.
4.Griffith learned that films were capable of mirroring not only physical activities but also mental processes. Films recreate the activities of the mind.
Quiz name: Looking at Movies, 4e
Chapter Number: 01
Student’s name: Ervin Alcantara
Student’s email: alcantara.ervin2324@gmail.com
Number of questions: 10
Percent correct: 100%
Question: Which definition of editing accurately describes film editing as one of the defining characteristics that distinguish movies from other art forms?
Student answered: d) the joining together of shots to control what the viewer sees in a movie and how the viewer sees it
Correct answer is: d) the joining together of shots to control what the viewer sees in a movie and how the viewer sees it
Question: Which of the following statements best characterizes this chapter’s treatment of viewer expectations?
Student answered: c) Our experience of any given film is affected by how that film manipulates expectations.
Correct answer is: c) Our experience of any given film is affected by how that film manipulates expectations.
Question: Movies are similar to stage plays since they generally provide the viewer with a single, uninterrupted, wide-angle view of on-screen action.
Student answered: b) False
Correct answer is: b) False
Question: Cutting on action is a common editing technique that hides the shift from one shot to the next by ending the first shot in the middle of a continuing action and starting the next shot at some point further along in the same action. Which clip is an example of cutting on action? The Hill : view clip Death to the Tinman : view clip Kleingeld : view clip
Student answered: a) The Hill
Correct answer is: a) The Hill
Question: Fade-out/fade-in is a filmmaking technique that indicates a passage of time. Which clip illustrates fade-out/fade-in? Two Cars, One Night : view clip Bartholomew’s Song : view clip Snapshot : view clip
Student answered: c) Snapshot
Correct answer is: c) Snapshot
Question: Cultural invisibility, a consequence of shared belief systems, frequently contributes to hidden movie meaning. Which of the following statements does NOT accurately characterize cultural invisibility?
Student answered: b) It is a way to unconsciously challenge viewers’ shared belief systems.
Correct answer is: b) It is a way to unconsciously challenge viewers’ shared belief systems.
Question: What is implicit meaning?
Student answered: c) meaning that lies below the surface of a movie’s story and presentation
Correct answer is: c) meaning that lies below the surface of a movie’s story and presentation
Question: In movies, meaning is often absorbed intuitively. Some techniques that contribute to a movie having this “invisible meaning” include
Student answered: b) fade-in/fade-out, low-angle shot, and cutting on action.
Correct answer is: b) fade-in/fade-out, low-angle shot, and cutting on action.
Question: All movies contain layers of complexity and meaning that can be studied, analyzed, and appreciated in terms of cinematic language. Which of the following describes cinematic language?
Student answered: b) techniques and concepts filmmakers use to connect viewers to a film, which often conceal the means of storytelling
Correct answer is: b) techniques and concepts filmmakers use to connect viewers to a film, which often conceal the means of storytelling
Question: What is formal analysis?
Student answered: a) an analytical approach concerned with the means by which a subject is expressed
Correct answer is: a) an analytical approach concerned with the means by which a subject is expressed
This film was definitely impactful to me, it was based on a man who lived in the Bay Area. The fact that the movie was close to home was more appealing and persuasive to me. Coogler did a good job at making us feel for Oscar Grant. He humanized a man that we did not know closely so that his message could be portrayed. The camera work was great as well. I really appreciated the scene where we see Oscar and his daughter running in slow motion it really pulled the viewer into the scene. I also appreciated the shakiness of the camera at the hospital. It showed the intensity of the movie and of the characters emotions at that point and the lack of stability. Coogler also was brilliant in deciding to show us the murder scene in the first shot of the film. It caught our attention and forced to analyze and sympathize with Oscar from the start.
The first aspect of this movie that I would like to discuss, is the decision to start the movie off with real footage taken from a spectator’s phone. That footage let the viewer know exactly what the movie was about, and where the story line of the story was going to end up. Unfortunately, the making of this movie was about a horrific event that, most people knew something about when watching the film. If a viewer didn’t know any information prior to watching the film, that first, “scene,” would inform them exactly about what was going to happen. After that real footage, I appreciated the idea of going back in time to see the events, leading up to Oscar’s death. The film did a great job, of allowing the viewer to almost forget what the movie was leading up to. Watching Oscar in his regular life, interacting with his daughter and family, stressing about money and work, even selling drugs…doing whatever it takes to survive, are all things that people can relate to. Although Oscar wasn’t portrayed in a heroic light, the director’s and film makers did a great job of making him someone who can be sympathized with. As a side note, with the current situation that America is in, regarding race relations, police brutality, immigration, and protests, I commend the making of this film, and the truth that was put behind it. Oscar was not the most stand up citizen, but in no way did he deserve to die the way that he did. This movie brought light to that. I also appreciated the slight foreshadowing that was strewn throughout the film. The constant images, and sounds of the Bart train brought the inevitable end back to the viewer’s mind. It subconsciously reminded us that the end was still coming. The scene with the pitbull being hit by a car, was a great example of foreshadowing as well as a metaphor to Oscar himself. In society, pitbulls generally have a reputation of being, “bad,” or “dangerous,” dogs. As someone who has owned pitbulls, I know that to be completely untrue. The pitbull represented Oscar in so many ways, the obvious being killed by someone who essentially didn’t care. (Not that I can talk for the officer who killed him, but the we all know that police brutality goes unpunished most of the time.) On the outside, he looked tough, he had been to jail, sold drugs, lived in Oakland…all things that society could deem “dangerous,” or “scary.” The flip side to that being, that he was a father who loved his daughter, and a son who loved his mom. Overall, this was a thought provoking movie, that I wished never had to be made.
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1. All movies contain layers of complexity and meaning that can be studied, analyzed, and appreciated in terms of cinematic language. Which of the following describes cinematic language?
Topic: n/a
a. the language in which the actors in a given film communicate
b. techniques and concepts filmmakers use to connect viewers to a film, which often conceal the means of storytelling
c. techniques and concepts filmmakers use among themselves on a film set to communicate more efficiently
d. a style of communication that does not reflect real-word conversation, but rather reflects the imagined world of the movies
Feedback/Reference: This is the basic definition of cinematic language (page 2).
2. Movies are similar to stage plays since they generally provide the viewer with a single, uninterrupted, wide-angle view of on-screen action.
Topic: n/a
a. True
b. False
Feedback/Reference: Unlike the theater, films are composed of discrete shots of varying scale that are joined together through editing (page 5).
3. Which definition of editing accurately describes film editing as one of the defining characteristics that distinguish movies from other art forms?
Topic: n/a
a. a process of altering a film’s content and language to achieve an acceptable MPAA (Motion Picture Association of America) rating
b. a creative technique shared by film and photography, but not painting
c. the revision of a screenplay before actual filming begins
d. the joining together of shots to control what the viewer sees in a movie and how the viewer sees it
Feedback/Reference: This is the basic definition of editing (page 5).
4. In movies, meaning is often absorbed intuitively. Some techniques that contribute to a movie having this “invisible meaning” include
Topic: n/a
a. fade-in/fade-out, low-angle shot, and voice-over narration.
b. fade-in/fade-out, low-angle shot, and cutting on action.
c. fade-in/fade-out, cutting on action, and voice-over narration.
d. fade-in/fade-out, jump cutting, and low-angle shot.
Feedback/Reference: Fade-in/fade-out, low-angle shot, and cutting on action are three basic techniques that illustrate invisibility and cinematic language (pages 7–9). On the other hand, voice-over narration and jump cutting are examples of techniques that generally draw attention to themselves.
5. Fade-out/fade-in is a filmmaking technique that indicates a passage of time. Which clip illustrates fade-out/fade-in?
Two Cars, One Night : view clip
Bartholomew’s Song : view clip
Snapshot : view clip
Topic: n/a
a. Two Cars, One Night
b. Bartholomew’s Song
c. Snapshot
Feedback/Reference: Although all the options indicate the passage of time, only option (c) is an example of fade-out/fade-in. Option (a) uses fast-motion and option (b) uses a hard cut.
6. Cutting on action is a common editing technique that hides the shift from one shot to the next by ending the first shot in the middle of a continuing action and starting the next shot at some point further along in the same action. Which clip is an example of cutting on action?
The Hill : view clip
Death to the Tinman : view clip
Kleingeld : view clip
Topic: n/a
a. The Hill
b. Death to the Tinman
c. Kleingeld
Feedback/Reference: Clip (a) is the only clip that illustrates cutting on action.
7. Which of the following statements best characterizes this chapter’s treatment of viewer expectations?
Topic: n/a
a. The least important consideration when analyzing a film is determining the role of expectations.
b. Expectations generated by a movie’s promotion are more influential than other expectations.
c. Our experience of any given film is affected by how that film manipulates expectations.
d. Most filmmakers strive to undermine our expectations.
Feedback/Reference: See pages 13–14 in your textbook.
8. Cultural invisibility, a consequence of shared belief systems, frequently contributes to hidden movie meaning. Which of the following statements does NOT accurately characterize cultural invisibility?
Topic: n/a
a. It is often motivated by a commercial instinct.
b. It is a way to unconsciously challenge viewers’ shared belief systems.
c. It is not always a calculated decision on the part of the filmmakers.
d. It sometimes leads to viewers being unaware of the film’s implied message.
Feedback/Reference: Cultural invisibility seeks to reinforce the desires and shared beliefs of viewers—not to challenge or provoke them (pages 9–10).
9. What is implicit meaning?
Topic: n/a
a. meaning related to the interior world of a film, which is distinct from our everyday sense of the word “meaning”
b. meaning that is easily discernible on the surface of the movie
c. meaning that lies below the surface of a movie’s story and presentation
d. meaning that is tied to broad messages or themes
Feedback/Reference: This is the basic definition of implicit meaning (pages 11–12).
10. What is formal analysis?
Topic: n/a
a. an analytical approach concerned with the means by which a subject is expressed
b. an analytical approach concerned with the content of a subject rather than its expression
c. an analytical approach concerned with the technical elements (cinematography, sound, design) of a movie, but not elements like performance or narrative
d. an analytical approach that is rarely concerned with the filmmaker’s intent
I found myself completely enveloped in the Fruitvale Station film. I had heard of the tragedy on the news regarding the situation, but never had known that a movie had been made about it. I thought this this movie was very good, and did an amazing job of capturing the emotion and character traits that were needed to help draw an audience in. I think the editing that was used was very effective in creating suspense and remorse for what happened to Oscar. There were several techniques that were used in this film, the some of the ones that stood out the most to me were the close ups of Oscar and his daughter and the lighting that was used. Towards the end of the film, the lighting around Oscar’s hospital bed seemed very dim. Alost like the light was going out o his character to signify death. When the camera showed Oscar with his daughter, it was bright and he was smiling. This movie really hit me hard towards the end, and made me feel what the families, friends, etc. of Oscar were feeling.
TILs Chapters 1-4
Chapter 1 : In chapter one, what I learned was how much work goes into the editing of a film. I never took into consideration the amount of money that is involved in creating a motion picture. Money has to be spent in all aspects and that helped to explain to me why movies are able to license products that are sold in stores. Also, I learned some basic mechanics in creating a movie. I never knew that filming involved filming scenes out of sequence. This technique is used to accomplish more, rather than going back and forth to specific locations during filming. If they are shooting at a location, that other scenes will be involved in, they film them “out of sequence,” and put the pieces together later.
Chapter 2: What I found interesting in chapter 2, is the number of frames per minute. I was unaware that so many frames had to be shot to be successful in achieving an illusion of normal movement.
