In Singin' in the Rain (1952), a movie studio, Monumental Pictures is set out to change from silent films to talking pictures. In this Musical genre film, we get dancing, singing, and some comedy to make it a fun watch. It is packed with songs to keep everyone entertained. Two famous movie actors, Don Lockwood and Lina Lamont, face hardships from the movie industry, Lockwood finds what he really wants to do.
In the beginning of the film, we get a look at where Lockwood came from. He meet his friend Cosmo Brown when he was young, and have stuck together through everything. We see how humble Lockwood is and how much of a hard worker he can be in movies. This Opening Image helps us better understand where Lockwood comes from, and where he would like to go. "Dignity, always dignity," he keeps saying.
Later one we meet Kathy Selden who mistakes Lockwood for a criminal. We find out that she doesn't like big movie actors because they "can't act". This puts Lockwood into a rough spot for his thoughts, he thinks he's not a good actor. With this eating away at him, he continues to run into Selden time and time again. When he loses her, she is all he can think about for three weeks. In this time, the president of Monumental Pictures, tells Lockwood and Brown that they are switching to talking pictures. This is where Selden meets back up with Lockwood, she is to star in the first talking picture with Lockwood himself. This is our Catalyst of the film.
While the two get to know each other more and more, the begin to see romance start to build between them. They soon start to sing together on a movie set. This the Mid Point in the film.
With the new talking picture out on preview, the audience finds it to be a funny because of the audio out of sync. Everybody hates the new picture and find Lockwood and Lamont to be junk actors. Brings down Lockwood a lot and makes him want to quit acting. With this, All is Lost is next. He decides to make a musical to save his career, all before "The Dueling Cavalier" is released to the public. They run into a hard spot when they realize that Lamont would be upset with out her in the production. Brown proposes an ideas to make sure this doesn't happen; have Selden sing behind camera for Lamont.
At the Premiere of "The Dueling Cavalier", the audience loves the movie and ask for more. Once Lamont goes on stage for an encore, Kathy sings right behind the curtain. Lockwood's plan the whole time was to show who the real singer and the "real star of the film" is. Once the curtain is pulled, Selden runs away crying, but is pulled back to Lockwood and starts her career as a movie star.
Monday, September 28, 2015
Monday, September 14, 2015
Amazing Grace
Amazing Grace was a film I haven't seen before and I was quite surprised by it. The main story revolves around the abolition of the slave trade in the British Colonies in the late 1700's. The story line followed the simple 3 act guideline that most movies go off of. William Wilberforce is a rather wealthy man who fights for what he believes is right. Dialogue in the movie was quite good. many scenes have conversations between two people. One that stood out to me was between Wilberforce and Barbra Spooner. They both believe for what is right and will fight for it. When Spooner is talking with Wilberforce, the words that they use help with the time period that this takes place and also what they actually know. What they know, I mean that they are well educated and you can tell how much they know.
The film follows the guidelines pretty well. With the Opening Image we see him help a horse from being abused. This is an example of Save the Cat that makes us love the main character. Wilberforce is sick and this creates a sense of curiosity of what he is sick with. He arrives at what we assume is his house (which is huge) and is aided by his servants. This adds to the sense of wealth that he has. Later on we meet William Pit who is Wilberforce's friend. He presents the theme of the movie which goes along the lines of Wilberforce changing the world for the better with abolition of slavery. This is the set up for the movie as well. Pit, running for Prime Minister and Wilberforce ahead in politics, to abolish slavery.
After this we have the catalyst which comes from the set up. Should he take on the slave trade? How can he stop it? He is tormented by the thought of slaves and this fuels his determination to help all those in need. The debate is pretty simple if we look at it. He decides to present a bill to the House of ending the slave trade. Now for the Fun and Games of the movie. Wilberforce assembles his team to help propose his bill. He gathers evidence from several people and tries to convince the wealthy to think about human rights and slavery. With little success with the house it ends up not working. Soon after Wilberforce gets sick and is gone for two years. This is our Mid-Point.
