This week is not so bad if I do say so myself. Though I am not entirely caught up in some classes I am doing better. I have been getting distracted but thankfully not in a bad way. I am needing to organize better like almost always because I either get carried away and "put too much on my plate" as they say or I just don't know what to do. I'll pull through like I always do it's just a matter of how.
Link of interest? it is not really related to this class but to me, it is just like the last Weekly Comments. A link to a play along tab to a song that im getting under my belt. It is the bass tab of the Megadeth song called "Countdown to extinction". the song is about illegal poaching and how animals are going extinct at an alarming rate. The song is from 1991-'92. Over 20 years later it is still relevant. The band had ended up winning an award for bringing awareness to the issue. but here it is:
https://www.songsterr.com/a/wsa/megadeth-countdown-to-extinction-tab-s12245t3
I feel very proud for learning the song because I can almost memorize it perfectly. Hopefully one day I will be able to play along with someone for these songs instead of by myself. I think it has already been 2 years since i started playing music, over 1 for bass. Man does time fly by and how I've advanced quickly while teaching myself.
Friday, April 21, 2017
Wednesday, April 19, 2017
Continuity a big yes yes!!
Continuity is a very large factor for film. well... for the most part that is. Though Continuity is important in the academic sense, hell even in the mass media but it isn't the most important. there are many movies that fail in some aspects of continuity but most people do not notice those errors. Only people who purposely look for it or if the movie isn't grabbing the audience's attention.
Movies that show such examples are "Apocalypse Now", "Full Metal Jacket", and "Shutter Island". All I will dissect individually.
The first one is "Apocalypse Now" where in one scene where the marines in vietnam are landing on the river side you first see 4 hueys. then when it cuts to another angle which is supposed to be maybe a couple seconds, the hueys are gone. nowhere to be seen. It's not like they took off and got out of site in seconds. That was a continuity error that was not cared about. a legendary Editor by the name of Walter Murch was in charge of continuity in the film. His response was " An ideal cut for me is the one that satisfies the following six criteria at once" those criterias are:
1.)Emotion which should make up of about 51%
2.)Story consisting 23%
3.)Rhythm with 10%
4.)Eye-Trace being 7%
5.)2-Dimensional space 5%
6.)3-dimensional space 4%
When taking this theory of film from an academic standpoint you can see how it is true which such examples that were stated earlier.
The second film example is "Full Metal Jacket". I have seen the film so I know the film has exceeded in the emotional range and storytelling range. the example that the video that Indy Mogul produces is the boot camp where our main character Pvt. Davis gets punched by the drill sergeant Gny. Sgt. Hartman. the only problem is that he begins to punch with one hand but when it cuts to another angle of the Gny. Sgt. punching it's with his other hand. Martin Hunter who was the head editor who was incharge of continuity either didn't notice claiming "Nobody ever pointed it out, as far as I know. But those kind of things don't really matter because if a scene is effective , you shouldn't be distracted by things like that.". That statement by Mr. Hunter has an exceedingly good point. If someone is really caught up in the emotion and the story, would they really notice something so little?
The last example being "Shutter Island". This is different from the rest not because of its level of continuity errors but because of its intention for using such errors. I have only seen some small clips from the film so I do not have much knowledge for the film except for what critics and reviews say. What does happen in the film from what I have seen from the example given in thevideo is almost subtle Genius on the director and editors part. There is a scene where the main actor played by Mr. DiCaprio is interrogating a woman and the hand her a glass of water. the scene cuts to her drinking it but there is no glass, only her acting like there is and fake drinking. After she is done she places a glass down that is empty... The purpose of that whole scene was to make the audience begin to think that nothing is what it seems which was well played out by the director with the editors help.
It is things like those that if take from an academic point of view for critiquing that a well made discussion can be made over methods on how to evolve filming and editing. Continuity errors don't always have to be mistakes but can be used for the better good of storytelling.
When taking this theory of film from an academic standpoint you can see how it is true which such examples that were stated earlier.
The second film example is "Full Metal Jacket". I have seen the film so I know the film has exceeded in the emotional range and storytelling range. the example that the video that Indy Mogul produces is the boot camp where our main character Pvt. Davis gets punched by the drill sergeant Gny. Sgt. Hartman. the only problem is that he begins to punch with one hand but when it cuts to another angle of the Gny. Sgt. punching it's with his other hand. Martin Hunter who was the head editor who was incharge of continuity either didn't notice claiming "Nobody ever pointed it out, as far as I know. But those kind of things don't really matter because if a scene is effective , you shouldn't be distracted by things like that.". That statement by Mr. Hunter has an exceedingly good point. If someone is really caught up in the emotion and the story, would they really notice something so little?
The last example being "Shutter Island". This is different from the rest not because of its level of continuity errors but because of its intention for using such errors. I have only seen some small clips from the film so I do not have much knowledge for the film except for what critics and reviews say. What does happen in the film from what I have seen from the example given in thevideo is almost subtle Genius on the director and editors part. There is a scene where the main actor played by Mr. DiCaprio is interrogating a woman and the hand her a glass of water. the scene cuts to her drinking it but there is no glass, only her acting like there is and fake drinking. After she is done she places a glass down that is empty... The purpose of that whole scene was to make the audience begin to think that nothing is what it seems which was well played out by the director with the editors help.
It is things like those that if take from an academic point of view for critiquing that a well made discussion can be made over methods on how to evolve filming and editing. Continuity errors don't always have to be mistakes but can be used for the better good of storytelling.
Tuesday, April 18, 2017
Weekly Comments: Spring break is upon us, brace for stupidity and panic attacks, *was* just to lazy to rewrite it all
Well Spring break is upon us all where all the college students are either leaving for the south to party their asses off or stay quiet up here in NY. Don't really have a preference for either, their choice. I have to do work over break which is alright by me, I just really need to get footage that's all to be honest. We had a critique of our latest projects which mine was for the "What's Your Story" contest which i am very proud of. Though there were some technical errors such as set/scenery and focus on the camera. All things that i kinda knew when I made the video but at the time I was more worried about even turning in a full project. Had to set my priorities straight.
There isn't much I can talk about because It's towards the end of the school year and there is not much more to learn. It is really just filled with projects where we know what to do. I don't think I'll go to college right after Highschool for economic reasons. I'm not ashamed of that, I believe it will give me a break from the 18 years of school, haha.
This link isn't necessarily related to the class but my life. I enjoy playing music and though it may be difficult and annoying at times with the complexity of the songs I still enjoy playing them. This link is for a play along bass tab of "Lack of Comprehension" by Death. It is something that I am perfecting it slowly but surely.https://www.songsterr.com/a/wsa/death-lack-of-comprehension-tab-s5343t5
There isn't much I can talk about because It's towards the end of the school year and there is not much more to learn. It is really just filled with projects where we know what to do. I don't think I'll go to college right after Highschool for economic reasons. I'm not ashamed of that, I believe it will give me a break from the 18 years of school, haha.
This link isn't necessarily related to the class but my life. I enjoy playing music and though it may be difficult and annoying at times with the complexity of the songs I still enjoy playing them. This link is for a play along bass tab of "Lack of Comprehension" by Death. It is something that I am perfecting it slowly but surely.https://www.songsterr.com/a/wsa/death-lack-of-comprehension-tab-s5343t5
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