Chapter 3: What I learned in chapter 3, I think helped to open my eyes as to why cinema is considered an art. I never took into consideration all the hard work that goes into the creation of a film. So much tedious and significant work goes into capturing and portraying emotion along with other aspects captured in film. Film strives to make the audience feel the emotion. For example, the blinking of an eye or certain gestures can be captured and be extremely significant in being symbolic towards a deeper meaning.
Chapter 4: In chapter 4, I learned of a very significant man named Griffith, who helped to open the door to several editing techniques that have evolved over time and are still utilized today. He was responsible for discovering how to use separate places to be brought together in the audiences mind. He discovered and utilized several techniques in the editing world.
Maybe it’s a little shameful to admit this, but I didn’t know who Oscar Grant was prior to watching Fruitvale Station, and while this film clearly has a few questionable aspects, it was definitely something that left an impact on me. Truthfully, I don’t know what to make of it because I feel like I was played by the very decisions that were made in the name of “creative liberties.” I don’t cry during movies often, but I definitely cried during it. More than a little, really. For me, the important message that this film needed to get across was that anyone can be the victim of police violence, and it’s not okay for it to happen to anyone. These victims of violent crimes, while we may not know them or care enough to make a movie about them or even to do more than to spam social media talking about them, are human people – and this movie did an incredible job at humanizing Oscar Grant, even if I don’t particularly agree with the means it used to do so.
TIL’s
Ch 1 – I learned that each film has defining aspects to it, usually dictated by creative expression, that have grown to not only reflect our culture, but to impact it as well.
Ch 2 – Film has evolved over time, obviously. But what I found interesting is that while clearly technology has changed and allowed the films we consume to advance, it’s fascinating to know what in particular has granted film that evolution. The frames per second, as someone who makes gifs on Photoshop pretty frequently (and utilizes those same frames) is something I found of particular interest.
Ch 3 – Again, as someone who makes gifs of things on Photoshop, I’ll admit that I hate the watermarked logo on most works of film. It’s frustrating, but I realize now that those same logos allow films to be made — because piracy makes the cost of filmmaking rise. And if the cost grows too high, the medium won’t be able to afford to continuously evolve as needed.
Ch 4 – I’ll admit that, yet again, I’m not exactly the model for knowledge, as I had no idea who D.W. Griffith was before this. But it’s interesting to learn about someone who is considered to be the father of Hollywood – because without him, the industry wouldn’t have become what it is today.
TIL: Chapter 1, was about the the beginning of movies and how movies changed with sound and how sexism played a role as well as how shooting movies changed.
Chapter 2, I learned that film speeds changed a ton of the years. Silent movies speed was at 16fps in 1895 to the late 1910s, 20fps in the 1920s many silents ran at 20.5 or 22 fps.
Chapter 3, I learned about the complexity in early films and how it changed in 15 to 16 years.
Chapter 4, I learned about the film intolerance, which is a relatively long movie that cost more than the birth of a nation.
Quiz Results: Looking at Movies
Chapter Number: 01
Student’s name: Cheyenne Ford
Number of questions: 10
Percent correct: 60%
Reflection:
Fruitvale Station was a great movie that portrayed the story of the Oscar Green (Oscar Grant) well. It showed the side of Oscar that cared for everyone around him. He was only looking for the joy in life and taking care of his family. The movie is slightly portrayed as in a documentary style to me, from the camera angles it made me feel as if I could relate to him and by the end of the movie I wanted to cry my eyes out because I could relate to him so well. The director did an amazing job with the viewers being able to feel that connection with the movie.
TIL:
Chapter 1: The film industry constantly suffers from the tug of war between the producers’ business concerns and the writers and directors’ creative vision.
Chapter 2: with the continual technical advancement of cameras, the films immediately benefited. Framerates went up, from no standard framerate to 16, to 20, and has now settled at the now near-universal 24.
Chapter 3: I was not aware that film commercialization was not immediate and pervasive. Instead, it took time to develop the current economic climate film now inhabits.
Chapter 4: As mentioned by my classmates above, “Intolerance” was certainly D. W. Smith’s most expensive, and last, film. However, it was not mentioned that it was misinterpreted by the public as an apology for his previous piece, “The Birth of a Nation” or that it was a sprawling epic with multiple narratives spanning millennia.
Fruitvale Station was an incredible film. It documented Oscar Green’s life without painting him as being part of any side, an unveiled look into a multifaceted, and ultimately human, person rather than a martyr or as random innocent passerby. He was relatable, but more than that, he was human.
Quiz name: Looking at Movies, 4e
Chapter Number: 01
Student’s name: Francisco Garcia
Student’s email: garciafrancisco458@yahoo.com
Number of questions: 10
Percent correct: 100%
Chapter 1: I learned that it cost so much to make a movie. It is a wonder that a movie can be made at all because it is such a massive and complex task.
Chapter 2: I learned that what we see in a movie is called apparent movement because there is no real movement. I also learned that the speed at which the first movies were projected at 16 pictures per second.
Chapter 3: I learned that in 1907, a French company had the intention of creating an artistic cinema which was bringing together the most important playwrights, directors, actors, composers and painters of the period on film.
Chapter 4: I learned that it was never intended for Griffith to make movies. But what brought him to make movies was his playwriting.
Fruitvale Station Review
Fruitvale Station was an emotional movie. I found very interesting how Ryan Coogler opened up the film with the actual footage when Oscar Grant got shot in the Fruitvale Station. At that moment my jaw dropped because I couldn’t believe the video was taken that same night. I particularly think that this was the scene that caught the audience’s attention. I also found it very interesting how Oscar kept saying “I have a daughter” when he got shot and after that scene they showed the scene where his daughter was running towards him and he was running towards her in slow motion. in that moment when they showed the scene of him and his daughter running in slow motion, it was very emotional. I also liked how Ryan Coogler made the audience relate to Oscar grant’s story.
Quiz name: Looking at Movies, 4e
Chapter Number: 01
Student’s name: Reyna Castaneda
Student’s email: rcastaneda1520@yahoo.com
Number of questions: 10
Percent correct: 100%
I was quite a fan of Fruitvale Station. Because of the epidemics happening in the recent years with police brutality, I was appreciative of the production of this film. The film was grounded in lots of realism, and its story didn’t have typical milestones, and it was mostly a collection of events leading up to the central dilemma, fleshing out Oscar’s character in the process. The film really served to humanize Oscar and create sympathy for him while showing his flaws.
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I had to drink water in order to hold back the tears and the knot I had when they shot Oscar at the beginning of the movies we see a flash forward telling us what the climax of the movie is. Most of the time when I see this is in movies it makes me wonder when that scene will show up. And when it does I hope for a different ending although I know what will happen. Its fascinating how movies directors can make us feel hope and pray for a different ending yet we know what the ending will be. Somethings I didn’t like about the film was the scene where Oscar is prison and his mom comes and visits him and she tells him she won’t comes to visit anymore. I was confused by it beacuse I had no idea why he was in there maybe I missed it but I’m pretty sure I didn’t ha. I wanted to know why he was there for what and when he got out and all the stuff I was lost in that scene. Also I wish I would have seen real fotage of the people that recorded the incident and seen how close the movies came to the real thing. The scene where we see the bart passing by and zoomed in and we hear so much noice then it goes listen after is a forshadow and symbolism to his death. When they were in the Bart they were all laughing dancing happy and as the fight starts happening and they are held by the cops and when he is shot there is silence and a sense of sadness and emptiness like the Bart passing by his lives flashed before his eyes and it was gone quite lonely. The actress Sophina played a good role in the movie and made ne feel for her especially when they tell her Oscar died she doesn’t scream or yell NO! Like other cheesy movies, instead she cries and hits her hand against her tights making it so much more dramatic for us viewers. Making us feel for her. Over all a good movies will recommend it to freinds. Quiz name: Looking at Movies, 4e
Chapter Number: 01
Student’s name: Nancy Salcedo
Student’s email: nancysalcedo61@yahoo.com
Number of questions: 10
Percent correct: 90%
Question: Movies are similar to stage plays since they generally provide the viewer with a single, uninterrupted, wide-angle view of on-screen action.
Student answered: b) False
Correct answer is: b) False
Question: Which of the following statements best characterizes this chapter’s treatment of viewer expectations?
Student answered: a) The least important consideration when analyzing a film is determining the role of expectations.
Correct answer is: c) Our experience of any given film is affected by how that film manipulates expectations.
Question: Fade-out/fade-in is a filmmaking technique that indicates a passage of time. Which clip illustrates fade-out/fade-in? Two Cars, One Night : view clip Bartholomew’s Song : view clip Snapshot : view clip
Student answered: c) Snapshot
Correct answer is: c) Snapshot
Question: Cutting on action is a common editing technique that hides the shift from one shot to the next by ending the first shot in the middle of a continuing action and starting the next shot at some point further along in the same action. Which clip is an example of cutting on action? The Hill : view clip Death to the Tinman : view clip Kleingeld : view clip
Student answered: a) The Hill
Correct answer is: a) The Hill
Question: Cultural invisibility, a consequence of shared belief systems, frequently contributes to hidden movie meaning. Which of the following statements does NOT accurately characterize cultural invisibility?
Student answered: b) It is a way to unconsciously challenge viewers’ shared belief systems.
Correct answer is: b) It is a way to unconsciously challenge viewers’ shared belief systems.
Question: In movies, meaning is often absorbed intuitively. Some techniques that contribute to a movie having this “invisible meaning” include
Student answered: b) fade-in/fade-out, low-angle shot, and cutting on action.
Correct answer is: b) fade-in/fade-out, low-angle shot, and cutting on action.
Question: What is formal analysis?
Student answered: a) an analytical approach concerned with the means by which a subject is expressed
Correct answer is: a) an analytical approach concerned with the means by which a subject is expressed
Question: Which definition of editing accurately describes film editing as one of the defining characteristics that distinguish movies from other art forms?
Student answered: d) the joining together of shots to control what the viewer sees in a movie and how the viewer sees it
Correct answer is: d) the joining together of shots to control what the viewer sees in a movie and how the viewer sees it
Question: What is implicit meaning?
Student answered: c) meaning that lies below the surface of a movie’s story and presentation
Correct answer is: c) meaning that lies below the surface of a movie’s story and presentation
Question: All movies contain layers of complexity and meaning that can be studied, analyzed, and appreciated in terms of cinematic language. Which of the following describes cinematic language?
Student answered: b) techniques and concepts filmmakers use to connect viewers to a film, which often conceal the means of storytelling
Correct answer is: b) techniques and concepts filmmakers use to connect viewers to a film, which often conceal the means of storytelling
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TIL’s: Ch1: In chapter 1 I learned about how expensive it was to actually make a film. Also learned about “out of sequence” which is shooting all the scenes together that require the same location.
Ch2: We learn about important people like Joseph Antonio, who created his own toy to demonstrate theoretical research.
Ch3: I learned more about the film we watched in class “A trip to the Moon” and about Méliés technique not moving the camera instead moving on he object (moon) closer to the camera.
Ch4: In this chapter I also learned about another one of Grifith’s films “Intolerance” apparently it’s his longest and it was 15x more expensive than “Birth of a Nation”.
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Quiz name: Looking at Movies, 4e
Chapter Number: 01
Student’s name: Jesus Gonzalez
Student’s email: jesus.zalez18@gmail.com
Number of questions: 10
Percent correct: 100%
M/K TILs:
The book, A Short History of the Movies, begins in a very engaging and in a very informative way. Chapter 1 was an introductory to the history behind the creation of films. I learned that because of the complexity and arduous task of setting up one single shot, the film is usually shot “out of sequence.” In chapter 2, I learned that in order to make a slow motion scene, more frames are exposed per second than the normal amount. In chapter 3, I learned that the film industry began to see many competitors rising to be successful film makers, and also learned that Alice Guy, the secretary of Leon Gaumont, became the world’s first woman director. Lastly, in chapter 4, I learned that David Wark Griffith was a pioneer to a variety of different shooting perspectives and an innovative director that was considered a master storyteller.