Two years later he is then introduced to Spooner, which creates a love story for the main character. Our B-Story is now appearing to the viewer. With the Wilberforce and Spooner meeting each other, Wilberforce tells the story of how he has failed to pass his bill. With our dark night of the soul, he convinces him to try again, he agrees. With Wilberforce gathering his team back, they come up with a way to cheat. In doing so, presents us with the Dues ex Machima. Lord Charles Fox, gives everyone in the house a ticket to the races. They have the most boring presenter give the idea about checking all ships and finds a loophole in the end of the slave trade. With nobody to oppose the bill, it is passed.
The Finale is the process of the bill passing and the celebration of a new era. The Final Image is Wilberforce completing the theme, making a change in the world. He has fought for what is right.
The film follows the guidelines pretty well. With the Opening Image we see him help a horse from being abused. This is an example of Save the Cat that makes us love the main character. Wilberforce is sick and this creates a sense of curiosity of what he is sick with. He arrives at what we assume is his house (which is huge) and is aided by his servants. This adds to the sense of wealth that he has. Later on we meet William Pit who is Wilberforce's friend. He presents the theme of the movie which goes along the lines of Wilberforce changing the world for the better with abolition of slavery. This is the set up for the movie as well. Pit, running for Prime Minister and Wilberforce ahead in politics, to abolish slavery.
After this we have the catalyst which comes from the set up. Should he take on the slave trade? How can he stop it? He is tormented by the thought of slaves and this fuels his determination to help all those in need. The debate is pretty simple if we look at it. He decides to present a bill to the House of ending the slave trade. Now for the Fun and Games of the movie. Wilberforce assembles his team to help propose his bill. He gathers evidence from several people and tries to convince the wealthy to think about human rights and slavery. With little success with the house it ends up not working. Soon after Wilberforce gets sick and is gone for two years. This is our Mid-Point.
Two years later he is then introduced to Spooner, which creates a love story for the main character. Our B-Story is now appearing to the viewer. With the Wilberforce and Spooner meeting each other, Wilberforce tells the story of how he has failed to pass his bill. With our dark night of the soul, he convinces him to try again, he agrees. With Wilberforce gathering his team back, they come up with a way to cheat. In doing so, presents us with the Dues ex Machima. Lord Charles Fox, gives everyone in the house a ticket to the races. They have the most boring presenter give the idea about checking all ships and finds a loophole in the end of the slave trade. With nobody to oppose the bill, it is passed.
The Finale is the process of the bill passing and the celebration of a new era. The Final Image is Wilberforce completing the theme, making a change in the world. He has fought for what is right.
Monday, September 7, 2015
Batman Begins
The other day in class, we watched Batman Begins, which was a quite a good film. The main character Bruce Wayne is pit against himself and those around him. In the film, he decides between many things which change the way he lives. I will break up the movie into the three different acts; act 1, 2, and 3.
In the first act we have Opening Image, theme, set up, catalyst, and debate. With Opening Image, we get a look at what our main character is really about. We see Bruce, who is the son of a rich man. We also see that the setting is in present day. Switching scenes we see an older version of Bruce who looks rugged but strong. He is in a strange part of the world who is imprisoned. Later on we get to know Bruce more and find out what his purpose is. The Theme is next and we receive this from Ducard, a side character, not Bruce, the main character. What Ducard says to Bruce at the begging of the film is, "To be more than a man is to be a legend." This is what our movie is set around and from this we can see it through out the whole film. Next we have a set up for the film and that proposes questions for our hero. What does Bruce fear? Where does he come from? We see that Bruce is set on one thing, revenge. At this time we get a look into Bruce's past by seeing a younger him. This breaks into the Catalyst. When out with his parents, his childhood fear of bats starts hitting him hard when he goes to the opera. After leaving early due to his fear, his father is held up at gun point and shot, along with his mother. For years Bruce feels that his parents death is his fault. When he's older, he goes to his killers hearing with a gun, intending to shot him. That doesn't happen because someone beat him to it. At this point, we get a debate. Bruce finally realizes that killing is no the way things should be. He figures out that the justice system is corrupt and realizes what justice truly is. Now we break into Act 2.
