my journey towards a BA in photography
Stumbling through Youtube I came across a very interesting channel Filmmaker IQ, who have produced a few very interesting videos which summarise some of the theory’s explored in this course. The videos are clear and concise and help with some…
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Peter Walker – 514508 OCA Photography – Introduction to Film Culture Assignment 1 – Hero’s and Villains ‘re-made’. The has been an interesting exercise to watch five movies; three inspired by two of the others and a more interesting…
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Exercise 1.5 Where the magic happens Editing as the title of this exercise alludes to, is what brings a movie together; it stitches the individual shots within a scene together, as well as the stitching the scenes themselves together to…
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Exercise 1.4 Music maketh the movie? The score for Fistful of Dollars and its two equals are undoubted some of the of the most iconic music in cinema. They blend perfectly with the movies and drive the action without being…
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A Fistful of Dollars (1964) Dir: Sergio Leone Cast: Clint Eastward, Marianne Koch, Gian Maria Volonte, Wolfgang Lukschy Summary An unnamed drifter/gunslinger arrives in a small Mexican town, within the middle of a battle between two rival families. He…
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Exercise 1.3 Watching three films back to back, which essentially are the same story has been an interesting exercise I have written a full analysis on the films in separate posts which can be accessed by clicking on the movie…
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Yojimbo (1961) Dir: Akira Kurosawa Cast: Toshiro Mifune, Tatsuya Nakadai, Yoko Tsukasa, Isuzu Yamada Summary A Ronin arrives in a small town in the grip of warring crime lords. Despite a warning to move on, he uses the fact that…
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Last Man Standing (1996) Dir: Walter Hill Cast: Bruce Willis, Christopher Walken, Bruce Dern Summary Prohibition era gunslinger finds himself in the middle of a gang war between Italian and Irish mafia, in a deserted On a West Texas…
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“The Seven Samurai” vs. “The Magnificent Seven.” While almost identical on a superficial basis “The Seven Samurai” and “The Magnificent Seven” are very different films. These differences mainly come I feel from the cultural context of each movie. “The Seven…
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The Seven Samurai (1954) Dir: Akira Kurosawa Cast: Toshiro Mifune, Takashi Shimura, Keiko Tsushima Summary For only a meagre three meals a day, 7 Ronin (masterless samurai) are hired by villages to protect them from bandits. Synopsis When villages overhear…
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