Reflections on Fruitvale Station:
Fruitvale Station has proven to be an inspiring, heartfelt film and is personally one of my favorite movies. One of the aspects that I really enjoyed of the film was the Cinematography behind this movie. The framing of certain shots and the camerawork were very important and played a vital role in helping establish specific feelings toward the film. For example, there were several scenes where the shot was a close-up of Oscar Grant’s (Michael B. Jordan) face. The camera was focused very close on his facial expressions, allowing us to understand how he felt and allowing us to see things from his perspective. Another aspect I liked from the movie was the Editing and decision-making behind choosing certain effects and scenes. The filmmakers were able to use the strategic technique of controlling the length of certain shots, such like the slow motion scene. The only slow motion scene in the movie shows Oscar and his daughter running together; enjoying a friendly race between a loving father and his daughter. What this technique does is create an idea in our heads of who Oscar is and how we can relate. This scene alone emphasizes the fatherly love within Oscar. It slows down time to allow us to fully understand that loving and caring bond between them two. I also really enjoyed the aspect of the Sound in the movie. There were scenes where the only thing you could hear were the surrounding sounds, or ambient sounds. And of course, the Acting and interpretation of the actors was incredible. Their acting really helped the audience relate to Oscar Grant and his loved ones, and helped us understand the true meaning of this excellent film.
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1. All movies contain layers of complexity and meaning that can be studied, analyzed, and appreciated in terms of cinematic language. Which of the following describes cinematic language?
Topic: n/a
a. the language in which the actors in a given film communicate
b. techniques and concepts filmmakers use to connect viewers to a film, which often conceal the means of storytelling
c. techniques and concepts filmmakers use among themselves on a film set to communicate more efficiently
d. a style of communication that does not reflect real-word conversation, but rather reflects the imagined world of the movies
Feedback/Reference: This is the basic definition of cinematic language (page 2).
2. Movies are similar to stage plays since they generally provide the viewer with a single, uninterrupted, wide-angle view of on-screen action.
Topic: n/a
a. True
b. False
Feedback/Reference: Unlike the theater, films are composed of discrete shots of varying scale that are joined together through editing (page 5).
3. Which definition of editing accurately describes film editing as one of the defining characteristics that distinguish movies from other art forms?
Topic: n/a
a. a process of altering a film’s content and language to achieve an acceptable MPAA (Motion Picture Association of America) rating
b. a creative technique shared by film and photography, but not painting
c. the revision of a screenplay before actual filming begins
d. the joining together of shots to control what the viewer sees in a movie and how the viewer sees it
Feedback/Reference: This is the basic definition of editing (page 5).
4. In movies, meaning is often absorbed intuitively. Some techniques that contribute to a movie having this “invisible meaning” include
Topic: n/a
a. fade-in/fade-out, low-angle shot, and voice-over narration.
b. fade-in/fade-out, low-angle shot, and cutting on action.
c. fade-in/fade-out, cutting on action, and voice-over narration.
d. fade-in/fade-out, jump cutting, and low-angle shot.
Feedback/Reference: Fade-in/fade-out, low-angle shot, and cutting on action are three basic techniques that illustrate invisibility and cinematic language (pages 7–9). On the other hand, voice-over narration and jump cutting are examples of techniques that generally draw attention to themselves.
5. Fade-out/fade-in is a filmmaking technique that indicates a passage of time. Which clip illustrates fade-out/fade-in?
Two Cars, One Night : view clip
Bartholomew’s Song : view clip
Snapshot : view clip
Topic: n/a
a. Two Cars, One Night
b. Bartholomew’s Song
c. Snapshot
Feedback/Reference: Although all the options indicate the passage of time, only option (c) is an example of fade-out/fade-in. Option (a) uses fast-motion and option (b) uses a hard cut.
6. Cutting on action is a common editing technique that hides the shift from one shot to the next by ending the first shot in the middle of a continuing action and starting the next shot at some point further along in the same action. Which clip is an example of cutting on action?
The Hill : view clip
Death to the Tinman : view clip
Kleingeld : view clip
Topic: n/a
a. The Hill
b. Death to the Tinman
c. Kleingeld
Feedback/Reference: Clip (a) is the only clip that illustrates cutting on action.
7. Which of the following statements best characterizes this chapter’s treatment of viewer expectations?
Topic: n/a
a. The least important consideration when analyzing a film is determining the role of expectations.
b. Expectations generated by a movie’s promotion are more influential than other expectations.
c. Our experience of any given film is affected by how that film manipulates expectations.
d. Most filmmakers strive to undermine our expectations.
Feedback/Reference: See pages 13–14 in your textbook.
8. Cultural invisibility, a consequence of shared belief systems, frequently contributes to hidden movie meaning. Which of the following statements does NOT accurately characterize cultural invisibility?
Topic: n/a
a. It is often motivated by a commercial instinct.
b. It is a way to unconsciously challenge viewers’ shared belief systems.
c. It is not always a calculated decision on the part of the filmmakers.
d. It sometimes leads to viewers being unaware of the film’s implied message.
Feedback/Reference: Cultural invisibility seeks to reinforce the desires and shared beliefs of viewers—not to challenge or provoke them (pages 9–10).
9. What is implicit meaning?
Topic: n/a
a. meaning related to the interior world of a film, which is distinct from our everyday sense of the word “meaning”
b. meaning that is easily discernible on the surface of the movie
c. meaning that lies below the surface of a movie’s story and presentation
d. meaning that is tied to broad messages or themes
Feedback/Reference: This is the basic definition of implicit meaning (pages 11–12).
10. What is formal analysis?
Topic: n/a
a. an analytical approach concerned with the means by which a subject is expressed
b. an analytical approach concerned with the content of a subject rather than its expression
c. an analytical approach concerned with the technical elements (cinematography, sound, design) of a movie, but not elements like performance or narrative
d. an analytical approach that is rarely concerned with the filmmaker’s intent
TIL:
B/M Ch.1- Most films want to entertain the audience and not provoke them, and that there is a sense of cultural invisibility that some viewers wouldn’t notice some of the implied meanings or messages.
M/K Ch. 1- With the high budget films Hollywood pushes there has been an increase in independent films done.
M/K Ch. 2- In the late 1800s and the early 1900s movie speeds were around 16 frames per second, also known as silent speed, and have since gotten faster and run around 24 fps now.
M/K Ch. 3- The complexity of film in the early years grew exponentially from single shots were replaced by multi-scene shots, this all happened within 15 years or so.
M/K Ch. 4- D.W. Griffith’s first independent project was a film adaptation of The Clansman, took 6 weeks to rehearse, and 9 weeks to film. That was far greater compared to other films at the time which were done in a week.
Reflection on Fruitvale Station
Fruitvale Station was an extremely emotional and thought provoking movie. The way he opened up the film with actual footage of the night that Oscar Grant was killed. It made my stomach drop knowing that not only was it a video taken from the night he died, but also was the way Ryan Coogler got the audiences’ attention. Throughout the film Coogler also foreshadowed what was to eventually occur at BART, by having the scene cut to a BART train going by. Another way that Coogler got my attention was the scene when Oscar was shot, how he’s looking at the cop repeating “I have a daughter.” It was during that scene that the focus went to Oscar while he was having a flashback in slow motion, of him and T. Ryan Coogler did an amazing job at portraying the story of Oscar Grant, and I would recommend this movie to anyone who hasn’t heard of Oscar Grant.
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Fruitvale Station is a unique film that focuses on the days of Oscar Green or (Oscar Grant), as he was renamed for the movie, before he was murdered by a Bart station police officer. Ryan Coogler who directed the movie did an amazing job of making the viewer fully able to relate to the main character. By including character development that shows how Oscar has made many mistakes in the past. Such as going to prison, cheating on his girlfriend and loosing his job. We have this main character who we can actually relate to and isn’t some perfect human being that loss his life. This movie was incredibly sad and I would recommend it to anyone who has not heard of the Fruitvale Bart station murder that took place not too long ago.
Quiz name: Looking at Movies, 4e
Chapter Number: 01
Student’s name: Roberto Cortez
Student’s email: rcorte12@students.solano.edu
Number of questions: 10
Percent correct: 90%
Question: In movies, meaning is often absorbed intuitively. Some techniques that contribute to a movie having this “invisible meaning” include
Student answered: b) fade-in/fade-out, low-angle shot, and cutting on action.
Correct answer is: b) fade-in/fade-out, low-angle shot, and cutting on action.
Question: All movies contain layers of complexity and meaning that can be studied, analyzed, and appreciated in terms of cinematic language. Which of the following describes cinematic language?
Student answered: b) techniques and concepts filmmakers use to connect viewers to a film, which often conceal the means of storytelling
Correct answer is: b) techniques and concepts filmmakers use to connect viewers to a film, which often conceal the means of storytelling
Question: Cultural invisibility, a consequence of shared belief systems, frequently contributes to hidden movie meaning. Which of the following statements does NOT accurately characterize cultural invisibility?
Student answered: b) It is a way to unconsciously challenge viewers’ shared belief systems.
Correct answer is: b) It is a way to unconsciously challenge viewers’ shared belief systems.
Question: Cutting on action is a common editing technique that hides the shift from one shot to the next by ending the first shot in the middle of a continuing action and starting the next shot at some point further along in the same action. Which clip is an example of cutting on action? The Hill : view clip Death to the Tinman : view clip Kleingeld : view clip
Student answered: a) The Hill
Correct answer is: a) The Hill
Question: Which of the following statements best characterizes this chapter’s treatment of viewer expectations?
Student answered: c) Our experience of any given film is affected by how that film manipulates expectations.
Correct answer is: c) Our experience of any given film is affected by how that film manipulates expectations.
Question: Movies are similar to stage plays since they generally provide the viewer with a single, uninterrupted, wide-angle view of on-screen action.
Student answered: b) False
Correct answer is: b) False
Question: Fade-out/fade-in is a filmmaking technique that indicates a passage of time. Which clip illustrates fade-out/fade-in? Two Cars, One Night : view clip Bartholomew’s Song : view clip Snapshot : view clip
Student answered: c) Snapshot
Correct answer is: c) Snapshot
Question: Which definition of editing accurately describes film editing as one of the defining characteristics that distinguish movies from other art forms?
Student answered: d) the joining together of shots to control what the viewer sees in a movie and how the viewer sees it
Correct answer is: d) the joining together of shots to control what the viewer sees in a movie and how the viewer sees it
Question: What is formal analysis?
Student answered: c) an analytical approach concerned with the technical elements (cinematography, sound, design) of a movie, but not elements like performance or narrative
Correct answer is: a) an analytical approach concerned with the means by which a subject is expressed
Question: What is implicit meaning?
Student answered: c) meaning that lies below the surface of a movie’s story and presentation
Correct answer is: c) meaning that lies below the surface of a movie’s story and presentation
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Quiz name: Looking at Movies, 4e
Chapter Number: 01
Student’s name: Sierra Maranz
Student’s email: Sierramaranz@yahoo.com
Number of questions: 10
Percent correct: 100%
Question: Cutting on action is a common editing technique that hides the shift from one shot to the next by ending the first shot in the middle of a continuing action and starting the next shot at some point further along in the same action. Which clip is an example of cutting on action? The Hill : view clip Death to the Tinman : view clip Kleingeld : view clip
Student answered: a) The Hill
Correct answer is: a) The Hill
Question: Cultural invisibility, a consequence of shared belief systems, frequently contributes to hidden movie meaning. Which of the following statements does NOT accurately characterize cultural invisibility?
