127 hours

 “127 hours” is the film that inspire me a lot. During the first time watched this film, I really can’t understand. I feel nothing in this film cause no hero and villains. I like the movie have hero and villain, so I can enjoy the fighting scene. This film mostly only one character to present. I can’t believe I can open my eyes and watch it until the end. It not suitable to give children to watch, because it to boring and some scene very disgusting when he tried to cut out his hand when his hand stuck in the Blue John canyon. But when I studying in university already 2 years. I totally changed my perception in film studies. When after I watched a film, I will think many aspect to review the film. It very important that how director presented his art work in different ways. Director of this film used many skills of editing and different shoot to present the film. I watched this 3 times, then I only understand what really this film talking about.

The main character of this film is Aron Ralston. He is outgoing. He like to find challenging activity to do. So he likes to climb mountain and canyon. One day, he stuck in the Blue John canyon. His right hand stuck inside the big stone. So he only can use his left hand. During the moment he stuck in the canyon, I can feel how suffer during that moment. Director use many ways to shows the suffer moment to let audient also can feel it. The camera angle quite challenging, because the place very narrow that only can fit 1-2 camera men. I totally admire that how director direct them to shoot this film.

In this 127 hours, Aron tried hard to get out from that place. He also tried many ways to survive. It use Extreme close up and fast cut to present the point of view of Aron. When Aron drink water, the shot cut to the water and many bubbles. Audience saw blue and pure water. After that, Aron not enough water to drink, so he drink his pee. When he drink his pee, we can see the yellow colour water with extreme close up. Another extreme close up is when Aron use knife cut his hand. We will saw the knife cut until inside the bone with extreme close up.

In this moment when he stuck inside the canyon, a lot of flashback and also future view pass through his mind. This film also show the imagination of him in his mind. This show a lot of editing skill to present the scene in his mind. Director used use time-lapse to show the time go through very fast. Mean Aron life goes very fast in his mind when he feel suffer, alone, and hopeless. When we suffer, alone and hopeless, our mind will think a lot.

I found a lot of hidden messages in this film. First is we don’t waste water. In this film, Aron tried hard to save the water to survive. When he knew he has no enough of water, he tried to arrange time to drink water. Unlucky, he need to drink his pee because not enough of water. How important water, but we didn’t realize it and keep waste the water. Only we lost the water, then we only realize how important without water to fulfill our needs for every day. Next is our family, how long we didn’t contact our family after we came to university life. Only we lost thing, we think about our family. The imagination of Aron have a lot his family memories because he feel hopeless. I like this film, it taught me a lot how to life happy. Don’t think about what you lost, think about what you have. Go appreciate it!

Zombieland

Here came to third week, we already watched two film that given by Mr.Joe Yan. I already learned many theories in this subject. Through it all, we can more understand and able to analysis clearly the films we watch. The third film that we watched on third week was “Zombieland”. After watched this film, our Mr.Joe Yan explain the theories of genre and what is the genre in this film. That a lot of genre that can found in this film. Previously, I thought that only one or two genres can be in a film. But through this tutorial, I realize different kind of genres and how it apply to any films.

Zombieland it sound like very horror. But in this film, there including many genres which is horror, comedy, romance, Science Fiction, action and road film. So during that class, Mr.Joe Yan list out those genres and explain it one by one. I more understand after the explanation. The horror that can find out from this film is the make-up of zombies. The zombies looks very disgusting and guilty. Many scenes will scare audience with another way. The zombie will jump up suddenly when audience get attention to notice the silence scene. Some horror footages is the how zombie killed by Human. The blood not really scary I think, but the director make the scary by more focus on how zombie chasing human. But in this film, the director more focus on the conversation between this four characters, which is Columbus, Tallahassee, Wichita and Little Rock.

 Next is the obvious genre in this film- Comedy. I like it a lot. I like horror and comedy genres mix together. Because it can bring out many creative way to grab audience attention to enjoy the film. The funny characters is Tallahassee although he was a serious man in this film but his acting could brought out the feeling of relax and funny. That a lot of dark comedy that can see through the acting of Tallahassee. Tallahassee use funny way to kill the fat zombies in shopping mall but he still look like very serious and steady.

The science fiction genre is the zombie. Zombies are not really exist in real life. But the Hollywood make it real and more exiting to show to the audience. I realize that nowadays Hollywood more focus on the super hero movie. It because the audience more like super hero instead of romance genre.

The romance that can be found in this film is the conversation between this four characters. The beginning of the film, Columbus and Tallahassee and tried to help Wichita and Little Rock, but this two girls cheating them and took everything from Columbus and Tallahassee. They don’t believe each other. I think that if we become zombie, we will feel suffer to kill that people we believe. After that, they start understand each other and need each other to achieve their own goals. When they went to Bill Murray house, Columbus and Wichita done many things to more understand each other.

Action genre in this film is the zombies chasing and how the human defeat zombies. That many scene Columbus and Tallahassee chasing by zombies, and the two guys use gun to shoot the zombies. They try to protect themselves from the zombies. The audience will feel exciting when the action scene bring more realistic.

 Last genre that could be found in this film was road film. The road film is when this four characters drive the car together went to Hollywood. In this scene, editor use jump cut of the transition to show that they drive very long way on the road. This four characters always change their seat inside the car. So through this, we can know that they spend a lot of time conversation inside the car.