First off we have a B-Story. With this we meet Jonathan Crane, who is the director at a mental institution. We also meet Carmine Falcone, gang leader, and Jim Gordon, a police officer. All those that we meet, have a connection to Bruce in someway. At this point, Bruce fights the system and goes off to have a good time. This is the Fun and Games aspect of the film. Bruce becomes an alter ego by playing with weapons, making a impenetrable suit, and by making a name for himself. By doing this we come to the Midpoint. This part is where Batman captures Falcone and everything goes down hill. Crane, or The Scarecrow, meets Batman and uses a gas to make him scared of what he fears most. At this point we see Batman start to fall, or when the Bad Guys Close In. Bruce manor is burned down, and the Bat cave is destroyed. Batman disappears for while, while bad guys roam the streets and wreak havoc. All is lost comes after this and we see that there is almost nothing that can help Batman. Relationships crumble while the bad guy triumphs over all. Finally we have Dark Night of the Soul (no pun intended), where Bruce is saved by Alfred and comes to a decision on what needs to happen. Now we break into Act 3
Batman Starts to fight back and realizes that Ducard, his mentor, is trying to destroy Gotham. When fighting Ducard, Batman receives help from Gordon by destroying the train line. This is the Dues ex machima, Gordon helps Batman. After the city is saved and order is returned to everyone. We come to the Finalle, Bruce gets Wayne Manor built again and gets the girl. The Final Image that we are left with, is Batman, Saving the day again from thugs and murders. Gordon gives Batman one final thing to leave us with suspense for Batman to return.
In the first act we have Opening Image, theme, set up, catalyst, and debate. With Opening Image, we get a look at what our main character is really about. We see Bruce, who is the son of a rich man. We also see that the setting is in present day. Switching scenes we see an older version of Bruce who looks rugged but strong. He is in a strange part of the world who is imprisoned. Later on we get to know Bruce more and find out what his purpose is. The Theme is next and we receive this from Ducard, a side character, not Bruce, the main character. What Ducard says to Bruce at the begging of the film is, "To be more than a man is to be a legend." This is what our movie is set around and from this we can see it through out the whole film. Next we have a set up for the film and that proposes questions for our hero. What does Bruce fear? Where does he come from? We see that Bruce is set on one thing, revenge. At this time we get a look into Bruce's past by seeing a younger him. This breaks into the Catalyst. When out with his parents, his childhood fear of bats starts hitting him hard when he goes to the opera. After leaving early due to his fear, his father is held up at gun point and shot, along with his mother. For years Bruce feels that his parents death is his fault. When he's older, he goes to his killers hearing with a gun, intending to shot him. That doesn't happen because someone beat him to it. At this point, we get a debate. Bruce finally realizes that killing is no the way things should be. He figures out that the justice system is corrupt and realizes what justice truly is. Now we break into Act 2.
First off we have a B-Story. With this we meet Jonathan Crane, who is the director at a mental institution. We also meet Carmine Falcone, gang leader, and Jim Gordon, a police officer. All those that we meet, have a connection to Bruce in someway. At this point, Bruce fights the system and goes off to have a good time. This is the Fun and Games aspect of the film. Bruce becomes an alter ego by playing with weapons, making a impenetrable suit, and by making a name for himself. By doing this we come to the Midpoint. This part is where Batman captures Falcone and everything goes down hill. Crane, or The Scarecrow, meets Batman and uses a gas to make him scared of what he fears most. At this point we see Batman start to fall, or when the Bad Guys Close In. Bruce manor is burned down, and the Bat cave is destroyed. Batman disappears for while, while bad guys roam the streets and wreak havoc. All is lost comes after this and we see that there is almost nothing that can help Batman. Relationships crumble while the bad guy triumphs over all. Finally we have Dark Night of the Soul (no pun intended), where Bruce is saved by Alfred and comes to a decision on what needs to happen. Now we break into Act 3
Batman Starts to fight back and realizes that Ducard, his mentor, is trying to destroy Gotham. When fighting Ducard, Batman receives help from Gordon by destroying the train line. This is the Dues ex machima, Gordon helps Batman. After the city is saved and order is returned to everyone. We come to the Finalle, Bruce gets Wayne Manor built again and gets the girl. The Final Image that we are left with, is Batman, Saving the day again from thugs and murders. Gordon gives Batman one final thing to leave us with suspense for Batman to return.
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