Student answered: b) It is a way to unconsciously challenge viewers’ shared belief systems.
Correct answer is: b) It is a way to unconsciously challenge viewers’ shared belief systems.
Question: Movies are similar to stage plays since they generally provide the viewer with a single, uninterrupted, wide-angle view of on-screen action.
Student answered: b) False
Correct answer is: b) False
Question: In movies, meaning is often absorbed intuitively. Some techniques that contribute to a movie having this “invisible meaning” include
Student answered: b) fade-in/fade-out, low-angle shot, and cutting on action.
Correct answer is: b) fade-in/fade-out, low-angle shot, and cutting on action.
Question: Which of the following statements best characterizes this chapter’s treatment of viewer expectations?
Student answered: c) Our experience of any given film is affected by how that film manipulates expectations.
Correct answer is: c) Our experience of any given film is affected by how that film manipulates expectations.
Question: Fade-out/fade-in is a filmmaking technique that indicates a passage of time. Which clip illustrates fade-out/fade-in? Two Cars, One Night : view clip Bartholomew’s Song : view clip Snapshot : view clip
Student answered: c) Snapshot
Correct answer is: c) Snapshot
Question: What is implicit meaning?
Student answered: c) meaning that lies below the surface of a movie’s story and presentation
Correct answer is: c) meaning that lies below the surface of a movie’s story and presentation
Question: Which definition of editing accurately describes film editing as one of the defining characteristics that distinguish movies from other art forms?
Student answered: d) the joining together of shots to control what the viewer sees in a movie and how the viewer sees it
Correct answer is: d) the joining together of shots to control what the viewer sees in a movie and how the viewer sees it
Question: All movies contain layers of complexity and meaning that can be studied, analyzed, and appreciated in terms of cinematic language. Which of the following describes cinematic language?
Student answered: b) techniques and concepts filmmakers use to connect viewers to a film, which often conceal the means of storytelling
Correct answer is: b) techniques and concepts filmmakers use to connect viewers to a film, which often conceal the means of storytelling
Question: What is formal analysis?
Student answered: a) an analytical approach concerned with the means by which a subject is expressed
Correct answer is: a) an analytical approach concerned with the means by which a subject is expressed. Fruitvale Station was a very well done film. It caught the audience’s attention right at the beginning and informed you that it was new years Eve. The director gave the audience a sence of the characters and who they were as people. He wanted you to connect with them. Throughout the film there were pauses meant to increase tension and I thought that the movie was very well done.
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1. All movies contain layers of complexity and meaning that can be studied, analyzed, and appreciated in terms of cinematic language. Which of the following describes cinematic language?
Topic: n/a
a. the language in which the actors in a given film communicate
b. techniques and concepts filmmakers use to connect viewers to a film, which often conceal the means of storytelling
c. techniques and concepts filmmakers use among themselves on a film set to communicate more efficiently
d. a style of communication that does not reflect real-word conversation, but rather reflects the imagined world of the movies
Feedback/Reference: This is the basic definition of cinematic language (page 2).
2. Movies are similar to stage plays since they generally provide the viewer with a single, uninterrupted, wide-angle view of on-screen action.
Topic: n/a
a. True
b. False
Feedback/Reference: Unlike the theater, films are composed of discrete shots of varying scale that are joined together through editing (page 5).
3. Which definition of editing accurately describes film editing as one of the defining characteristics that distinguish movies from other art forms?
Topic: n/a
a. a process of altering a film’s content and language to achieve an acceptable MPAA (Motion Picture Association of America) rating
b. a creative technique shared by film and photography, but not painting
c. the revision of a screenplay before actual filming begins
d. the joining together of shots to control what the viewer sees in a movie and how the viewer sees it
Feedback/Reference: This is the basic definition of editing (page 5).
4. In movies, meaning is often absorbed intuitively. Some techniques that contribute to a movie having this “invisible meaning” include
Topic: n/a
a. fade-in/fade-out, low-angle shot, and voice-over narration.
b. fade-in/fade-out, low-angle shot, and cutting on action.
c. fade-in/fade-out, cutting on action, and voice-over narration.
d. fade-in/fade-out, jump cutting, and low-angle shot.
Feedback/Reference: Fade-in/fade-out, low-angle shot, and cutting on action are three basic techniques that illustrate invisibility and cinematic language (pages 7–9). On the other hand, voice-over narration and jump cutting are examples of techniques that generally draw attention to themselves.
5. Fade-out/fade-in is a filmmaking technique that indicates a passage of time. Which clip illustrates fade-out/fade-in?
Two Cars, One Night : view clip
Bartholomew’s Song : view clip
Snapshot : view clip
Topic: n/a
a. Two Cars, One Night
b. Bartholomew’s Song
c. Snapshot
Feedback/Reference: Although all the options indicate the passage of time, only option (c) is an example of fade-out/fade-in. Option (a) uses fast-motion and option (b) uses a hard cut.
6. Cutting on action is a common editing technique that hides the shift from one shot to the next by ending the first shot in the middle of a continuing action and starting the next shot at some point further along in the same action. Which clip is an example of cutting on action?
The Hill : view clip
Death to the Tinman : view clip
Kleingeld : view clip
Topic: n/a
a. The Hill
b. Death to the Tinman
c. Kleingeld
Feedback/Reference: Clip (a) is the only clip that illustrates cutting on action.
7. Which of the following statements best characterizes this chapter’s treatment of viewer expectations?
Topic: n/a
a. The least important consideration when analyzing a film is determining the role of expectations.
b. Expectations generated by a movie’s promotion are more influential than other expectations.
c. Our experience of any given film is affected by how that film manipulates expectations.
d. Most filmmakers strive to undermine our expectations.
Feedback/Reference: See pages 13–14 in your textbook.
8. Cultural invisibility, a consequence of shared belief systems, frequently contributes to hidden movie meaning. Which of the following statements does NOT accurately characterize cultural invisibility?
Topic: n/a
a. It is often motivated by a commercial instinct.
b. It is a way to unconsciously challenge viewers’ shared belief systems.
c. It is not always a calculated decision on the part of the filmmakers.
d. It sometimes leads to viewers being unaware of the film’s implied message.
Feedback/Reference: Cultural invisibility seeks to reinforce the desires and shared beliefs of viewers—not to challenge or provoke them (pages 9–10).
9. What is implicit meaning?
Topic: n/a
a. meaning related to the interior world of a film, which is distinct from our everyday sense of the word “meaning”
b. meaning that is easily discernible on the surface of the movie
c. meaning that lies below the surface of a movie’s story and presentation
d. meaning that is tied to broad messages or themes
Feedback/Reference: This is the basic definition of implicit meaning (pages 11–12).
10. What is formal analysis?
Topic: n/a
a. an analytical approach concerned with the means by which a subject is expressed
b. an analytical approach concerned with the content of a subject rather than its expression
c. an analytical approach concerned with the technical elements (cinematography, sound, design) of a movie, but not elements like performance or narrative
d. an analytical approach that is rarely concerned with the filmmaker’s intent
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Fruitvale Station is a controversial movie based on a controversial situation & reality in our modern day world. Kuegler as a director didn’t necessarily want to portray Oscar Grants life as innocent or perfect but to actually obtain a perspective on who he was whether it was good or not. Some of the events in the film weren’t accurate, considering you can’t go back & ask Oscar yourself, his entire day isn’t 100% accurate. BUT they did do a good job of depicting who & what Mr. Grant was all about. Whether or not we should’ve showed a clip of the officer who killed him i don’t believe it would’ve gone well in the community of Oakland or across the nation. I, for example believe our system is unjust & serving 11 months for something as severe as taking the life of an innocent ex- felon deserves real time & not a slap on the wrist.
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M/k TIL Chapter 1: General overview on film, “cinematic language”, Introduction, how film is a form of art & how film came along as a growing entertainment.
Chapter 2: Difference between form and content in movie, how movies depend on light & t
he effects of the mood
Chapter 3: Separate narratives, experimental movies documentaries, understanding genres.
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Quiz name: Looking at Movies, 4e
Chapter Number: 01
Student’s name: Justin Michael Hines
Student’s email: jhines12@students.solano.com
Number of questions: 10
Percent correct: 100%
M/K TILs:
From the textbook, A Short History of the Movies, I learned some interesting information about movies and filmmaking. In chapter one, it states how did past movies start. I learned that the first filmmakers weren’t considered to be artists, but tinkerers. In chapter two, I learned that the most difficult thing while filming movies is that to learn to project motion pictures. In chapter three, I learned that during the 1890s multi-scene film replaced single shot film and scenes began to be edited, which was complex at the time. In chapter 4, I learned that Griffith was highly innovative with his filmmaking techniques, utilizing cross-cutting, close-ups, and fade outs to distinctive effect, creating a deep emotional environment.
Reflections on Fruitvale Station:
I enjoyed watching Fruitvale Station because this movie was based on a true story about Oscar Grant’s death and events relatively before that. Ryan Coogler’s choices of how he filmed the movie were interesting and it worked for this type of movie. Coogler will focus more time with family scenes especially the ones with Oscar and his daughter. A scene that would demonstrate would be when there was a slow-motion scene between them to show and explain to the audience that family is important. The choice of actors were great because I believed that the actors portrayed their character excellently, especially Michael B. Jordan’s role as Oscar Grant. In the beginning of the movie, it showed the real video of what exactly happen during the Fruitvale station incident, at first I didn’t know whats the purpose of that until a person said that the real clip of the incident was just a person getting shot, but once we saw the journey of Oscar Grant’s life, we felt sad or depressed because we saw character development and how he wanted to have a better life for his family. The only thing that I disliked about the movie was that the sudden flash back in the middle of the movie because I taught it wasn’t necessary or I didn’t know the purpose of that scene, but overall I would recommend anyone who didn’t watch this movie because there isn’t a lot of movies like this that was based on a true story.
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Quiz Name: Looking at Movies, 4e
Chapter Number: 01
Student’s Name: Nathaniel Wil Clarke
Student Email: wilclarke131@gmail.com
Number of questions: 10
Percent Correct: 100%
M/K TILS- In Chapter 1 the book explains the early stages of film making in which it wasn’t seen as a great skill but so much a clever way of using pictures and fixing them a certain way to create a motion for the viewers eyes. In Chapter 2 the book educates us on how the effect of slow motion is made. To create this effect there must be more frames per second than a normal film to do it. In Chapter 3 was when the book stated how when editing first came into the picture it was an important and revolutionary thing for early films. In Chapter 4 D. W. Griffith created a complex film that had not been done before and took many weeks to film compared to other films at that time that took less time.
Fruitvale Station Reflections- This movie is based out of the Bay Area in which the main character Oscar Grant played by Michael B. Jordan is shown to be in conflict with the cops in the first frames. Oscar Grant is then shot by the police in which the rest of the movie is shown as a sort of flashback of his last day. All the actors in this movie played their roles really well especially Oscar Grant’s girlfriend in which she really utilizes her talents to make you feel the same emotions she does throughout the movie. Ryan Coogler did an amazing job of incorporating real life footage of the incident into the film. Coogler’s way of directing and arranging the film kept you on the edge of your seat wondering what was going to happen next even though he revealed the ending of the movie from the beginning. The suspense created from the scenes almost made you believe the ending would be different. This movie also has a lot of foreshadowing in it. The bart is shown countless times throughout the film as a way of show how significant it is going to be to the movie and the ending. Oscar Grant is someone that we can relate to which is why we are so into his character, in which he doesn’t live a perfect life and is going through struggles while trying to support himself and his family. Overall, the movie gives good visual effects and shows how cutting to different scenes should be done.