I love this film because it create awareness among the people and taught audience how to defeat zombie what if the zombies really exist in real life. For me, if zombie really appear, then I prefer become zombie instead of survivor. 

Requiem for a Dream

During week 3 of film studies class, we watched a film called Requiem for a Dream. I admire that how director express the feeling of similarity in 4 different characters. The editing of this film really inspire me a lot.

 After this I want to learn how the editor used fast cut to depicts 4 different characters of this film. There are 4 main character in this film which is Sara Goldfarb, Harry Goldfarb, Marion Sliver and Tyrone. This 4 characters had different perception and different goals to achieve. To achieve their goals. They find many ways and methods to fulfill their needs. Through this film, I can imaging that a lot of things that related to our social life. In social life, we also will find many ways to fulfill our needs and achieve the goals we want. I like how director depicts the act of drugs. The director used extreme close to every step of taking the drugs. What I see is it like a point of view of taking drugs. I saw money, drugs, fire, and also the eyes change through my eyes. When one of the character taking drugs, the film will shows the extreme close up of this scene. Every scenes of extreme close up would brought out the feeling through yourselves.  

My favorite character was Sara Goldfarb. Everyday she will watch her favorite TV show. One day, a call from TV show said that Sara will go on to TV show. So Sara thought that she can not go to TV show with her fat body. She want to become famous. She want son and her dead husband to become famous and proud of her. Sara love beauty, But she very shame because of her fat body. Sara use many ways to lose her weight. I like that scene that how she lose her weight. She cannot to control her desire to eat the food, even breakfast, lunch and dinner. I can feel how pain Sara go through. Because director use point of view to show the desire of Sara. Especially she watching the TV meanwhile she turn her head to notice the icebox. This action could brought the emotion of desire. Sara can not control her desire when she want to lose her weight. She very suffer when she tried to lose her weight but also she want to eat food. The goal she want to achieve is to become famous on TV.  Director also use many effect to show the imagination of Sara when Sara start getting crazy. The characters on TV jump up from TV laugh at the Sara, The Icebox become monster and want eat Sara. 

What I saw in this film is this 4 characters want to achieve their goals, but the ways they used was wrong. Until they getting suffer and regret what have done by them. In this film, I saw money, drugs, famous, sex, and desire. Those things was what we looking for in real life. I really like how the editor used the skill of editing and transition to shows the similarity of this 4 different character. This film reached another cinematography level. 

Spirited Away- Sen to Chihiro no Kamikakushi

During our first class of film studies tutorial, Mr Joe Yan gave us to watched a film call Spirited Away. It is a 2001 Japanese anime fantasy film written by Hayao Miyazaki. So nice! Because we watching film in the class! 

First of all, I really really like this film, because it brought a lot of hidden messages to the audience. I admired that the way how Hayao Miyazaki created his art work in this film. He used different way to brought out the emotion and the story line in this film as well. 

 The music of this film also very nice. The tempo and melody of this music made audience relax and enjoyed the film when watched. I like this music a lot. Sometimes I will listen this music when I doing assignment and writing blog. 

Pls enjoy it when you reading my blog yah~

The landscape of this film really beautiful. It lead audience eyes to focus the landscape. This film used landscape to attract audience as well . 

The street 

The bathhouse/Jacuzzi

The River

The main character of this film is Chihiro Agino. The beginning of this film, Chihiro and her parents were moving to new place to live. But they accidentally went to the wrong place. But her father and mother wanna explore that place and went inside a mystery door although many times stopped by Chihiro. After that her parents turned became pigs because they ate the food in the shop without any permission from the people of mystery town. When came to night, many mystery people appeared. I think that were the God of Japan. Chihiro felt helpful when she no choice to facing this situation. Fortunately, she saved by Haku. Haku helped Chihiro until the end , Chihiro save her parents. Chihiro learned a lot from this journey. The messages that can see in this story is we need to defeat our fear and achieve our goals. If we do something that without listen advice from friends, we maybe will fail to achieve our goals. This part show that how we believe our friends properly in suffer situation.

Chihiro/Sen and Haku

One of the scene is a dirty and stinky God came to bathhouse and want to bath. But everyone over there felt very disgusting, They stepped from the dirty and stink God far far away. But only Sen ( Chihiro) dare to helped. Sen realize something inside the God body. Sen tried hard to pull out but failed. Finally all the stuff of the bathhouse helped to pull out the things from the dirty and stink God. They success to pulled out all the things inside his body. So all the things they pulled out actually was the rubbish. The dirty and stinky God turned back became a River God. The River God felt thankful to Sen because she saved the River God. 

Omg, so disgusting~

The hidden messages brought out from this scene was the important of environment. Nowadays, many rivers had been contaminated. There are very less people concern about this issues. I believe that what Hayau Miyazaki want to brought out was the awareness of environment. He tried to build the awareness to the audience. He hoped all the people realize the important of river and protect it. We need to think about the consequence what if the pollution none stop. Why people can not try to save it. We should take this as reminder of everyday what if we life in the world with drink dirty water everyday. 

 Lastly. I really like this film a lot. We should more concern that what Hayau Miyazaki tried to brought out from this film. It really suitable for all the people in this world to watch it. There was a lot of  important messages that we can discover from Hayau Miyazaki art work. I will let my child to enjoy this film in future.