Exploring Film Techniques

Bunny

The first short film had a great twist at the end, At first, I thought the film was all over the place, I could not tell where the plot was going. As soon as I saw the picture hanging with the old bunny’s husband, I figured out the theme was going to be something related to the afterlife. It was also very interesting that there was no dialogue throughout the short film so attention to detail was very important. The music and sounds in the film were chaotic at some points, but it all smooths out once both the bunny and moth go in the oven and find a peaceful world which we can infer is the afterlife. The main concept I got from the film is that everyone finds peace in heaven.


Harold and Maude


This scene shows how everything looks the same from far away but once we get close and look at the details we see that not everything is the same, it all has to do with the perspective you look at things. When the camera is zoomed in we can see that all objects look unique in some type of way, but when zoomed out for example with the gravestones we can misinterpret what we see from afar. 


Northfork


In this film a father and son are obligated to kick people out of their house for the construction of a dam. The scene when the house is split in two was interesting to me because I looked at it as the sacred and profane worlds separating. This shows that the division of the sacred and profane is possible as long as we are willing to let go of the profane.


Paris Texas


The beginning portrayed a struggling life faced by the father and son. This film was very frustrating to watch because we all knew who she was talking to but she did not have a clue of who was behind the mirror. The camera angles were spectacular, especially when his face was portrayed in the mirror with her body. I wish this story could have had a better ending with them reuniting in the end.


Pink Floyd


The school colors were dark grey and black, this shows the lack of interest kids nowadays have in school. As students, they were a replica of each other and the environment around them shaped them into someone they do not want to be. Students were fabricated and disposed of just like a factory would use cows for their meat.


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