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Quiz name: Looking at Movies, 4e
Chapter Number: 01
Student’s name: Iman Ereiqat
Student’s email: imanereiqat0@gmail.com
Number of questions: 10
Percent correct: 100%
Fruitvale Station is a movie that is no less emotional the second time than it is the first time. Taking place just next door in Oakland, the movie tells the story of Oscar Grant, an ordinary man whose life was cut short due to police brutality. I think that this is such an important movie. Using such a simple story following Oscar through his last day gives us an insight about how normal his life was. We develop an attachment to his character when we see shots of him with his daughter, or trying to get his mom to skip work so he can take her out on her birthday. However, director Ryan Coogler makes sure we know he is no saint, and shows Oscars bad side as well. Looking at all these events that take place in Oscars life shows that he’s a regular human who makes mistakes & tries to fix them just like anyone else. What we know though, is that none of what we saw about his life mattered, it was still wrong to shoot him. This movie is so important because it’s one of the only movies that actually shows what’s been happening SO MUCH lately. Oscar Grant, Trayvon Martin, Sandra Bland, Mike Brown… the list is too long, and as we said in class, we probably won’t get movies for all of them, but we got a movie for Oscar Grant. I think it’s important to make people aware of such an issue. R.I.P. Oscar Grant & all the countless victims of police brutality.
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B/M Ch 1: This first chapter of the book introduces the many different techniques & ways one can make/analyze a film.
M/K Ch 1: We hear some assumptions about movies & early discoveries made in the filmmaking industry.
M/K Ch 2: Here we learn about the origins & beginnings of film.
M/K Ch 3: In this chapter, we get an insight into the first companies & commercialization of film.
M/K Ch 4: This chapter gives us a biography & overview of D. W. Griffith.
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M/K TILs
Chapter 1: The rise of film coincides with the advancement of technology. Film is an art form that relies on technology and it’s ascension as a visual media is thus directly related.
Chapter 2: Film is not actually video, but rather a collection of stills which is why when frames are removed film movement appears jerky and uneasy.
Chapter 3: G.A. Smith is credited with the invention of the POV shot.
Chapter 4: Between 1908 and 1913 D.W. Griffith directed over 450 movies, giving him the ability to test new ideas whenever they struck.
Reflections on Fruitvale Station
Where Fruitvale station excels is how dedicated it is to portray Oscar Grant as the man he was. Dir. Ryan Coogler made it clear that Grant was no martyr and Michael B. Jordan’s portrayal was critical to that. We were shown all aspects of the character of Oscar Grant, drug dealer, angry and unemployed, loving father, man trying to get his life right and do the right thing. Unfortunately in the film his realizations of trying to change his life came on his last day. Showing the negative aspects of Grant’s character was crucial to making this film work. Paint him a saint and people won’t buy it, make him to unsavory and unrelatable and audience’s won’t sympathize. Coogler does an excellent job writing and directing this character and Jordan does just as well realizing him.
This film also uses much foreshadowing or plant and pay. Many times we are shown images of a BART train passing by, letting us know that it will be very important to the climax of the film. The final shot we see of a BART train is one leaving the station into a dark tunnel and is engulfed in the blackness. This is the longest shot we get of a BART train giving us an ominous feeling that Grant will soon be engulfed in darkness as well.
The most succesful metaphor of this film occurs when Oscar Grant is getting gas and meets a stray dog that is soon hit and killed by a car. After hitting and Killing the dog the Driver of the car panics and speeds off paying no consequence. While the dog was a stray pittbull, a dog having a reputation of being aggressive, it did not deserve to die. More so he was in the wrong place and the wrong time, much like Grant being in the wrong place at the wrong time, is killed, and the officer that shot him receives little consequence fading into obscurity not to be heard from again. There is also so characterization of Grant in this scene. Grant is wearing an all white t-shirt, white can be used as a symbol of innocence, and purity. After Grant lays the dead dog down we see him in his white shirt spattered with the dog’s blood, showing us that while Grant may strive to be good and pure he still has dirt, blood on his hands. He is not a perfect human and will not be depicted as such, which makes his character more relatable because no one is perfect.
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Fruitvale Station Reflection
I did not think I would have been able to hold back the tears during this movie but somehow I managed. Fruitvale Station follows the life of Oscar Grant a man who was gunned down by bart police on new year, 2009. The movie takes place just 24 hours before Oscar is shot by a bart police officer. Coogler shows that Oscar was not a perfect man and in fact had many flaws. He was drug dealing, cheated on his girlfriend, got fired from a job, smokes marijuana, and has a criminal record. Despite all of Oscars flaws, he cared about his daughter and girlfriend more than anything. Coogler was emphasizing that not only did the bart cop take his life, he also took a father away from his child. Coogler did a good job in developing Oscar’s character. At first Oscar is not a very likable character until the scene where Oscar is by the water shows that he knows what he is doing is wrong and finally decides to give it up. The movie was very well put together and almost made me forget what it is truly about. I would recommend this movie to anyone.
M/K TILs
Chapter 1: Shows how filming relies on technology and all the techniques to analyze a film
Chapter 2: Learn about the origins of filmmaking and the effects of slow motion
Chapter 3: Focuses on the first major film companies and how editing films began.
Chapter 4: Shows how D.W. Griffith changed the film industry with his new techniques in filmmaking.
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TIL: Chapter 1 – Describes how the art of film quickly evolved from just a few moving pictures to this industry with different methods of filming and new technology . Chapter 2 – Talks about how the early uses of speed, early projections and sound and the filmmakers that created/first use them in film. Chapter 3 – Tells us about how in the early years of film the importance of storytelling help saved the film industry. Chapter 4 – We talk about the rise and fall of the film director D.W. Griffith and how his innovations lead the way to modern Hollywood.
Quiz name: Looking at Movies, 4e
Chapter Number: 01
Student’s name: Kelly Castillo
Student’s email: chica4496@gmail.com
Number of questions: 10
Percent correct: 100%
Reflection of Fruitvale Station:
An aspect I greatly appreciated in the film the use of foreshadowing a future event at the beginning of the movie. Despite knowing the ultimate outcome of the movie, the anticipation of knowing that this event would eventually occur made the events preceding it to it more engaging for me. In regards to the music used in the movie, the use of music that had originated in the bay area gives cultural context to the story. Although the use of cutting on action is used in many films to prevent the jerkiness of the camera transition, I enjoyed the lack of this practice during the police fight climax. For me, this gives the effect of a spectator recording the actions, which adds immersion for the viewer by making it feel as though they were there. A critique that I have regarding the portrayal of Oscar Grant’s death in this film is that the movie seems to insinuate that if any of the coincidental events that led up to the climax had been changed (i.e. the girl recognizing him on BART) then his death would have been avoided. I believe that the movie is oversimplifying his death, as other social issues other than police brutality seemed to have contributed to causing his death, such as prison violence and social issues of violence in Oakland.
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Quiz name: Looking at Movies, 4e
Chapter Number: 01
Student’s name: Kimi Garcia
Student’s email: kimigarcia123@gmail.com
Number of questions: 10
Percent correct: 90%
Question: Cultural invisibility, a consequence of shared belief systems, frequently contributes to hidden movie meaning. Which of the following statements does NOT accurately characterize cultural invisibility?
Student answered: a) It is often motivated by a commercial instinct.
Correct answer is: b) It is a way to unconsciously challenge viewers’ shared belief systems.
Question: In movies, meaning is often absorbed intuitively. Some techniques that contribute to a movie having this “invisible meaning” include
Student answered: b) fade-in/fade-out, low-angle shot, and cutting on action.
Correct answer is: b) fade-in/fade-out, low-angle shot, and cutting on action.
Question: Which of the following statements best characterizes this chapter’s treatment of viewer expectations?
Student answered: c) Our experience of any given film is affected by how that film manipulates expectations.
Correct answer is: c) Our experience of any given film is affected by how that film manipulates expectations.
Question: Movies are similar to stage plays since they generally provide the viewer with a single, uninterrupted, wide-angle view of on-screen action.
Student answered: b) False
Correct answer is: b) False
Question: Fade-out/fade-in is a filmmaking technique that indicates a passage of time. Which clip illustrates fade-out/fade-in? Two Cars, One Night : view clip Bartholomew’s Song : view clip Snapshot : view clip
Student answered: c) Snapshot
Correct answer is: c) Snapshot
Question: What is implicit meaning?
Student answered: c) meaning that lies below the surface of a movie’s story and presentation
Correct answer is: c) meaning that lies below the surface of a movie’s story and presentation
Question: Cutting on action is a common editing technique that hides the shift from one shot to the next by ending the first shot in the middle of a continuing action and starting the next shot at some point further along in the same action. Which clip is an example of cutting on action? The Hill : view clip Death to the Tinman : view clip Kleingeld : view clip
Student answered: a) The Hill
Correct answer is: a) The Hill
Question: All movies contain layers of complexity and meaning that can be studied, analyzed, and appreciated in terms of cinematic language. Which of the following describes cinematic language?
Student answered: b) techniques and concepts filmmakers use to connect viewers to a film, which often conceal the means of storytelling
Correct answer is: b) techniques and concepts filmmakers use to connect viewers to a film, which often conceal the means of storytelling
Question: What is formal analysis?
Student answered: a) an analytical approach concerned with the means by which a subject is expressed
Correct answer is: a) an analytical approach concerned with the means by which a subject is expressed
Question: Which definition of editing accurately describes film editing as one of the defining characteristics that distinguish movies from other art forms?
Student answered: d) the joining together of shots to control what the viewer sees in a movie and how the viewer sees it
Correct answer is: d) the joining together of shots to control what the viewer sees in a movie and how the viewer sees it
TIL:
Chapter 1-Chapter one discusses the importance of history for film making and how the first people creating films were simply “tinkering” but as technology expanded film makers became completely dependent on it.
Chapter 2-Chapter two discusses how the footage is taken and how our brains break them down to see an ongoing visual instead of overlapping visuals.
Chapter 3-Chapter three discusses how copyrighting and piracy laws started to become important, film production sets would begin to hang their logo’s on banners.
Chapter 4-Chapter four discusses D.W. Griffith’s life and how he spent his life making films and coming up with new ways to create film.
Fruitvale Station Analysis:
I actually went to the protest in San Francisco in January with my siblings, it was terrifying to know that a police officer could “accidentally” shoot someone and basically get away with it. I was eleven years old at the time and it was more or so a wake up moment for me that everyone were supposed to see as heroes could also be our worst enemies. Seeing this movie for the first time in theaters brought back intense memories of being at the protest and it was great to see that Ryan Coogler was able to make a statement with his film. One thing that had stuck out to me in the film was how Oscar had started out with a white shirt and then when the dog scene happened his shirt was covered in the dog’s blood so before they head out to his Mom’s birthday dinner Sophina gives him another shirt to wear except this time the shirt is black, and it seemed to me because white is seen as innocent/light and black is seen as this dark unhappy color that that’s when the film changed on where Oscar was headed. Then later when they’re getting off the BART in San Francisco Sophina get’s cold and oscar takes off his hoodie and to me it was as though he was taking off his armor, his protection and then transferred it to Sophina. We see when he’s changing into different clothes, like he is changing his future even though we already know the ending.
