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Film

A collection of 84 issues

Little Miss Sunshine.

originally uploaded by SF buckaroo. We watched this movie on Saturday night. It was great! Immediately on my top movies list. I think it’s going to be a pop culture hit, like Napoleon Dynamite. The screenplay, by Michael Arndt, was brilliant. And the fact that part of it was

American Colonialism.

Will and I watched Why We Fight last night, a really interesting documentary about colonialism and the industrialized American military. It made me sick. There were a couple of really creepy right-wing commentators (I can’t remember their names but of course Will was very familiar with them since he’

Cool music + Filming, Take Two.

, originally uploaded by Daskar. It’s from the opening titles of Inside Man; a really good movie. Denzel Washington is awesome as usual and Jodie Foster was HOT! Muy caliente!! The cinematography was really beautiful, too. There were two different camera languages used, one for the hostage interviews and another

Filming, Take One.

, originally uploaded by Valerie Renee. So, I did a lot of experimenting last night for my video. I’m trying to figure out what lighting and angle I’m going to use to film my feet (this photo to the left isn’t mine, but it’s an example of

Movies I've seen lately....

, originally uploaded by aqui-ali. Hmmm, I just got back from seeing an IMAX movie, Deep Sea 3D. It was really, really good. You actually felt like you were in the water with the divers and the colors were magnificent. And the jellyfish! My, god, the jellyfish…. How can I incorporate

Titus.

One of the things I like best about my film class is the exposure I get to films I haven’t yet seen. Like Titus, for example. It’s a great filmic adaptation of Shakespeare’s revenge tragedy Titus Andronicus. To be honest, I got the gist of the movie

Syriana.

So, we took Seth with us to see Syriana last night. The movie started out on an interesting note, but got increasingly muddled over time. Seth and I thought it was far too drawn out without making the point that you could easily guess was coming. We left the theater

On craftsmanship, the right tools, and cinematic storytelling.

Cults hold a special fascination for me. I was in one once, from the tender ages of 16 to 24, but that’s another blog post entirely. A novel, actually, but before I even begin, I digress. I use the meaning of a certain color, contrast, or diagonal in the

Gasman.

Last Wednesday night, I had my friend Apryl come speak to my class on film and semiotics. I met her while I was studying experimental film in grad school. She is now finishing up her MFA in film at Columbia and teaching at the University of Washington. She introduced us

The Art of the Title Sequence.

I just found this really cool website, via A Very Short List: The Art of the Title Sequence. An archive of title sequence design. Yummy.