http://jadams21.uniblogs.org Just another Uniblogs.org weblog Fri, 12 May 2006 07:47:57 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Ok so for my actor, I chose Matt Damon.  I’ve seen most of his work, and plan to see his upcoming films as well, like Oceans’ Thirteen and The Departed.  He’s finishing up the Bourne Trilogy, with the last film coming out in 2007.  He’s been in films like, The ... http://jadams21.uniblogs.org/2006/05/12/the-viewing/ So in the beginning of the film industry, the actors were like employees.  They were told what to do and when to do it.  They didn’t get to choose what films they stared in.  If the actor wasn’t doing as well at the box office as hoped, they were canned.  ... http://jadams21.uniblogs.org/2006/05/12/reflection-on-the-reading-2/ So on the refection on the reading; I looked up ways to become a director.  I found this crazy site.  In the past you had to work your way into the business, there were no camps for you to diddle in to figure it out first.  Now they have a ... http://jadams21.uniblogs.org/2006/05/12/rlection-on-the-reading/ I chose Sam Mendes as one of my directors. He’s is the director of films like American Beauty (1999), Road to Perdition (2002) and Jarhead (2005). There seems to be a main theme through these films. The leading characters are male, and going through tough times in ... http://jadams21.uniblogs.org/2006/05/12/viewings/ Both were pretty much a refresher for me.  I've read these articles, if not something real close, last summer.  For the text in the book, when you think of a director; you don't think of what they did before they started making films or how hard it was for them ... http://jadams21.uniblogs.org/2006/05/12/reading-and-viewing/ Shot and Camera Movement Pan Shot – This shot is basically used to show the distance between two characters or places in a scene.  The speed of the pan is determined by the effect that is desired by the director.  A quick pan says that there is no time to waste, ... http://jadams21.uniblogs.org/2006/04/18/shot-and-camera-movement/   Three point lighting is back light, fill light and key light. The back light is exactly that, it sits behind the subject being filmed. It’s used to accent the subject as well, and usually sits across from the key light. The fill light is usually softer and ... http://jadams21.uniblogs.org/2006/04/18/three-point-lighting/ The term Film stock is just another term for Photographic Film.  They are what movies are shot on.  Film itself is classified by a few different things.  One is by the emulsion used; the original was highly dangerous.  It was a flammable cellulose nitrate, which means it was nitrate based ... http://jadams21.uniblogs.org/2006/04/17/film-stock/ Director : Ron Howard Three FIlms :Cinderella Man Apollo 13 Far and Away Explanation : I'm really interested how the main characters in these films all show the same traits.  They are the masculine male characters that always have to have things there way.  They are the "Lords and Masters" of their surroundings in ... http://jadams21.uniblogs.org/2006/03/30/paper-proposal/ Koyaanisqatsi I came to see the first film with my dad and brother.  I drug them along and they had no clue what we were seeing until we got there.  They weren’t upset or anything, which was a good thing.  My dad enjoyed the film.  Every time I looked over at ... http://jadams21.uniblogs.org/2006/03/30/extra-credit-on-film-festival/