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Reflections, Fruitvale Station
This movie definitely being one of the more serious movies,gets to me every time my eyes gaze across the screen watching the first few “real” moments of the movie. The way the movie uses flashbacks is truly amazing! There is one flashback that did confuse me because it cuts back to the time where oscar was in prison. I thought that it fit perfectly from where the movie was at. Oscar holding the bag of weed contemplating whether it was really worth it to risk not only his life, but the life his family as well. the scene then cuts almost immediately to flashback of Oscar in a prison. The oscar that they flashback to, is nothing like the Oscar that we observe in the movie. This Oscar is far more aggressive, but still shows the same personality as the future Oscar. as the Scene comes to an end a bit of foreshadowing can possibly be seen. a confrontation breaks out between Oscar and a fellow inmate, this confrontation leads oscar to say “ill catch you on the outside” this is a clear foreshadow to an event that will later take place in the movie on bart. speaking of Bart, watching the movie 3 times, i noticed that not only is Bart the central motif to this movie, it is also a huge foreshadow. the first scene of the movie opens with oscar being shot recorded from a bart train. a motif is a reoccurring theme in a movie or piece of music, that consistently appears. Though this movie mainly focuses on the oscar, i would have like to see more about his family and daughter after the death of oscar. Oscars daughter seemed to be a major part of Oscars life as she is constantly shown in scenes with him. This movie is great in every aspect because it has a sense of realism and has a lot of dramatic affect on its viewers. The ending of this movie is very heartfelt because though his death was years prior to the release of the movie, it shows a small get together at the station oscar was shot in his memory. That is the impact that oscar is shown to have in the movie, and that is the impact that he had on people in the real life.
Quiz name: Looking at Movies, 4e
Chapter Number: 01
Student’s name: marcus bravo
Student’s email: jbravo91697@gmail.com
Number of questions: 10
Percent correct: 100%
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Quiz name: Looking at Movies, 4e
Chapter Number: 01
Student’s name: Kaylana Bern
Student’s email: kaylanabern@gmail.com
Number of questions: 10
Percent correct: 100%
What I got from the Fruitvale movie was a mixture of emotions. I felt appreciation for what I have in my life, you forget how tough people have it in typical movies because its always glitz and glam. I felt motivation to keep going at life positively; You see Oscar not letting life weigh him down and keeping a good heart and it was very inspiring. I felt anger; This movie shows the sad truth about the reality we live in. Many people, good people, have to struggle to make it by. I even cried…full on tears down my face because things like Oscar’s situation happen every. People are killed innocently just because of their skin color, or their appearance (poor attire, wrong colored clothing; Red or blue, fully covered; Hijabi, etc.) I felt a huge wave of sadness for all other lives lost. This movie gave me a message that the reality of this world is not all ‘rainbows and sunshine’. You are lucky if you’re not stressed financially, you’re lucky if no one is harassing you based off who you are and what you look like. You’re lucky if you still got your parents, and a chance to become successful in life. Fruitvale is not only a biography, its a wake up call.
M/K, TIL:
I learned in Chapter one, the process of film making and the different methods filmmakers chose to go about their production. I also learned movies have an impact on culture.
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Fruitvale Station was a sad film due to it’s subject of the case of Oscar Grant but it was also a interesting film very different routes that you don’t see in most films. For most of the film it looked like it was shot like every normal film until the scene where is Oscar’s girlfriend is looking for Oscar, then it took a more found footage feel. Another thing I noticed was that in the scene in the hospital the camera was focused more on everyone the room except the doctor but when the doctor came back again the he was in the shot. I’m guess the director did this to show the emotion between everyone in the room at the first shot. The film truly impacts a persons emotions and such. Some thing I felt would of been interesting film is the inclusion of the story of the officer that shot Oscar and his moments leading up to that situation at the Bart station, it would would of been more heartbreaking to this “good guy” messing up in such a bad way.
Quiz name: Looking at Movies, 4e
Chapter No.: 1
Student name: Kendall Carnell
Email: kenny2jay@gmail.com
Score: 80%
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Chapter 1 – I learned that the best films come from a single, controlling mind called the auteur, who is responsible for the whole film on a creative level.
Chapter 2 – Various people (inventors) such as T.W. Naylor, Baron Franz von Uchatius, Muybridge & Marey, Thomas Edison, and technologies have influenced and helped conjure film to what we know it as today.
Chapter 3 – The three part structure that survives today was a result of business wars between “the producer who makes the film, the distributor who arranges for its most effective circulation, and the exhibitor who shoes it in the theatre”.
Chapter 4 – David Wark Griffith started out as an actor then turned into an influential filmmaker whose latter years proved that “you’re only as good as your last picture”.
Quiz 1:
Percent correct: 100%
Question: Which of the following statements best characterizes this chapter’s treatment of viewer expectations?
Student answered: c) Our experience of any given film is affected by how that film manipulates expectations.
Correct answer is: c) Our experience of any given film is affected by how that film manipulates expectations.
Question: Movies are similar to stage plays since they generally provide the viewer with a single, uninterrupted, wide-angle view of on-screen action.
Student answered: b) False
Correct answer is: b) False
Question: Which definition of editing accurately describes film editing as one of the defining characteristics that distinguish movies from other art forms?
Student answered: d) the joining together of shots to control what the viewer sees in a movie and how the viewer sees it
Correct answer is: d) the joining together of shots to control what the viewer sees in a movie and how the viewer sees it
Question: Cutting on action is a common editing technique that hides the shift from one shot to the next by ending the first shot in the middle of a continuing action and starting the next shot at some point further along in the same action. Which clip is an example of cutting on action? The Hill : view clip Death to the Tinman : view clip Kleingeld : view clip
Student answered: a) The Hill
Correct answer is: a) The Hill
Question: In movies, meaning is often absorbed intuitively. Some techniques that contribute to a movie having this “invisible meaning” include
Student answered: b) fade-in/fade-out, low-angle shot, and cutting on action.
Correct answer is: b) fade-in/fade-out, low-angle shot, and cutting on action.
Question: Fade-out/fade-in is a filmmaking technique that indicates a passage of time. Which clip illustrates fade-out/fade-in? Two Cars, One Night : view clip Bartholomew’s Song : view clip Snapshot : view clip
Student answered: c) Snapshot
Correct answer is: c) Snapshot
Question: What is implicit meaning?
Student answered: c) meaning that lies below the surface of a movie’s story and presentation
Correct answer is: c) meaning that lies below the surface of a movie’s story and presentation
Question: Cultural invisibility, a consequence of shared belief systems, frequently contributes to hidden movie meaning. Which of the following statements does NOT accurately characterize cultural invisibility?
Student answered: b) It is a way to unconsciously challenge viewers’ shared belief systems.
Correct answer is: b) It is a way to unconsciously challenge viewers’ shared belief systems.
Question: What is formal analysis?
Student answered: a) an analytical approach concerned with the means by which a subject is expressed
Correct answer is: a) an analytical approach concerned with the means by which a subject is expressed
Question: All movies contain layers of complexity and meaning that can be studied, analyzed, and appreciated in terms of cinematic language. Which of the following describes cinematic language?
Student answered: b) techniques and concepts filmmakers use to connect viewers to a film, which often conceal the means of storytelling
Correct answer is: b) techniques and concepts filmmakers use to connect viewers to a film, which often conceal the means of storytelling
Fruitvale Station portrays Oscar Grant’s life as humanly imperfect. Through its cinematography, location, sound and its actors, the film raises several questions surrounding sociology regarding race, social equality, and power. The film is set in various locations within the Bay Area (Oakland/San Francisco) such as San Quentin prison, a grocery store, the bay itself and the BART station that proves that Oscar was a community man who struggled to become better for his family (with an emphasis to become better for his daughter). The director and cinematographer used shots that created emotions of happiness as seen when Grant and his daughter, Tatiana, had a few moments together, and anxiousness/nervousness when Grant’s family received news of his passing. Michael B. Jordan did an excellent job at acting as Oscar Grant – he made one feel like one was looking at life from Grant’s perspective, and Melonie Diaz, who played Sophina (Grant’s girlfriend) allowed audience members to feel sympathetic for her as a mom, who too, found difficulty with Grant’s struggles and also devastated with the news of Grant’s passing. Was Grant at the wrong place, at the wrong time? What would have happened if the officer had not shot and killed an innocent man? Why did the officer only get sentenced for two years and released 11 months after sentencing? There are many questions that surround Grant’s unjustly killing, but what is certain is that a man with a hope for a better future was taken too soon from his family and his community.
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Chapter 1 – I learned that the tend to have a touch of the director embedded into it; Much like Hitchcock’s suspense, Kubrick’s innovation within genres, and Scorsese’s symbolism. This i learned is called the “auteur theory.”
Chapter 2 – Film advanced technically as fast as it did artistically. From adding frames to increase fps of a film to have it run more smoothly, to the sound film and studio, the art was evolving exponentially in the beginning.
Chapter 3 – George Albert Smith invented the POV shot
Chapter 4 – David Wark Griffith sort of introduce the concept of an actors director, in which he would take in all the accounts of have the actor display the desired image given the photogenic nature of film. Much more than just the narrative.
Fruitvale Station
Watching this film again allowed me examine it a little closer that just the tragedy it is but really appreciating the symbolism throughout. The Bart cameos coming in to close the acts did not even appear on my radar the first few times i had seen it, reminding me how this story is destined to end. That was Coogler’s true genius. Creating a unique body with the characters portrayed by Michael B Jordan and Melanie Diaz made completely enveloped me even though the beginning spoiled the ending. I still had hope at the end that the events would not carry out how they did; that is how invested these actors got me into the story with Coogler’s direction.
Quiz name: Looking at Movies, 4e
Chapter Number: 01
Student’s name: Joseph Salazar
Student’s email: joey12salazar@gmail.com
Number of questions: 10
Percent correct: 100%
Question: In movies, meaning is often absorbed intuitively. Some techniques that contribute to a movie having this “invisible meaning” include
Student answered: b) fade-in/fade-out, low-angle shot, and cutting on action.
Correct answer is: b) fade-in/fade-out, low-angle shot, and cutting on action.
Question: Which of the following statements best characterizes this chapter’s treatment of viewer expectations?
Student answered: c) Our experience of any given film is affected by how that film manipulates expectations.
Correct answer is: c) Our experience of any given film is affected by how that film manipulates expectations.
Question: Cultural invisibility, a consequence of shared belief systems, frequently contributes to hidden movie meaning. Which of the following statements does NOT accurately characterize cultural invisibility?
Student answered: b) It is a way to unconsciously challenge viewers’ shared belief systems.
Correct answer is: b) It is a way to unconsciously challenge viewers’ shared belief systems.
Question: Which definition of editing accurately describes film editing as one of the defining characteristics that distinguish movies from other art forms?
Student answered: d) the joining together of shots to control what the viewer sees in a movie and how the viewer sees it
Correct answer is: d) the joining together of shots to control what the viewer sees in a movie and how the viewer sees it
Question: All movies contain layers of complexity and meaning that can be studied, analyzed, and appreciated in terms of cinematic language. Which of the following describes cinematic language?
Student answered: b) techniques and concepts filmmakers use to connect viewers to a film, which often conceal the means of storytelling
Correct answer is: b) techniques and concepts filmmakers use to connect viewers to a film, which often conceal the means of storytelling
Question: What is implicit meaning?
Student answered: c) meaning that lies below the surface of a movie’s story and presentation
Correct answer is: c) meaning that lies below the surface of a movie’s story and presentation
Question: Fade-out/fade-in is a filmmaking technique that indicates a passage of time. Which clip illustrates fade-out/fade-in? Two Cars, One Night : view clip Bartholomew’s Song : view clip Snapshot : view clip
Student answered: c) Snapshot
Correct answer is: c) Snapshot
Question: What is formal analysis?
Student answered: a) an analytical approach concerned with the means by which a subject is expressed
Correct answer is: a) an analytical approach concerned with the means by which a subject is expressed
Question: Movies are similar to stage plays since they generally provide the viewer with a single, uninterrupted, wide-angle view of on-screen action.
Student answered: b) False
Correct answer is: b) False
Question: Cutting on action is a common editing technique that hides the shift from one shot to the next by ending the first shot in the middle of a continuing action and starting the next shot at some point further along in the same action. Which clip is an example of cutting on action? The Hill : view clip Death to the Tinman : view clip Kleingeld : view clip
Student answered: a) The Hill
Correct answer is: a) The Hill
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Chapter Number: 01
Student’s name: Jose Bernal
Student’s email: sese1997@gmail.com
Number of questions: 10
Percent correct: 100%
Question: Which of the following statements best characterizes this chapter’s treatment of viewer expectations?
Student answered: c) Our experience of any given film is affected by how that film manipulates expectations.
Correct answer is: c) Our experience of any given film is affected by how that film manipulates expectations.
Question: What is implicit meaning?
Student answered: c) meaning that lies below the surface of a movie’s story and presentation
Correct answer is: c) meaning that lies below the surface of a movie’s story and presentation
Question: Cultural invisibility, a consequence of shared belief systems, frequently contributes to hidden movie meaning. Which of the following statements does NOT accurately characterize cultural invisibility?
Student answered: b) It is a way to unconsciously challenge viewers’ shared belief systems.
Correct answer is: b) It is a way to unconsciously challenge viewers’ shared belief systems.
Question: Which definition of editing accurately describes film editing as one of the defining characteristics that distinguish movies from other art forms?
Student answered: d) the joining together of shots to control what the viewer sees in a movie and how the viewer sees it
Correct answer is: d) the joining together of shots to control what the viewer sees in a movie and how the viewer sees it
Question: Movies are similar to stage plays since they generally provide the viewer with a single, uninterrupted, wide-angle view of on-screen action.
Student answered: b) False
Correct answer is: b) False
Question: In movies, meaning is often absorbed intuitively. Some techniques that contribute to a movie having this “invisible meaning” include
Student answered: b) fade-in/fade-out, low-angle shot, and cutting on action.
Correct answer is: b) fade-in/fade-out, low-angle shot, and cutting on action.
Question: What is formal analysis?
Student answered: a) an analytical approach concerned with the means by which a subject is expressed
Correct answer is: a) an analytical approach concerned with the means by which a subject is expressed
Question: All movies contain layers of complexity and meaning that can be studied, analyzed, and appreciated in terms of cinematic language. Which of the following describes cinematic language?
Student answered: b) techniques and concepts filmmakers use to connect viewers to a film, which often conceal the means of storytelling
Correct answer is: b) techniques and concepts filmmakers use to connect viewers to a film, which often conceal the means of storytelling
Question: Cutting on action is a common editing technique that hides the shift from one shot to the next by ending the first shot in the middle of a continuing action and starting the next shot at some point further along in the same action. Which clip is an example of cutting on action? The Hill : view clip Death to the Tinman : view clip Kleingeld : view clip
Student answered: a) The Hill
Correct answer is: a) The Hill
Question: Fade-out/fade-in is a filmmaking technique that indicates a passage of time. Which clip illustrates fade-out/fade-in? Two Cars, One Night : view clip Bartholomew’s Song : view clip Snapshot : view clip
Student answered: c) Snapshot
Correct answer is: c) Snapshot
Fruitvale Station was one of the most heartbreaking films I have watched, I usually consider myself desensitized to violence at this point but there was something about this story in particular that made me upset while watching. It may have been Michael B. Jordan and Melonie Diaz’s onscreen relationship and how believable it was that made me want to shed a tear at the end of the film, but it could have been Octavia Spencer’s role as Oscar Grant’s mother that made me literally feel like my chest was torn in two. She was able to make me genuinely believe that she had lost her son in the final hospital scene. That role is one I hope to never forget and I don’t think I ever will because of how powerful it was. Ryan Coogler is also an excellent director and his ability to make this film in particular be so powerful was amazing, everything from his choice of shots and angles to how Oscar Grant’s final day went and what we were given was incredible. There is only one thing I was not fond of and it’s most likely not Coogler’s fault but I didn’t enjoy the visual resolution of the film as it seemed to change a lot, some scenes felt like they were crystal clear and some seemed to have a sort of grain over it, the ending in particular felt very grainy. Overall though I very much enjoyed Fruitvale Station and I am very much a Ryan Coogler fan as of now
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Chapters
1. Directors Today face the dilemma of selling out or getting out of Hollywood since commercial priorities outweigh the artistic priorities. IN 1984 George Eastman began experiments with the celluloid and with paper roll film.
2. Early Edison films lack the outdoor freshness and freedom of those produced by the Lumieres. I also learned that Edison developed a portable camera in 1896 and began to send cameramen outside.
3. The mutoscope put the kinetoscope out of business. It produced large picture cards which made the pictures more clear and life like than the kinetoscope. Meilies saw the potential of stop-motion photography.
4.Griffith learned that films were capable of mirroring not only physical activities but also mental processes. Films recreate the activities of the mind.
Quiz name: Looking at Movies, 4e
Chapter Number: 01
Student’s name: Ervin Alcantara
Student’s email: alcantara.ervin2324@gmail.com
Number of questions: 10
Percent correct: 100%
Question: Which definition of editing accurately describes film editing as one of the defining characteristics that distinguish movies from other art forms?
Student answered: d) the joining together of shots to control what the viewer sees in a movie and how the viewer sees it
Correct answer is: d) the joining together of shots to control what the viewer sees in a movie and how the viewer sees it
Question: Which of the following statements best characterizes this chapter’s treatment of viewer expectations?
Student answered: c) Our experience of any given film is affected by how that film manipulates expectations.
Correct answer is: c) Our experience of any given film is affected by how that film manipulates expectations.
Question: Movies are similar to stage plays since they generally provide the viewer with a single, uninterrupted, wide-angle view of on-screen action.
Student answered: b) False
Correct answer is: b) False
Question: Cutting on action is a common editing technique that hides the shift from one shot to the next by ending the first shot in the middle of a continuing action and starting the next shot at some point further along in the same action. Which clip is an example of cutting on action? The Hill : view clip Death to the Tinman : view clip Kleingeld : view clip
Student answered: a) The Hill
Correct answer is: a) The Hill
Question: Fade-out/fade-in is a filmmaking technique that indicates a passage of time. Which clip illustrates fade-out/fade-in? Two Cars, One Night : view clip Bartholomew’s Song : view clip Snapshot : view clip
Student answered: c) Snapshot
Correct answer is: c) Snapshot
Question: Cultural invisibility, a consequence of shared belief systems, frequently contributes to hidden movie meaning. Which of the following statements does NOT accurately characterize cultural invisibility?
Student answered: b) It is a way to unconsciously challenge viewers’ shared belief systems.
Correct answer is: b) It is a way to unconsciously challenge viewers’ shared belief systems.
Question: What is implicit meaning?
Student answered: c) meaning that lies below the surface of a movie’s story and presentation
Correct answer is: c) meaning that lies below the surface of a movie’s story and presentation
Question: In movies, meaning is often absorbed intuitively. Some techniques that contribute to a movie having this “invisible meaning” include
Student answered: b) fade-in/fade-out, low-angle shot, and cutting on action.
Correct answer is: b) fade-in/fade-out, low-angle shot, and cutting on action.
Question: All movies contain layers of complexity and meaning that can be studied, analyzed, and appreciated in terms of cinematic language. Which of the following describes cinematic language?
Student answered: b) techniques and concepts filmmakers use to connect viewers to a film, which often conceal the means of storytelling
Correct answer is: b) techniques and concepts filmmakers use to connect viewers to a film, which often conceal the means of storytelling
Question: What is formal analysis?
Student answered: a) an analytical approach concerned with the means by which a subject is expressed
Correct answer is: a) an analytical approach concerned with the means by which a subject is expressed
This film was definitely impactful to me, it was based on a man who lived in the Bay Area. The fact that the movie was close to home was more appealing and persuasive to me. Coogler did a good job at making us feel for Oscar Grant. He humanized a man that we did not know closely so that his message could be portrayed. The camera work was great as well. I really appreciated the scene where we see Oscar and his daughter running in slow motion it really pulled the viewer into the scene. I also appreciated the shakiness of the camera at the hospital. It showed the intensity of the movie and of the characters emotions at that point and the lack of stability. Coogler also was brilliant in deciding to show us the murder scene in the first shot of the film. It caught our attention and forced to analyze and sympathize with Oscar from the start.
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The first aspect of this movie that I would like to discuss, is the decision to start the movie off with real footage taken from a spectator’s phone. That footage let the viewer know exactly what the movie was about, and where the story line of the story was going to end up. Unfortunately, the making of this movie was about a horrific event that, most people knew something about when watching the film. If a viewer didn’t know any information prior to watching the film, that first, “scene,” would inform them exactly about what was going to happen. After that real footage, I appreciated the idea of going back in time to see the events, leading up to Oscar’s death. The film did a great job, of allowing the viewer to almost forget what the movie was leading up to. Watching Oscar in his regular life, interacting with his daughter and family, stressing about money and work, even selling drugs…doing whatever it takes to survive, are all things that people can relate to. Although Oscar wasn’t portrayed in a heroic light, the director’s and film makers did a great job of making him someone who can be sympathized with. As a side note, with the current situation that America is in, regarding race relations, police brutality, immigration, and protests, I commend the making of this film, and the truth that was put behind it. Oscar was not the most stand up citizen, but in no way did he deserve to die the way that he did. This movie brought light to that. I also appreciated the slight foreshadowing that was strewn throughout the film. The constant images, and sounds of the Bart train brought the inevitable end back to the viewer’s mind. It subconsciously reminded us that the end was still coming. The scene with the pitbull being hit by a car, was a great example of foreshadowing as well as a metaphor to Oscar himself. In society, pitbulls generally have a reputation of being, “bad,” or “dangerous,” dogs. As someone who has owned pitbulls, I know that to be completely untrue. The pitbull represented Oscar in so many ways, the obvious being killed by someone who essentially didn’t care. (Not that I can talk for the officer who killed him, but the we all know that police brutality goes unpunished most of the time.) On the outside, he looked tough, he had been to jail, sold drugs, lived in Oakland…all things that society could deem “dangerous,” or “scary.” The flip side to that being, that he was a father who loved his daughter, and a son who loved his mom. Overall, this was a thought provoking movie, that I wished never had to be made.
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1. All movies contain layers of complexity and meaning that can be studied, analyzed, and appreciated in terms of cinematic language. Which of the following describes cinematic language?
Topic: n/a
a. the language in which the actors in a given film communicate
b. techniques and concepts filmmakers use to connect viewers to a film, which often conceal the means of storytelling
c. techniques and concepts filmmakers use among themselves on a film set to communicate more efficiently
d. a style of communication that does not reflect real-word conversation, but rather reflects the imagined world of the movies
Feedback/Reference: This is the basic definition of cinematic language (page 2).
2. Movies are similar to stage plays since they generally provide the viewer with a single, uninterrupted, wide-angle view of on-screen action.
Topic: n/a
a. True
b. False
Feedback/Reference: Unlike the theater, films are composed of discrete shots of varying scale that are joined together through editing (page 5).
3. Which definition of editing accurately describes film editing as one of the defining characteristics that distinguish movies from other art forms?
Topic: n/a
a. a process of altering a film’s content and language to achieve an acceptable MPAA (Motion Picture Association of America) rating
b. a creative technique shared by film and photography, but not painting
c. the revision of a screenplay before actual filming begins
d. the joining together of shots to control what the viewer sees in a movie and how the viewer sees it
Feedback/Reference: This is the basic definition of editing (page 5).
4. In movies, meaning is often absorbed intuitively. Some techniques that contribute to a movie having this “invisible meaning” include
Topic: n/a
a. fade-in/fade-out, low-angle shot, and voice-over narration.
b. fade-in/fade-out, low-angle shot, and cutting on action.
c. fade-in/fade-out, cutting on action, and voice-over narration.
d. fade-in/fade-out, jump cutting, and low-angle shot.
Feedback/Reference: Fade-in/fade-out, low-angle shot, and cutting on action are three basic techniques that illustrate invisibility and cinematic language (pages 7–9). On the other hand, voice-over narration and jump cutting are examples of techniques that generally draw attention to themselves.
5. Fade-out/fade-in is a filmmaking technique that indicates a passage of time. Which clip illustrates fade-out/fade-in?
Two Cars, One Night : view clip
Bartholomew’s Song : view clip
Snapshot : view clip
Topic: n/a
a. Two Cars, One Night
b. Bartholomew’s Song
c. Snapshot
Feedback/Reference: Although all the options indicate the passage of time, only option (c) is an example of fade-out/fade-in. Option (a) uses fast-motion and option (b) uses a hard cut.
6. Cutting on action is a common editing technique that hides the shift from one shot to the next by ending the first shot in the middle of a continuing action and starting the next shot at some point further along in the same action. Which clip is an example of cutting on action?
The Hill : view clip
Death to the Tinman : view clip
Kleingeld : view clip
Topic: n/a
a. The Hill
b. Death to the Tinman
c. Kleingeld
Feedback/Reference: Clip (a) is the only clip that illustrates cutting on action.
7. Which of the following statements best characterizes this chapter’s treatment of viewer expectations?
Topic: n/a
a. The least important consideration when analyzing a film is determining the role of expectations.
b. Expectations generated by a movie’s promotion are more influential than other expectations.
c. Our experience of any given film is affected by how that film manipulates expectations.
d. Most filmmakers strive to undermine our expectations.
Feedback/Reference: See pages 13–14 in your textbook.
8. Cultural invisibility, a consequence of shared belief systems, frequently contributes to hidden movie meaning. Which of the following statements does NOT accurately characterize cultural invisibility?
Topic: n/a
a. It is often motivated by a commercial instinct.
b. It is a way to unconsciously challenge viewers’ shared belief systems.
c. It is not always a calculated decision on the part of the filmmakers.
d. It sometimes leads to viewers being unaware of the film’s implied message.
Feedback/Reference: Cultural invisibility seeks to reinforce the desires and shared beliefs of viewers—not to challenge or provoke them (pages 9–10).
9. What is implicit meaning?
Topic: n/a
a. meaning related to the interior world of a film, which is distinct from our everyday sense of the word “meaning”
b. meaning that is easily discernible on the surface of the movie
c. meaning that lies below the surface of a movie’s story and presentation
d. meaning that is tied to broad messages or themes
Feedback/Reference: This is the basic definition of implicit meaning (pages 11–12).
10. What is formal analysis?
Topic: n/a
a. an analytical approach concerned with the means by which a subject is expressed
b. an analytical approach concerned with the content of a subject rather than its expression
c. an analytical approach concerned with the technical elements (cinematography, sound, design) of a movie, but not elements like performance or narrative
d. an analytical approach that is rarely concerned with the filmmaker’s intent
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Reflections on Fruitvale Station:
I found myself completely enveloped in the Fruitvale Station film. I had heard of the tragedy on the news regarding the situation, but never had known that a movie had been made about it. I thought this this movie was very good, and did an amazing job of capturing the emotion and character traits that were needed to help draw an audience in. I think the editing that was used was very effective in creating suspense and remorse for what happened to Oscar. There were several techniques that were used in this film, the some of the ones that stood out the most to me were the close ups of Oscar and his daughter and the lighting that was used. Towards the end of the film, the lighting around Oscar’s hospital bed seemed very dim. Alost like the light was going out o his character to signify death. When the camera showed Oscar with his daughter, it was bright and he was smiling. This movie really hit me hard towards the end, and made me feel what the families, friends, etc. of Oscar were feeling.
TILs Chapters 1-4
Chapter 1 : In chapter one, what I learned was how much work goes into the editing of a film. I never took into consideration the amount of money that is involved in creating a motion picture. Money has to be spent in all aspects and that helped to explain to me why movies are able to license products that are sold in stores. Also, I learned some basic mechanics in creating a movie. I never knew that filming involved filming scenes out of sequence. This technique is used to accomplish more, rather than going back and forth to specific locations during filming. If they are shooting at a location, that other scenes will be involved in, they film them “out of sequence,” and put the pieces together later.
Chapter 2: What I found interesting in chapter 2, is the number of frames per minute. I was unaware that so many frames had to be shot to be successful in achieving an illusion of normal movement.
Chapter 3: What I learned in chapter 3, I think helped to open my eyes as to why cinema is considered an art. I never took into consideration all the hard work that goes into the creation of a film. So much tedious and significant work goes into capturing and portraying emotion along with other aspects captured in film. Film strives to make the audience feel the emotion. For example, the blinking of an eye or certain gestures can be captured and be extremely significant in being symbolic towards a deeper meaning.
Chapter 4: In chapter 4, I learned of a very significant man named Griffith, who helped to open the door to several editing techniques that have evolved over time and are still utilized today. He was responsible for discovering how to use separate places to be brought together in the audiences mind. He discovered and utilized several techniques in the editing world.
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Maybe it’s a little shameful to admit this, but I didn’t know who Oscar Grant was prior to watching Fruitvale Station, and while this film clearly has a few questionable aspects, it was definitely something that left an impact on me. Truthfully, I don’t know what to make of it because I feel like I was played by the very decisions that were made in the name of “creative liberties.” I don’t cry during movies often, but I definitely cried during it. More than a little, really. For me, the important message that this film needed to get across was that anyone can be the victim of police violence, and it’s not okay for it to happen to anyone. These victims of violent crimes, while we may not know them or care enough to make a movie about them or even to do more than to spam social media talking about them, are human people – and this movie did an incredible job at humanizing Oscar Grant, even if I don’t particularly agree with the means it used to do so.
TIL’s
Ch 1 – I learned that each film has defining aspects to it, usually dictated by creative expression, that have grown to not only reflect our culture, but to impact it as well.
Ch 2 – Film has evolved over time, obviously. But what I found interesting is that while clearly technology has changed and allowed the films we consume to advance, it’s fascinating to know what in particular has granted film that evolution. The frames per second, as someone who makes gifs on Photoshop pretty frequently (and utilizes those same frames) is something I found of particular interest.
Ch 3 – Again, as someone who makes gifs of things on Photoshop, I’ll admit that I hate the watermarked logo on most works of film. It’s frustrating, but I realize now that those same logos allow films to be made — because piracy makes the cost of filmmaking rise. And if the cost grows too high, the medium won’t be able to afford to continuously evolve as needed.
Ch 4 – I’ll admit that, yet again, I’m not exactly the model for knowledge, as I had no idea who D.W. Griffith was before this. But it’s interesting to learn about someone who is considered to be the father of Hollywood – because without him, the industry wouldn’t have become what it is today.
Quiz Results: 8/10 (80%)
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TIL: Chapter 1, was about the the beginning of movies and how movies changed with sound and how sexism played a role as well as how shooting movies changed.
Chapter 2, I learned that film speeds changed a ton of the years. Silent movies speed was at 16fps in 1895 to the late 1910s, 20fps in the 1920s many silents ran at 20.5 or 22 fps.
Chapter 3, I learned about the complexity in early films and how it changed in 15 to 16 years.
Chapter 4, I learned about the film intolerance, which is a relatively long movie that cost more than the birth of a nation.
Quiz Results: Looking at Movies
Chapter Number: 01
Student’s name: Cheyenne Ford
Number of questions: 10
Percent correct: 60%
Reflection:
Fruitvale Station was a great movie that portrayed the story of the Oscar Green (Oscar Grant) well. It showed the side of Oscar that cared for everyone around him. He was only looking for the joy in life and taking care of his family. The movie is slightly portrayed as in a documentary style to me, from the camera angles it made me feel as if I could relate to him and by the end of the movie I wanted to cry my eyes out because I could relate to him so well. The director did an amazing job with the viewers being able to feel that connection with the movie.
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TIL:
Chapter 1: The film industry constantly suffers from the tug of war between the producers’ business concerns and the writers and directors’ creative vision.
Chapter 2: with the continual technical advancement of cameras, the films immediately benefited. Framerates went up, from no standard framerate to 16, to 20, and has now settled at the now near-universal 24.
Chapter 3: I was not aware that film commercialization was not immediate and pervasive. Instead, it took time to develop the current economic climate film now inhabits.
Chapter 4: As mentioned by my classmates above, “Intolerance” was certainly D. W. Smith’s most expensive, and last, film. However, it was not mentioned that it was misinterpreted by the public as an apology for his previous piece, “The Birth of a Nation” or that it was a sprawling epic with multiple narratives spanning millennia.
Fruitvale Station was an incredible film. It documented Oscar Green’s life without painting him as being part of any side, an unveiled look into a multifaceted, and ultimately human, person rather than a martyr or as random innocent passerby. He was relatable, but more than that, he was human.
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Quiz name: Looking at Movies, 4e
Chapter Number: 01
Student’s name: Francisco Garcia
Student’s email: garciafrancisco458@yahoo.com
Number of questions: 10
Percent correct: 100%
Chapter 1: I learned that it cost so much to make a movie. It is a wonder that a movie can be made at all because it is such a massive and complex task.
Chapter 2: I learned that what we see in a movie is called apparent movement because there is no real movement. I also learned that the speed at which the first movies were projected at 16 pictures per second.
Chapter 3: I learned that in 1907, a French company had the intention of creating an artistic cinema which was bringing together the most important playwrights, directors, actors, composers and painters of the period on film.
Chapter 4: I learned that it was never intended for Griffith to make movies. But what brought him to make movies was his playwriting.
Fruitvale Station Review
Fruitvale Station was an emotional movie. I found very interesting how Ryan Coogler opened up the film with the actual footage when Oscar Grant got shot in the Fruitvale Station. At that moment my jaw dropped because I couldn’t believe the video was taken that same night. I particularly think that this was the scene that caught the audience’s attention. I also found it very interesting how Oscar kept saying “I have a daughter” when he got shot and after that scene they showed the scene where his daughter was running towards him and he was running towards her in slow motion. in that moment when they showed the scene of him and his daughter running in slow motion, it was very emotional. I also liked how Ryan Coogler made the audience relate to Oscar grant’s story.
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Quiz name: Looking at Movies, 4e
Chapter Number: 01
Student’s name: Reyna Castaneda
Student’s email: rcastaneda1520@yahoo.com
Number of questions: 10
Percent correct: 100%
I was quite a fan of Fruitvale Station. Because of the epidemics happening in the recent years with police brutality, I was appreciative of the production of this film. The film was grounded in lots of realism, and its story didn’t have typical milestones, and it was mostly a collection of events leading up to the central dilemma, fleshing out Oscar’s character in the process. The film really served to humanize Oscar and create sympathy for him while showing his flaws.
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TIL Ch 1:The early stages of film making were not seen as great skill but more as a clever way of putting pictures together.
Ch 2: To make slow motion there must be more frames per second than a normal film.
Ch 3: Editing became revolutionary for films.
Ch 4: Griffith never intended to make films.
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